All University of Portland students, regardless of major, progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.
See University Core Curriculum Requirements.
Please note the following:
Because IHW is a dynamic field, the curriculum is subject to change at the School of Nursing & Health Innovations' discretion.
IHW 101 - Introduction to Integrative Health (3 credit hours)
IHW 116 - Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan I (3 credit hours)
IHW 204 - Anatomy of Wellness (3 credit hours)
IHW 214 - Physiology of Wellness & Strategies for Healthy Living (3 credit hours)
IHW 216 - Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan II (3 credit hours)
IHW 224 - Integrative Public Health (3 credit hours)
IHW 301 - Mind/Body/Energy Perspectives (3 credit hours)
IHW 305 - Approaches to Wellness (3 credit hours)
IHW 310 - Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion (3 credit hours)
IHW 312 - Research Methods for Public Health Practice (3 credit hours)
IHW 316 - Nature's Pharmacy: Food, Herbs & Supplements that Support Health (3 credit hours)
IHW 317 - Restorative Nutrition (3 credit hours)
IHW 325 - Community Health Promotion I (3 credit hours)
IHW 326 - Community Health Promotion II (3 credit hours)
IHW 411 - Technology in Health (3 credit hours)
IHW 417 - Project Design and Management in Integrative Health and Wellness (3 credit hours)
IHW 418 - Leadership in Integrative Health and Wellness (3 credit hours)
IHW 427 - Integrative Health & Wellness Practicum* (3 credit hours)
*IHW 427 includes 135 practicum hours
Note: Students who wish to pursue national health and wellness coaching certification may choose to complete the following Integrative Health Coaching Program requirements as electives:
IHW 307 - Integrative Health Coaching I: Concepts of Individual Wellness (3 credit hours)
IHW 407 - Integrative Health Coaching II: Supporting Individual Wellness (3 credit hours)
Total credit hours required for the BS-IHW degree: 120
Course descriptions are available in the University Bulletin.
1. Integrative Health Promotion
Students will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of integrative health as a perspective through which to support individuals, organizations and communities to optimize their highest expression of health and well-being.
Students will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of spirituality to promote integrative spiritual health within person-centered relationships.
3. Mental Health PromotionStudents will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of mental wellness to promote integrative mental health and well-being within themselves and others.
4. Physical Health PromotionStudents will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of physical wellness, to promote the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for supporting integrative physical health through a balance of nourishment, movement, and rest.
5. Social Health PromotionStudents will demonstrate personal and professional understanding and application of the impact of social relationships (society and social groups) for promoting individual and population social health and well-being.
6. Population Health PromotionStudents will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of multisector policies, population health promotion concepts, and evolving health care systems to promote integrative population health.
7. Health Education/PromotionStudents will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of foundational knowledge in integrative health education/promotion program planning, implementation and evaluation.
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