Health and Wellness Promotion

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In the liberal arts tradition, the major in Health and Wellness Promotion is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students to promote health, wellness, and high quality of life among individuals, groups and populations, with a focus on healthy lifestyle choices and supportive environments. The program includes instruction in health promotion, nutrition, physical activity, mental and emotional health, anatomy and physiology, chronic disease process and prevention, health equity, and other key health topics and concepts. Students develop skills in individual wellness; health education and communication; health research methods and health program planning, implementation, and evaluation. The curriculum emphasizes culturally-sensitive and multi-level health promotion in a variety of settings, such as schools, worksites, older adult care centers, health care facilities and communities.

I. Required courses in the major—at least 41 hours, including:

HWP 190 - Foundations of Health Promotion (3)
HWP 223 - Physical Activity and Health (3)
HWP 224 - Mental and Emotional Health (3)
HWP 225 - Nutrition and Lifestyle (3)
HWP 294 - Human Physiology (4)
HWP 310 - Community Health Promotion: Theory and Practice (4)
HWP 335 - Health Communication (3)
HWP 455 - Pathophysiology of Chronic Conditions and Illnesses (4)
HWP 459 - Senior Seminar in Health and Wellness Promotion (3)
Note: BIOL 338 may be substituted for HWP 294.

3 hours from:

At least 9 additional elective hours at the 200-400 level

Note: HWP 295 may not be used to satisfy both the elective requirement and the HWP science requirement, listed below.

II. Additional required courses—8 hours:

STAT 185 - Introductory Statistics (4)

One of the following science options:

a)

b)

BIOL 328 - Human Anatomy and Histology (4)

c)

d)

HWP 295 - Functional Anatomy (4)
HWP 295 may not be used to satisfy both the HWP science requirement and the elective requirement, above.

III. Other departmental requirements:

Major competency is demonstrated in HWP 459. A grade of C or higher in HWP 310 and 459 is required to graduate.

Liberal Arts Core (LAC)

For additional information about the Liberal Arts Core and the specific courses that fulfill the requirements, visit the Office of the Registrar website, https://registrar.unca.edu/liberal-arts-core.

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

The credit hours listed are the minimum required.

Requirement	Credits
First-Year Colloquium	3
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry	4
Humanities	12
Laboratory Science	4
Scientific Perspectives	3
Quantitative Perspectives	4
Social Science	3
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester)	0-4
Arts and Ideas	3
Senior Capstone	4
Diversity Intensive	3