WHPPBA - Wellness and Health Promotion Practice

Bachelor of Arts

Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Arts in Wellness and Health Promotion Practice will promote the health and wellness of communities across the southwest and globally. This major offers students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, attitudes, ethics, skills, and supervised practice to provide professional services and interventions to culturally diverse and socioeconomically diverse populations across the lifespan that promotes healthy behaviors, healthy lifestyles, and wellness. For the purposes of this degree, wellness means a state of being in optimal health. The graduates of the program will have the skills to promote optimal wellness within themselves, among individuals, families and communities and in a variety of settings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Students will assess the needs and the resources of diverse populations in practice settings to promote health and wellness.
- Students will plan health promotion and wellness programs for implementation in practice settings.
- Students will demonstrate effective communication skills that are essential to delivering wellness and health promotion programs or services.
- Students will utilize evaluation skills in measuring wellness and health promotion outcomes.
- Students will practice the application of ethical and professional standards in wellness and health promotion settings.