Community Health, B.S.

General Information

  • Students completing the Community Health major will not have teaching licensure.
  • Completing liberal education requirements and a major in Community Health will not earn students the minimum number of semester credits (128) needed to graduate from BSU.  Students should pursue a minor or an additional major area of study.

Order of Classes

  • Students should take classes in numerical order when possilble. (see Suggessted semester schedules)

Recommended Liberal Education Classes:

  • The department of PEHS recommends the following liberal education classes for Exercise Science majors:
    • PSY 1100 Introductory Psychology (Category 5)
    • THSP 1090 Interpersonal Communication (Category 7 and 9)
    • or THSP 1100 Public Speaking (Category 6 or 11)

General Course Inforatiom

  • HLTH 2100 Community First Aid is a requirement of this major.  Students with Red Cross certifications in First Aid, Adult CPR, Child CPR, and Infant CPR may have the Community First Aid requirement waived, but students must still have the TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS in the major to graduate.
  • Students in majors/minors outside of Physical Education or Exercise Science who pursue the Coaching Specialist need PHED 3090 Sport Physiology.  Students may substitute PHED 3300 Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition.

Graduation Planning Documents

  • PEHS students should submit GRADUATION PLANNING DOCUMENTS when they have completed 80 semester hours of degree coursework.

Curriculum and Course Offerings by Semester

This course listing is for planning purposes only; offerings may change on short notice.

REQUIRED COURSES

C=on-campus; O=online; S=self-guided
*Asterisk = not every semester

Lib Ed

Pre req

Course

Cr

Fall

Spring

Summer

3

 

BIOL 1110     Human Biology

4

C

 

C

3
3,8

 

BIOL 1120     General Biology: Evolution & Ecology OR
ENVR 2000   Introduction to Environmental Science

3
3


C

C
C

 

 

 

BIOL 1300     Medical Terminology

2

 

C

 

 

BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1211

BIOL 2110     Human Anatomy & Physiology

5

C

C

 

 

 

HLTH 2100   Community First Aid

1

C

C

C

7

 

HLTH 2800   Multicultural Health in America

2

C

 

 

 

 

HLTH 3150   Theoretical & Ethical Foundations of Health

3

C,S

S

S

 

HLTH 3150

HLTH 3200   Personal & Consumer Health

3

C,S

S

S

 

 

HLTH 3400   Health & Drugs in Society

3

C,S

C,O,S

C,O,S

 

HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, & HLTH 3200

HLTH 3500   Community Health

3

 

C

 

 

BIOL 1110, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, & HLTH 3500

HLTH 3700   Disease Identification, Prevention & Control

2

C

 

 

 

HLTH 3100 & HLTH 3200

HLTH 3970   Internship: Practicum in Health

1

C

C

C

 

BIOL 1110, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, HLTH 3500, & HLTH 3700

HLTH 4220   Epidemiology

2

S

C,S

C

 

BIOL 1110, BIOL 1300, BIOL 2110, HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, & HLTH 3500

HLTH 4320   Health Care Policy & Law

3

 

 

 

 

HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, HLTH 3500, HLTH 3610, HLTH 3700, & HLTH 4220

HLTH 4410   Health Program Planning, Promotion, Evaluation, & Administration

4

 

C

 

 

Senior status

HLTH 4920   Directed Group Study: Seminar in Health

2

C

C

 

 

 

HLTH 4970   Internship in Health

12

C

C

 

7

 

PSY 2220       Human Sexuality

3

C,S

C,S

C,S

 

Lib. Ed. Math.

PSY 3301       Introduction to Statistics & Research

4

C

C

 

 

SOWK 2120

SOWK 3760  Mental Health Social Work

2

 

 

 

 

SOWK 2120

SOWK 3830  Social Work with the Elderly

3

 

 

 

Select ONE of the following PAIRS of courses: THIS pair:

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

HLTH 3300   Nutrition &
PHED 2200   Lifestyle for Wellness

3
2

S

C,S

O*

 

 

OR THIS pair:

 

 

 

 

11



BIOL 2120

PHED 1240   Skills for Life: Techniques of Neuromuscular Relaxation &
PHED 3300   Exercise Physiology & Nutrition

1

3

C,S

C

C,S

C, S

 

Suggested Semester Schedule

The following is a list of required Community Health Major, B.S. courses arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Freshman

BIOL 1110 Human Biology (4)
BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution and Ecology (3)
or ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
HLTH 2100 Community First Aid (1)
MATH 1110 Beginning College Algebra (3)
PHED 1240 Techniques of Neuromuscular Relaxation (1)
or PHED 2200 A Lifestyle for Wellness (2)
PSY 1100 Introductory Psychology (4)
Liberal Education requirements

Sophomore
BIOL 1300 Medical Terminology (2)
BIOL 2110 Human Anatomy and Physiology (5)
HLTH 2800 Multicultural Health in America (2)
HLTH 3150 Theoretical and Ethical Foundations of Health (3)
PSY 2200 Human Sexuality (3)
Complete Liberal Education requirements

Junior
HLTH 3200 Personal and Consumer Health (3)
HLTH 3300 Nutrition (3)
or PHED 3300 Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition (3)
HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (3)
HLTH 3500 Community Health (3)
HLTH 3700 Disease Identification, Prevention, and Control (2)
HLTH 3970 Internship: Health Practicum (1)
PSY 3301 Introduction to Statistics and Research (4)

Senior
HLTH 4220 Epidemiology (2)
HLTH 4320 Health Care Policy and Law (3)
HLTH 4410 Health Program Planning, Promotion, Evaluation and Administration (4)
HLTH 4920 Directed Group Study: Health Seminar (2)
HLTH 4970 Health Internship (12)
SOWK 3760 Mental Health Social Work (2)
SOWK 3830 Gerontology: Social Work Perspectives (3)

Suggested Semester Schedule for Transfer Students

The following is a list of required Community Health Major, B.S. courses suggested to by taken during the first year for transfer students who have completed the AA degree.  This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Fall Semester

BIOL 1300 Medical Terminology (2)
BIOL 2110 Human Anatomy and Physiology (5)
HLTH 2100 Community First Aid (1)
HLTH 2800 Multicultural Health in America (2)
HLTH 3150 Theoretical and Ethical Foundations of Health (3)
HLTH 3200 Personal and Consumer Health (3)

Spring Semester
HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (3)
HLTH 3500 Community Health  (3)
HLTH 4220 Epidemiology (2)
HLTH 4320 Health Care Policy and Law (3)
HLTH 3970 Internship: Health Practicum (1)
PSY 3301 Introduction to Statistics and Research (4)

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