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2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Health Studies: Community Health Option
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(BS)
Total Semester Hours: 69-70.
This major requires the following components:
- Concentration I, II, or III below. Credits: 18
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Select 8-9 Semester Hours
I. Community Health Promotion/Education Concentration
A minimum of 18 semester hours of course work including study in the areas of introductory psychology, mass communications, educational psychology, and school health. Recommended Minors: Adult Education, Creative Writing, Family and Consumer Sciences, Journalism, Public Relations, Psychology, Communication Studies, Professional Writing II. Community Health Counseling Concentration
A minimum of 18 semester hours of course work including study in the areas of group dynamics, behavior management, human nutrition and food study, and techniques of counseling and guidance. Recommended Minors: Psychology, Family and Consumer Sciences (family services) III. Community Health Administration Concentration
A minimum of 18 semester hours of course work including study in the areas of public administration, American national government, state and local government, and economics. Recommended Minors: Political Science, Economics. Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study
A suggested four-year plan of study for the BS in Health Studies with an option in Community Health
1 follows: First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
- General Education: Humanities or Fine Arts. Credits: 3
- General Education: Social/Behavioral. Credits: 3
- General Education: Math. Credits: 3
First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16
- General Education: Humanities or Fine Arts (CD). Credits: 3
Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14
- General Education: Physical Science. Credits: 3
Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15-16
- General Education: Humanities or Fine Arts. Credits: 3
- HST Elective. Credits: 3
- Foreign Language or Elective/Minor. Credits: 3-4
Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15-16
- HST Elective. Credits: 3
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- Foreign Language or Elective/Minor. Credits: 3-4
Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15
- HST Elective. Credits: 3
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- General Education: Social/Behavioral. Credits: 3
Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 18
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- Concentration Elective. Credits: 3
- Elective/Minor. Credits: 3
- Elective/Minor. Credits: 3
Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 11
- Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
(see footnote 2) Footnotes
(Major GPA based on all health studies courses taken at EIU.)
1 There are three concentrations in the option: Community Health Promotion/Education, Community Health Counseling, and Community Health Administration. Courses for these concentrations must be selected in consultation and approval by the department academic advisor.
2 Must be taken outside major. |
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