The curriculum for the Health Promotion and Education (HPRO) major focuses on methods for planning, implementing and evaluating educational and behavioral changes as well as programs that enhance health. <br><br>Students are prepared for positions that emphasize program planning, health promotion, health education, disease prevention and social action. Graduates work in business, voluntary, non-profit and governmental agencies at the local, county, state and federal levels. <br><br>Health Promotion and Education major graduates will have the following competencies: <br><br>Develop an intervention and survey based on a health theory.<br>Demonstrate skills to plan and implement appropriate health programs.<br>Explain the contribution of logic models in program development, implementation and evaluation.<br>Identify evidence-based practices to address a variety of public health problems.<br>Demonstrate skills to present effective health programs using a variety of techniques and appropriate teaching strategies.<br>Differentiate the purposes of formative, process and outcome evaluation.<br>Apply program evaluation knowledge and skill using established models.