Required Courses (24 credit hours)
- Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Promotion
- Program Planning and Implementation
- Settings and Special Populations
- Community Health Assessment
- Program Evaluation in Health Behavior and Health Promotion
- Design and Analysis of Studies in the Health Sciences II
Typical Electives
- Facilitating Health Behavior Change
- Health Counseling
- Religion and Health Status
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Adolescent Health Issues
- Medical Sociology
- Mass Communication and Public Health
- Cancer Behavioral Science
Typical Practicum
- As a student in health behavior and health promotion, you might organize AIDS outreach efforts in Appalachia, explore injury patterns in child care settings throughout the state, develop a profile of Hispanic women attending prenatal clinics at city health departments, or assess youth tobacco interventions within local high schools.
For more information about study in health behavior and promotion, including faculty and their research, visit Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion.
How to apply
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