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Eastern Illinois University

EIU College of Health and Human Services

EIU COLLEGE OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Communication Disorders and Sciences

Communication Disorders and Sciences-Undergraduate

The Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences provides high-quality academic and clinical instruction in an undergraduate program integrated with an accredited graduate program in speech-language pathology.

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Communication Disorders and Sciences-Graduate  

The Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences  offers current, challenging and applied curriculum in its academic and clinical requirements. 

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Gail & Richard Lumpkin School of Nursing

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RN-BSN (Online)

The Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing online program at Eastern Illinois University gives you the knowledge you need to advance professionally as well as strong support from committed, experienced faculty who care about your education.

This program is designed for individuals who have have completed or are working toward completing their RN Licensure.

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Nursing (Traditional)

The School of Nursing provides exceptional, innovative, and student-centered educational programs at the pre-licensure and post-licensure baccalaureate levels.

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Human Services

 

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Human Services (F2F and Online)-Undergrad

The Department of Human Services prepares students to empower individuals across the lifespan, strengthen families, promote community prosperity, and advocate for intersectional social justice in our globally diverse society through high-impact experiential learning and innovative research and scholarship.

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Human Services with Early Childhood Credential through ECACE Scholarship Program (Online Option) -Undergrad

 

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Aging Studies (online) -Graduate

Graduate students in the program receive multiple opportunities to participate in professional development experiences. Common professional development experiences include attendance at statewide and national conferences, professional webinars, and EIU research fairs and symposiums.

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Human Services (F2F and Online) -Graduate

The MS in Human Services is an applied graduate program that focuses on teaching, experiential learning, research, and theoretical application to improve our diverse, global society.

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Aging Studies -Minor

The Aging Studies minor is an 18-hour interdisciplinary program designed to offer students the opportunity to gain expertise on the holistic process of aging and developmentally appropriate and responsive professional practice related to health, family support, public policy, and socio-cultural issues.

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Financial Literacy -Minor

The mission of the Financial Literacy Minor at Eastern Illinois University is to develop skills in students and prepare them to educate individuals and families in budgeting and debt management. US human services and government programs and resources designed to improve the quality of life for individuals and families throughout the lifespan are examined.

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Human Services -Minor

Coursework includes experiential learning opportunities including practicum, service learning, work-place internships, and study abroad options.

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Early Childhood Program Administration -Minor

 

Public Health and Nutrition

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BS Nutrition and Dietetics (Options: Nutrition Ed or Dietetics Internship)

Our program offers small classes, hands-on application, creative coursework and a venue to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. If you wish to pursue other options in dietetics, such as working as a WIC nutritionist, food inspector, quality assurance manager or product developer in THE food industry, school food director, or as a health advocate, we offer courses that will help you to achieve your goal!

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BS Public Health (Option: Community Health. Option is available online and F2F)

If you like:

  • working with people to help them improve their health.
  • tackling social or environmental issues that affect people's abilities to live a healthy life.
  • applying scientifically-based research to benefit a community and the people who live there.
  • working in an interprofessional setting with goal and outcome-minded professionals.
  • mobilizing communities to advocate for better living conditions.

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BS Public Health (Option: Emergency Management Disaster Preparedness. Option is available online and F2F)

Gain a professional advantage for employment and advancements with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Health with Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness Option. This option is designed for undergraduates interested in pursuing careers as emergency management professionals

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BS Health Administration

Do you like the idea of managing and organizing everything so your employees have what they need to provide direct care? Are you interested in the business side of health care? Do you like the idea of having a lot of choices about where you work, and what you do? Do you want a job with strong growth potential and a great salary? Do you want a career that makes a difference in people's lives each and every day?

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BS Health Sciences (Options: Generalist and Diversity & Equity)

    Diversity and Equity in Health provides students with a background in social determinants of health and health care with an emphasis on understanding and serving marginalized groups.
    Generalist Option offers flexibility in curriculum selections --- students can customize their courses to fit their career interests in the health sciences.

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MS Nutrition & Dietetics (Options: Nutrition Education or Dietetics Internship). Nutrition Ed is available F2F and online. Dietetic Internship option is available F2F and Online; dietetic internship placement is in an approved f2f clinical setting. 

Graduate dietetic students at EIU are actively engaged with creative and scholarly activities within all areas of dietetic practice. The majority of dietetic course work involves various elements of integration learning, allowing students to “Connect, Reflect, and Grow” in their knowledge.

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MS Health Promotion (online only)

The mission of the online Master of Science in Health Promotion program is to train the next generation of health promotion professionals with the competencies and skills they need to be productive professionals at the local, regional, and national level.

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Public Health-minor

Public Health is all about enabling people to improve their health.

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Public Health for Teacher Licensure -minor

Enhance your major by adding a minor that fine-tunes your understanding of all the forces which affect our choices and decisions about our health and health-related behaviors, as well as how we deliver health care in the United States.

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Workplace Wellness -minor

Gain the skills and knowledge you need to join one of the fastest growing job fields: employee wellness. A collaborative effort by Public Health, Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation, and Nutrition & Dietetics, this minor is designed to provide all the skills necessary to work with employees to improve their health and lower their risks for acute and chronic health conditions.

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Nutrition -minor

The MSND: Nutrition Education Option (NDNE) focuses on educating and empowering individuals, families, and communities on making healthier food choices. 

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Kinesiology and recreation management

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Exercise Science (Options: Pre-Athletic Training, Pre-Physical Therapy  Option, Pre-Occupational Therapy Option)

The Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation undergraduate program in Exercise Science provides students with the scientific knowledge of the underlying principles of exercise training through instruction and practical experience.

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K-12 Education

The mission of the Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Program is to graduate entry-level professional physical educators who possess a personal and professional commitment to physical education, and will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to promote learning in the area of physical education.

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Recreation Administration

In short, when words like "excellence", "quality", "futuristic", "fairness" and "student-oriented" are mentioned in the context of leisure, we want it to be assumed the reference is to the Recreation Administration program.

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Sport Administration

Sport management is a multifaceted domain offering diverse employment opportunities in a wide range of sport, fitness, and recreation organizations.

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MS in Sports Admin

The program provides unique opportunities for our students by partnering with local, regional, national, and global sport organizations to provide students with practical experience while enrolled at EIU. 

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MS in Exercise Physiology

Students in our Exercise Physiology degree program have flexibility in their course work to prepare for careers in scientifically based exercise programs with an emphasis on cardiac rehabilitation and adult fitness or personal training and strength and conditioning

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Workplace wellness -minor

Gain the skills and knowledge you need to join one of the fastest growing job fields: employee wellness. A collaborative effort by Public Health, Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation, and Nutrition & Dietetics, this minor is designed to provide all the skills necessary to work with employees to improve their health and lower their risks for acute and chronic health conditions.

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Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation-minor

 

Military Science

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Minor in Military Science

For more than 40 years, the Alumni of the Panther Battalion have used their leadership skills in influencing, motivating, and inspiring their organizations all over the world.” In Army ROTC you will learn to become a leader-not just a person who gives orders but a person who leads by example. 

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