Health Sciences/Public Health Education and Promotion, Combined B.S./M.S. Program
This program allows advanced students to complete a B.S. in health sciences with a public health specialization and an M.S. in public health education and promotion in five years.
Admission Requirements: In addition to meeting the university's undergraduate admission requirements, undergraduate students with a major in health sciences with a public health specialization must have the following prerequisites to apply:
- Students may apply at any time to the combined program, but they are strongly advised to do so upon entry to the university or in their freshman year.
- Prior to being admitted, applicants must submit a letter of intent to the Director or Associate Director of the School of Health Sciences with contact information and indicating an interest in both the program and a career in public health education/promotion.
- Students in the program must maintain an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0. Students falling below an overall 3.0 GPA will be placed on academic probation for the program in the following semester during which time they must raise their GPA to ≥ 3.0. Students with a GPA that remains below 3.0 at the conclusion of a probationary semester will be dismissed from the combined program and placed in the traditional four-year health sciences health promotion track.
- To remain in the program, HPR 202, HPR 215, HPR 240, HPR 330, HPR 410, and HPR 430 must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.
Students in good standing will take graduate public health education and promotion courses during their senior year. Students reaffirm to Graduate Admissions that they wish to be admitted to the M.S. program at the end of their senior year, typically after completing a total of 120 undergraduate credits while maintaining the required GPA. Graduate courses taken during the undergraduate program will not apply towards undergraduate credits or GPA. The GRE and interview are waived. Students complete 30 graduate credits in their fourth and fifth years of study to complete the M.S. in Public Health Education and Promotion. Please see the Public Health Education and Promotion (M.S.) for details on the program.
Graduate Student Status: Upon satisfactory completion of HPR 501, HPR 502, HPR 520, and HPR 540, and the awarding of the B.S. degree in health sciences, the student attains full admission to the M.S. program and is subject to all graduate student policies and procedures.
Combined-Degree Requirements - Health Sciences/Public Health Education and Promotion
This degree requires a total of 154 credits.
Liberal Arts Core Requirements
See the Liberal Arts Core for details.
B.S./M.S. Requirements
To fulfill the requirements of the bachelor’s and master’s degrees, all students in this program will take the following coursework in a sequence determined in collaboration with an advisor. Some courses Liberal Arts Core requirements.
| BIO 151 | General Biology I * | 3 |
| BIO 151L | General Biology I Lab * | 1 |
| BIO 152 | General Biology II * | 3 |
| BIO 152L | General Biology II Lab * | 1 |
| BIO 161 | Anatomy and Physiology I * | 3 |
| BIO 161L | Anatomy and Physiology I Lab * | 1 |
| BIO 162 | Anatomy and Physiology II * | 3 |
| BIO 162L | Anatomy and Physiology II Lab | 1 |
| COMM 101 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| LA 250 | Legal Aspects of Health Care | 3 |
| HPR 115 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HPR 201 | Introduction to Health and Exercise Science | 3 |
| HPR 202 | Exercise Physiology | 3 |
| HPR 210 | CPR & First Aid | 1 |
| HPR 215 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HPR 225 | Health Psychology | 3 |
| HPR 230 | Community Health | 3 |
| HPR 240 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPR 301 | Health/Fitness Program Management | 3 |
| HPR 308 | Global Health and Culture | 3 |
| HPR 330 | Designing Public Health Programs | 3 |
| HPR 340 | Nutrition for Optimal Health | 3 |
| HPR 406 | Stress Management | 3 |
| HPR 410 | Anatomical Kinesiology | 3 |
| HPR 430 | Public Health Capstone | 3 |
| | One (1) health and human performance activity elective | |
| HPR 501 | Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion | 3 |
| HPR 502 | Introduction to Public Health and Preventive Medicine | 3 |
| HPR 520 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPR 540 | Designing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs | 3 |
| HPR 555 | Health Communication | 3 |
| IPE 715 | Critical Assessment and Research Methods I for Evidence-Based Health Care Practice | 3 |
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| HPR 598 | Internship | 3 |
| | OR | |
| HPR 599 | Research Project | 3 |
| OR | |
| IPE 716 | Research Methods II for Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
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| | Nine (9) credits of health and human performance electives at the 500-level | |
| | Six (6) credits of electives at the 500-level from HPR listings or outside of the department | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 83 |