Students must meet the general requirements of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, in addition to the following requirements. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on the last 60 undergraduate semester hours or a 2.8 GPA on all undergraduate work. The GRE entrance requirement for the health promotion graduate program is 800 total, with a 400 minimum score for the verbal section and a 375 minimum for the quantitative section. The GRE must be completed and scores reported before the end of the student's first semester of enrollment in the graduate program. Students also complete 6 hours of studies from a minor field.
Students can select a thesis or non-thesis option.
Non-thesis students complete 9 hours of health electives and HLTH 5900, special problems. Teaching fellows teach in undergraduate program areas. Instructional opportunities exist in a variety of health related fitness, physical activity, health promotion and recreation classes. Summer appointments are often available. Teaching fellows must be formally admitted to one of the department's graduate programs and must enroll in a minimum of 6 hours of course work in each of the fall and spring semesters.