Oct 31, 2025

Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

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Health Promotion, MEd

This program is designed for individuals who are currently involved in health promotion activities or who seek to prepare for health-related careers in community based organizations such as business, industry, agencies, hospitals and voluntary and official health agencies, as well as for in-service teachers.

Applicants who do not possess an adequate background in health and/or related areas will be required to make up course deficiencies. Such background course work will not be applied to the graduate program’s minimum credit requirements.

Learning Outcomes

Admission Requirements

A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 based upon four years of work or a 3.0 undergraduate GPA based upon work completed during the junior and senior year
Three appropriate letters of recommendation
Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work

Program of Study

Health core requirements (15 credits)

All candidates must complete the following:

Concentration options (18 credits)

Candidates may select one of the following courses of study for the concentration requirement:

Option A

Individualized program, including 18 credits of health (HEAL) electives by advisement. Non-health electives may be taken only with prior written consent of an advisor.
Exit requirement: comprehensive examination on core requirements

Option B

Individualized program, including 15 credits of health (HEAL) electives by advisement. Non-health electives may be taken only with prior written consent of an advisor.
HEAL 501 - Health Promotion Project
Exit requirement: oral defense of health promotion project

Option C

Individualized program, including 12 credits of health (HEAL) electives by advisement. Non-health electives may be taken only with prior written consent of an advisor.
HEAL 502 - Research (6 credits)
Exit requirement: oral defense of thesis

Option D: Health Fitness Promotion Concentration

PHED 518 - Advances in Exercise Metabolism
PHED 519 - Advances in Exercise Prescription
PHED 544 - Applied Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Science
Nine additional semester hours in any subject area chosen with the approval of the graduate faculty advisor. These may include HEAL 501 or HEAL 502 .
Exit requirement: complete one of the following:
- Comprehensive examination on core requirements
- HEAL 501 - Health Promotion Project , with oral defense
- HEAL 502 - Research , with oral defense

Note:

See the Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog for additional information regarding comprehensive examinations.

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