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Health Promotion and Wellness

Students who select this option are seeking preparation for a wide range of careers, including the areas of Wellness, Fitness and Exercise Science. Classes and the required internship, can be focused toward settings such as cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, fitness leadership, fitness program management, and corporate wellness/fitness.

Courses Required for Health Promotion and Wellness
Dept.
Course #
Course
Credit
HHP
variable
Aquatics
1-3
HHP
151
Aerobic Dancing
1
HHP
230
Principles of Nutrition
3
HHP
312
Fitness Leadership
2
HHP
313
Health Promotion and Wellness
3
HHP
445
Clinical Exercise Physiology
3
HHP
447
Instrumentation in Exercise Physiology
3
HHP
465
Internship in Human Performance
3-12
BIOL
335
Physiology of Aging
3

Electives: Selected from 1 of 3 program options
(must bring Department/Major Requirements total to a minimum of 69 hours)
Health Promotion and Wellness
Dept.
Course #
Course
Credit
HHP
619
Exercise Testing and Prescription for the Elderly
2
HHP
617
Nutrition and Aging
2
HHP
320
Communicable and Emergent Diseases
2
HHP
332
Life-span Nutrition
3
PSY
230
Psychology of Human Motives
3
HHP
310
Consumer Health
3
PSY
310
Self-Help Techniques
3
SOC
644
Sociology of Aging
3
Fitness Programming and Management
Dept.
Course #
Course
Credit
HHP
332
Life-span Nutrition
3
EFCI
201
Principles of Economics: Micro
3
ECFI
202
Principles of Economics: Macro
3
ACCT
203
Financial Accounting
3
ACCT
204
Managerial Accounting
3
MGT
301
Management Principles
3
MKT
301
Marketing Principles
3
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Dept.
Course #
Course
Credit
HHP
332
Life-span Nutrition
3
HHP
617
Nutrition and Aging
2
HHP
619
Exercise Testing and Prescription for the Elderly
3
CHEM
112/112L
General Chemistry I/Lab
3
CHEM
114/114L
General Chemistry II/Lab
3
CHEM
120/120L
University Chemistry/Lab
5
MATH
250
Elements of Statistics
3
BIOL
300
Human Heredity
3

Total Hours for degree = 124


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