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Shape the business of sport, on and off the field, with Carlow University’s Bachelor of Science in Sports Management.

At Carlow, you’ll merge your passion for athletics with real-world leadership, learning to steer sports organizations, drive marketing and operations, and lead teams in dynamic environments. With built-in practicums, internship experience, and an accelerated 4+1 option toward a master’s, this program is designed to prepare you for roles such as athletic administrator, facilities or marketing manager, coach, or event director. Graduate ready to be a leader
in sports, business, and community.

Quick facts

• It is easy to double major in Business Management,
Human Resource Management, or Healthcare Management and graduate in 4 years.
• Graduates will receive a Bachelor of Science degree.
• The major includes two practicums and an internship.

Accelerated Track Available

Fast track your way to a master’s by taking graduate courses as an undergraduate student. Course credits count towards both degrees.

Apply for this option after your sophomore year.

Career Opportunities for
Bachelor’s in Sports Management

• Facilities Manager
• Marketing Manager
• Coaches/Scouts
• Athletic Administrator
• Public Relations Manager

Full-time Faculty

Susan Rubisch-Gisler, PhD Chair, Associate Professor, Business Management

Carl Zappa Instructor and Associate Head Coach

Eugene Ney Instructor Business Management

Michael Kistler, PhD Assistant Professor, Business Management

Ignite your passion for movement, health, and performance with Carlow University’s Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science & Human Performance. This program prepares you to become a certified professional in health coaching, fitness, and athletic performance, while also equipping you with the leadership skills to guide individuals, teams, and communities toward healthier lives. You’ll gain the knowledge, hands-on experience, and nationally recognized certifications that position you for careers ranging from exercise physiologist to performance coach, wellness consultant, or athletic director. At Carlow, you won’t just study human performance, you’ll be prepared to shape it.

Quick facts

• Small class size
• Students after graduation will be eligible to achieve the following certifications:
  – Health Coaching certification from the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC)
  – Strength and Conditioning Certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
  – Personal Trainer and Exercise Physiologist certifications from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  – Personal Trainer certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
  
  

Career Opportunities for Bachelor’s
in Human Science and Human Performance

Health Coaching and Personal Wellness Track
• Health Coach
• Exercise Physiologist
• Fitness Trainer
• Wellness Coordinator
• Rehabilitation Specialist
• Corporate Wellness Consultant

Sports Performance and Management Track
• Performance Coach for a Sports team
• Performance coach for individual Athletes
• Athletic Development coordinator
• Return to play specialist
• Sports Marketing and Public Relations Specialist
• Athletic Director
• Sports event manager

Full-time Faculty

Susan Rubisch-Gisler, PhD Chair, Associate Professor, Business Management

Carl Zappa Instructor and Associate Head Coach

Eugene Ney Instructor Business Management

Michael Kistler, PhD Assistant Professor, Business Management

Carlow University’s Master of Science in Nursing Executive Organizational Leadership program and its accompanying Post-Master’s Certificate prepare nurses to become the kind of healers the world needs; leaders who combine strategic expertise with compassion and a deep commitment to improving patient care. Designed in collaboration with healthcare executives, the curriculum equips graduates with high-level business and organizational skills, from fiscal management concepts drawn from Carlow’s MBA program to system-level project leadership, health policy, and ethics. Through 100% online coursework paired with a 150-hour mentored internship, you’ll learn from faculty with real-world executive nursing experience and graduate ready to lead at the highest levels, driving compassionate care, shaping ethical policy, and helping to create a more just and merciful world.

Quick facts

Nursing executive preparedness with concentration in high-level business management

• System Level Project Management
• Fiscal Management concepts from the Carlow MBA program
• Human Resource strategic management
• Health Policy, Ethics & mentored leadership development at the VP level and above

Career opportunities for Masters
in Nursing Executive Organizational Leadership & Post-Masters Certificate

Chief Nursing Officer

Vice-President level positions within healthcare organizations
(example: VP Perioperative Services, VP Nursing Operations,
VP Patient Experience)

Admission requirements and application process

Full-time Faculty

Susan Rubisch-Gisler, PhD Chair, Associate Professor, Business Management

Carl Zappa Instructor and Associate Head Coach

Eugene Ney Instructor Business Management

Michael Kistler, PhD Assistant Professor, Business Management

Empowering Movement, Transforming Lives: Your Journey Starts Here!

The programs offered in the Department of Physical Therapy program at Carlow University encompass the Mercy mission to serve the community by promoting the dignity of every person, advocating for equity and inclusion to address matters of social justice. At Carlow, we believe that non-technical skills are equally essential to your health professional training as the technical skills. Our programs emphasize three important habits of healthcare practice: Heart (professional formation/responsibilities), Head (cognitive knowledge), and Hand (clinical skills). It is the training in the habits of the heart that will allow you to act above and beyond your technical responsibilities and advocate for your patients. We strive to graduate healthcare professionals who would use the following principles within their professional practice.

