Curriculum
Community Health Education, B.S.
The Community Health Education degree program provides a foundational knowledge of public health principles and a strategic framework for the achievement of the 8 Roles and Responsibilities of Health Education, as defined by the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC), through practice-based experiences.
Overall Requirements
- 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
- Students must continue to maintain the cumulative GPA requirement of 2.50 to progress and graduate. Students who drop below a 2.50 overall GPA will be dropped from the program.
- No HEA course or health-related area course for which a grade of C or better is required for the major may be taken more than twice (a C- is not acceptable). Students who receive a grade below C twice in the same HEA course or health-related area course required for the major will be dropped from the major.
COURSE SEQUENCE
Students generally complete their University Minerva Academic Curriculum (MAC) requirements and program prerequisites in their freshman and sophomore years. The program sequence begins in the junior year and culminates with a practice-based 240-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:
- Community Health Education-Course Sequence (PDF)
- Community Health Education-Internship-Handbook (PDF)
- PHE Graduation Plan & Advising Guidelines (PDF)
- Curriculum Modification Request Form (CMR)
| Degree Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
| Major Area Requirements | 57 |
| Required Major Area Courses | 45 |
| 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 credit hours required | 12 |
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