HEALTH EDUCATION
| Degree: |
Master of
Science |
| Department: |
Health,
Leisure & Exercise Science
Building 54, Room 119
(850) 474-2592
hles@uwf.edu |
| College: |
Professional
Studies |
The master's degree in Health Education provides
the student a choice of a Management Emphasis, a Nutrition and Fitness Emphasis,
or a Psychosocial Emphasis. The program requires 39 semester hours including a
core of 15 hours. The remaining 24 hours are carefully chosen by the student in
consultation with an advisor. A student has the option of completing a thesis or
an internship. Consult the department for advisement.
Prerequisites
Credit in human anatomy or physiology or
pathophysiology, general biology, and personal and community health or
equivalent.
Core Requirements (15 sh)
| HLP 6535 |
Research Procedures |
3 |
| HLP 6595 |
Research Seminar |
3 |
| HSC 5037 |
Historical Foundations of Health Education |
3 |
| HSC 5585 |
Health Promotion and Planning |
3 |
| HSC 5506 |
Epidemiology |
3 |
Management Emphasis (24 sh)
| Choose 24 sh from: |
| HSA 5115 |
Health Care Policy & Administration |
3 |
|
HLP 6922
|
Field Experience
|
3
|
|
Course offered as 1-3 sh per semester
|
3-6
|
|
HLP 6940
|
Internship
|
|
|
Course offered as 3-6 sh per semester
|
|
|
HLP 6971
|
Thesis
|
6
|
|
Course offered as 1-6 sh per semester
|
|
|
HSC 5552
|
Communicable and Degenerative Diseases
|
3
|
|
HSC 6206
|
Community Health Delivery Systems
|
3
|
|
MAN 5105
|
Management of Diversity
|
3
|
|
MAN 5542
|
Team Building
|
3
|
|
MAN 6156
|
Management and Organizational Behavior
|
3
|
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MAN 6285
|
Organizational Change and Development
|
3
|
|
SOP 6069
|
Advanced Social Psychology
|
3
|
|
Electives as approved by the department chair
|
|
*Students are permitted to take a maximum of 18 sh of courses offered in the
College of Business.
Nutrition and Fitness Emphasis (24 sh)
|
Choose 24 sh from:
|
|
HLP 6515
|
Evaluation Process in Sports
|
3
|
|
HLP 6922
|
Field Experience
|
3
|
|
Course offered 1-3 sh per semester
|
|
|
HLP 6940
|
Internship
|
3-6
|
|
Course offered 3-6 sh per semester
|
|
|
HLP 6971
|
Thesis
|
6
|
|
Course offered 1-6 sh per semester
|
|
|
HSC 5237
|
Nutrition & Health
|
3
|
|
HSC 5552
|
Communicable and Degenerative Diseases
|
3
|
|
PET 3351/L
|
Exercise Physiology/Lab
|
4
|
|
PET 4310/L
|
Mechanics of Human Motion/Lab
|
4
|
|
PET 4361
|
Sport Nutrition and Weight Control
|
3
|
|
PET 4552
|
Exercise Testing for Special Populations
|
3
|
|
PET 5235
|
Motor Learning
|
3
|
|
PET 5385C
|
Exercise Prescription & Testing
|
3
|
|
PET 5626
|
Injury Evaluation and Rehabilitation
|
3
|
|
PET 5635C
|
Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine
|
3
|
|
PET 6346
|
Biomechanics of Sports Skills
|
3
|
|
PET 6355C
|
Advanced Exercise Physiology
|
3
|
|
Electives as approved by the department chair
|
Psycho-Social Emphasis (24 sh)
|
Choose 24 sh from:
|
|
EAB 4xxx
|
Health Psychology
|
3
|
|
EAB 4704
|
Introduction to Behavior Modification
|
3
|
|
EAB 5705
|
Advanced Behavior Modification
|
3
|
|
EAB 5738
|
Behavioral Medicine
|
3
|
|
HLP 6922
|
Field Experience
|
3
|
|
Course offered 1-3 sh per semester
|
|
|
HLP 6940
|
Internship
|
3-6
|
|
Course offered 3-6 sh per semester
|
|
|
HLP 6971
|
Thesis
|
6
|
|
Course offered 1-6 sh per
semester
|
|
| HSA 6106
|
Critical Analysis of Health
|
3
|
|
HSC 5135
|
Health Guidance
|
3
|
|
HSC 5552
|
Communicable and Degenerative Diseases
|
3
|
|
HSC 6206
|
Community Health Delivery Systems
|
3
|
|
PCO 4310
|
Intervention in Addictions
|
3
|
|
PCO 6216
|
Theories of Individual Counseling
|
3
|
|
PCO 6246
|
Theories of Group Counseling
|
3
|
|
PCO 6278
|
Multicultural Counseling
|
3
|
|
PPE 5105
|
Humanistic Psychology: Dynamics of
Healthy Personality
|
3
|
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PSB 4731
|
Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior
|
3
|
|
Electives as approved by the department chair
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Enrollment
Services
July 2000
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