Health Science 
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Health Science Majors
BS Public
Health Education (55 hours*)
The Discipline
Public health educators are trained to plan, implement, and
evaluate community health interventions. Courses provide
students with an overview of chronic and infectious disease,
injury prevention, substance abuse, environmental health,
reproductive health, first aid, consumer health, fitness, nutrition,
and spiritual/mental health. Using the tools of education,
behavior change, social marketing, health communication,
community mobilization, coalitions, policy, and advocacy, health
educators are employed under a range of job titles: community
health specialists, patient educators, health promotion specialists,
community organizers, and health program managers.
Career Opportunities
Typical daily activities include working with media, meeting with
various coalitions, developing educational materials, planning
needs assessments, evaluating interventions, and making
presentations. Public health educators are trained to mobilize
citizens to develop population-based solutions to important health
issues and to improve the health of families and communities.
Public health graduates are qualified to work in governmental
health agencies on the local, state, federal, and international levels.
Private-sector employment can be found in managed care
organizations (MCOs), hospitals, clinics, voluntary health agencies
and non-governmental organizations. Opportunities for employment
in public health are competitive. Students can increase the likelihood
of obtaining a position by balancing classroom activities with
voluntary or paid service to health agencies. Obtaining skill-based
certifications and careful development of a professional portfolio
enhance employment opportunities. Entry-level salaries generally
begin at $30,000 or higher. However, salaries will vary based on
the specific organization and geographic location.
During the last two semesters, students will complete a
6-credit-hour, 300-hour internship that will give them an
opportunity to apply the concepts they have learned in class to
the real world. It is also an opportunity to begin networking with
professionals and gain experience to include on their resumé.
Internships can be completed at a variety of locations throughout
Utah, the nation, and internationally.
Major Requirements
- Complete the following:
- Hlth 200, 302, 365, 375, 394, 395, 396, 461, 462, 498.
- PDBio 205.
- Stat 221.
- Complete 6 hours of the following:
- Hlth 496R.
- Complete 8 hours from the following:
Hlth 320, 370, 383, 403R, 420, 436, 450, 452, 460, 466, 480,
490, 491R.
- Complete 6 hours from the following:
- Bus M 340.
- Comms 211, 235.
- Econ 230.
- IAS 220.
- MMBio 221, 222.
- NDFS 100, 201.
- PDBio 220.
- Psych 361.
- Soc 113.
- Stat 334.
- TMA 150.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.
BS School Health
Education (74–79 hours, including licensure hours)
The Discipline
The health teaching major prepares students to become health
educators in secondary schools. Curriculum development,
instructional methods, acquisition and evaluation of resources,
and assessment are among the skills required. Health educators
teach decision making and effective communication, addressing
such areas of concern as substance abuse and addictive behaviors,
human sexuality, chronic disease, nutrition, consumer advocacy,
emergency care, and injury prevention.
Adolescence is a time where habits are being established and
attitudes are being formed that will influence people the rest of
their lives. The health educator plays an important role in
teaching knowledge and skills that will enable young people to
cope and to flourish in healthy ways in an ever-changing society.
Career Opportunities
Graduates seek careers teaching health in the secondary schools in
combination with a chosen minor. With an advanced degree,
career teaching positions at institutions of higher learning become
accessible.
Major Requirements
- An approved teaching minor must be completed
(approximately 16–21 hours).
- Complete the following:
- Hlth 200, 320, 370, 420, 436, 460, 461.
- NDFS 100.
- Complete 6 hours from the following:
- Hlth 365, 383, 450, 452, 462, 466, 480.
- PDBio 205.
- Complete the Professional Education Component:
- Complete the following:
- CPSE 402.
- Hlth 276R, 381, 421.
- IP&T 286.
- Sc Ed 350, 353, 379.
Note 1: Hlth 200 is prerequisite to Hlth 381, 421.
Note 2: Fingerprinting and FBI clearance must be
completed prior to enrolling in Hlth 381 and 421.
- Complete 12 hours of one of the following:
- Sc Ed 476R, 496R.
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