Health Promotion Option

120 credits

Bachelor’s level health educators with this Option develop specialized skills for leadership roles in health promotion in a variety of settings: hospitals, managed care organizations, insurance companies, and volunteer agencies, as well as in public and private worksites. Students complete a capstone of 6-12 credits.

 

Degree Requirements

Credits

 
Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface. 
HE 1970 Introduction to Health Promotion 3
HE 2500 First Aid and CPR/AED 1.5
HE 2900 Disease, Safety, and Environment (WECO) 3
HE 3200 Stress Management (WECO) 3
HE 3220 Applied Nutrition for Healthy Living (TECO) 3
HE 3330 Evaluation and Research in Health Promotion (QRCO) 3
HE 3750 Wellness Skills for Health Professionals (WRCO) 3
HE 3760 Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs 4
HE 4030 Community Health Promotion 3
HE 4440 Health Promotion Internship 6-12
HE 4530 Senior Seminar in Health Promotion 1
HE 4620 Health Promotion Clinical 1
BU 2290 Organizational Communications (WRCO) 3
BU 2450 Principles of Marketing 3
CM 2910 Introduction to Communication 3
PE 3260 Health Fitness Assessment and Programming 3
Group A - complete one of the following: 3
PS 2010 Introduction to General Psychology
PS 2050 Life-Span Developmental Psychology
General Education: 
EN 1200 Composition 3
IS 1111 The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3
MA Mathematics Foundations 3
CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6
PPDI Past and Present Directions 6
SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6-8
SSDI Self and Society Directions 6
DICO Diversity Connection 3
GACO Global Awareness Connection 3
INCO Intregration Connection 3
Electives 28.5-20.5
 

HE 4440 requires a minimum grade point average of 2.70 (cumulative and major). HE 4620 requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.60.
 

*All course information is from the 2009-2010 Catalog.