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What is Wellness and Prevention?
This minor provides students with key concepts that impact mental and physical well-being. Students will study foundations for health and explore practices to prevent illness and disease. Obstacles and opportunities for health behavior change are addressed.
Why study Wellness and Prevention at UNH College of Professional Studies?
The Minor in Wellness and Prevention can serve as a supplemental course of study to your major, providing you with a solid foundation in understanding factors that impact mental and physical well-being, as well as practices to prevent illness and disease and increase healthy behaviors.
Curriculum & Requirements
All minor courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-, and a 2.0 grade point average must be maintained in courses for the minor. Two courses must be at the upper level (600 or 700). Only 8 credits may overlap between major and minor.
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HLTC 560 | Health Behaviors: Theoretical Foundations for Health Education | 4 |
| HLTC 720 | Health Program Planning and Evaluation | 4 |
| SCI 502 | Nutrition and Health | 4 |
| HLTC 612 | Population Health | 4 |
| or SCI 550 | Wellness and the Human Body | |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
HLTC 550 | The Emerging U.S. Health Care System | |
MTH 504 | Statistics | |
SCI 604 | Principles of Exercise Science | |
SCI 610 | Contemporary Issues in Personal and Global Health | |
SCI 615 | Fitness and Health | |
| Total Credits | 20 | |