Berea College

The Health &amp;&nbsp;Human Performance Department offers concentrations in Teaching, Sports Medicine, Wellness/Health Promotion, and a General degree designed to be flexible enough to be tailored to the student’s interests. Because the Health and Human Performance&nbsp;Major is within the context of a liberal arts education, a student acquires a broad education which prepares him or her to create a future which best utilizes his or her particular combination of physical, intellectual, and emotional interests and abilities.

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Certifications are offered in Teaching, First Aid, CPR, and Water Safety Instruction. Certain courses, such as Scuba Diving, offer other specific certifications.

A student with a&nbsp;<a href="http://berea.smartcatalogiq.com/en/Current/Catalog/Departments-of-Study/Health-and-Human-Performance/Physical-Education-B-A" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">major in Health and Human Performance&nbsp;</a>is prepared to pursue a variety of career options, including:

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In addition, the student with a Health and Human Performance major from Berea College is academically prepared to attend graduate school in Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine, and other fields. Adding the Health Minor or <a href="http://berea.smartcatalogiq.com/en/Current/Catalog/Departments-of-Study/Health-and-Human-Performance/Dance-Minor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dance Minor </a>further broadens the student’s options for a career or continued study.

As a Health and Human Performance&nbsp;major, you will:

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The purpose of the curriculum of the&nbsp;Health and&nbsp;Human Performance Department is to provide a challenging curriculum leading to the development of abilities and convictions in a student’s field of concentration. The Department promotes in the health and human performance&nbsp;student the desire to fully develop the ability to utilize constructively all of his/her potential capacities for movement and movement education. Training and experiences that will enhance their skills in communication, in creative self-expression, in critical reflection, in research, and in leadership are provided in the classroom and in an activity setting.

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This information was collected by Iris Bahr-Winslow, Jennifer Breneman, Allen Brooks, Emily Schneider, Candy Walls, and Ebony Williams.

Careers in HHP