Departments
The School of Health and Human Sciences consists of 10 departments offering undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as graduate certificates. Our programs have common goals of improving quality of life, promoting wellbeing, and advocating for underserved groups.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Preparing students to become exemplary speech-language pathology and audiology leaders.
Community and Therapeutic Recreation
Preparing professionals to enhance health, wellness, and quality of life among individuals and communities.
Genetic Counseling
Guiding students to become culturally sensitive, ethical genetic counselors.
Gerontology
Preparing students to enhance the lives of older adults through evidence-based practices.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES
Preparing students to understand early child development, adolescent changes, family relationships, and cultural influences as foundational to creating impactful prevention and intervention practices.
HUMAN HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM
Preparing students for in-demand careers making a difference in people’s lives and creating healthier communities.
KINESIOLOGY
Preparing students to enhance health, physical activity, physical performance, and well-being across the lifespan.
NUTRITION
Provide students a small, close-knit community within a large university and opportunities at all levels to work with expert clinicians, researchers, and top-notch mentors.
Peace and Conflict Studies
Peace and conflict studies focuses on conflict transformation and the building of peaceful and just societies.
PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION
Public health is the science of preventing disease, promoting health, and prolonging life within entire populations.
Social Work
Social Work faculty are leaders in the field and working to address major societal issues, such as discrimination, poverty, substance use, homelessness, and mental illness.