Bachelor
of Science/Health Promotion
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 – 47 hours, consisting of:
ENGL 111 and 112; ENGL 201 or 202; MATH 105 or higher; RELI 111 and 112; CHEM
110; BIOL 226; HIST 111,112,113; PSYC 110; COMM 110; COIN 209 or approved
course; Foreign Language/Literature 200 level; ART 201 or ART 202 or MUSI 171;
POLI 201 or History Elective (Students must earn grades of “C” or
better in ENGL 111 and 112; MATH 105 or higher; CHEM 110; and, BIOL 226.)
Supporting
Courses – 22-23 hours
BIOL 227; 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 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).
