Required Courses:

• BIO 2002G - Environmental Life Sciences. Credits: 3
• ESC 1400G - Weather and Climate. Credits: 4
• GEG 3020 - Natural Disasters: Causes and Effects. Credits: 3

• or

• ESC 3020 - Natural Disasters: Causes and Effects. Credits: 3
• HST 2200G - Health Citizenship. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 2250 - Professions in School and Community Health. Credits: 1

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 2270 - Community Health. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 2700 - Marketing Concepts for Health Promotion Professionals. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 2800 - Health Education Research Methods I. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 2900 - Human Diseases. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3100 - Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3110 - First Aid/CPR/AED for the Health and Fitness Professional. Credits: 4

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3300 - Mitigation of Unintentional Injuries. Credits: 2

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3330 - Advanced Driving Maneuvers. Credits: 2

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3700 - Community Health Behavior Methods. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3750 - Health Care Delivery Systems. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 3765 - Principles of Epidemiology. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 4250 - Planning Health Programs. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 42751-42759 - Internship. Credits: 1 to 9

• (See Footnote **)

• HST 4770 - Health Services Administration. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 4800 - Drugs and Society. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• HST 4890 - Health and Aging. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• SOC 1838G - Introductory Sociology. Credits: 3
• SOC 4240 - Sociology of Disasters. Credits: 3

Footnotes:

*These courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.
**Students must enroll in a minimum total of 8 semester hours of internship

Students may not declare more than one of the following options in the Health Studies Major: Community Health, Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness, or Health Administration.

Major GPA based on all Health Studies courses taken at EIU. The minimum major GPA required for graduation is 2.50.