Wellness and Health Promotion, B.S.

1. Meet the university general education requirements

(See Undergraduate degree requirements). Note that several courses under requirement number three below satisfy general education requirements and Wellness and Health Promotion requirements. See courses marked with “*”.

2. Complete the university U.S. diversity requirement.

For majors in Wellness and Health Promotion, this requirement is satisfied by completing WHP 3700 Culture, Ethnicity and Well-being (3)  or PH 3000 - Introduction to Public Health (3)  

3. Complete the Wellness and Health Promotion core curriculum credits

• EHS 2550 - Basic Statistics for Health Sciences (3)  * or STA 2220 - Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Reasoning (4)  *
• MGT 1100 - Contemporary World Business (4)  * (satisfies writing intensive in general education)
• EXS 2700 - Safety and First Aid in Exercise Settings (2)  
• HRD 3300 - Instructional Design (4)  
• HS 2000 - Introduction to Health and Health Behaviors (3)  *
• HS 2150 - Stress Management (3)  
• HS 3250 - Research Methods in Health Sciences (3)  or PSY 2500 - Research Design in Psychology (4)  
• HS 3400 - Contemporary Topics in Health (3)  
• HS 4500 - Ethics in Health Care (4)  or COM 3300 - Multicultural Communication (4)  or PS 3215 - The Politics of Race and Ethnicity (4)  or PS 3730 - Global Environmental Governance (4)  (satisfies writing intensive in the major)
• NTR 2500 - Human Nutrition and Health (3)  
• PSY 1000 - Introduction to Psychology (4)  *
• PSY 3450 - Health Psychology (4)  
• WHP 2800 - Introduction to Health Literacy (4)  
• WHP 3000 - Wellness for Special Populations (4)  
• WHP 3500 - Health Program Implementation (4)  
• WHP 3600 - Wellness Facilitation (4)  
• WHP 3800 - Persuasion and Marketing in Health Promotion (4)  
• WHP 4000 - Assessment and Interventions in Wellness (4)  
• WHP 4030 - Laboratory in Assessment and Interventions (4)  
• WHP 4950 - Internship in Wellness and Health Promotion (4)  
• WRT 1060 - Composition II (4)  *

4. Complete 21 credit hours of electives

Once students have fulfilled the requirements above, students are required to take 21 credit hours of electives, either from the following recommended courses or students can apply courses taken as part of a minor toward the elective requirements. Recommended courses:

• AHS 3310 - Health Care Safety (4)  
• AHS 3320 - Delivering Safe Patient Care (4)  
• AHS 3340 - Hospital Safety and Health (4) 
• HS 3440 - Introduction to Community Engagement (4)  
• HS 3450 - Leadership and Healthcare (4)   
• PH 3350 - Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (4)  
• WHP 4350 - Environmental Justice (4)  
• WHP 4850 - Population Health, Health Policy, and Healthcare Delivery (4)  

or any course not required for the Wellness and Health Promotion degree or used to fulfill general education requirements.