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Health Education/Wellness

Faculty: Steve Crain, Lisa Murray (FS)
Degree: Associate of Arts (AA-DTA)

Health Education/Wellness is the study of the ongoing development of the mind, body and spirit to enhance and balance the whole person so as to improve health, fitness and quality of life. It includes aspects such as adequate fitness, nutrition, stress management, disease prevention, spirituality, smoking cessation, substance abuse and weight control.

Pierce College offers a variety of courses in Health Science and Physical Education designed to improve the quality of one's life as well as provide a program of study that will assist students' programs in Wellness available nationally. The following sequence of courses will assist in meeting requirements of most four-year institutions.

Health Education/Wellness Transfer
Dept Course Name Credits
BIOL& 241 & 242 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2 6
ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5
HSCI 200 Human Stress — Its Nature and Control 5
HSCI 210 Wellness 5
Additional Recommended Courses
Dept Course Name Credits
BIOL& 160 General Biology w/lab 5
BIOL& 211 Majors: Cellular 5
CHEM& 100 Preparatory Chemistry 5
CMST& 101 Intro to Communication 5
HSCI 119 Human Health and Disease 5
NUTR& 101 Nutrition 5
PE 104-199 Physical Education Activity 2-3
PE 228 First Aid and CPR for Health Care Professionals 2
PSYC& 100 General Psychology 5
SOC& 101 Intro to Sociology 5