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Degree Requirements: HP and Research Core
The Master of Education in Health Promotion requires a minimum of 36 credit hours with 12 of those hours coming from one of the following areas of concentration: administration, communication, counseling, education, environmental health, gerontology, nutrition and fitness, or interdisciplinary. The core curriculum for the M.Ed. in Health Promotion, which everyone must take, consists of the following:
MASTER OF EDUCATION IN HEALTH PROMOTION (36 Credits)
Health Promotion Core (12 credits)
| COURSE NUMBER & TITLE | CREDITS |
| HED 705 Theoretical Foundations of Health Promotion | 3 |
| HED 720 Program Planning/Grant Writing in Hlth Promo | 3 |
| HED 730 Program Evaluation in Health Promtion | 3 |
| HED 735 Practical Applications in Health Promotion | 3 |
| Capstone Options (3-6 credits) | CREDITS |
| HED 750 Graduate Project in Health Promotion OR | 3 |
| Thesis OR | 6 |
| XXX ### Advisor approved course(s)* and Comprehensive Written Exam | 1-3 |
* If a student elects the approved course(s) and comprehensive examination option, HED 750 Graduate Project in Health Promotion is not required.
* The credits to graduate increases to 39 if the Thesis capstone option is chosen.
Research Core Requirements (9 Credits)
| COURSE NUMBER & TITLE | CREDITS |
| HED 725 Epidemiology and Public Health | 3 |
| EPY 702 Research Methods or EAB 700 | 3 |
| EPY 718 Qualitative Research Methodologies or EPY 721 Desprictive and Inferential Statistics: An Introduction or Advisor approval graduate level statistics course |
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* The Research Core credits increases to 12 if the Thesis option is chosen.
** Twelve (12) to fifteen (15) of the thirty-six (36) degree hours come from one of the eight areas of concentration. See the seven tables in the Degree Requirements: Concentration for the precise listing of the courses in each concentration.
Department of Health Promotion : Office BHS 331
Phone: (702) 895-4030 : Fax: (702) 895-3979
Email: health.promotion@ccmail.nevada.edu
School of Public Health : University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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