Curriculum

Lifestyle Medicine Program Track - 2 courses per quarter

• Total Credits: Minimum 45 Quarter Hours (QH)
• Lifestyle Medicine Core: 22 QH
• Applied Research Core: 11 QH
• Elective Credits: 6 QH
• IS/Practicum Project: 6 QH

Required Courses

Year One

• Fall
  • HLSX 568 Health and Information Literacy for Healthcare Professionals 3 QH
  • HLSX 570 Modern Nutrition 3 QH
• Winter
  • HLSX 530 Statistics for Health Professionals 4 QH
  • HLSM 500 Chronic Preventable Disease and Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine 3 QH
• Spring
  • HLSX 572 Health and Wellness Coaching 3 QH
  • HLSM 501 Strategies to Manage Mental and Emotional Health and Avoiding Risky Substances 3 QH
• Summer
  • HLSX 583 Advanced Nutrition and Chronic Disease 4 QH
  • HLSX 576 Nutrition and Human Physical Performance 3 QH

Year Two

• Fall
  • HLSM 600 Concepts of Population Health and Personal Health 3 QH
  • Elective Option 3 QH
• Winter
  • HLSX 592 Research Design 4 QH
  • Elective Option 3 QH
• Spring
  • HLSM 690 Independent Study - Practicum Project 6 QH
  • Elective Option 3 QH

Electives

• HLSX 541 Community Health Assessment & Intervention
• HLSM 601 Culinary Medicine
• HLSX 573 Instructional Design for Health Education
• HLSX 569 Communication Strategies, Methods and Techniques
• HLSX 575 Complementary Medicine and Dietary Supplements