CGH 400 - Advanced Theoretical Foundations in Health Education & Promotion

This course provides detailed coverage of theories in Health Promotion Sciences and expands on the exploration and evaluation of the theories of social and behaviors influences introduced in CGH 300. The course also introduced and evaluates theories on the influence of the built environment, social and implicit cognition, self-determination theory and theories of social influence. An emphasis will be placed on the critical examination of theories, the degree to which they explain variance in human behavior, and ways in which novel theories can be developed and tested in an effort to enhance the prediction of health behavior. This course may be repeated once for credit.
Units: 4
Pre-requisite: CGH 300 or 300C
Course Type: Seminar