Health Promotion
Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Health Promotion
2006-2007
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters. Developmental courses do not count toward total degree hours. Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions. In most cases, general education courses may be interchanged between semesters. A minimum of 45 hours of upper division credit (3000-4000 level) is required for this degree. Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program. Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1				Year 1
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
FYE 1913 or PE 1883	Foundations of PE	3	x	HLTH 2513	Principles of Personal Health	3
PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	x	ENG 1013	Comp II	3	x
				MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	x
Scom 1203	Oral Communications	3	x	HIST 2763 or 2773	US to 1876 or Since 1876	3	x
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	x	ART or MUS or THEA 2503	Fine Arts Visual or Music or Theatre	3	x
ANTH 2233 o4 HIST 1013 or 1023 or GEOG 2613	Cultural Anthropology or World Civilization to or Since 1660 or Intro to Geography	3	x
Total Hours		14		Total Hours		15
Year 2				Year 2
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed

HLTH 2523	First Aid & Safety	3		ZOOL 2011, 2013	A & P II	4
ENG 2003 or 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Literature I or II or Intro to Philosophy	3	x	HP 2013	Medical Terminology	3
BIOL 1003 or 1033 or 1043 or 1063	Biological Science or Biology or Sex or Plants and People or People and the Environment	3	X	CHEM 1013 or PHSC 1203 or GEOL 1003 or PHSY 1003 or PHYS 2034 or PHYS 2054	Gen Chemistry I or Physical Science or Environmental Geology or Intro to Space Science or University Physics I or General Physics	3	X
BIOL 1001	Biological Science Lab	1
POSC 1013 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2213 or ECON 2333	Intro to American Government or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology or Economic Issues and Concepts	3	x	CHEM 1001 or PHSC 1201 or GEOL 1001 or PHYS 1101	Lab for above	1	X
ZOOL 2003	Anatomy and Physiology I	3		POSC 1013 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2213 or ECON 2333	Intro to American Government or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology or Economic Issues and Concepts (select one not previously taken)	3	x
ZOOL 2001	Anatomy and Physiology I	1		ART or MUS or THEA 2503 or ENG 2003 or 2013 or PHIL 1103	Fine Arts Visual or Music or Theatre or Intro to Lit I or II or Intro to Philosophy	3	x
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		17
Year 3				Year 3
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ES 3653	Tech of Aerobic	3		Enhancement	Any gen ed coures not previously taken or select from enhancement list	3	x
ES 3553	Basic Physiology	3		ES 4693	Tech of Strength Training and conditioning	3
ES 3543	Human Anatomy	3		ES 3623	Tech of Physiological Fitness Assessment	3
HLTH 3523	Public and Community Health	3		HLTH 3563	Human Sexuality	3
NRS 3353 or SOC 4353	Aging	3		NRS 2203	Basic Human Nutrition	3


Total Hours		15		Total Hours		15

Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
HLTH 4633	HP Assessment and Planning	3		HLTH 4896	Internship	6
HLTH 4523	Current Issues	3		HLTH 4643	HP Implementation and Evaluation	3
HLTH 4513	Consumer Health	3		HLTH 4543	Drug Use and Abuse	3
ELED 3063	Integration of Tech into Curr	3		Electives	select any	4
JOUR 3673	Desktop Publishing	3
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		16
Total Jr/Sr Hours		45		Total Degree Hours		124

Graduation Requirements:
Completion of HIST 2763 or HIST 2773 or POSC 2103
2.00 GPA at ASU
2.00 GPA Overall
Maximum of 31 credit hours via correspondence, extension, examination, PLA, Military or similar means; CLEP (30 hrs max)
45 JR/SR Hours after completing 30 hours
124 Total Credit Hours
18 of last 24 hours must be ASU-Jonesboro courses
Minimum of 57 hours from 4-year institutions
32 Resident Hours if completing second degree and first degree was not from ASU-J
Course/Grade Requirements
C or better in major courses
Departmental Requirements
Membership in a professional organization