Public Health Education promotes the health of the general public. The student acquires background which will help in developing, implementing, and evaluating health education programs in community, occupational, and clinical settings. The Master of Public Health in Community Health Education program is accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health. Family Studies examines more specifically roles within the family, how the members of diverse kinds of families interact with each other, and with greater society. Nutrition Science integrates the basic and applied principles of nutrition and related sciences such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and medicine.
Students learn to apply nutrition to health promotion.
Courses of study include human nutrition, nutritional biochemistry, diet and disease, and food science. Dietetics offers the student the opportunity to study the role of nutrition in disease prevention and treatment in clinical and community settings. The student learns to apply the principles of nutrition, food science and food management in advancing health promotion. Public Health Education as a career offers many opportunities, particularly at the masters level, which prepares students to plan, implement and evaluate public health education in higher education, the worksite, and community and health care agencies. School Health Teaching Emphasis at the undergraduate level prepares students for teaching positions in public and private schools grades 7 through 12.