Health and Human Performance, Health Promotion Emphasis, B.S.

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Health and Human Performance

The Health and Human Performance major prepares the student for a variety of fitness, educational and rehabilitation settings including local, state and federal agencies such as schools, non-profit organizations such as health department services as well as commercial enterprises such as fitness centers, the Health and Human Performance major will include four emphasis areas.

Health Promotion Emphasis

This option provides an area of interest for those concerned in developing healthy public policy that addresses the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health. Health promotion professionals duties may include; planning and coordinating health promotion programs for community groups, informing and involving other health professionals in community health issues, designing and developing public information campaigns using radio, television, newspapers, pamphlets, posters and websites and constructing school curriculum material.

Program Specific Requirements (4 Credit Hours)

BIO 255 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credit(s).

Required Emphasis Courses (23 Credit Hours)

HHP 401 - Methods for Teaching Health Education 3 Credit(s).
HHP 450 - (Capstone) Design and Application of Health and Human Performance Programs 3 Credit(s).
HHP 499 - Internship 4 Credit(s).
PSY 328 - Health Psychology 3 Credit(s).
REC 341 - Program Planning and Leadership 3 Credit(s).
SWK 350 - Substance Abuse: Interventive Techniques 3 Credit(s).

Any 2 Topics in Science Classes

SCI 101 - Introductory Interdisciplinary Science I 2 Credit(s).
SCI 102 - Introductory Interdisciplinary Science II 2 Credit(s).
SCI 121 - Population, Food, and Environment 2 Credit(s).
SCI 122 - The Disintegrating Web: The Causes and Consequences of Extinction 2 Credit(s).
SCI 123 - Global Ecology and Climate Change 2 Credit(s).
SCI 124 - Plant Structure and Function: Edible Wild Plants 2 Credit(s).
SCI 125 - Introduction to Natural History 2 Credit(s).
SCI 126 - Natural Resource Conservation 2 Credit(s).
SCI 127 - Human Sexual Reproduction, Pregnancy, Development, and Birth 2 Credit(s).
SCI 128 - The Healthy Human Body 2 Credit(s).
SCI 129 - The Diseased Human Body 2 Credit(s).
SCI 130 - Plant Nutrition and Disease: Healthy Houseplants 2 Credit(s).
SCI 132 - Fossils and Geologic Time 2 Credit(s).
SCI 134 - Quarks and Atoms, Dark Matter and Black Holes 2 Credit(s).
SCI 135 - Our Awesome Planet Earth 2 Credit(s).
SCI 136 - Chemistry in Our World 2 Credit(s).
SCI 137 - The Physics of Sports 2 Credit(s).
SCI 139 - The Amazing Universe 2 Credit(s).
SCI 140 - DNA Fingerprinting and Genetic Engineering 2 Credit(s).
SCI 141 - Humans within Ecosystems: An Integration of Science and Humanities through Environmental Education 2 Credit(s).
SCI 143 - Our Home/Our Habitat 2 Credit(s).
SCI 144 - Science of Crime 2 Credit(s).
SCI 145 - Bad Science in Movies 2 Credit(s).

Health and Human Performance, Health Promotion Emphasis, B.S.

Health and Human Performance

Experiential Component (Complete the Following Course:)

Liberal Arts Requirements (11 Credit Hours)

Required Common Courses (25 Credit Hours)

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Health Promotion Emphasis

Program Specific Requirements (4 Credit Hours)

Required Emphasis Courses (23 Credit Hours)

Any 2 Topics in Science Classes

Total Credit Hours Required in Major: 48

Total Credit Hours Required in Degree: 121