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Undergraduate Program
Degree. B.S. in Health Promotion and Education.
The Department of Health Promotion and Education at the
University of Utah offers an undergraduate Bachelor of
Science degree in five areas of emphasis: community health,
school health (public school teachers), consumer health,
provider health ( premedical and predental students only),
and emergency medical services (EMS). A minor is offered in
school health. The community emphasis requires two years to
complete, with the consumer, provider and EMS emphasis
requiring three semesters to complete. The school emphasis
requires one year.
The Community Health emphasis includes preparation toward
Certified Health Education Specialist for students
interested in careers in public, nonprofit, worksite, and
private health agencies and programs. The program provides
experiential opportunities in the classroom, in practicum
courses, and during the community internship.
The School Health emphasis is created for students
interested in teaching in public or private secondary
schools. A student must fulfill requirements of the
secondary teacher program in the Department of Teaching and
Learning and also complete a teaching minor in an approved
area.
The Provider Health emphasis is created for students
interested in becoming a physician or dentist. These
students must complete the pre-med and pre-dental
requirements.
The EMS emphasis prepares students to better serve the
community in the response fields, such as law enforcement,
firefighters, rural response and emergency response. This
degree increases the opportunities to enter administrative
positions.
The Consumer Health track prepares individuals to be
better consumers and to prepare better consumers of the vast
arena considered health. This degree is excellent for people
who are looking at graduate programs in health care of those
looking for a general education in health promotion.
There are four pre-requisite courses (*see list under
Requirements for the Major) that a student must complete
with a passing grade of C or better before they can declare
the major and register for the first two core classes (4200
and 4300). School track majors do not take H Edu 4300 and
therefore are not required to take Math 1070 to enter the
program. Forms to declare a major can be obtained from the
Health Promotion and Education Office (Annex 2142). This
form, with a DARS report or transcript (proof of completion
of pre-requisites) attached, needs to be returned to the
Department office to obtain the restricted class numbers in
order to register for H Edu 4200 and H Edu 4300. Application
date for Community Health is March 15.
Classes taken more than 10 years prior to graduation do
not fulfill departmental requirements. Appeals for
exceptions to requirements may be made to the Undergraduate
Committee.
Requirements for the Major
*Pre-requisite Courses (for Community, Provider,
Consumer and EMS) H EDU 1010 Healthy Lifestyles (3)
H EDU 3050 Community Health Issues (3)
MATH 1070 Intro to Statistical Inference [QB] (3)
WRTG 2010 Intermediate College Writing [Writing requirement]
(3)
I. Community Emphasis:
HEALTH EDUCATION COMMUNITY TRACK (Based on the
requirements for Certified Health Education Specialist
Credentialing)
Application due by March 15.
Effective Fall, 2006
Core Classes
H Edu 4200 Foundations of Health Education (3)
H Edu 4300 Research and Assessment (Q I) (3)
H Edu 4210 Planning and Methods (CW) (3)
H Edu 4220 Program Evaluation (Q I ) (3)
H Edu 4600 Practicum I (4)
H Edu 4610 Practicum II (4)
H Edu 5990 Internship/Preceptorship [Capstone] (6)
Required Content Classes
H Edu 1950 First Aid and Emergency Care (4)
H Edu 4180 Prevention: ATOD & Violence (3)
H Edu 4250 Facilitating Healthy Behavior (2)
H Edu 4301 Health Assessment (3)
H Edu 5160 Health Communication (3)
H Edu 5300(optional) Diversity and Health (fulfills
Diversity) (3)
H Edu 5500 Grant Writing (3)
Electives: Minimum of 10 hours.
H Edu 3000 Human Sexuality (3)
H Edu 3100 Smoking Cessation (3)
H Edu 4310 Marketing and Promotion (3)
H Edu 3700 Environmental Health (3)
H Edu 5100 Health Care in the U.S. (3)
H Edu 3030 Medical Terminology (3)
H Edu 4790 Health Service Admin (3)
H Edu 3290 Living with Chronic Diseases (3)
H Edu 3150 Health and Human Relations (2)
H Edu 3190 Death and Dying (3)
H Edu 3400 Hlth Concerns of Women (3)
H Edu 4350 Resiliency (3)
H Edu 3350 Eating Disorders and Body Image (3)
H Edu 5020 Transpersonal Health (3)
H Edu 5050 Health Concerns in Devel. World (3)
(Other electives can be substituted upon approval from
Academic Advisor)
II. Provider Emphasis:
HEALTH EDUCATION PROVIDER TRACK
(Major for pre-med or pre-dental students)
Effective Fall 2006
Core Classes
H Edu 4200 Foundations of Health Education (3)
H Edu 4300 Research and Assessment (Q I) (3)
H Edu 5990 Internship/Preceptorship (Capstone) (3-6)
Required Content Classes
H Edu 1950 First Aid & Emergency (4)
H Edu 3160 Stress Management (3)
H Edu 4250 Facilitating Healthy Behavior (2)
H Edu 4180 Prevention: ATOD & Violence (3)
H Edu 3190 Death and Dying (3)
H Edu 5300 Diversity and Health (CW, DV) (3)-optional
Electives: Minimum of 17 hours
H Edu 3000 Human Sexuality (3)
H Edu 3150 Health and Human Relations (2)
H Edu 3290 Living with Chronic Diseases (3)
H Edu 3400 Health Concerns of Women (3)
H Edu 4790 Health Service Administration (3)
H Edu 5020 Transpersonal Health (3)
H Edu 5100 Health Care in the U.S. (3) Phil 3520 or 3500
Bioethics or Ethics (3)
NOTE: In order to be eligible for graduation in the
Provider Emphasis, students must complete Pre-Medical or
Pre-Dental requirements.
