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Department Handbook

This handbook includes contact information, course offerings, graduation requirements, special information for transfer students, and schedule planners for all majors.

Majors

Community Health Education (BS)

The Community Health Education program prepares students to be specialists in planning and implementing programs that enhance health awareness. This multidisciplinary program facilitates the involvement of individuals, communities, and community-based organizations to promote well-being, improved health status and positive health behaviors.

Modality: hybrid (mix of online and in-person) or fully online

Gerontological Studies and Services (BS)

The Gerontological Studies and Services degree program is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental program that provides an opportunity for students to develop a compassionate and constructive view of older adults and the processes and challenges of aging. It prepares students to assume leadership positions in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of geriatric health education programs and the delivery of services to older adults and their families.

Health Education PreK-12 (BS)

The Health Education major is designed to prepare students to teach health education in grades PreK-12. School health educators are skilled in health instruction as well as in curriculum development. In addition, students majoring in Health Education are prepared to enter graduate programs in health education and related fields.

Health Promotion Management (BS)

The Health Promotion Management program's mission is to prepare students to be specialists skilled in planning and implementing programs that enhance health awareness and the well-being of individuals, groups, communities in the workplace, communities, and health organizations.

Exercise Science (BS)

The Exercise Science Major provides a rigorous and informative environment that promotes education and practical applications of exercise science, to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life. Graduates of the Movement Science program are trained to assess, design, and implement individual and group exercise and fitness programs for individuals who appear healthy and those with controlled disease.

Physical Education PreK-12 (BS)

The Physical Education PreK-12 Program enables Physical Education Teacher Candidates to utilize content knowledge, content pedagogy, physical skills, and professional dispositions to develop learning environments that support psychomotor, cognitive, and affective learning domains, and include state and national physical education standards.

Public Health (Community Health Concentration) (BS)

The Public Health program trains students in the science of protecting and improving the health and well-being of communities in urban settings. In addition to core public health disciplines such as epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, and health management and policy, our community health concentration emphasizes training in designing, implementing, and evaluating community-based programs. Upon completion of the degree, students will be equipped to complete graduate education in public health or begin working in government, non-profit organizations, research institutions, or private industry.

Modality: hybrid (mix of online and in-person)

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Minors

Gerontology (Minor)

A minor in Gerontology will afford non-majors the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and skills to work with and support the aging.

Health Education (Minor)

A minor in Health Education provides non-majors with a grounding in health instruction as well as in curriculum development useful in education and public health settings.

Public Health (Minor)

A minor in public health equips non-majors to contribute to efforts to reduce disparities and promote health and wellness among urban populations.