The On-Line Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance
Are you interested in a career that is directed towards improving the lives of others? The fields of health and fitness impact everyone, young and old, and if you want to make a real impact on the world around you, the Department of Health and Human Performance has a program to meet your needs. The On-line Bachelors Degree in Health and Human Performance offers you the opportunity to develop your analytical, communication, conceptual and technical skills related to careers in health and wellness, while enabling you to stay at your place of work or in your home community. The focus of this program is primarily Health and Wellness, and is not a direct avenue towards a teaching credential or a degree in exercise science.
Program Structure
The program requires a minimum total of 120-hours. Students must meet the general education requirements of the university; complete the 25-hour health studies core and a 12-hour concentration track. A maximum of 30 hours of transfer credit may be applied from the student's specific area of allied health credential from the four year university, community college or technical program. University graduation requirements also require 45 hours of upper division credit and a minimum of 60 hours completed at a 4 year institution. Working with an advisor, both requirements can be met through the program.
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General Education Hours The goal and framework of this program is designed to provide maximum transferability and flexibility for students within the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) system. For a full listing of current FHSU courses that apply toward the KBOR Systemwide Transfer GE program please click here. |
34 |
| Health and Human Performance Core* |
24 |
| HHP 201 Concepts of Physical Fitness | (1) fall |
| HHP 210 Intro to Health and Human Performance | (3) fall/summer |
| HHP 220 Responding to Emergencies | (3) summer |
| HHP 280 Care and Prevention of Exercise and Sport Injuries | (3) summer |
| HHP 330 Adapted/Special Physical Education | (3) spring |
| HHP 340 Tests and Measurements in HHP | (2) spring |
| HHP 390 Physiology of Exercise | (3) fall |
| HHP 440 Kinesiology | (3) summer |
| HHP 450 Program Organization and Administration | (3) fall |
| Required HHP Cognates |
6 |
| HHP 200 Personal Wellness (if not taken as a Gen Ed) | (3) all semesters |
| HHP 473 Culminating Experience | (3) all semesters |
| Suggested HHP Electives | 20 |
| HHP 230 Principles of Nutrition | (3) all semesters |
| HHP 310 Consumer Health | (2) every other summer |
| HHP 312 Fitness Leadership | (2) spring |
| HHP 313 Health Promotion and Wellness | (3) summer on line |
| HHP 314 Issues in Health Education | (2) intersession/spring |
| or HHP 480 Leisure Programming for the Elderly | (2) every other summer |
| HHP 430 Motor Learning | (3) in development |
| or HHP 635 Motor Behavior | (3) summer/fall |
| Additional Electives (approved by advisor) |
15 -18 |
| Total Hours |
120 |
| * Additional sections of a course may be offered in a different term. Check myFHSU app in Workday each semester for added course offerings. | |
Program Contact
For more information, contact Bekka Couture-Lovelady to see if the Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Human Performance could be right for you.