Earn your BS in Health Promotion

The health promotion track is intended for students seeking careers that promote wellness in the community and the workplace. The major prepares students to directly work with individuals and communities to improve health and quality of life. Students learn how to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and oversee programs designed to improve health behaviors, create environments supportive of healthy lifestyles, and effectively communicate health issues to key stakeholders. The major prepares students to take the certification exam from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. The mix of natural and social sciences in this major also provides a foundation for professional or graduate study in allied health, health management, or public health.

Students who earn the major in health promotion can earn a minor in human physiology, but:

• May not earn a major in exercise science, human physiology, or health studies
• May not earn a minor in lifestyle medicine

The Bachelor of Science with a major in health promotion requires a minimum of 120 semester hours, including at least 47–49 semester hours of work for the major. A minimum of 16 semester hours in the major must be earned at the University of Iowa. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major. They also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core.

Required Coursework
For full curriculum, please visit:

https://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/health-human-physiology/health-promotion-bs/#requirementstext

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:

• identify and communicate the needs, barriers to, and facilitators of health among various populations;
• understand, communicate, and apply health theories to inform health promotion programs;
• assess and interpret common behavioral and clinical health outcomes;
• use evidence-based communication strategies designed to facilitate behavior change;
• understand, communicate, and apply evidence-based leadership and management strategies in a health organization setting; and
• understand how to plan, implement, and evaluate targeted health promotion programs.