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 124Biological Science

3

or

BIO 183Microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences

3

PSY 101General Psychology

4

SOC 100Introduction to Sociology

4

Total Credit Hours:11

At least two 200-level or higher psychology (PSY) courses:

200 level or higher psychology course
Total Credit Hours:8

Required in the concentration:

A minimum of 43 credit hours are required in the concentration, consisting of:



HSC 100Personal and Family Health

3

HSC 130Medical Terminology

3

ESC 150Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED

2

HSC 203Nutrition

3

HSC 220Functional Anatomy

3

ESC Elective

2

Three of the following (two courses must be 300 level or higher):

SOC 202Marriages and Families

4

SOC 205Medical Sociology

4

SOC 240Childhood Socialization

4

SOC 307Families in Global Perspective

4

SOC 308Sociology of Religion

4

SOC 325Clinical and Counseling Sociology

4

SOC 330Global Sociology

4

Total Credit Hours:12

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:

HIS 212Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World

4

HIS 215Women in American History

4

PHL 205Feminist Philosophy

4

SOC 245Social Psychology: A Sociological Approach

4

WST 125Introduction to Women's Studies

4

WST 383Women's Studies

4