Movement Science Degree, Preventative Care and Physical Activity Concentration, B.S.

Overview

The Preventative Care and Physical Activity concentration/specialization prepares students to be engaged citizens through impacting the health of individuals and groups in their communities. Students may complete the program as a concentration in Movement Science, or as a specialization to add to a declared major.

The focus of the Preventative Care and Physical Activity concentration is on preventative health interventions viewed and implemented through the lens of multiple health-behavior models, inter-professional- and team-based leadership and problem solving, as well as health equity. This concentration’s integrated approach provides opportunities for students to become health literate themselves, understanding and valuing the many determinants of health, and to become advocates and agents of change for health literacy and health equity in their communities.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn to educate, collaborate and engage with external partners from a variety of disciplines to promote physical activity in multiple settings and with a variety of populations for opportunities for the promotion of physical activity.
  • Identify and use public health data as a tool to develop and prioritize community-based interventions, including policies, to promote physical activity, knowledge of current trends and research in the field through evidence-based practices for the develop
  • Use theoretical frameworks and models to plan and evaluate physical activity interventions.
  • Recommend and translate effective intervention strategies to partners and other constituents.
  • Identify appropriate resources and continuing education for the implementation of a personal professional development plan, which includes training and ongoing technical assistance for promoting physical activity.
  • Understand exercise physiology and related exercise science for both health promotion and disease prevention and physical activity assessment.
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