Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 42 hours must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the “General university requirements” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Education requirements.

Major requirements

Community health track, 18 hours

• COUN 2620 - Diversity and Cultural Awareness
• HLTH 1100 - School and Community Health Problems and Services
• HLTH 1570 - Environmental Health and Safety
• HLTH 4100 - Epidemiology of Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease
• PSYC 3620 - Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 4020 - Psychology of Death and Dying

Minor

Students on the community health track will have a minor in communication studies. This is an 18-hour minor with at least 6 hours at the 3000-4000 level.

Additional elective courses, 6 hours

Students on the community health track will take 6 hours from the following courses:

• AGER 4020 - Psychology of Death and Dying
• EADP 3010 - Introduction to Emergency Management
• EADP 4010 - Public Health and Disasters
• EADP 4050 - Special Populations and Disasters
• HLTH 4500 - Leadership and Professional Proficiency in Health Promotion
• KINE 3020 - Movement for Special Populations
• KINE 3050 - Biomechanics
• KINE 4320 - Exercise Testing and Prescription
• KINE 4330 - Sport Nutrition and Metabolism
• PACS 4220 - Proposal Writing and Grants Administration
• PACS 4260 - Volunteer Program Planning and Evaluation
• PSYC 3620 - Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 4670 - Behavioral and Biopsychosocial Challenges within LGBT Communities
• SOCI 3110 - Sociology of Mental Health, Mental Illness and Mental Health Care
• SOWK 4540 - Human Diversity for the Helping Professions
• WMST 2100 - Women and Society: An Introduction to Women’s Studies

Electives

See official degree audit for elective requirements for the community health track.

Other requirements

A minimum grade of C is required in each course of the major; a minimum overall GPA of 2.0; a minimum UNT GPA of 2.0; a minimum GPA of 2.75 in the major is required for graduation. (Overall GPA includes all course work transferred plus that taken at UNT.)