HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION

Professors: Nicholas Galli (8679), Karen Goldman (8763), Craig Demmer

Health education aims primarily to motivate individuals and groups in various settings to assume greater responsibility for their health by learning and adopting behaviors that promote health and prevent disease. This is a rapidly expanding field that has received added impetus from recent federal legislation emphasizing disease prevention and health promotion as major priorities of national social policy.

The purpose of the Program in Health Education and Promotion is to prepare students for careers in community health education. Students will be able to develop, manage, and evaluate health education and promotion programs in a variety of settings where such programs are implemented. These include public and community agencies, business and industry, hospitals, and other types of clinical facilities.

The program includes two options, one in community health and the other in community health and nutrition. Satisfactory completion of all program requirements in community health enables students to apply for Certification as a Health Education Specialist awarded by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialling.


61-to-63-Credit Major in Health Education and Promotion, B.S.

Courses to be taken by all program majors (39 credits)

Credits Courses
12  In department courses: HSD 240, 266, 269, 306 
15 In health education and promotion: HEA 249,
267, 300, 305, 400
12  In biological sciences: BIO 181, 182, 230

Option I: Community Health (62-63 credits)
Additional courses to be taken (23-24 credits)

Credits Courses
23-24 In health education and promotion: HEA 437, 440,
470, plus 14-15 credits in electives chosen in
consultation with adviser

Option II: Community Health and Nutrition (61 credits)
Additional courses to be taken (22 credits)

Credits Courses
13 In dietetics, foods, and nutrition: DFN 120, 220, 340, 348
9 In chemistry: CHE 114-115 and 244-255

NOTE: All students majoring in health education and promotion should take PSY 166 to fulfill the distribution requirement in the social sciences.

Honors in Health Education and Promotion
Departmental honors in Health Education and Promotion may be awarded to a student who has met the general requirements for departmental honors, including maintaining a 3.5 index in a minimum of 24 HEA credits, which must include HEA 485.

Minor in Health Education and Promotion
The minor in Health Education and Promotion requires 12 credits. Courses must include HEA 249 and 267, plus 6 credits of HEA courses at the 300 level. 

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