Health and Community Wellness

Overview

The mission of the Health and Community Wellness program of University of West Georgia is to provide high-quality professionals for employment in worksites such as fitness centers, hospitals, corporations, schools, and many other settings around the nation.

Through program courses and service-learning experience, candidates are prepared to help people, organizations, and communities change lifestyle behaviors with the goal of moving toward a state of improved health, resulting in decreases of chronic disease and health care costs.

Program Goals/Objectives:

The B.S. degree with a major in Health and Community Wellness will:

• provide an educated workforce who are prepared for the wide range of career options in the health and wellness industry.

• provide an interdisciplinary curriculum offering a broad scope of preparation across disciplines in counseling, physical education, health and special education.

• provide flexibility of coursework to allow students to customize their program in preparation for advanced (graduate) study in a related field of interest.

• contribute to the health and wellness of citizens working and living in Georgia, through a highly skilled workforce.

Student learning outcomes:

• Students will be able to identify and evaluate various social problems within the community and take on leadership roles to develop and implement behavior modification techniques and other effective healthy solutions

• Students will have the foundational knowledge of human anatomy, lifespan development, and educational psychology needed to be successful in a community education and care or fitness and wellness leadership profession

• Students who select the Community Education and Care concentration will be able to design and conduct program evaluations in a variety of diverse community settings and will have the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and provide supportive educational, social, communicative, and literacy-based interventions

• Students who select the Fitness and Wellness Leadership concentration will have the foundational knowledge of healthy eating, nutrition, personal training and exercise needed to conduct program evaluations and implement effective fitness and wellness interventions in both public and private sectors