CHE offers a comprehensive education that incorporates the seven areas of responsibility for health education specialists as part of the Certified Health Education Specialist examination offered by the National Commission for Healthcare Education Credentialing. Graduates will be prepared to take the CHES certification examination and become credentialed as a health educator.
The overall goals of the CHE major are to prepare students to:
- Promote health and wellness in community and organizational settings
- Educate and provide information to health consumers that would improve health management and develop disease prevention programs
- Be actively involved in researching, analyzing, and identifying ways to enhance healthcare services