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Health Promotion

Curriculum

I. Core Curriculum (45 s.h.)

 
  8 s.h. from either the Biology or Chemistry science sequences.
  SOC 1000 (3)  
  FCS 2202 (3)  
  Math 1024 Required ONLY if an Exercise Science Minor is pursued (4)  

(If ECO 2030 or PSY 1200 is taken for a minor, one couse will count toward Social Science.)

II. Major Requirements (60 s.h.)

An overall 2.0 GPA is required in the major and 18 s.h.
must be completed at Appalchian.
  H P 2100 (3) Health Program Planning & Evaluation
  H P 2200 (3)(W) Lifestyle Disease & Risk Reduction
  HP/HED 3100 (3) Emergency Care and CPR
  H P 3130 (3) Environmental Health
  H P 3200 (3)(C) Health Risk Appraisal
  H P 3700 (3) Health Behavior Change
  H P 4100 (2) Biostatistics
  H P 4200 (3)(W) Principles of Epidemiology
  H P 4300 (3) Smoking Cess/Alcohol Treatment Program
  H P 4400 (2) Weight Management
  HP 4701 (3) Seminar in Health Promotion
  HP 4800 (3) Health Program Planning & Evaluation II
  H P 4900 (6) Internship
  COM 2101 (3)(S) Public Speaking (C minimum)
  C S 1410 (2)(C) Intro to Computer Applications
  E S 2000 (5) Human Anatomy and Physiology
  E S 2005 (3) Concepts in Fitness & Performance Evaluation
  SOC 1110 (3) Marriage and Family Relations
  SOC 3100 (3) Gerontology
 

III. Minor Required (15-18 s.h.)

Choose one of the following 4 minors
(9 s.h. of minor must be completed at Appalachian)

Exercise Science (19 s.h.)
(Includes ES 2005 required in major.)
  E S 2010 (3)(W) Exercise Physiology
  E S 2020 (3)(C&ND) Meas & Eval in PE
  E S 3005 (3)(S) Phys Assessment & Program Mgt
  E S 3450 (3) Advanced Exercise Physiology
  E S 3550 (4)(C) Intro to Biomechanics
 


Foods and Nutrition (18 s.h.)
(Includes FCS 2202 and FCS 4560 required in core curriculum and major)
Choose four courses from the following (along with any required prerequisits):
  FCS 1202 (3) Basic Food Science
  FCS 2201 (2) Foods & Nutrition for Children
  FCS 2203 (3) Org & Mgt in Food Ser
  FCS 2204 (3)(MC) Quantity Food Prod I
  FCS 3202 (3)(W) Quantity Food Prod II
  FCS 3205 (3) Nutrition and the Life Cycle
  FCS 4200 (3)(W) Advanced Nutrition
  FCS 4240 (3) Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  FCS 4250 (3) Medical Nutrition Therapy II
  FCS 4504 (3)(S) Foodsystems/Dietetics Admin
  FCS 4540 (3) Diet and Public Health
  FCS 4552 (1) Medical Terminology/Records
  FCS/ES 4555 (3) (CD) Nutritional Aspects of Exer. & Sports
  FCS 4560 (3) (S/C) Community Nutrition


General Business (18 s.h.)
(Includes MGT 3010 required for major) Overall 2.0 GPA required.
  ACC 1100 (3)(ND) Principles of ACC I
  CIS 3050 (3) (C/W) Fdn. of Mgt. Info Systems
  MKT 3050 (3) Principles of Marketing
  ECO 2030 (3) Prin of Eco-Price-Theory
  FIN 3010 or
3680
(3) Survey of Finance
  MGT 3010 (3) Survey of Management


Psychology (15 s.h.)
(PSY 1200 can be used as a Social Science and also count in minor)
  PSY 1200 (3) General Psychology (required)
  And choose 15 s.h. of electives:

Suggested courses:

  PSY 1100 (3) Psy of Parenting
  PSY 2301 (3) Psy of Human Growth & Dev
  PSY 2401 (3) Abnormal Psychology
  PSY 3207 (3)(CD) Org Psy
  PSY 4562 (3)(W) Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
 

IV. Free Electives (to total a minimum of 122 s.h.) 2

2 s.h. of free electives outside the major discipline are required

Total Degree Hours 122-125 sh