Master of Health and Human Services

Program Information
The Master of Health and Human Services is a collaborative degree between the Bitonte College of Health and Human Services and the Warren P. Williamson, Jr. College of Business Administration. The program accommodates students from health and human services professions who require the skills and abilities for supervisory/managerial positions or who desire competence in health promotion or physical education. The program is structured as a weekend college program with classes offered Friday evenings and on Saturday during the day. After completion of an "academic core" of coursework, students may concentrate in health promotion, administration for health and human service professions, or physical education.

Admission Requirements
In addition to the minimum School of Graduate Studies admission requirements, applicants must complete undergraduate courses in methodology, statistics, ACCTG. 2602, CSIS 1514, and MGT. 3725 or AHLTH 4810, or their equivalent. Deficiencies in any of these courses must be eliminated before completion of the second semester of graduate work. Also, students must submit three letter of reference: one from a faculty member, one from an employer, and one from another source, or two from faculty members and one from another source. Regular admission requires an unrecalculated cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). The MHHS Advisory Committee may require the Graduate Record Examination (general test) of students who do not meet admission criteria.

Degree Requirements
There are three areas of course work in the MHHS: an Academic Core (23 s.h.) with Tools (5 s.h.) Management Skills (6 s.h.), and Issues in Health and Human Services (12 s.h.); Concentration Areas (10-14 s.h.) in Health Promotion (6 s.h.) or Administration for Health and Human Service Professions(6 s.h.) or Physical Education (6 s.h.) ; and Thesis (4 s.h.) or Non-thesis (8 s.h.) option. Students with inadequate professional experience will be required to complete a 1-2 s.h. practicum. The thesis must be submitted according to the general requirements established by the School of Graduate Studies and Research. The student is required to defend the thesis in an oral presentation before a committee of graduate faculty from a minimum of two academic disciplines. Students selecting the non-thesis option must successfully complete a comprehensive examination and additional courses for graduation.

Course Requirements
The breakdown of course requirements for all students is as follows:

Academic Core (23 semester hours required)

Tools (5 semester hours required)
CRJUS 6942	Research and Statistics	3 s.h.
MGT 6917	Management Information Systems	2 s.h.
Prerequisites for the Tools courses include: undergraduate methodology, statistics course, ACCT 2602, and CSIS 1514 or equivalent.

Management Skills (6 semester hours required)
MGT 6961	Organizational Behavior	3 s.h.
MGT 6962	Organizational Staff Processing	3 s.h.
Prerequisites for the Management Skills component is MGT 3725, AHLTH 4810, or equivalent.

Issues in Health and Human Services (12 semester hours required)
CHHS 6949	Principles of Community Health Practices	3 s.h.
CHHS 6953	Health Behavior	3 s.h.
CHHS 6958	Issues in Health and Health Services	3 s.h.
CHHS 6980	Seminar	3 s.h.

Students must choose a concentration area from the following options:

Concentration Areas (10-14 semester hours with thesis/non-thesis option stated below)

Health Promotion (6 semester hours required)
CHHS 6959	Foundation and Planning	3 s.h.
CHHS 6960	Implementation and Evaluation	3 s.h.

Administration for HHS Professions (6 semester hours required)
CHHS 6918	Program Planning and Evaluation	2 s.h.
CHHS 6922	Planning and Fiscal Management	4 s.h.

Physical Education (6 semester hours required)
HPES 6900	Pedagogical Analysis	3 s.h.
HPES 6903	Curriculum Development	3 s.h.
plus the following 3 required courses (total 8 semester hours) for the Non-Thesis option
HPES 6905	Contemporary Issues Sport Pedagogy	3 s.h.
HPES 6920	Grant Writing	2 s.h.
or 4 semester hours of thesis for the Thesis Option: 1-4 s.h.

Non-Thesis Option for Health Promotion or Administration: Elective Courses (8 semester hours required):
CHHS 6981	Grant Writing (required)	2 s.h.
CHHS 6950	Professional Codes in Healthcare	3 s.h.
MGT 6917	Business and Society	3 s.h.
AHLTH 5840	Comparative Health Care Systems	4 s.h.
AHLTH 5807	Epidemiology for Health Care Professionals	3 s.h.
COUNS 6926	Introduction to Chemical Dependency	2 s.h.
HMEC 6925	Current Concepts in Nutrition	3 s.h.
SOCIO 6905	Social Gerontology	3 s.h.
FNUTR 5873	Nutrition and Aging	3 s.h.
FNUTR 5872	Maternal and Child Nutrition	3 s.h.
or other appropriate courses with prior approval of the faculty advisor
	Total hours for the degree	33-37 s.h.

Note: CHHS 6990 Practicum for Health and Human Services (1-2 semester hours) may also be required for some graduate students after the faculty advisor evaluates student's professional experience.