Wellness Management
Wellness Management Curriculum

Core Courses (Complete 24-27 Hours)

Course #

Title

Prerequisite

Hours

WELNS 605 Wellness Management Administration None

3

WELNS 630

Wellness Programming for Health and Productivity Management

None

3

WELNS 650

Foundations of Wellness

None

3

WELNS 660

Critical Issues in Worksite Wellness

None

WELNS 670

Interdisciplinary Wellness Research

None

3

WELNS 698

Internship

Permission

6

Masters of Arts Option (Take one course or complete research paper)

Course #

Title

Prerequisite

Hours

RES 697

Research Paper

Permission

3

~OR~

EDPSY 641

Statistical Methods

None

3

~OR~

HSC 687

Statistical Theory and Methods in Health Science

HSC 687L corequisite is required

3

Masters of Science Option 

Course #

Title

Prerequisite

Hours

THES 698

Thesis

Permission

6

General  Foundations of Business Minor (Complete 12 Hours)

Course #

Title 

Prerequisite

Hours

ACC 501

Financial Accounting

Admission to Grad. School

3

BL 560 Survey of Business Law Admission to Grad. School

3

ECON 548

Health and Economics

Admission to Grad. School

3

~OR~
ECON 509 Survey of Economics

3

FIN 500

 

Corporation Finance

Admission to Grad. School; ACC 201 or ACC 501

3

MGT 500

Managing Organizational Behavior

Admission to Grad. School

3

MKG 505

Survey of Marketing

Admission to Grad. School

3

Directed Electives (Complete 12 - 13 Hours)

Course #

Title

Prerequisite

Hours

FCSFN 540

Human Nutrition

None

3

FCSFN 644

Nutrition for Exercise and Sport

FCSFN 540 or equivalent or permission of dept. chair

~OR~

FCSFN 652

Geriatric Nutrition

FCSFN 340 or 540 or permission of dept. chair

3

~OR~

FCSFN 696

Energy Balance, Obesity, and Weight Control

Permission of dept. chair

3

HSC 683 (or)

Epidemiology

HSC 585* and HSC 687

3

HSC 687

Statistical Theory and Methods in Health Science

HSC 687L corequisite is required

3

HSC 686

Program Planning and Evaluation

None

4

PEP 613

Physical Fitness Seminar

None

3

CPSY 634

Introduction to Behavior Medicine

None

3

WELNS 625

Community Collaboration & Service Learning in Wellness Management

None

3

WELNS 635

Wellness Coaching

None

3

WELNS 640

Survey of Wellness Policy, Advocacy and Ethics

None

3

WELNS 645

Social Marketing in Wellness Managment

None

3

WELNS 655

Practical Applicaitons for Worksite Wellness

None

3

WELNS 665

Technology and Media for Wellness Managers

None

3

WELNS 675

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

None

3

WELNS 680

Evaluating Health and Wellness Initiatives

None

3

GERON 515

Technology in Aging

None

3

GERON 535

Aging in Communities

None

3

GERON 540

Women and Aging

None

3

GERON 605

Aging Well:  A Systems Approach

None

3

GERON 610

Public Policy and Aging

None

3

GERON 620

Guided Life Review

None

3

GERON 625

Changing Health/Wellness Behaviors

None

3

GERON 630

Health, Wellness and Aging

None

3

GERON 635

Adaptations in Later Life

None

3

HSC 585

Community Health Methods

None (taught every other year)

3

Note:  Directed elective courses are screened by the academic advisor.  The academic advisor will help select courses based upon each student's undergraduate background.