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Serve on the front lines of global health. Health Volunteers work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation. Volunteers also work in HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs to train youth as peer educators, develop appropriate education strategies, provide support to children orphaned by the pandemic, and create programs that provide emotional and financial support to families and communities affected by the disease.

If you choose Health, take three courses from one of the following areas:

  • Health Sciences
  • Nutrition
  • Nursing
  • Biological Sciences
  • Psychology

Recommended courses:

  • BIO 3210: Immunology
  • BIO 3300: General Microbiology
  • BIO 3622: Embryology
  • BIO 3624: Histology
  • BIO 4832: Animal Behavior
  • BIO 4958: Parasitology
  • BIO 4964: Entomology
  • ECN 3875: Health Economics
  • GEO 3810: Introduction to GIS
  • NTR 1120: Food Science
  • NTR 1121: Food Science Sanitation
  • NTR 2100: Personal Nutrition
  • NTR 3756: Community Nutrition Interventions
  • PLS 4783: Health Politics & Policy
  • SOC 4820: Sociology of Health and Healthcare
  • WLS 1112: Beginning Spanish for the Health Professionals
  • WLS 3012: Medical Spanish for Health Care and Allied Fields

And build 50 hours of related field experience through an activity such as:

  • Volunteer or work experience in such areas as HIV/AIDS outreach, hospice, family planning counseling, emergency medical technician (EMT) or CPR teaching/certification, maternal health, and hands-on caregiving in a hospital, clinic, or lab technician setting
  • Counseling or teaching in health subjects
  • Working as a resident advisor in a dormitory, as a peer nutritionist, or as a sexually transmitted infections counselor
  • Volunteer at Sarah Bush Lincoln鈥檚
  • Check the EIU Health Education Resource Center for Internships, student employment, and volunteer work
  • Volunteer at the
  • Volunteer at the EIU Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity
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