{"id":10631,"date":"2025-07-29T11:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2025\/?page_id=10631"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:02:57","slug":"bachelor-of-science-in-health-wellness-and-fitness-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2025\/bachelor-of-science-in-health-wellness-and-fitness-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Science in Health, Wellness, and Fitness Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Education Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All degree programs require completion of the<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2025\/daemen-overview\/general-education\/\">&nbsp;General Education Curriculum<\/a>. A complete description of the gen ed and its requirements are available in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2025\/daemen-overview\/general-education\/\">General Education Curriculum<\/a>&nbsp;section of the Daemen catalog. Courses that satisfy a portion or complete a core requirement will have such designation indicated after the course title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health, Wellness, and Fitness Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Major: 75 CREDITS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Complete the following with a C or better:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BIO207\/L Anatomy &amp; Physiology I (4\/0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIO208\/L Anatomy &amp; Physiology II (4\/0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR102 Introduction to Health Care: Systems and Professions &nbsp;(3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR200 Emergency Care and Prevention (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR208 Health Promotion and Education (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR218&nbsp;Nutrition for Wellness &amp; Performance (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR223 Foundations of Human Motion (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR291 Professional Development (1)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NOTE:&nbsp;CFE97 is the co-requisite to HPR291<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR313 Principles of Health Behavior Change (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR314 Health Policy (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR332 Strength Training (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR338 Social Determinants of Health (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR350 Fitness Testing and Programming (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choose one of the following<\/strong>: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HPR229 Integrative Stress Management (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR305 Communicating Health (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR330 Health Promotion Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACC225 Financial Accounting (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA211 Effective Business Communications (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ECO202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MGT208 Principles of Management (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MGT312 Human Resource Management (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MGT321 Organizational Behavior &amp; Theory (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MKT209 Principles of Marketing (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications (3)&nbsp;<em>(This does not require min. grade C)<\/em>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select One:&nbsp;CMP212, CMP217, CMP301, CMP317, CMP318<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HPR309 Community Health Nutrition (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMP311 Advanced Composition (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMP101 Composition (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. General Education Curriculum: 36 CREDITS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Year Seminar (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learning Communities (6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depth- Discoveries (9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breadth- Exploration:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Natural Sciences and Mathematics:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MTH124 College Algebra (3)*<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIO103 Human Biology (3)&nbsp;OR&nbsp;BIO109 General Biology I Lecture (3)&nbsp;OR&nbsp;BIO109\/Lab (3\/1)*\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NOTE:&nbsp;If BIO109\/BIO109L is selected, free electives are adjusted\/decreased by 1 credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Sciences:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PSY103 Intro to Psychological Science (3)*<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose one course from: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, and Sociology. (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Humanities:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose two courses from: Art, English, Language (French or Spanish), Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Theater. (6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*Minimum grade of C or better required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Free Electives: 9 CREDITS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS = 120 CREDITS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission to Upper Division Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students must successfully complete Biology, CMP101, MTH124 (or equivalent), PSY103, HPR102, HPR208, and HPR218, with a grade of C or higher before advancing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students must achieve a grade of C or higher in all courses in the major, unless otherwise noted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduation Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A minimum grade of C or higher in all courses in the Major portion of the curriculum and the required Biology, CMP101, MTH124 (or equivalent), and PSY103 courses in the General Education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested Course Sequence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access the suggested course sequence for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2025\/suggested-course-sequencehprhlthwellfit\/\">BS, Health, Wellness, and Fitness Management<\/a>, from the Health Promotion&nbsp;Department web page or from the Program Plans site on the Registrar\u2019s web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Education Curriculum All degree programs require completion of the&nbsp;General Education Curriculum. A complete description of the gen ed and its requirements are available in the&nbsp;General Education Curriculum&nbsp;section of the Daemen catalog. 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