Department of Health Education and Promotion

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Michele Wallen, Chair

The Department of Health Education and Promotion offers six undergraduate academic programs and a variety of experiences for students. These academic programs include bachelor of science degree programs in environmental health and public health; minors in environmental health and public health; and certificate programs in maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health. 

For students interested in graduate education, we offer a master of arts degree in health education; a master of science degree in environmental health; and a certificate in environmental health foundations. To find out more about these graduate programs, please visit the ECU Graduate Catalog. 

Our departmental office is located in 2101 Carol Belk Building and can be reached at 252-328-6000 or by filling out the “Contact HEP” form.

Faculty

• https://hhp.ecu.edu/hep/directory/

Programs

• Environmental Health, BS
• Public Health, BS

• Maternal and Child Health Certificate
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Certificate

• Environmental Health Minor
• Public Health Minor

Courses

• ATEP 2800 - Medical Nomenclature for Human Performance
• ATEP 3350 - Concepts in Pharmacology

• EHST 2110 - Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
• EHST 3000 - Environmental Health Practice Seminar
• EHST 3060 - Environmental Issues in Construction
• EHST 3061 - Environmental Issues in Construction
• EHST 3200 - Food Sanitation Principles
• EHST 3201 - Food Sanitation Principles Laboratory
• EHST 3350 - Safe Water
• EHST 3351 - Safe Water Laboratory
• EHST 3370 - Waste Water Management
• EHST 3371 - Waste Water Management Laboratory
• EHST 3500 - Problems in Environmental Health
• EHST 3501 - Problems in Environmental Health
• EHST 3502 - Problems in Environmental Health
• EHST 3600 - Air Pollution
• EHST 3700 - Industrial Hygiene
• EHST 3701 - Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
• EHST 3900 - Introduction to Occupational Health
• EHST 3910 - Introduction to Injury Prevention
• EHST 3926 - Construction Safety
• EHST 4010 - Toxicological Foundations of Risk Assessment
• EHST 4200 - Environmental Health Management and Law
• EHST 4300 - Institutional and Recreational Sanitation
• EHST 4301 - Institutional and Recreational Sanitation and Laboratory
• EHST 4350 - Vector Borne Disease Ecology
• EHST 4351 - Vector Borne Disease Ecology and Laboratory
• EHST 4520 - Biological and Chemical Health Hazards
• EHST 4530 - Physical and Radiological Health Hazards
• EHST 4990 - Environmental Health Internship
• EHST 4991 - Environmental Health Internship
• EHST 5001 - Seminar in Environmental Health
• EHST 5010 - Principles of Toxicology
• EHST 5011 - Principles of Toxicology and Laboratory
• EHST 5020 - Environmental Toxicology
• EHST 5164 - Radiological Health Field Operation
• EHST 5165 - Advanced Radiological Laboratory
• EHST 5800 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
• EHST 5801 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and Laboratory

• EHST 3003 - Environmental Epidemiology

• HLTH 1000 - Health in Modern Society
• HLTH 1050 - Health and Service in Modern Society
• HLTH 2000 - Principles of Public Health
• HLTH 2005 - Research Skills in Health Information
• HLTH 2050 - Sexual Health
• HLTH 2125 - Responding to Emergencies with Basic Life Support
• HLTH 2126 - Responding to Emergencies with Basic Life Support Laboratory
• HLTH 2220 - Injury Prevention and Care Related to Physical Activity
• HLTH 2290 - Field Experience in Community Health Education
• HLTH 2291 - Field Experience in Community Health Education
• HLTH 2292 - Field Experience in Community Health Education
• HLTH 2700 - Medical Terminology for Public Health Professionals
• HLTH 3000 - Theory and Practice in Community Health Education
• HLTH 3002 - Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
• HLTH 3010 - Health Problems
• HLTH 3020 - Understanding and Achieving Health Equity
• HLTH 3025 - LGBT Population Health and Disparities
• HLTH 3030 - Health Behavior
• HLTH 3050 - Public Health Systems and Policy
• HLTH 3100 - Issues in Latino Health
• HLTH 3244 - Health Methods for Elementary Grades
• HLTH 3300 - Introduction to Patient Education
• HLTH 3355 - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Education and Prevention
• HLTH 3515 - AIDS HIV Disease in Modern Society
• HLTH 3520 - Introduction to Global Health
• HLTH 3600 - Wellness Assessment and Disease Management
• HLTH 4001 - Stress Management: Principles and Practices
• HLTH 4006 - Health Promotion in the Workplace
• HLTH 4011 - Introduction to Epidemiology in Public Health
• HLTH 4050 - Special Topics in Public Health
• HLTH 4200 - Planning and Evaluation in Health Promotion
• HLTH 4410 - Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Sexuality Education
• HLTH 4500 - Independent Study
• HLTH 4501 - Independent Study
• HLTH 4502 - Independent Study
• HLTH 4605 - Community Strategies for Health Education
• HLTH 4609 - Needs Assessment and Program Planning
• HLTH 4611 - Program Evaluation
• HLTH 4800 - Public Health Study Abroad
• HLTH 4880 - Capstone: Applied Principles of Health Education and Promotion
• HLTH 4901 - Prehealth Professions Field Experience
• HLTH 4902 - Prehealth Professions Field Experience
• HLTH 4910 - Prehealth Professions Internship
• HLTH 4991 - Health Education and Promotion Internship

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