| The
Department of Health and Wellness offers diverse and flexible programs
designed to help students live healthier and more balanced and meaningful
lives. Students may choose to major or minor in Health and Wellness
Promotion and pursue careers in worksite wellness, hospital-based wellness
programs, community health centers, retirement and nursing home wellness
programs, commercial and not for-profit health, fitness, and recreation
centers, and other related areas.
Job Announcement:
Assistant Professor
Major in Health and
Wellness Promotion
Students who receive a B.S. with a major in Health and Wellness Promotion
may choose to pursue graduate and/or professional studies in Health
Promotion, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Health Education, Gerontology,
Public Health, Medicine and other health-related professional programs.
Students interested in graduate or medical school
should be aware of additional course work required for admission to these
programs that may not be required for the Health and Wellness Promotion
major.
Minors in Dance and
Sports Medicine, and Pre-Health Professions Program
The Health and Wellness Department also offers
minors in Dance and Sports Medicine, and offers a Pre-Health Professions
Program. The minor in Dance provides students the opportunity to acquire and
refine the technical skills necessary to realize the broadest possible range
of movement options, develop their own capacity for expression through
dance, understand the connections among the various fields of study involved
with dance production, acquire experience as teachers, performers and
choreographers and prepare for advanced study in Dance and other related
arts. The minor in Sports Medicine places an emphasis on the treatment and
prevention of athletic and movement-related injuries. In addition, the
Sports Medicine minor provides background for graduate study in Athletic
Training, Physical Therapy, and other health sciences. The Pre-Health
Professions Program provides numerous opportunities for students to learn
more about the broad array of health care career options and assists them in
successfully preparing for graduate or professional program admissions.
For more information
Requirements for all programs will be listed in the 2005-06 edition of
the UNCA Catalog, available Fall semester 2005. Until then,
click here
to view program requirements. |
