ASCRC
HHP Departmental Summary –2012-2013
I Course Changes
Course
#/Title
UG HHP 488: Program
Planning in Community Health
PROPOSED CHANGE
Justification
Change course number to 441
and co-convene the course with
HHP 541
HHP 541- Program
Development in the Health
Professions
Change the title of the course to
Program Planning in Community
Health to more accurately reflect
the course content and align the
title with the proposed coconvened 400 level course.
Currently, Program Planning
courses in the Community Health
option in HHP are taught at the
undergraduate (HHP 488) &
graduate levels (HHP 541).
Foundational program planning
content is overlapped in both,
thus the impetus for a coconvened class. The graduate
class currently has and will
continue to include more in-depth
research, supplemental readings
and information as well as more
comprehensive projects and
exams.
II Program Changes
HHP Exercise Science Applied
Option
The current degree option in
Exercise Science Applied
requires up to 125 credits to
complete. In order to align with
The University of Montana
policy we are proposing a
program that will require 119
credits. The proposed changes
reduce the total number of
required credits by 6. The
number of out-of-department
elective credits will be reduced
from 9 to 6; the number of
required credits in business will
be reduced from 6 to 3; and 1
credit of internship will be
added.
We needed to reduce the
required curriculum (general
education + HHP requirements)
by 5 credits from 125 to 120 to
be in alignment with The
University of Montana policy.
Community Health Option
Instead of requiring 9-12 credits
of in-department electives and 912 credits of out-of-department
electives, students will be able to
choose 18 to 24 credits of in or
out-of department credits with
their advisors approval and based
on their areas of interest.
There are limited elective course
choices in the HHP department
for students in the Community
Health option. The opportunity
to choose from a broad range of
out-of-department courses will
allow students to take courses
that are more in-line with their
interest in community health.
Graduate Program in HHP
 Exercise Science Option
 Community Health
Option
 Generalist Option
Addition of a written
comprehensive exam alternative
to the existing thesis and
professional paper alternatives in
each of the HHP graduate
program options.
The comprehensive exam
alternative provides students
with options that more closely
meet their occupational goals.
By adding a written
comprehensive exam for these
students we ensure continued
rigor and quality of graduates in
the HHP program, and offer a
more flexible curriculum to meet
the needs of the growing field of
practitioners.