Community Wellness

The community wellness specialization is designed for the student who works in or wants to work as a support person in a community health setting, and who desires to combine select courses from a variety of related disciplines into a cohesive degree. To meet the requirements for the community wellness specialization, students must satisfactorily complete 86 credit hours, including:

Degree Requirements

As part of the General Curriculum Distribution requirements (hours count to fulfill the GCDR but not the specialization):

BIO 124	Biological Science	3
	or
BIO 183	Microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences	3
PSY 200	General Psychology	4
SOC 100	Introduction to Sociology	4

Required in the specialization:

HSC 100	Health Science	2
HSC 130	Medical Terminology	3
ESC 150	Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED	2
HSC 203	Nutrition	3
HSC 220	Functional Anatomy	3

At least two 200-level or higher psychology (PSY) courses of the student’s choosing (8)

SOC 202	Marriages and Families	4
SOC 302	Sociology of Aging	4
SOC 307	Families in Global Perspective	4

One of the following:

SOC 306	Racial and Ethnic Relations	4
SOC 313	Social Stratification	4
SOC 320	Sociology of Gender	4
HIS 325	Narcotic Drugs and Modern Society	4

One of the following:

HIS 212	Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World	4
HIS 215	Women in American History	4

(An alternative HIS course may be used if previously approved).

At least 15 of the above credit hours must be earned at the University.

At least 16 of the above credit hours must be earned in courses at the 300-level or higher.

43 credit hours may be earned through electives of the student’s choosing.