MS
in Health Promotion Management
Degree
Requirements
The MS in
Health Promotion Management requires a total of 40 credit hours of graduate
work, including a thesis or internship option. You may transfer up to
6 credit hours of graduate study at the time you are admitted to the program.
In addition, students with educational or professional experiences may
apply for a waiver of certain courses up to 9 credit hours.
CORE
COURSEWORK
All
students must receive credit for each of the following:
| Course | Credits |
Semester |
| HFIT 510- Applied Human Physiology and Testing | 4 |
Fall |
| HFIT 565- Quantitative Assessment | 3 |
Fall |
| HFIT 540- Health Communication | 3 |
Fall |
| HFIT 545- Nutrition for Health | 3 |
Spring |
| HFIT 555- Research Methodology | 3 |
Spring |
| HFIT 618- Strategic Planning in Health Promotion | 3 |
Spring |
| HFIT 550- Programming for Health Promotion | 3 |
Spring |
| HFIT 560- Health Promotion in Healthcare | 3 |
Summer |
| PSYC 570- Behavioral Medicine | 3 |
Summer |
| HFIT 620- Critical Issues | 3 |
Fall |
| HFIT 682- In-Service Training or HFIT 797- Master’s Thesis Seminar* | 3 |
Student's
choice |
Those students who choose an internship must complete a written comprehensive exam.
TRACK
SPECIFIC COURSEWORK
Students
will take only the courses below that are included in their chosen track:
| Course |
Credits |
Semester |
CORPORATE
TRACK |
||
HFIT 575- Global Health |
3 |
Fall |
MGMT 609- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
3 |
Every
Term |
EXERCISE
PHYSIOLOGY TRACK |
||
CHEM 506- Human Physiological Chemistry |
3 |
Spring
(odd years only) |
HFIT 515- Applied Human Physiology and Testing II |
3 |
Spring |
HEALTH
COMMUNICATION TRACK |
||
COMM 640- Public Communication Principles |
3 |
Fall |
COMM 642- Public Communication Management |
3 |
Spring |
HEALTH
POLICY TRACK |
||
HFIT 580- Health Policy and Behavior Change |
3 |
Fall |
HFIT 585- Global Health Policy |
3 |
Spring |
GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK |
||
HFIT 575- Global Health |
3 |
Fall |
HFIT 585- Global Health Policy |
3 |
Spring |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
A comprehensive Oral examination
Completion of the oral exam is required for all MS Health Promotion
Management students. The oral exam will be administered in the last week
of classes in the final semester.
A comprehensive Written examination
Completion of the written exam is required only for those Health Promotion
Management students who choose the in-service (internship) option. The
written exam will be sent to graduating students approximately 4 weeks
before the last day of classes in their final semester.
Selected Recent Theses
- Prevalence of Health Professionals’ Advice to Iowa Adults with Hypertension in 2002 using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
- A Historical Perspective on Childhood Obesity
- "The Effects of an Osteoporosis Educational Intervention on Osteoporosis Knowledge among College-age Women"
- "Exercise Participation and the Effect of HDL Cholesterol in Men and Women"
- "The Prevalence of Health Promotion Programs in Health Maintenance Organizations"
- "Certification in the Fitness Industry: The Exam Development for ACE and ACSM 1975-1994"
- "A Study Comparing Maryland State Legislators' Health Behaviors to Those of Their Constituents"
Selected
Recent Internships
- Health and Human Services Worksite Health, State of California, Sacramento, CA
- Community Outreach Intern - Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD
- Cardiac Rehabilitation, Prevention, and Wellness Intern - Adventist Healthcare, MD
- Research Assistant, Ealing Hospital, London, England
- Medical Records Assistant - Dean Ornish's Preventative Medical Research Institute, Sausalito, CA
- Health Educator - American Lung Association, Washington, DC
- Health Researcher
- Washington Business Group on Health, Washington, DC
