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Texas Woman's University
Department of Health Studies

M.S. Degree in Health Studies

Thesis Option

Effective Fall 2006

PREREQUISITES

Bachelor's degree in the field of health education/health promotion or HS 5413 Current Issues in Health Studies.

COREQUISITES

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification or HS 5003 Practicum in Health Education.

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED - 39 hours

Take the core first, then focal area, then electives, and so on

Core Curriculum - 18 hours

1 st Courses to Take		2 nd Courses to Take		3 rd Course to Take
HS 5353 Epidemiology HS 5423 Ethnic & Cultural HS 6443 Foundations		HS 5383 Program Development HS 6453 Strategies in Health Ed Delivery		HS 5483 Evaluation in Health Education

Focal Area - 6 hours (Select one of the following three focal areas of study)

Departmental Electives - 3 hours (Select one of the following courses)

HS 5003 Practicum	HS 5113 Curriculum Development	HS 6403 Environmental Health (formerly Health and Human Ecology)
HS 5013 Data Collection & Analysis	HS 5343 Risk Reduction	HS 5563 Health Advocacy
HS 5043 Methods in Health Ed Research (formerly 5023)	HS 5363 Population Health (formerly Community Health)	HS 6433 History of Health & Medicine
HS 5053 Psychosocial Aspects of Health	HS 5413 Current Issues in Health Studies	HS 6483 Evaluation in Health Education (formerly 5483)
HS 5063 Aging & Health	HS 6423 Global Health (formerly Contemporary International Health)	HS 6911/6913 Individual Study
HS 6073 Seminar in Health Education (formerly 5073)	HS 5613 Worksite Health Promotion	HS 6953/6956 Cooperative Education
HS 5103 Principles/Methods of Teaching	HS 5901/5903 Special Topics

Research - 6 hours

Select one of the following Statistics courses (3rd)

Then take the following course (4th)

Thesis - 6 hours

(Revised 02/04/06 - Effective Fall Semester 2006)