The Health and Wellness Promotion major allows students to combine their passion for providing health services with community outreach. Graduates with this degree will be able to analyze a community’s health, develop a plan of action to combat health and wellness issues, and then strategically implement their vision. The long-term planning skills students learn and utilize as an undergrad can be used to assist clients in leading happy and healthy lives.

Students must achieve a minimum grade of “C” in these courses:  BI204, BI205, MA205, PY101, PY211, PY308, and SO201.

Maine Occupational Therapy programs generally require a minimum 3.0 overall GPA and a C or better (some require a B or better) in pre-requisite courses, however GPA’s of accepted students is usually much higher.

Completing this degree program will enable students to:

• Demonstrate competence in assessing needs, planning, implementing, managing and evaluating health promotion programs.
• Understand and demonstrate professional ethics and social responsibility as it relates to the practice of health promotion.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in verbal, nonverbal, and written formats.
• Use critical thinking skills to solve problems associated with assessing needs, implementing, managing and evaluating health promotion programs.
• Engage in career development activities to prepare for graduate school entrance in occupational therapy.