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 124Biological Science

3

or

BIO 183Microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences

3

PSY 200General Psychology

4

SOC 100Introduction to Sociology

4

Required in the specialization:

HSC 100Health Science

2

HSC 130Medical Terminology

3

ESC 150First Aid

2

HSC 203Nutrition

3

HSC 220Functional Anatomy

3

At least two 200-level or higher psychology (PSY) courses of the student’s choosing (8)

SOC 202Marriages and Families

4

SOC 302Sociology of Aging

4

SOC 307Families in Global Perspective

4

One of the following:

SOC 306Racial and Ethnic Relations

4

SOC 313Social Stratification

4

SOC 320Sociology of Gender

4

HIS 325Narcotic Drugs and Modern Society

4

One of the following two:

HIS 212Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World

4

HIS 215Women 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.