Degree Requirements for the Master of Arts in Health Education (M.A.H.E)

Required Core Courses (18 credits)

PBH 501 Social Determinants of Health and Disease (3 credits)
PBH 530 Theories and Principles of Health Behavior and Health Promotion (3 credits)
PBH 560 Issues in Community and Environmental Health (3 credits)
PBH 630 Program Planning and Evaluation for Health Professionals (3 credits)
PBH 520 Statistical Methods in Health Education (3 credits)
AND one of the following: PBH 540 Research Methods and Design for Health Education (3 credits)
OR ED 508 Ethnography for Educational Practitioners (3 credits)

PBH 510 Health Care Systems (3 credits)
PBH 572 Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness (3 credits)
PBH 573 Human Sexuality (3 credits)
PBH 575 Family in Contemporary Society (3 credits)
PBH 576 Drug Use and Abuse (3 credits)
PBH 578 Stress: Use and Abuse (3 credits)
PBH 581 Nutrition and Human Need: Science, Policy & Controversies (3 credits)
PBH 582 International Health and Human Rights (3 credits)
PBH 583 Contemporary Health Topics (3 credits): Women’s Health, Health Communication, Violence and Injury
Prevention, Death and Dying, LGBT Health Issues
PBH 584 Successful Grant Writing (3 credits)
PBH 585 Health Policy, Law and Bioethics (3 credits)
PBH 587 Global Health Communications (3 credits) (pending approval)
Selected Interdepartmental (ID) Courses in Health Education