Wellness and Health Promotion Practice: Aging and Population Health Emphasis

Program Overview

Wellness and Health Promotion Practice: Aging and Population Health Emphasis

Overview

The Wellness and Health Promotion Practice: Aging and Population Health Emphasis program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion and wellness programs for diverse populations, with a focus on aging and population health.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will plan health promotion and wellness programs for implementation in practice settings.
• Students will demonstrate effective communication skills that are essential to delivering wellness and health promotion programs or services.
• Students will utilize evaluation skills in measuring wellness and health promotion outcomes.
• Students will practice the application of ethical and professional standards in wellness and health promotion settings.

Program Details

Coursework Location(s)

• Main/Tucson
• Online - Arizona Online

Level of Math

• Substantial Knowledge This strand involves skill and facility with calculus. The S-strand begins at one of two calculus options - MATH 122A/B (Functions for Calculus and First-Semester Calculus) or MATH 125 (Calculus I). Students who successfully complete the S-strand may continue on to MATH 129 (Calculus II), MATH 223 (Vector Calculus), or beyond. Those who choose but are not ready to begin the S-strand will be required to take preparatory work.

Level of Second Language

• 2nd Semester Proficiency Second-semester skill level in a second language is required. Non-B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:
  1. Scoring the equivalent of second-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
  2. Completion with a C or better of a second semester course at the post-secondary level.
  3. An AP (Advanced Placement), IB (International Baccalaureate) or CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) language score determined by the individual language department.
  4. In the College of Engineering by a method determined within the College; however, all students in the college must also take a language placement examination on entrance to the University.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Wellness and Health Promotion Practice: Aging and Population Health Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework
• Plan Ahead with a Transfer Pathway
• Transfer Pathway

First Year

1st Semester

• ENGL 101 - First Year Writing 1 (GE Foundation Composition) (3 credits)
• GE Foundation Math (3 credits)
• HPS 178 - Personal Health and Wellness (3 credits)
• GE Foundation Second Language (First Semester) (4 credits)
• Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1 credit)

2nd Semester

• ENGL 102 - First Year Writing 2 (GE Foundation Composition) (3 credits)
• PHP 210 Diversity, Health, and Well-Being Later in Life (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives: Artist (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives: Humanitst (3 credits)
• GE Foundation Second Language (Second Semester) (4 credits)

Second Year

3rd Semester

• HPS 200 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
• Communication Skills Course (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives: Natural Scientist (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives: Social Scientist (3 credits)
• GE Foundation Second Language (Third Semester) (4 credits)

4th Semester

• Statistics Skills Course (3 credits)
• PHP 322 Health Education and Ethical Leadership (3 credits)
• HPS 404 Fundamentals of Evaluation (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)
• GE Foundation Second Language (Fourth Semester) (4 credits)

Third Year

5th Semester

• HPS 403 Applications in Health Promotion: Behavioral Theories (3 credits)
• HPS 405 Biology in Public Health (3 credits)
• Wellness and Health Promotion Practice Emphasis Course (3 credits)
• GE Core: Building Connections (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)

6th Semester

• EHS 425 A Public Health Lens to Climate Change (3 credits)
• GE Core: Building Connections (3 credits)
• GE Core: Building Connections (3 credits)
• Wellness and Health Promotion Practice Emphasis Course (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)

Fourth Year

7th Semester

• Applied Practice/Practicum (3 credits)
• Wellness and Health Promotion Practice Emphasis Course (3 credits)
• Wellness and Health Promotion Practice Emphasis Course (3 credits)
• Wellness and Health Promotion Practice Emphasis Course (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)

8th Semester

• Appiled Practice/Practicum (3 credits)
• Field work in Public Health (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)
• Minor/Public Health Certificate/General Elective Course (3 credits)