The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Two Year Plan: Health Science (BS), Community, Worksite, and Public Health concentration
The following plan is possible on the presumption that an incoming student has an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has completed the equivalent to BIOL 100, PSYC 160, STAT 190 (^), foreign language, Missouri Statute, and other Perspectives requirements prior to enrolling at Truman State University.
FALL - Semester 1
- HLTH 255: Intro to Community and Public Health (3 cr)
- HLTH 290: Public Health Education Principles (3 cr)
- PSYC 377: Developmental Psychology (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 cr)
- HLTH 405: Global Public Health (3 cr) (fall semester only, even years) OR HLTH 467: Introduction to Epidemiology (3 cr) (fall semester only, odd years)
SPRING - Semester 2
- BIOL 325: Human Physiology (4 cr)
- HLTH 270: Health Systems and Consumers (3 cr)
- HLTH 320: WE/Patient Education and Clinical Health Promotion (3 cr)
- HLTH 325: Health Management and Policy (3 cr)
- HLTH 349: WE/Research Methods in Health Science (3 cr)
FALL - Semester 3
- HLTH 366: Program Assessment & Planning (3 cr)
- HLTH 405: Global Public Health (3 cr) (fall semester only, even years) OR HLTH 467: Introduction to Epidemiology (3 cr) (fall semester only, odd years)
- HLTH 410: Health Communication Methods (3 cr)
- Community Worksite Public Health Concentration course (3 cr)
Register for the CHES Exam* — Senior Test
SPRING - Semester 4
- HLTH 455: School Health Programs (3 cr)
- HLTH 480: Worksite Health (3 cr)
- HLTH 440: Capstone: Program Implementation and Evaluation (3 cr)
- HLTH 400: CHES Exam Review (1 cr)
- HLTH 460: Internship in Health Education (6 cr)
Take CHES Exam* in April — Senior Test
NOTES:
- WE = Writing Enhanced
- (^) - All students must complete Perspectives requirements. Health Science Community Worksite and Public Health concentration students are specifically required to complete BIOL 107 or BIOL 100, STAT 190 and PSYC 166 to fulfill Required Support. The Writing Enhanced (WE) course requirements are met by completing HLTH 320 (as an elective in the major or another WE course in any area), HLTH 349, and JINS 3XX.
- See course pre-requisite at catalog.truman.edu
- (*) - CHES Exam = The Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination
- You are encouraged to use these materials in conjunction with the Truman Catalog and Degree Works (available on TruView) as a guide in planning your progress toward completion of degree requirements. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in the catalog.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence (advise@truman.edu) with any updates to the plan above.
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.