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Health and Well-being, B.A.

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General Education Foundations

Please use this link to view a list of courses that meet each GEF requirement.

NOTE: Some major requirements will fulfill specific GEF requirements. Please see the curriculum requirements listed below for details on which GEFs you will need to select.

Course List
Code Title Hours
General Education Foundations
F1 - Composition & Rhetoric3-6
ENGL 101
& ENGL 102
Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric
and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
or ENGL 103
Accelerated Academic Writing
F2A/F2B - Science & Technology4-6
F3 - Math & Quantitative Reasoning3-4
F4 - Society & Connections3
F5 - Human Inquiry & the Past3
F6 - The Arts & Creativity3
F7 - Global Studies & Diversity3
F8 - Focus (may be satisfied by completion of a minor, double major, or dual degree)9
Total Hours31-37

Please note that not all of the GEF courses are offered at all campuses. Students should consult with their advisor or academic department regarding the GEF course offerings available at their campus.

Degree Requirements 

Course List
Code Title Hours
University Requirements63
Professional and Career Development Sequence
Health and Well-Being Major Requirements57
Total Hours120

University Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
General Education Foundations (GEF) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 (31-37 Credits)
Outstanding GEF Requirements 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 830
CAHS 191First-Year Seminar2
General Electives31
Total Hours63

Professional and Career Development Sequence

Course List
Code Title Hours
Sequence *
CAHS 191
First-Year Seminar
CAHS 300
Career Exploration in Applied Human Sciences
CAHS 489
Capstone Experience in AHS

Health and Well-Being Major Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Components of Well-being
ACE 149Introduction to Applied Anatomy3
CDFS 417Families and Health3
COUN 400Diversity and Human Relations3
HN&F 171Introduction to Human Nutrition (GEF 2)3
HWB 110Pathways in Health and Well-Being3
PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology (GEF 4)3
Health and Well-being
ACE 307Applied Sport Physiology3
CAHS 300Career Exploration in Applied Human Sciences3
CAHS 489Capstone Experience in AHS3
COUN 303Introduction to Helping Professions3
HWB 224Enhancing Health and Well-being3
HWB 359Mindfulness for Health and Well-being3
HWB 375Methods of Health Coaching3
HWB 404Enhancing Community Well-being3
PET 301Foundations of Health Education3
PET 302Core Concepts in Health Education3
PET 403Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation for Health Educators3
SEP 283Introduction to Exercise Psychology3
SEP 415Physical Activity Promotion in Diverse Settings3
Total Hours57
*

CAHS 191 is accounted for in the University Requirements, CAHS 300 and CAHS 489 are part of the Major Requirements.

Suggested Plan of Study 

First Year
FallHoursSpringHours
ENGL 101 (GEF 1)3ACE 1493
CAHS 1912EDUC 232 (GEF 3)3
HWB 1103HN&F 171 (GEF 2)3
GEF 5, 6, or 73HWB 2243
Elective3PSYC 101 (GEF 4)3
Elective 1 
 15 15
Second Year
FallHoursSpringHours
ACE 3073ENGL 102 (GEF 1)3
CAHS 3003COUN 3033
SEP 2833GEF 5, 6, or 73
GEF 23GEF 8 or minor course3
Elective3Elective3
 15 15
Third Year
FallHoursSpringHours
HWB 3753COUN 4003
HWB 3593PET 3023
PET 3013SEP 4153
GEF 8 or minor course3GEF 5, 6, or 73
Elective 3GEF 8 or minor course3
 15 15
Fourth Year
FallHoursSpringHours
HWB 4043PET 4033
CDFS 4173CAHS 4893
Elective 9Electives9
 15 15
Total credit hours: 120

Program Learning Outcomes

  1.  Program graduates will integrate disciplinary knowledge, skills, and dispositions and apply them to complex professional issues for employment in health and wellness settings, including the pursuit of advanced degrees in health-related disciplines.

  2. Program graduates will reflect on their professional readiness and think critically about the continued refinement of the disciplinary knowledge, skills, and dispositions learned across the curriculum for employment in health and wellness settings, including the pursuit of advanced degrees in health-related disciplines
  3. Program graduates will model professional and ethical behaviors that are consistent with industry standards and the related recommendations for best practice learned across the curriculum for employment in health and wellness settings, including the pursuit of advanced degrees in health-related disciplines
  4. Program graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify, locate, evaluate and effectively share health and wellness related information via written and oral communication
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