MS in Health Promotion Management
Degree Requirements
- 40 credit hours of graduate work
- Tool of research: students must complete the tool of research examination or HFIT-565 Quantitative Assessment with a grade of B or better
- Thesis or internship option
- One written and one oral comprehensive examination
Course Requirements
- HFIT-510 Applied Human Physiology and Testing I (4)
- HFIT-540 Health Communication (3)
- HFIT-550 Programming for Health Promotion (3)
- HFIT-555 Research Methodology (3)
- HFIT-560 Health Promotion in Healthcare (3)
- HFIT-565 Quantitative Assessment (3)
- HFIT-618 Strategic Planning in Health Promotion (3)
- HFIT-620 Critical Issues (3)
- HFIT-645 Nutrition for Health (3)
- HFIT-650 Behavior Change in Health Promotion (3)
- HFIT-682 In-Service Training (3) or HFIT-797 Master’s Thesis Research (3)
- 6 credit hours in one of the following areas of emphasis:
Corporate
- HFIT-575 Global Health (3)
- MGMT-633 Leading People and Organizations (3)
Exercise Physiology
- HFIT-515 Applied Human Physiology and Testing II (3)
- 3 credit hours in approved graduate course work in exercise physiology
Global Health
- HFIT-575 Global Health (3)
- HFIT-585 Global Health Policy (3)
Health Communication
- COMM-640 Public Communication Principles (3)
- COMM-642 Public Communication Management (3)
Health Policy
- HFIT-575 Global Health (3)
- HFIT-580 Health Policy and Behavior Change (3)
Nutrition Education (6 credits from the following)
- HFIT-570 Strategies for Weight Control (3)
- HFIT-610 Lifecycle Nutrition (3)
- HFIT-630 Nutrition Education Methods (3)
- HFIT-596 Approved Topics Courses (3)
