Community Wellness
The community wellness concentration 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.
Concentration Requirements
To meet the requirements for the community wellness concentration, students must satisfactorily complete the following requirements:
As part of the General Curriculum Distribution requirements (hours count to fulfill the GCDR but not the concentration) complete the following courses:
BIO 124 | Biological Science | 3 |
| or | |
BIO 183 | Microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences | 3 |
PSY 101 | General Psychology | 4 |
SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 11 |
At least two 200-level or higher psychology (PSY) courses:
200 level or higher psychology course
Required in the concentration:
A minimum of 43 credit hours are required in the concentration, consisting of:
Three of the following (two courses must be 300 level or higher):
SOC 202 | Marriages and Families | 4 |
SOC 205 | Medical Sociology | 4 |
SOC 240 | Childhood Socialization | 4 |
SOC 307 | Families in Global Perspective | 4 |
SOC 308 | Sociology of Religion | 4 |
SOC 325 | Clinical and Counseling Sociology | 4 |
SOC 330 | Global Sociology | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
One of the following:
One of the following:
HIS 212 | Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World | 4 |
HIS 215 | Women in American History | 4 |
PHL 205 | Feminist Philosophy | 4 |
SOC 245 | Social Psychology: A Sociological Approach | 4 |
WST 125 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 4 |
WST 383 | Women's Studies | 4 |