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Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

Lutchmie Narine, Chair
426 Ostrom Avenue, 315-443-9630
Faculty Dessa Bergen-Cico, Luvenia W. Cowart, Sandra D. Lane, Sandra D. Lane, Eileen Lantier, Mary Ann Middlemiss, Lutchmie Narine, Maureen Thompson

The Department of Health and Wellness offers a 123-credit program leading to a bachelor of science (B.S.) in health and wellness. Graduates can pursue a career or graduate study in the areas of community health education, health promotion, and other health-related fields. 
    The academically rigorous health and wellness program helps you develop the skills you need to analyze and provide practical solutions to health issues. The curriculum combines program-specific courses with professional and liberal arts requirements, including health issues among diverse populations; factors influencing the health of individuals, families, and communities; community-based participatory research; health literacy; and cultural competence, with a predominant focus on health promotion. The program includes an 18-credit professional role concentration in an area of your choice, such as health communications, fitness, health informatics, family health, healthy aging or community health education. 

B.S. in Health and WEllness
Communication Skills (9 credits)

WRT 105	Writing Studio 1	3
WRT 205	Writing Studio 2	3
CFS 255	Interpersonal Competence or
SWK 201	Social Work Practice Skills Laboratory or
CRS 231	Interpersonal Communication	3

Quantitative Skills	6
Natural science and mathematics division	11
Humanities division	9
Social science division	9
Global diversity	3

HSHP Requirements (4 credits)

HSH 101	First-Year Gateway	1
BIO 215	Biomedicine and Human Values or
PHI 551	Health Career Ethics	3

Program Requirements (42 credits)

HTW 121	Personal/Social Health	3
HTW 221	Health Promotion/Lifespan	3
HTW 301	Holistic Healing Practices	3
HTW 303	Community/Environmental HTH	3
HTW 305	Mental/Emotional/Spiritual HTH	3
HTW 307	Culturally Competent HTH Care	3
HTW 309	Health Problems of Vulnerable Populations	3
HTW 311	Health Literacy	3
HTW 401	Epidemiology	3
HTW 403	Community-Based Health Policy and Research	3

Health Related Electives (12 credits)

Professional Role Requirement (18 credits)

Total Credits    123