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Health Promotion M.Ed.


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Degree Requirements

The Master in Education in Health Promotion requires a minimum of 36 semester hours.

  1. A student must maintain a 3.00 GPA.
  2. A student may take courses full or part time, with day and evening classes available.
  3. Students must either take a comprehensive exam and successfully complete an additional three credits of advisor approved course work or successfully complete HED 750 Graduate Project in Health Promotion to fulfill the requirement of a capstone experience in the degree program.
  4. Master’s degrees must be completed within a six-year period, and continuous enrollment must be maintained throughout the six years.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the M.Ed. in Health Promotion consists of the following:

Health Promotion Core Requirements - Total Credits: 12

 
 
 
 

Health Promotion Research Core Requirements - Total Credits: 9

 

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EAB 705 - Epidemiology and Public Health
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Health Promotion Capstone Experience - Total Credits: 3

 
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Comprehensive Exam and advisor approved course(s)
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Selected Concentrations - Total Credits: 12

 
Administration Concentration
   
   
   
   
 

  

 

 

   
   
 

 

 

 

   
 
    
    
    
   
   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   
Communication Concentration
   
            
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   

Counseling Concentration

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.

   

Education Concentration

 

   

   
   
   
   
   
   
  HED 607 - Stress Management
   
   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

   
  HED 630 - Nutrition
  HED 635 - Health Studies on Dangerous Drugs
  HED 640 - Health Promotion and Wellness
   
 

 

   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   
Environmental Health Concentration
 

             

   
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   

Gerontology Concentration

  Students may select one (3 credits) of the remaining courses
 

 

    (Spring and sometimes Summer)
 

 

   
  See the Department of Health Promotion for additional curricular information.
   
 

For those students wishing to complete the coursework for a Certificate in Gerontology, the following must be completed:

  PSY 442 - Psychology of Aging (prerequisite PSY 101) usually offered every semester and the Summer
  KIN 461 - Physical Activity in Aging-(usually offered every year, varies between Fall and Spring)
  KIN 462 - Adult Development in Aging (usually offered every year varies Between Fall and Spring)
  NUR 486 - Aging and Social Policy (every Spring)
   
Nutrition and Fitness Concentration
 

        

   
   
   
 

 

   
   
   
 

See the department for additional curricular information.

 
Interdisciplinary Concentration
 

In addition to the courses listed above, students may select, with guidance and approval from their advisor, any graduate-level course that meets individual and professional needs identified by students. The core courses in health promotion also provide substantive contributions to other graduate programs offered across campus. These programs include, but are not limited to, those programs offered by the College of Business and the departments of Communication Studies, counseling, Curriculum and Instruction, Economics, Educational Leadership, Kinesiology, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Special Education and the Schools of Journalism and Media Studies and Social Work.

The design of the concentration component must revolve around a consistent theme and be relevant to the goals and objectives of the program and of the student. Design is to ensure a breadth and depth in a supportive area of concentration such as curriculum and instruction, special education, health promotion, school athletic administration, educational leadership, education administration, sport and recreational management, and psychology of sport.