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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 350/PETH 350Internship Placement Orientation

0
HLTH 370/PSYC 370Health Psychology

3
HLTH 421Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation

3
HLTH 437Community Nutrition

3
HLTH 471/SOWK 471Human Sexuality

3
HLTH 472Stress Management

3
HLTH 422Programs in Health Promotion

3
HLTH 490Internship in Health

12
HLTH 496Seminar

1
PETH 426Physiology of Exercise

4
PETH 427Fitness Evaluation Techniques

3
Electives

8
Total Credit Hours:69

Electives for Health Promotion Majors

Electives must be chosen from the following courses or any HLTH course. Three or more credits must be upper division. Approval of health advisor required.

ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4
FINA 351Managerial Finance

4
FINA 451Investments

4
HLTH 328Basic Therapy

2
MGMT 275Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (or MKTG 275)

4
MGMT 380Principles of Project 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 215Developmental Psychology

4
PSYC 217Psychology of Learning and Development

4
PSYC 344Social Psychology

4
PSYC 366Theories of Personality

4
PSYC 373/MGMT 373Organizational Behavior

4
PSYC 464Introduction to Counseling

4
PSYC 466Biological Psychology

4
PSYC 492Abnormal Psychology

4
SOCI 236Privilege and Oppression

4
SOCI 437/PSYC 437/SOWK 437Death and Dying

3
SOWK 327Introduction to Alcoholism and Addiction Treatment

3
SOWK 383Topics in Geriatric Mental Health

2; 4

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 106Introduction to Statistics

4
MKTG 381Principles of Marketing

4
PSYC 130General Psychology

4
SOCI 204General Sociology

4
SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4