Curriculum
The program provides a foundational knowledge of public health principles and a strategic framework for achievement of the 7 Roles and Responsibilities of Health Education, as defined by the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC), through practice-based experiences.
Graduation requirements for this program include a minimum of 120 credits with 60 credit hours in the major: 48 credits of core courses and 12 credits of health electives.
COURSE SEQUENCE
Students generally complete their University general education requirements and program pre-requisites in their freshman and sophomore years. The program sequence begins in the junior year, and culminates with a practice-based 400-hour internship in the spring semester of the senior year. For more information on the course sequence and the internship, please click on the links below:
| Degree Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
| Major Area Requirements | 60 |
| Required Major Area Courses | 48 |
| HEA308 – Intro to Public Health | 3 |
| HEA314 – Public Health Diseases | 3 |
| HEA315 – Epidemiology | 3 |
| HEA339 – Intro to Public Health Education Practice | 3 |
| HEA325 – Public Health Data Analysis | 3 |
| HEA316 – Environmental Health | 3 |
| HEA340 – Community Observation and Assessment | 3 |
| HEA366 – Community Health Interventions | 3 |
| HEA405 – Program Planning and Evaluation | 3 |
| HEA312 – Public Health & Healthcare Systems in the U.S. | 3 |
| HEA426 – Internship Planning | 3 |
| HEA466 – Community Health Interventions II | 3 |
| HEA428 – Health Education Internship | 9 |
| HEA Electives | 12 |
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CURRICULUM MODIFICATION
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