Health Promotion Management (M.S.)

The M.S. in Health Promotion Management (HPM) prepares new and current health promotion practitioners to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion and wellness programs in a variety of settings: hospitals, corporations, health maintenance organizations, community health agencies, health clubs, government agencies, and academic campuses. Coursework provides students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skill in:

designing and evaluating health promotion programs;
behavior change;
program management; and
specific health content areas, such as fitness assessment, program design, nutrition, weight control, and stress management.

Admission Requirements

In addition to the Universitywide requirements for graduate admission, applicants must also:

present acceptable scores from either the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE); and
interview with a program advisor.

Note: If a candidate already holds a master's degree, the testing requirement is waived.

Degree Requirements

A total of 36 graduate credits is required, of which 21-24 credits are core courses and 12-15 credits are electives.

HPM Core Requirements
A grade of B- or better is needed to pass core courses.

HPR 501 Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion
HPR 502 Introduction to Public Health and Preventive Medicine
HPR 520 Epidemiology of Injury and Disease
HPR 540 Designing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs
HPR 550 Management of Health Promotion Programs
HPR 598 Internship
NU 591 Health Care Research
OD 521 Organizational Diagnosis and Change

Electives
At least 6 elective credits must be in Health Promotion Management. HPM electives include:

HPR 500 Exercise Physiology
HPR 510 Health and Culture
HPR 525 Advanced Exercise Physiology
HPR 534 Topics in Nutrition and Weight Management
HPR 536 Stress Management
HPR 560 Design of Adult Fitness Programs
HPR 565 Graded Exercise Testing
HPR 588 Selected Topics in Health
HPR 599 Research Project

Other electives may be chosen from Business and Human Resource Management graduate courses (offered by the School of Business Administration), and Psychology graduate courses.