Ball State University College of Health
Health Education and Promotion Major
Muncie, USA
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Ball State’s Health Education and Promotion major trains students to be community health educators who teach wellness and promote health. You’ll apply scientific health principles in community agencies, health-care facilities, and worksites. The curriculum has core and elective courses in health, anatomy, and health education plus an internship. Graduates learn seven core competencies and can sit the CHES exam. Keywords: community health, health promotion, wellness, prevention, program planning, health communication.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as community health educators, health promotion specialists, wellness coordinators, or health program coordinators in agencies, hospitals, nonprofits, and public health departments. CHES supports credentialing.
Helping people become healthier individuals—that’s what you can expect from a career as a community health educator. Ball State’s major in health education and promotion is excellent preparation for entry into this field.
As a student, you’ll learn how to teach people about behaviors that promote wellness and encourage them to make healthy decisions. You’ll also learn to promote the application of scientific health principles to human life, primarily through health education in community health agencies, health-care facilities, and worksites.
Graduates of the Health Education and Promotion Program are eligible to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam. The CHES designation signifies an individual who has met required academic preparation qualification, has successfully passed a competency-based examination, and satisfies the continuing education requirement to maintain the national credential.
What You Will Learn
The curriculum for our bachelor’s degree in health education and promotion is comprised of core requirements and electives in health, anatomy, and health education. Students enrolled in this program will also gain hands-on, real-world experience through an internship, to be completed prior to graduation.
Our students take courses where they learn how to perform the seven competencies of health educators:
- Assess needs, assets, and capacity for health education
- Plan health education
- Implement health education
- Conduct evaluation and research related to health education
- Administer and manage health education
- Serve as a health education resource person
- Communicate and advocate for health and health education
