The master's degree in health education gives the student a choice of a nutrition and fitness emphasis, a management emphasis, or a psychosocial emphasis. The program requires a minimum of 39 semester hours; the student takes a major portion of his course work in other departments at UWF. A student must choose either a thesis (6 semester hours) or an internship as part of his program. Contact the department for advisement.
Prerequisites
Credit in human anatomy or physiology or pathophysiology, general biology, and personal and community health or equivalent.
| Core Requirements (21 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HLP 6535 | Research Proced | . . . . . | 3 |
| HLP 6595 | Research Seminar | . . . . . | 3 |
| HSA 6106 | Crit Anlys Health | . . . . . | 3 |
| HSC 5006 | His Found Hlth Ed | . . . . . | 3 |
| HSC 5135 | Health Guidance | . . . . . | 3 |
| HSC 6206 | Comm Hlth Del Sys | . . . . . | 3 |
| Management elective | . . . . . | 3 | |
| Specialization Requirements (12 sh) | |||
| PsychoSocial (Choose from) | |||
| EAB 4704 | Intro Beh Mod | . . . . . | 3 |
| EAB 5738 | Beh Medicine | . . . . . | 3 |
| PCO 6216 | Th of Ind Counseling | . . . . . | 3 |
| PCO 6246 | Th of Grp Coun | . . . . . | 3 |
| PPE 5105 | Humanistic Psych | . . . . . | 3 |
| SOP 4772 | Human Sexuality | . . . . . | 3 |
| SOW 4604 | PsySoc Asp Health | . . . . . | 3 |
| Elective | . . . . . | 3 | |
| Management (Choose from) | |||
| HSA 5115 | Hlth Care Pol/Adm | . . . . . | 3 |
| MAN 5105 | Mgt Issues & Women | . . . . . | 3 |
| SOP 6069 | Adv Social Psychology | . . . . . | 3 |
| MAN 5542 | Team Building | . . . . . | 3 |
| MAN 6721 | Strat Mgt/Pol Form | . . . . . | 3 |
| Elective | . . . . . | 3 | |
| Nutrition and Fitness (Choose from) | |||
| HLP 3081 | Hlth/Nutr/Phs Fitness | . . . . . | 3 |
| HSC 5237 | Nutr and Health | . . . . . | 3 |
| NUR 3895 | Patient Educ | . . . . . | 3 |
| PET 3351 | Exercise Physiology | . . . . . | 4 |
| PET 5385C | Exercise Presc/Test | . . . . . | 3 |
| PET 6355C | Adv Exer Physiol | . . . . . | 3 |
| Elective | . . . . . | 3 | |
| Internship, Thesis, Field Experience | |||
| Students must choose either a thesis or an internship as part of their programs. The option will be chosen in relation to the students past experiences and future objectives. The option will carry 6 semester hours credit. | |||