1. Healthcare equity is the cornerstone of a healthy society.
2. Health and wellness promotion for the population/community is essential in conjunction with individual patient care.
3. Every individual is a leader who must be prepared for a dynamic healthcare environment.
4. Clinical decision-making shall be based on the three pillars of evidence-informed practice (using the best available research evidence, applying clinical experience/expertise, and incorporating patients’/clients’ beliefs and values with empathy and compassion).
5. Physical therapy graduates and clinicians must be proficient in clinical competencies based on the contemporary standards of physical therapy practice.

Faculty & staff

Our faculty comprises practicing clinicians with a wealth of experience in physical therapy, blending real-world insights with academic rigor. As experienced educators, they impart their passion for the profession to students, nurturing a commitment to clinical excellence. Join us to learn from the best and embark on your journey towards mastery. Contact us at DPTProgram@carlow.edu.

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Accreditation

Effective 04/25/23, Carlow University, Doctor of Physical Therapy program, has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org). If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please email: dptprogram@carlow.edu. Candidate for Accreditation is an accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program may matriculate students in technical/ professional courses. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status does not assure that the program will be granted Initial Accreditation.

Department Points of Pride

• Emphasis on Interprofessional education
• Focus on community health and service learning
• Inculcate the habits of the Heart, Head, and Hand
• Develop healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs

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Make a difference in the world through the Carlow University Department of Public Health

Carlow’s Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology is committed to hands-on, inter-professional collaborative education. The program was inspired by the view that effective team collaborations improve the quality of clinical service delivery. It is our belief that frequent hands-on training transforms learning from theoretical knowledge into high-quality, evidence-based, person-centered care. Students train to prevent, assess, and treat communication and swallowing disorders within a clinically focused learning environment comprised of faculty, clinical educators, and students from several different professions including:

• Education
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician Assistant
• Respiratory Therapy

Unique to Carlow University, students learn the value of clinical application through extensive clinical skills labs that will prepare you with the knowledge and skills needed to enter professional practice as a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist working in any clinical environment.

Faculty & staff

Our faculty and staff have decades of real-world senior leadership experience, and constantly share that expertise with our students.  You will be learning from people who have “been there” and “done that” at the highest levels.  By learning from industry leaders our graduates have a tremendous advantage over other students.  The Carlow Department of Public Health Professors will prepare you for life in the healthcare industry.  

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Accreditation

All programs in the Department of Public Health are Middle States accredited, with the Respiratory Therapy program having additional certifications as required for that field of study.

Fostering collaborative excellence. Discover the advantages of a transformational educational experience in Carlow University’s Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology

Carlow’s Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology is committed to hands-on, interprofessional collaborative education. The program was inspired by the view that effective team collaborations improve the quality of clinical service delivery. It is our belief that frequent hands-on training transforms learning from theoretical knowledge into high-quality, evidence-based, person-centered care. Students train to prevent, assess, and treat communication and swallowing disorders within a clinically focused learning environment comprised of faculty, clinical educators, and students from several different professions including:

• Education
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician Assistant
• Respiratory Therapy

Unique to Carlow University, students learn the value of clinical application through extensive clinical skills labs that will prepare you with the knowledge and skills needed to enter professional practice as a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist working in any clinical environment.

Faculty & staff

At Carlow, we are devoted to a teaching-learning climate of compassion, mutual respect, and ethical accountability as these elements are fundamental to cultivating a higher level of professional practice. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to delivering transformational educational experiences through innovation, close faculty mentorship, and diverse learning experiences.

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Accreditation

The Master of Science (M.S.) education program in speech-language pathology (residential) at Carlow University is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.

Discover the advantages of Carlow University’s Nursing Programs

As a graduate nursing department, we prepare exceptionally skilled providers, leaders and educators in doctoral, masters, and certificate tracks to meet the healthcare and health promotion needs of populations. Nursing graduate students have experiences with people nationally and internationally via didactic, clinical and study abroad opportunities. The School of Nursing educates practitioners of tomorrow and encourages a passion for evidenced-based practice, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration in the spirit of social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. 

We offer study in a hybrid face-to-face modality that incorporates twice monthly evening classes with online coursework to fit the needs of today’s full-time working nurse, while affording opportunities for 1:1 faculty engagement, and peer group networking and support. 

A fully online program is also available, for students out of the Pittsburgh region, and/or for those desiring a non-synchronous education program.  

View the School of Nursing’s program outcomes and accreditation information.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

The high demand for qualified psychiatric nurse practitioners stems in large part from the increased normalization of mental health issues.

