Mission:
The mission of the Health Promotion major is to provide graduates with ethical and professional knowledge and skills needed to develop and implement health education and promotion services for individuals, groups and community while respecting cultural, ethnic, religious, and individual differences and commonalities.
Program/Major Outcomes:
Graduates with a Bachelor of Science with a major in Health Promotion will be professionally competent at an entry level to:
1. Synthesize knowledge gained from the Liberal Arts Core and supporting courses in the biophysical and psychosocial sciences in providing health education and health promotion to individuals, groups and the community.
2. Assess individual, groups, and community needs for health education and health promotion services.
3. Plan and implement health education and health promotion strategies, interventions and programs.
4. Utilize research designs, methods and findings to plan and evaluate the effectiveness of health education and health promotion programs.
5. Analyze the effectiveness of the multiple roles of the health educator and health promoter required to meet the changing health care needs of a culturally diverse and complex society.
6. Characterize professional values and moral behavior within the legal and ethical boundaries of comprehensive health education and health promotion services.
Liberal Arts Core – 44 hours, consisting of:
ENGL 111 and 112; ENGL 201 or 202; MATH 105 or higher; RELI 111 or 112; CHEM 110; BIOL 215; HIST 101, 102 or 10; PSYC 110; COMM 110; COIN 209 or approved course; Foreign Language/Literature 200 level; ART 201 or ART 202 or MUSI 171; History or Political Science Elective (Students must earn grades of “C” or better in ENGL 111 and 112; MATH 105 or higher; CHEM 110; and, BIOL 215.)
Supporting Courses – 22-23 hours
BIOL 216; BIOL 345; HEAL 260; KINE 201; SOCI 201; SOCI 312; and, PSYC/SOCI 301 or approved 3 hour statistics course (Students must earn grades of “C” or better in supporting courses.)
Approved Health Electives – 12 hours
Major Courses – 47 hours (Students must earn grades of “C” or better in major courses.)
HEAL 102 Foundations of Healthcare (cross listed with NURS 102) 3sh
HEAL 209 Concepts of Community Health Promotion (cross listed with NURS 209) 3sh
HEAL 210 Health Behaviors 3sh
HEAL 212 Diseases and Disorders (cross listed with NURS 212) 3sh
HEAL 301 Foundations of Health Education 3sh
HEAL 302 Strategies in Health Education 3sh
HEAL 303 Women’s Health 3sh
HEAL 401 Substance Abuse Prevention Education 3sh
HEAL 402 Health and Aging 3sh
HEAL 403 Planning, Management/Evaluation of Health Education Programs 4sh
HEAL 404 Spirituality, Health and Healing 3sh
HEAL 405 Research in Healthcare (cross listed with current NURS 405) 3sh
HEAL 406 Internship 4sh
HEAL 407 Community and Environmental Health Surveillance 3sh
HEAL 410 Capstone 3sh
Graduates with this major will be qualified to take the credentialing examination offered by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
The following Health Promotion Major Curriculum Suggested Sequencing identifies all courses required for a Bachelor of Science with a major in Health Promotion:
| YEAR ONE |
| Fall |
Credits
|
Spring |
Credits
|
| English 111 Composition/Rhetoric I |
3
|
English 112 Composition/Rhetoric II |
3
|
| Religion 111 or 112 Survey of Old/New Testament |
3
|
ART 201, 202 or MUSI 171 Appreciation |
3
|
| Math 105 Intro to Mathematical Structures |
3
|
Psychology 110 General Psychology |
3
|
| Chemistry 110 Concepts of Chemistry Lab |
4
|
BIOL 216 Human Physiology/Lab |
4
|
| Biology 215 Human Anatomy |
4
|
HEAL 102 Foundations of Healthcare |
3
|
| TOTAL CREDITS |
17
|
TOTAL CREDITS |
16
|
Health Promotion - Major (BS)
