Core Curriculum Requirements (30-33 Credit Hours)

For details on the required courses, refer to the Core Curriculum   program.

For students in this major, the following courses satisfy both core curriculum and major requirements: CHEP 1100  and CHEP 1110  

Required Courses (43-45 Credit Hours)

• CHEP 1100 - Health Promotion Credit Hours: 4
• CHEP 1110 - Nutrition & Health Promotion Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 2202 - Environmental Health Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 3000 - Epidemiology & Disease Etiology Credit Hours:
• CHEP 3320 - Behavior Change Theory Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 3345 - Needs Assessment Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 3350 - Program Planning & Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 3360 - Communication Techniques for Health Promotion Credit Hours: 2
• CHEP 4411 - Community & Public Health Policy, Ethics, and Professionalism Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 4440 - Health Research and Measurement Design Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• PSYC 3305 - Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4

• OR

• SOCY 3360 - Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4
• CHEP 4445 - Health Research Implementation Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• PSYC 3390 - Research Capstone Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• SOCY 3370 - Concepts of Survey Design Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 4450 - Program Funding & Administration Credit Hours: 3
• CHEP 4480 - Community Health Capstone Credit Hours: 4
• CHEP 4490 - Community Health Internship Credit Hours: 3
• POLI 2240 - Nonparametric Statistics Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• PSYC 2240 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• SOCY 2240 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3

• or

• BSBA 3310 - Business and Economic Statistics. Credit Hours: 3

• or

• MATH 1550 - Applied Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Major Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Students must complete at least a total of 6 credit hours course from at least TWO of the topics below:

Addiction: PSYC 3395   OR CRIM 3365  

Relationships: SOCY 3310  OR CRIM 2212  OR CHEP 4420  OR SOCY 4450  OR WGST 2201  OR CHEP 3315  OR SOCY 3335   OR SOCY 3345  

Special Populations: CHEP 4000   or CHEP 4001   or PSYC 4491  OR PSYC 4493  OR CRIM 3311  OR SOCY 3340  

Population Health: CHEP 3355  OR  HCMG 2201  or HCMG 3331  or HCMG 4000  

Minor/ Double Major Requirement

Credit hours vary on the chosen path and how courses may apply to both the CHEP major and a minor/double major/associate program.