Faculty & staff

Nursing, like all other health care professions, does not exist in isolation. Advanced practice nursing education must integrate other aspects of our humanity if the profession is going to truly do what it pledges to do from the outset of a nurse’s oath. A commitment to justice and mercy requires critical thinking and self-reflection. Carlow University has a rich tradition of service and a mission that flows from the Mercy Core Values. These values: Hospitality, Service, Discovery, and Sacredness of Creation, are embraced within a framework of reflective practice. We recognize that no single discipline can fully educate today’s advanced practice providers who care for families across the lifespan. We are a uniquely positioned university with the ability to fully utilize our colleagues in theology, art, pharmacology, biology, creative writing, and communications to guide discovery within our students. We are not only these disciplines, but more, together, each contributing to the development of a critically thinking, ethical, and merciful human being who will go into the community transformed, and ready to lead.

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Department Points of Pride

• On June 26^th, 2023, Carlow University received over $2.6 million to increase the number of Family Nurse Practitioner graduates educated to provide primary care services, with advanced education in mental health, substance use disorders, and women’s and maternal health care. The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) grant – funded through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is aimed at increasing access to primary care providers for those living in medically underserved communities. The goal of the grant is to make a BIG IMPACT on students, preceptors, and the underserved population through “Impacting Diversity and Education of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses for Healthy Communities”​.  Current full time FNP students are eligible to apply for up to $23,000 in tuition reimbursement.
• HRSA Nursing Faculty Loan Program to repay 85% of tuition costs with post-graduate employment in the role of nursing educator.
• 97% AANP & 100% ANCC certification exam pass rate for FNPs 
• “Very Strong” NCC certification exam pass rate for WHNPs 
• In 2023, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers Carlow University established a one-year pilot program, funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), to develop clinically sound evidence-based practicing NPs. FNP graduates have a year of residency (transition to primary care) after completion of an educational program at Carlow University. 
• Carlow Graduate Nursing Department is a CEU provider through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) for professional development training for preceptors, clinical faculty, and students. 

Discover the advantages of Carlow University’s Psychology, Counseling, and Criminology Programs

Are you interested in a career that benefits from a strong understanding of human behavior and mental processes? At Carlow, we prepare students with the knowledge and skills for a wide variety of careers involved in working with people in diverse ways.

Our undergraduate majors provide students with foundational knowledge in psychology, neuropsychology, and criminology, with opportunities to specialize in such areas as Child Development, Counseling, Crisis and Trauma, and Applied Criminal Justice. There are opportunities for field placements or to participate in faculty-led research teams. Can’t decide on one major? We make it easy to double major or add a minor or a concentration to your major, so you can explore all your interests.

At the graduate level, Carlow offers programs that prepare students for careers in mental health-related fields, research, fraud and forensics, and more.

At Carlow, we understand the needs of a diverse student body. Some of our programs can be completed fully online, offering flexibility and opening doors for students who are otherwise unable to pursue a degree. In addition, we offer accelerated pathways that help save students time and money so that they can achieve their goals sooner at a more affordable cost.

Faculty & staff

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Accreditation

The PsyD in Counseling Psychology program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The MS in Professional Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program (CACREP).

Discover the Carlow OT Difference!

The Carlow Difference is student focused, interprofessional, and service driven. We host small class sizes, in face to face, hands-on learning. The OT curriculum design, aligned with Catholic intellectual tradition and Mercy values, has an overarching mission of occupational justice, a foundation in health and wellbeing, and threads that support the structure and the path to transformational learning. 

The bridge image conveys a journey of overcoming barriers to promote full participation and represents a path where one moves from old self to new self, writing the next chapter in the story of life. It is critical that students bridge classroom concepts to clinical practice and Mercy values to their civic engagement as socially responsible citizens. Our program is alive with transformative learning experiences in the “City of Bridges” as we explore the world around us and seek to be innovative pathfinders for occupational justice, access, and opportunity for all people, communities, and populations.

Faculty and Staff

Our faculty are devoted to the health and wellbeing of each student. We are intentional about ensuring the development of healthy occupations during graduate school, in order to create a healthy and sustainable career in healthcare. Our faculty are student-focused and develop instructional design practices that celebrate the diversity of learning styles, supporting the gifts and talents of each student. As faculty we recognize that our students are the future of the OT profession, and our connection is just beginning. We are all part of the Carlow family from the classroom to your first job and beyond!

Kunal Bhanot, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT Chair, Professor

Navpreet Kaur, PT, PhD, DPT, Dip ACLM, Manual Therapy Certified Professor

Katie Shroyer PT,DPT, CBIS Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Chelsey Wojcik Larko, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Department Points of Pride

• Elizabeth Sherman:
  • Accepted to the National Intergroup Dialogue Institute – June 2024 at University of Michigan
  • Carlow Cares: Sligo, Ireland faculty advisor
  • Planning Committee Member for the Inaugural Greater Pittsburgh Food Systems Summit organized by the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council – Food Systems Summit — Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
• Blythe Westendorf:
  • Completed the AOTA Board Certification in Pediatrics