Public Health Education / Social Work Accelerated/Master’s

Curriculum Requirements

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To be eligible for this program students must have senior status (90 earned hours minimum) and an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students will be identified in the junior ear and tracked for continued eligibility. 

Social Work is only accepting six credit hours in the accelerated track when the undergraduate pathway is from a different discipline. Social Work has an approved B.S.W.- M.S.W. bridge program. 

Four- Year Curriculum Plan

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Four- Year Plan in Public Health Education/ Social Work- Accelerated Track

 

Freshman Year
Fall Semester

*ENG 1110 English Composition I ( 3 )  

*BIOL 1100 General Biology ( 3 )  

+HEDU 2000 Introduction to Health Education ( 3 )  

*PEDU 1541 Fitness ( 2 )  

*UNIV 1100 First Year Seminar ( 2 )  

*MFL 1192 Elementary (Critical Language) II ( 3 )  

Spring Semester

*ENG 1210 English Composition II ( 3 )  

*MATH 1110 Elementary Statistics ( 3 )  

*BIOL 1300 Molecules and Cell Function ( 4 )  

*HUM 2410 Arts & Humanities I ( 3 )  

%MSCM 1250 Elements of Speech Communication ( 3 )  

Sophomore Year
Fall Semester

%BIOL 1610 Human Anatomy and Physiology I ( 4 )  

+HEDU 2100 Community Health ( 3 )  

+HEDU 2200 Health Behavior for Effective Living ( 3 )  

*HIST 1320 World Societies ( 3 )  

* Arts and Humanities Core Course (3)

Spring Semester

%BIOL 1620 Human Anatomy and Physiology II ( 4 )  

%FOOD 2200 Introduction to Human Nutrition ( 3 )  

+HEDU 2400 Methods and Applications of Group Leadership for Health Personnel ( 3 )  ►

*POLS 2100 American Government ( 3 )  

%PSY 3100 Abnormal Psychology ( 3 )  

Junior Year
Fall Semester

+HEDU 3210 Foundations of Public Health ( 3 )  

+HEDU 3400 Theory and Practice of Health Education ( 3 )  ►

+HEDU 3200 Communicable and Chronic Health ( 3 )  

+HEDU 3720 Introduction to Epidemiology & Biostatistics ( 3 )  

& Elective (3)

Spring Semester

+HEDU 3600 Planning for Health Promotion and Health Education ( 3 )  

+HEDU 3000 Introduction to Technical Writing for Public Health (WI) ( 3 )  

+HEDU 3100 Environmental Health ( 3 )  

&HEDU Elective (3)

& Elective (3)

Senior Year
Fall Semester

&HEDU 4000 Communicating Health Information: Procedures, Media, and Techniques ( 3 )  or HEDU Elective (3)

+HEDU 4300 Research Methods and Evaluation in Health Education ( 3 )  

%SOCW 5101 Foundation of Social Welfare Policy

%SOCW 5103 Human Behavior in the Social Env. (3)

Spring Semester

& Elective (2/3)

& Elective (3)

& Elective (3)

& Elective (3)

& Elective (2/3)

Total Minimum Credit Hours: 120

Distribution of Hours:

* Core Curriculum-35

+ HEDU required courses-36

% Non-Departmental Required Courses-23

& Electives-26

WI= Writing Intensive Course
SI= Speaking Intensive Course

► The University Community Service requirement may be met in these Service Learning Courses.

Eligibility for Application to Upper Division Complete lower level HEDU Courses - HEDU 2000,2100 HEDU 2200 and HEDU 2400 with 2.5 GPA - May not repeat lower level HEDU courses to improve grade for applying to Upper Division. - Complete the General Education Curriculum with minimum GPA 2.25 - Complete BIOL 1300-1610-1620 with minimum grade of “C” Complete and submit Application to Upper Division Public Health Education