Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program is an exciting and growing profession that can lead to jobs in public health agencies, voluntary nonprofit organizations, schools/colleges/universities, medical care settings, business/industry, and more. Health promotion is a specialized area within this field that prepares candidates to design, implement, and evaluate programs and policies that impact public and community health. Given the enormity of the health problems facing this nation and the possibility of future employment that emphasizes health promotion and wellness, the department has developed a professional track of study for the physical education major who wishes to expand their knowledge in the health promotion field. A concentration in health promotion prepares students for work in such areas as facility management, corporate wellness, hospital health promotion, community health, public fitness and recreation, patient education, research, public health.

Modul program

The modules are core (19-20 hours): PEHD 201 Introduction to Physical Education, HEAL 216 Personal and Community Health, PEHD 330 Kinesiology, PEHD 340 Exercise Physiology and Lab, PEHD 431 Tests and Measurements, PEHD 458 Organization and Administration of Physical Education. Concentration Requirements: HEAL 225 Consumer Health, HEAL 240 Worksite Wellness, HEAL 257 Nutrition Education, HEAL 325 Worksite Health Promotion, HEAL 3xx or 4xx (3-6 hours credit), PEHD 210 Concepts in Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription. A minimum 12-hour cognate: PSYC 103 General Psychology, and an additional nine hours in psychology or SOCY 101 Introduction to Sociology, and an additional nine hours in sociology.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students should have completed a challenging college-preparatory curriculum. The high school course curriculums are English - four units, including one unit of English literature and one unit of American literature, two units should have strong grammar and composition components; Mathematics - four units, includes algebra I and II, and geometry. Fourth unit should be higher-level math selected from among algebra III/trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, discrete mathematics, or a capstone math course; Laboratory Science - three units (four recommended), two of the units must be in biology, chemistry or physics; Foreign Language - three units, two units must be from the same language; Social Sciences - three units, includes one unit of U.S. history. Government and economics are recommended; Physical Education or ROTC - one unit; Fine Arts - one unit, appreciation of, history of, or performance in one of the fine arts; and electives - one unit, a college preparatory course in computer science (programming, not keyboarding) is recommended. Other acceptable electives include college preparatory courses in English, fine arts, foreign languages, humanities, laboratory science, mathematics, and social sciences. The minimum acceptable SAT scores are 1070-1230 for in-state students (critical reading and math only), 1140-1280 for out-of-state students (critical reading and math only) and ACT scores of 23-27.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

College Of Charleston

Nama jurusan

School of Education, Health, and Human Performance, Department of Health and Human Performance