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福利逼站 Catalog 2024-2025

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Health (Minor)

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The Department of Health and Exercise Studies offers a 15 credit hour health minor that is designed for undergraduate students wishing to pursue careers in health-related professions and for students wishing to gain in-depth knowledge in various contemporary health-related topics for their own personal development. The minor provides students with theories, concepts, and practical skills concerning health behavior and includes a practicum to apply theory to practice.

Recent practicum experiences have included projects with:

  • AIDS Alliance
  • American Cancer Society
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Frankie Lemmon School and Developmental Center
  • Local middle school health classes
  • Lucy Daniels Center
  • NCSU Athletics
  • Olympus Athletic Club
  • Summer Camps聽
  • 福利逼站 Dinning/Nutrition
  • NCSU Wellness and Recreation聽

For more information about this program, visit our 鈥�.

Contact

Department of Health and Exercise Studies
North Carolina State 福利逼站
Campus Box 8111
Raleigh, NC 27695-8111

Joy Kagendo
Lecturer and Health Minor Coordinator
North Carolina State 福利逼站, Box 8111
1161A Wellness and Recreation Center
Raleigh, NC 27695-8111
919.515.3361 (main)
jikagend@ncsu.edu

Plan Requirements

  • A grade of 鈥淐-鈥� or better required in each course.
  • Minimum overall GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
  • All Health Minor courses (16 credit hours) must be taken for a letter grade to complete the Health minor.
  • The minor will require a minimum of ten (10) hours taken at North Carolina State 福利逼站.
  • 贬贰厂惭听285 Personal Health will be a prerequisite for 贬贰厂惭听375 Health Program Planning and Evaluation.
  • 贬贰厂惭听285 Personal Health and 贬贰厂惭听375 Health Program Planning and Evaluation will be prerequisites for 贬贰厂惭听377 Methods of Health Promotion.
  • A maximum of TWO (2) courses may be used (double-counted) towards both departmental major requirements and minor requirements.
  • No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.
Required Courses7
贬贰厂惭听285
Personal Health
贬贰厂惭听375
Health Program Planning and Evaluation
贬贰厂惭听377
Methods of Health Promotion
贬贰厂惭听300
Practicum in Health 1
Elective Courses 29
叠滨翱听105
&补尘辫;听叠滨翱听106
Biology in the Modern World
and Biology in the Modern World Laboratory
辞谤听叠滨翱听181
 Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity
骋狈听301
Genetics in Human Affairs
惭叠听200
The Fourth Horseman: Plagues that Changed the World
狈罢搁听301
Introduction to Human Nutrition
贬贰厂惭听212
Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
贬贰厂惭听213
Human Sexuality
贬贰厂惭听280
Responding to Emergencies
贬贰厂惭听284
Human Health Issues
贬贰厂惭听286
Nutrition, Exercise, and Energy Balance
贬贰厂惭听287
Stress Management
笔搁罢听200
Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
厂翱颁听381
Sociology of Medicine
Total Hours16
1

Students must complete 贬贰厂惭听285 Personal Health, 贬贰厂惭听375 Health Program Planning and Evaluation, 贬贰厂惭听377 Methods of Health Promotion聽and at least 6 hours of electives from the Health Min辞谤听before taking聽贬贰厂惭听300 Practicum in Health.

2

The elective courses may be selected in consultation with your Health minor advisor. The following are a list of approved elective courses for your consideration.