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The Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Promotion & Education is an established career-oriented cohort program. Our graduates are prepared to develop effective health promotion and wellness programs for individuals, communities, and organizations. Our mission is to promote wellness and health literacy, improve health equity, and prevent injuries, infectious, and chronic diseases.

The degree is developed for individuals with an interest in 鈥渉elping professions.鈥� It uses multiple pedagogy and theories from health sciences, marketing, business, education, and psychology, combined with social justice principles to promote behavior change through policy, advocacy, and information dissemination. The goals are to keep the disease from developing, promote early detection of disease, manage chronic disease, remove systemic barriers, and build systemic support to increase wellness in all areas for all people.

The 180-degree program features 45 credits of health and wellness, business, or prerequisites, 45 credits of co-requisites, and 90 credits of an equity-focused - professionally relevant curriculum that helps students achieve their goals.

Learning Outcomes

Degree recipients should possess the skills and abilities described below:

• Locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information.
• Understand the underlying science of human health and disease, including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the lifespan.
• Apply knowledge of socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and cultural factors to develop effective health promotion programs.
• Conduct needs assessment to develop, implement, coordinate, market, manage, and evaluate evidence-based health promotion programs.
• Collaborate effectively in multi-disciplinary work teams in support of health promotion goals.
• Identify barriers to health and wellness and promote evidence-based strategies for behavior change.
• Utilize public health promotion and behavior change theories to communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, through a variety of media and to diverse audiences.