Community Health prepares to deliver health programs in a community setting. Graduates of this program have a broad based background that prepares them for entry level positions in health education, health promotion, management of health data, or for further graduate study in a health-related field. The program can be complemented by adding a minor such as business, gerontology, health informatics, or psychology. The Health Service Administration program is designed to prepare graduates for entry-level management positions in various health care organizations. Graduates obtain employment in hospitals, nursing homes, managed care organizations, technology firms and others.
Many graduates also pursue graduate education at highly ranked institutions.
The Safety and Environmental major is designed to assure development of competencies which enable innovative approaches in the establishment and direction of comprehensive occupational safety programs in educational, governmental, and private business and industrial enterprises. In the Health Education major you become eligible for certification for teaching health for grades K-12. The modern dance program focuses on performance, choreography and teaching, with courses in modern, ballet and jazz techniques, repertory, laban movement analysis and performance, world dance, dance kinesiology, dance production, choreography, teaching of dance, music for dance and wellness for dancers and dance technology. The department uses Pilate's-based training for strengthening and conditioning and also provides nutrition analysis and guidance, and physical therapy screening. Each semester the department offers master classes and workshops by guest artists.