THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 8010S

Date of Senate Approval 05/06/10

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 65: Edit the introductory narrative for Health and Wellness Promotion

Effective Date: Fall 2010

1. Delete: On page 146, the first paragraph of the opening narrative:

The Department of Health and Wellness offers diverse and flexible programs designed to help students live healthier and more balanced and meaningful lives. Students may choose to major or minor in Health and Wellness Promotion and pursue careers in worksite wellness, hospital-based wellness programs, community health centers, retirement and nursing home wellness programs, commercial and not for-profit health, fitness, and recreation centers, and other related areas. Students who receive a B.S. with a major in Health and Wellness Promotion may choose to pursue graduate and/or professional studies in Health Promotion, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Health Education, Gerontology, Public Health, Medicine and other health-related professional programs. Students interested in graduate school should be aware of additional course work required for admission to these programs that may not be required for the Health and Wellness Promotion major. Pre-medicine students may choose any major and should contact the Pre-Health Professions Program Coordinator for additional information.

Add: On page 146, in place of deleted entry:

The Department of Health and Wellness offers diverse and flexible programs designed to help students live healthier, more balanced and meaningful lives. The curriculum for the major or minor in Health and Wellness Promotion emphasizes multi-level programs aimed at the promotion of wellness throughout a lifetime. Students may pursue careers in worksite wellness, hospital-based wellness programs, community health centers, retirement and nursing home wellness programs, commercial and not-for-profit health, fitness, and recreation centers, and other related areas. Students may also choose to major in Health and Wellness Promotion and complete the K-6 teaching licensure program, in preparation to teach health in elementary schools. Students who receive a B.S. with a major in Health and Wellness Promotion may choose to pursue graduate and/or professional studies in areas such as Health Promotion, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Health Education, Gerontology, Public Health, or Medicine. Students interested in graduate school should be aware of additional course work required for admission to these programs that may not be required for the Health and Wellness Promotion major.

Impact:

The changes serve to clarify the opportunities available with a Health and Wellness Promotion major while continuing to allow flexibility and are in keeping with proposed programming changes.

Rationale:

Adding a sentence to emphasize that students may complete K-6 licensure may help to steer students toward this area. Student interest in this area has grown with the recognition of the need for health education in the primary schools to appropriately address the epidemic of childhood obesity.

2. Delete: On page 146, the second paragraph in the opening narrative:

The Health and Wellness Department also offers minors in Health and Wellness

Promotion, Dance and Sports Medicine, and offers a Pre-Health Professions Program. The minor in Dance provides students the opportunity to acquire and refine the technical skills necessary to realize the broadest possible range of movement options, develop their own capacity for expression through dance, understand the connections among the various fields of study involved with dance production, acquire experience as teachers, performers and choreographers and prepare for advanced study in Dance and other related arts. The minor in Sports Medicine places an emphasis on the treatment and prevention of athletic and movement-related injuries. In addition, the Sports Medicine minor provides background for graduate study in Athletic Training, Physical Therapy, and other health sciences. The Pre-Health Professions Program provides numerous opportunities for students to learn more about the broad array of health care career options and assists them in successfully preparing for graduate or professional program admissions.

Add: On page 146, in place of deleted entry:

The Health and Wellness Department also offers a minor in Dance. The minor in Dance provides students the opportunity to acquire and refine the technical skills necessary to realize the broadest possible range of movement options, develop a capacity for expression through dance, understand the connections among the various fields of study involved with dance production, acquire experience as teachers, performers and choreographers and prepare for advanced study in Dance and other related arts.

The Health and Wellness Department also participates in the Pre-Health Professions Program and provides a holistic approach to developing a broad level of knowledge and skills as it pertains to the delivery of health care. The Pre-Health Professions Program provides opportunities for students to learn more about the broad array of health care career options and guides them in successfully preparing for graduate or professional program admissions. Pre-medicine students and those interested in allied health careers (pre-health professions) may major in any discipline. They should complete the Pre-Health Professions program with assistance from their advisor or from an advisor in the Department of Health and Wellness.

Impact:

This change in programmatic description better reflects the department offerings and decreases the number of courses that need to be taught on a regular basis due to the deletion of the Sports Medicine minor.

Rationale:

Last year, the Sports Medicine minor was deleted from our program due to lack of staffing and the inability to achieve accreditation, thus the deletion of any reference to the Sports Medicine minor is necessary and reflective of current programs. The Pre-Health Professions program continues though it no longer has a director. Students will now be advised in their home departments or by health and wellness faculty on how to complete this program. Allied health careers (such as Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants, etc) have been included so that students are aware of the possibility to pursue graduate studies in these areas with proper advising.