Students will gain knowledge of effective peer health promotion strategies to prevent hazing and substance misuse among emerging adults and develop their communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

This course will examine the philosophy, rationale, & guidelines for developing health promotion programs in a worksite setting. The educational organizational, social & environment supports for behaviors conducive to positive health outcomes & improved work performance will be examined. Strategies that impact employee health along with theories of behavior change & human motivation will be discussed.

This course focuses on health promotion & disease prevention across the lifespan to improve population health & well-being. Students will learn foundations of health promotion & will integrate methods of epidemiological & evaluation methods to plan & assess effective interventions. They will explore innovative approaches, strategies, & practices across systems to reduce health disparities, address determinants of health, & engage communities & stakeholders in creating environments for healthy living & wellness

The Applied Practice is a planned, supervised & evaluated work experience with an organization that contributes to the health of a community. Students apply skills learned in the program to a real-world setting & work toward achieving competencies. Placements are selected based on the interests & needs of the student. A min of 50 hours is required; placements may occur during an academic year, one semester or over summer.

Supervised Clinical Research

Introduce students to R, an open-source software environment for statistical computing & graphics & RStudio. Students will learn essential R concepts, how to access various R packages, & how to do data analysis & graphics in the R environment Prereqs: PHS 7000, PHS 7170.

Supervised Independent Research

Non-Topical Research