Health and Wellness
Download Health and Wellness Brochure Successful completion of the Health/Wellness major will help prepare students for graduate studies and/or careers in the following settings:
Potential Career Opportunities
• Wellness/Fitness Centers
• Health Care Industry
• Public or Community Health
• Health Advocacy
• Corporate Wellness
• University Wellness Center
• Personal Fitness Training
• Health Missions
• Geriatric Wellness
• Nutrition Industry
• Public/Private Sports Clubs
• Resort/Spa Industry
• Voluntary Health Agencies
• Recreation Industry
• International Health Organizations
Program Goals
The courses offered in the Health/Wellness Program are designed to foster in the student:
• The desire, knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to positively impact health status.
• Advocacy skills for health promotion, disease prevention, and health risk reduction.
• Interpersonal effectiveness skills.
• A lifelong pursuit of optimal wellbeing.
• A holistic approach for enhancing and balancing mind, body, and spirit.
Gardner-Webb University offers students the opportunity to prepare for a career in enhancing the overall quality of life for individuals, communities, and society. Our program encourages students to develop skills in assessing individual and community health needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating effective health promotion programs and acting as a resource person for health information. Communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and awareness of behavior change challenges throughout the lifespan are emphasized. Students are given an opportunity through service learning to bridge the theoretical training received in the classroom with practical application in the community.
The model of the Educator as Theorist and Practitioner was developed as descriptive of the purposes, attitudes, and goals in preparing professionals for productive service as an educator. The conceptual framework is organized around four unifying threads: the learner and learning, social context, methodology, and professional development. The Department of Physical Education, Wellness, and Sport Studies seeks to empower students to live out the role of theorist and practitioner through course work, personal influence, field experiences, and modeling.Courses Offered
The Health/Wellness courses are designed to provide an integration of health information and strategies for conducting effective health education interventions. The following courses are included in the Health/Wellness major.
• Intro. To Health/Wellness Promotion
• Health Program Planning
• Nutrition
• Exercise Prescription
• Epidemiological Factors
• Health Behavior Change
• Community Health
• Internship
• First Aid/CPR
• Health/Wellness Organization and Administration
• Seminar in Health/Wellness