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Community Health Education - B.S. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (41-42 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  COMM

HED
45960

32565
Health Communication (3)
or
Marketing Health Education Programs (3)
3

HED
11570 Personal Health 3
    11590 Community Health Education 3
    21030 Introduction to Health 3
 
21050 Health Behavior Theories 3
WIC   32542 Methods and Applications of Health Education* 5
 
32544 Sexuality Education Programs 3
    34050 Program Planning and Evaluation in Health Education 3
  44092 Internship in Community Health Education 12

Choose from the following: 3-4
  PSYC 21621 Quantitative Methods in Psychology I (3)
  SOC 32220

32221
Data Analysis (3)
and
Data Analysis Laboratory (1)

III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (79-83 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10001 Human Biology** 3
KAD COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication** 3

ENVT


HED
10001


41561
Introduction to Environmental Technology (3)
(Trumbull Campus)
or
Environmental Health (3)
3
  ITEC
47427

47430
Technology and Learning (3)
or
Computer Applications in Education (3)
3
KBS NUTR 23511 Science of Human Nutrition
3

PEB 10035 Lifetime Fitness 2
KHU
DD
PHIL 11001

21001
Introduction to Philosophy (3)
or
Introduction to Ethics (3)
3

Choose from the following: 3
KSS
DD
JMC 20001 Media, Power and Culture (3)


20003
Introduction to Mass Communication (3)


20004 Media Writing (3)

  20005 Fundamentals of Media Messages (3)

Choose from the following: Health Electives 18
  HED
14020 Introduction to Medical Terminology (3)



32530 Drug Use and Misuse (3)
 
32575
Consumer Health (3)
    34060 Small Group Process (2)


42041 Health Counseling (3)
 
44025
Women’s Health Issues (3)
    44544 Sexual Health Promotion (3)


46050 Drug Abuse and Violence Education Programs (3)
 
46052
Stress: Recognition and Management (2)
    46057 Advanced Human Sexuality (3)


46060 Death Education (3)
 
47070
AIDS: Issues, Education and Prevention (3)
    48092 Field Experience in Health Education (1-3)
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)
3
  Kent Core Basic Sciences laboratory 1
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
6
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning
3-5
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)
3-6
  General Electives
13
MINIMUM TOTAL 
121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

**A Minimum C (2.00) grade in all major coursework, including BSCI 10001 and COMM 15000 Kent Core courses, required for graduation. See roadmap for details.