Academics
Undergraduate Programs: Majors and Minors
Undergraduate Programs: Majors and Minors
Health and Wellness, B.S.
About the Program
The health and wellness program prepares undergraduate students to assume roles as health/wellness professionals in private business and industry, community organizations, and healthcare environments. Students will be able to administer effective health/wellness programs in organizations that advance preventive medicine and positive lifestyle habits. Concentrations are available in adult fitness, social issues, and site-based health promotion.
About the Health and Wellness Department
107 Caudell Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-5913
Fax: (716) 878-5834
www.buffalostate.edu/healthandwellness/
Contact Faculty and Staff in the Health and Wellness Department
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.
The programs in the Health and Wellness Department are under revision. Contact the department for current program requirements.
Career Information
Graduates are competent in diverse aspects of health promotion and illness prevention. They provide educational services to adult employees and clients as coordinators, managers, or trainers in health and wellness programs sponsored by employers, health maintenance organizations, and community groups.
Graduates have been hired as corporate wellness directors, wellness program administrators, certified personal trainers, wellness programmers, directors of campus health and wellness services, and coordinators of health and wellness programming. Typical hiring firms include large industrial firms, adult education programs, community health agencies, national nonprofit agencies, resorts, health spas, government health agencies, colleges, and insurance companies.
Recent graduates have been hired by companies such as the Ford Motor Company, DuPont, American Axle and Manufacturing, Independent Health, Westwood-Squibb, Becker Advertising (health-related sales), Binghamton University, the Wellness Institute of Western New York, the American Lung Association, World Gym, the Village Glen Tennis and Fitness Club, and the Buffalo Athletic Club.
Program Requirements
Intellectual Foundations Requirements 39–66 cr
Total Required Credit Hours in Health and Wellness 42 cr
A. Required Courses (33 cr)
BIO 308 Human Anatomy and Physiology1
OR
HEW 279 Physical Adaptation to Exercise
HEW 204 Personal Health
HEW 225 Introduction to Disease Prevention
HEW 302 Exercise Principles
HEW 305 Community Health and Wellness
HEW 310 Health Standards and Emergency Care
HEW 312W Methods and Materials in Health and Wellness
HEW 401 Assessment and Evaluation in Health and Wellness
HEW 412 Health and Wellness Programs
Select one course from the following:
NFS 105 Food and People: Interactions and Issues
NFS 334 Contemporary Nutrition
1 BIO 100 is a prerequisite for BIO 308.
B. Concentration Courses (9 cr)
Adult Fitness Concentration
Select three courses from the following:
HEW 307 Exercise, Fitness, and Nutrition
HEW 345 Wellness, Fitness, and Aging
HEW 488 Internship
HPR 301 Kinesiology
Social Issues Concentration
Select three courses from the following:
HEW 308 Women’s Health Issues
HEW 320 Psychoactive Drugs and Health
HEW 411 Critical Issues in Health and Wellness
HEW 425 Alcohol Problems
Site-Based Health Promotion Concentration
Select three courses from the following:
HEW 303 Planning, Management, and Evaluation of Health and Wellness Facilities
HEW 320 Psychoactive Drugs and Health
HEW 425 Alcohol Problems
HEW 488 Internship
All College Electives 12–39 cr
Total Required Credit Hours 120 cr
