Earn your BA in Health Studies
Interested in health care, but not sure what path is best for you? Health Studies offers a flexible curriculum interconnecting the systems, technologies, behaviors, and policies driving the wellness and health care industries. This program can be paired well with double majors, minors, and prerequisite courses for graduate and professional programs.
Required coursework
For full curriculum information, please visit the University of Iowa General Catalog.
Learning Outcomes
Students studying Health Studies will be able to:
- understand the form and function of the human body at the organ and system levels;
- understand and communicate the major behavioral, clinical, social, economic, and environmental determinants of health and well-being;
- draw connections between major determinants of health and their influence on health and human diseases;
- identify and compare evidence-based health strategies to improve major determinants of health and well-being;
- apply knowledge to solve health problems using evidence-based health strategies; and
- critically evaluate evidence-based strategies targeted to specific health conditions.
County Health Rankings model
As a health studies student, you'll learn how different elements affect health outcomes and explore the measures that influence how long and how well we live.
Questions?
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Create your academic path
You'll find degree overviews, requirements, course lists, academic plans, and more to help you plan your education and explore your possibilities.
Current course list
The MyUI Schedule displays registered courses for a particular session and is available to enrolled students. The list view includes course instructors, time and location, and features to drop courses or change sections.
Additional course information
Health Studies Alumni Spotlights
Health Studies Alumni Spotlights
Tram-Anh Doan
Jessica DiGrazia
Lindsay Bright
Ian Rowland
"As a graduate of the health studies program, I can say my learning experience was unmatched through this program...I not only learned the necessary information, but I also learned how to apply it, how to critically think about it, and how to harness it to discover what avenues I wanted to pursue in my career with health care. The professors and their dedicated TAs worked with me diligently to ensure I was comfortable, prepared, and had the same opportunities excel, even with my challenging and full schedule as a student-athlete. My professors and TAs were always encouraging and educated me
Health studies faculty
Stephanie Borst
Lucas Carr
Shawn Flanagan
Amy Fletcher
Megan Jacobi
Megan Lewey
Kelli Saginak
Aaron Schneider
