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Health Promotion Major (Bachelor of Science)

A student majoring in health promotion must complete 69 quarter hours of interdisciplinary courses as listed below, the required cognates, the general studies program, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin.

Core Requirements:

HLTH 110Wellness for Living

3
HLTH 205Survey of Health

2
HLTH 208Drugs and Society

3
HLTH 217First Aid

2
HLTH 220Human Nutrition

4
HLTH 308Community Health

3
HLTH 315Etiology of Selected Diseases

3
HLTH 331Consumer Health

3
HLTH 350Internship Placement Orientation

0
HLTH 370Health Psychology (or PSYC 370)

3
HLTH 372Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation

3
HLTH 427Fitness Evaluation Techniques

3
HLTH 437Community Nutrition

3
HLTH 471Human Sexuality

3
HLTH 472Stress Management

3
HLTH 475Programs in Health Promotion

3
HLTH 481Internship in Health Science

12
HLTH 496Seminar

1
PETH 426Physiology of Exercise

4
Electives

8
Total Credit Hours:69

Electives: See electives for Health Science and Health Promotion Majors

Cognates:

BIOL 141General Biology

4
BIOL 142General Biology

4
BIOL 143General Biology

4
or
BIOL 121Anatomy and Physiology

4
BIOL 122Anatomy and Physiology

4
BIOL 123Anatomy and Physiology

4
GBUS 370Business Communication

4
MATH 206Applied Statistics

4
MKTG 381Principles of Marketing

4
or
MKTG 383Principles of Advertising

4
PSYC 130General Psychology

4
SOCI 204General Sociology

4
SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4

Electives for Health Science and Health Promotion Majors

Electives must be chosen from the following courses or any HLTH course. Four hours must be upper division. Approval of health adviser required.

ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4
ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4
FINA 351Managerial Finance

4
FINA 451Investments

4
HLTH 328Basic Therapy

2
MGMT 275Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

4
PEAC 122Strength Training
or
PEAC 123Circuit Weight Training
PEAC 128Jogging
PEAC 133Aerobic Rhythm
PETH 225Prevention of Injuries

2
PETH 324Adapted Physical Education and Recreation

3
PETH 325Kinesiology

4
PSYC 215Child and Adolescent Development

4
PSYC 220Educational Psychology

3
PSYC 344Social Psychology

4
PSYC 464Introduction to Counseling

4
SOCI 435Social Gerontology

3
SOCI 437/SOWK 437/PSYC 437Death and Dying

3
SOWK 224Human Development and The Family

4
SOWK 477Introduction to Alcoholism and Addiction Treatment

3