III. Emergency Medical Services Emphasis:
Effective Fall 2006
Core Classes
H Edu 4200 Foundations of Health Education (3)
H Edu 4300 Research and Assessment (Q I ) (3)
H Edu 5800 Evaluating Response Agencies (3)
H Edu 5990 Internship/Preceptorship [Capstone] (3-6)
Required Content Classes
H Edu 3030 Medical Terminology (3)
H Edu 3190 Death and Dying (3)
H Edu 5950 EMT Training (9)
H Edu 5300 (optional) Diversity and Health (fulfills
Diversity) (3)
Bio 2420 Physiology (4)
PH TX 3700 Common Medicine (3)
Elective Content Classes (Must take at least one)
H Edu 3160 Stress Management (3)
NUTR 3420 Applied Nutrition Life Cycle (3)
H Edu 5970
EMT Intermediate (5)
Others available, please see department advisor.
Interest Area Track (12 hrs—See Les Chatelain or
Dept. Advisor for list of approved courses and advising) .
EMS Education
EMS Management
Wilderness Response
Disaster Preparedness
Community Response /Fire Services
IV. Consumer Health Emphasis:
Effective Fall 2006
Pre-Requisite (must take all)
H Edu 1010 Healthy Lifestyles (3)
H Edu 3050 Community Health Issues (3)
H Edu 1950 First Aid and Emergency Care (4)
WRTG 2010 College Writing (3)
MATH 1070 Statistics (3)
Required Courses (must take all)
H Edu 4200 Foundations of Health Education (3)
H Edu 4300 Research and Assessment (3)
H Edu 4180 Prevention (3)
H Edu 3160 Stress Management (3)
H Edu 3000 Human Sexuality (3)
H Edu 5800 Patient Education (3)
H Edu 3920 Living with Chronic Disease (3)
H Edu 2010 Into to Health Professions (3)
H Edu 4350 Personal Resiliency (3)
ESS 1098 Fitness for Life (3)
NUTR 1020 Scientific Foundations of Nutrition & Health (3)
Elective Courses (17+ hours)
H Edu 1030 Substance Use and Abuse (3)
H Edu 3030 Medical Terminology (3)
H Edu 3100 Smoking Cessation (3)
H Edu 3150 Health and Human Relationships (3)
H Edu 3190 Death and Dying (3)
H Edu 3350 Eating Disorders and Body Image (3)
H Edu 3400 Health Concerns of Women (3)
H Edu 3700 Environmental Health (3)
H Edu 4310 Marketing and Promotion (3)
H Edu 4790 Health Services Administration (3)
H Edu 5020 Transpersonal Health (3)
H Edu 5050 Health Concerns in the Developing World (3)
H Edu 5100 Health Care in the U.S. (3)
H Edu 5350 Eating Disorders: Prevention and Treatment (3)
H Edu 5370 Health and Optimal Aging (3)
FCS 1500 Human Development (3)
PHTX 2700 Common Medicines (3)
V. School Health Emphasis:
Teaching Major, Minor, Certification.
Please refer to Education in the Colleges section for
information on teaching major and minor course requirements
and state secondary teacher certification.
Graduate Program
Director of Graduate Studies. Glenn Richarson,
581-8039
Degrees. M.S., Ed.D., M.Phil., Ph.D.
For detailed information about graduate requirements and
tracks, call or write the departmental director of graduate
studies. See also the Graduate Information section of this
catalog. See departmental web page:
www.health.utah.edu/healthed.
Areas of Specialization. Graduate study in Health
Promotion and Education is designed to develop advanced
competencies in systematic development, administration,
implementation, and evaluation of health-education programs.
Course work stresses the importance of social,
psychological, behavioral, developmental, educational, and
communication theories as they relate to health-education
practice in educational, occupational, community, and
health-care settings.
Master's Degree. Requirements for admission to the
master's program include:
(1) completed application form and transcript sent to the
Graduate School Admissions Office;
(2) three letters of recommendation;
(3) a 500-word statement of the applicant's professional
goals, experience, and rationale for seeking a graduate
degree;
(4) combined verbal and quantitative GRE score of 1,000 and
a 4.0 on the GRE-AW or MAT score of 51;
(5) GPA of 3.0.
Students may elect an emphasis option in health-services
administration. For information see Health Services
Administration elsewhere in this section of the catalog.
Doctoral Degrees. Applicants to the doctoral
program must submit the same materials (1) thru (2) as the
master's applicant (see list, above) and in addition must
also provide (3) a 1,000-word statement describing
professional health experience, research goals, career
emphasis (4) combined verbal and quantitative GRE score of
1,000 and a 4.0 on the GRE-AW (5) an abstract of the
master's thesis or other published papers; (6) a GPA of 3.2
(7) evidence of at least two years of successful work
experience in a health-related field; (8) applicants may
also find it advantageous to arrange for a telephone or
personal interview with the faculty prior to consideration
for admission.
H_EDU Course Descriptions
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