Program Requirements for Public Health: Health Promotion

Major in Public Health: Health Promotion

For a major in Public Health: Health Promotion:

48-54 credits as follows: HHPA Core:

• HHPA 183: SEMINAR IN HEALTH AND HUMAN MOVEMENT
• HHPA 250: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE
• HHPA 280: NUTRITION
• HHPA 297: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• HHPA 350: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• HHPA 442: SENIOR SEMINAR

Public Health Core:

• HHPA 422: PLANNING & EVALUATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION
• HHPA 491: SENIOR CAPSTONE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
• HSCI 250: INTRO TO PUBLIC & COMMUNITY HEALTH
• HSCI 330: GLOBAL HEALTH
• HSCI 440: EPIDEMIOLOGY (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 440)
• HSCI 450: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 450)
• SOAN 232: MEDICINE AND CULTURE

Health Promotion Electives: 6-8 credits (one course must be 300 level or higher) from

• BIOL 275: INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY
• HHPA 100: DRUG USE IN THE UNITED STATES
• HHPA 242: HUMAN SEXUALITY
• HHPA 301: FOOD SCIENCE (ALSO LISTED AS CHEM 301)
• HHPA 470: MENTAL HEALTH
• HHPA 487: INTERNSHIP
• HSCI 431: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
• NURS 343: HEALTH DISPARITIES
• NURS 372: TRAUMA INFORMED CARE

Social Science and Humanities Electives: 6-8 credits from

• GENS 205: GENDER AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS SOAN 205)
• HHPA 410: GENDER ISSUES IN EDUCATION & SPORT
• HSCI 320: HEALTH & SOCIAL POLICY
• HSCI 340: HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
• PHIL 215: BIOETHICS
• PSYC 200: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
• RELS 110: APPROACHES TO RELIGION
• RELS 115: RELIGIOUS ETHICS
• SOAN 223: CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH
• SOAN 265: RACE & ETHNICITY

Communications Electives: 3-4 credits from

• COMM 130: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• COMM 140: PUBLIC SPEAKING
• COMM 230: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
• COMM 233: MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES
• JAMS 180: MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING

Other elective courses may be preapproved by advisor and department. Prerequisites: MATH 140, HHPA 112 and HSCI 098. Students must hold current Adult CPR/AED certification by graduation. A grade of C- or better is required in all Public Health: Health Promotion classes and prerequisites.