Community Wellness
The community wellness specialization is designed for the student who works in or wants to work as a support person in a community health setting, and who desires to combine select courses from a variety of related disciplines into a cohesive degree. To meet the requirements for the community wellness specialization, students must satisfactorily complete 86 credit hours, including:
Degree Requirements
As part of the General Curriculum Distribution requirements (hours count to fulfill the GCDR but not the specialization):
BIO 124 | Biological Science | 3 |
| or | |
BIO 183 | Microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences | 3 |
PSY 200 | General Psychology | 4 |
SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
Required in the specialization:
At least two 200-level or higher psychology (PSY) courses of the student’s choosing (8)
One of the following:
One of the following two:
HIS 212 | Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World | 4 |
HIS 215 | Women in American History | 4 |
At least 15 of the above credit hours must be earned at the University.
At least 16 of the above credit hours must be earned in courses at the 300-level or higher.
- 43 credit hours may be earned through electives of the student’s choosing.