THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE ________ Senate Document Number 2188S___ ________ Date of Senate Approval 2-25-88_ _________________________ Signature of Senate Chair _________________________ Action of Vice Chancellor: ________________________ ______________ Approval ________________________ Date ______________ ________________________ ______________ Denied ________________________ Date ______________ Reasons for denial and suggested modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC 1-21-88 APC Document #13 Health Promotion Minor ___ ADD to page 122 of the E-11987-88 Catalog the attached copy, adding a minor in Health Promotion to the Academic Programs. Add to page xx of 1988/89 catalog insert the following between GERMAN and HISTORY Page 2 HEALTH PROMOTION (HP) Assistant Professor McClary (Director) Participating Faculty: Bruce (Psychology); Bernhardt (Biology); Dohse (Mathematics) The minor in health promotion provides students an opportunity to supplement and give added dimension to majors already in place in the UNCA curriculum. The minor includes interdisciplinary study, courses selected from disciplines outside the students' major area; internship and research opportuities; and an advanced Senior Seminar. The health promotion minor emphasizes the importance of developing a scientific data base that documents behavioral, psychological and biological change in those pursuing health promotion studies. In addition, the minor addresses the scientific and philosophical questions which are inspired by health promotion topics. Health Promotion Minor 17-19 hours distributed as follows: HP 130, 140, 221 and 400. The additional 6 hours must be selected from the list below with the approval of the Health Promotion Program director. Three hours must be outside the student's declared major. The remaining three hours can be in the student's declared major. Course and Title Prerequistites HP 300 Fieldwork in Health HP 130, 140 Promotion PSYC 320 Biopsychology PSYC 100, 303 MGMT 320 Mgmt of Health Services MGMT 200 SOC 362 Sociology of Health None SOC 363 Health and Aging None PHIL 371 ST: Medical Ethics None ENVR 336 Environmental Health ENVR 130 or permission IST 301 Death and Dying None MGMT 421 Law and Health MGMT 200, 320 PSYC 307 Behavioral Medicine PSYC 100, 225, 303 120 THE PHYSICAL SELF (1) Study of health as influenced by individual behavior and choices. Physical fitness, nutrition, stress, emotional processes, self-concept and well-being. Measurements of individual fitness levels, health habits. Page 3 130 PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AND METHODS IN HEALTH PROMOTION (PSYC 130) (3) Theory and research relating health to interpersonal relationships, stress, personality characteristics; models for changing behavior and lives; results of evaluation studies on behavior change; basic skills for interpersonal communication. 140 BIOLOGICAL BASES OF HUMAN HEALTH (BIOL 140) (3) Study of systems of the body subject to influence by behavior and experience, and implications of such influence for health. Includes study of the immune, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and gastro-intestinal system, effects of tobacco, drug and alcohol use; stress; fitness activity; environmental to toxins. Prerequisites: ____ ___ _____ ___ _______ _____ HP 130 and BIO 105. Will not count for biology major ____________ requirements. 221 BIOSTATISTICS (2) An introduction to statistical techniques used in biomedical research. Topics include sampling methods, univariate analysis, comparisons of means, contingency tables, linear regression, covariance analysis, and nonparametric methods. Data analysis will entail the use of MINITAB or a similar statistical computer package. Prerequisites: Math 155 or permission of the instructor. 300 FIELDWORK IN HEALTH PROMOTION (3) Advanced students who qualify by academic performance and personal interview are placed with an area health promotion program for experience under professional supervision. Includes reading and biweekly seminar. Prerequisites: HP 130, BIOL 140. Open only as sites are available. 400 SENIOR SEMINAR IN HEALTH PROMOTION (3) Historical, ethical and cultural perspectives on health promotion. Current scientific controversies. Epidemi- ology, case study methods. Students will complete a project which may be based on library research, Health Promotion Program data base analysis, or service to the campus community. Prerequisites: HP 130, BIO 140.