Mission and Student Learning Outcomes

Misson

The Health and Wellness Department prepares competent health and wellness professionals within a challenging, rewarding and highest quality liberal arts learning environment. Health and Wellness Promotion majors are trained to think critically, communicate effectively, cultivate an understanding of human diversity, value collaboration and service, and to seek to enhance quality of life and health for others.

The Health and Wellness Department is firmly grounded in the tradition of liberal arts learning, and thus directly supports UNC Asheville’s fundamental commitment to providing a superior liberal arts education. The Department reflects the university’s commitment to the development of critical thinking skills and communication skills as evidenced by clear and thoughtful exchange of ideas in and out of the classroom setting. In addition, the Department’s dedication to cultivating an understanding of the human experience is substantiated through the creation of courses emphasizing knowledge and content in health parity, health and media literacy, diversity in gender and sexual expression, and differences in ability and courses that provide service learning activities which involve people of diverse backgrounds. The Department collaborates with the university’s Intercultural Center and the Center for Diversity, both dedicated to enhancing diversity and reducing disparities and oppression based on difference. The Department strongly supports the university’s commitment to continuing service and creative engagement. This is done through service learning, student volunteer activities, training students to be advocates for social justice, and faculty participation in service activities individually and as an entire department.

Student Learning Outcomes

HWP majors will understand and be able to articulate the scientific concepts underlying health promotion and primary prevention of disease.

HWP majors will demonstrate the ability to reflect on and clarify their own values resulting in genuine respect for differences among people and ideas in individual, group, community, and global health promotion settings.

HWP majors will demonstrate effective oral and written health communication skills. 

HWP develop skills to effectively motivate changes in health behavior, utilize health assessment tools and to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs among diverse populations and in various health promotion settings.

• University Mission Statement
• University Student Learning Outcomes