Holistic Health Education

The Master of Arts in Holistic Health Education (68 units) in the School of Holistic Studies promotes a holistic vision of health with health education as part of personal, social, and spiritual growth. The holistic health program explores and promotes the integration of healthcare modalities.

The program recognizes the potential for the holistic health perspective to promote a holistic and integrative vision of health that includes the balance of body, mind, spirit in the contexts of family, community, and the environment. The program enables graduates to provide leadership in integrating East and West, science and spirit, concept and applications in professional health education roles.

The Holistic Health Education program gives students the opportunity to develop their personal and professional visions by combining required (core) courses with electives. Professional skills include the full range of health education skills, program design and administration, research, grant writing, publication, and support group facilitation. By choosing appropriate electives, students prepare themselves for professional work with clinical health teams; in health agencies or wellness programs in hospitals; for teaching; consulting services; setting up or directing healing centers; writing; consulting; and health coaching.

Graduates of the program find exciting professional opportunities to:

Establish and direct holistic health centers
Facilitate workshops on wellness in the corporate world.
Raise funds for health-related charities.
Teach yoga, meditation or stress-relief courses.
Conduct wellness classes for seniors.
Establish and work in nonprofits.
Facilitate cancer support groups.
Have a private practice as a whole health coach.
Teach related courses at the university level.
Provide health education in a hospital or HMO wellness program.
Establish links between sustainable gardens and health.
Work with children's health or create programs for teens.
Create health promotion materials in a variety of media.

The Holistic Health Education program offers students opportunities to enhance their own health and well-being. For example, students work using movement, diet, and various healing modalities in core courses and practica. Students also develop a practice of self-inquiry and engage in a spiritual practice. This holistic educational model includes conceptual and experiential work as well as opportunities to apply learning in the service of social transformation.

Externships Available
Students in Holistic Health Education have the opportunity to intern in a variety of organizations. The following are just a small selection of available opportunities.

Health Education Externships
Kaiser; California Pacific Medical Center's Institute for Health and Healing;
Berkeley High School; Hoffman Institute; Children's Hospital

Program Development and Administration Externships
Aegis; Teleosis; McKinnon Institute for Massage;
Berkeley Ecology Center; Bauman College; VNA/Hospice in Emeryville

Research Externships
Institute of Noetic Sciences; Osher Center for Integrative Research;
CMPC Institute for Health and Healing; California Institute of Integral Studies

Writing, Marketing and Publishing Externships
Health Medicine Institute; Berkeley Ecology Center; Rainforest Action Network

Holistic Health Education Degree Requirements (68 units total)
Undergraduate Prerequisites		0 - 13
(Note: May be taken concurrently with first year of graduate coursework.)
SCI 3110	Anatomy and Physiology	4
PYC 3200	Personality and Psychotherapy	4
HUM 3405	World Religions	3
COR 3150	Research Writing and Information Resources	3
HHE 5000	Introduction to the Program	0
Core Curriculum		68 units
Conceptual Framework
CNS 5010	Paradigms of Consciousness	3
HHE 5225	Principles of Holistic Health	2
HHE 5120	Integrative Health	2
Overview of Modalities
HHE 5425	Moving and Sensing	3
HHE 5125	Energy Models of Healing	2
HHE 5126	Asian Approaches to Healing	2
Basics of Wellness
HHE 5150	Mind/Body Approaches to Self-Care	2
HHE 5155	Nutrition and Dietary Approaches A	2
HHE 5156	Nutrition and Dietary Approaches B	2
HHE 5512	Physiology and Psychology of Stress	3
Holistic Health Applied
HHE 5130	Concepts of the Body	3
HHE 5135	Healthcare Economics and Politics	2
HHE 5140	Culture, Community and Health	2
HHE 5145	Health, Environment and Sustainability	2
Preparing for Professional Roles
ISD 5575	Supervised Externship A	2
ISD 5576	Supervised Externship B	1
HHE 5200	Integral Research in Health Education	3
HHE 5147	Health Education in the 21st Century	3
ISD 5610	Integrative Project	2
Personal Practice of Wellness
HHE 5160	Embodying Spirit	2
ISD 5015	Effective Communication A	3
HHE 5016	Effective Communication B	3
HHE 5615	Practicum	(.5 x 8) 4
Electives Students will be able to fulfill elective requirements by taking courses from any program within the university. Holistic Health Education students use electives to create programs to fit their own goals and interests. Some prefer to choose a variety of courses, for interest and for professional development. Others focus in a particular area such as Holistic Nutrition or Spirituality and Health, while others use elective units to work toward a certificate in Life Coaching, Dream Studies or Conflict Resolution, or to obtain a teaching credential. Electives may also be used to do additional professional internships. Commonly Chosen Electives Ancestral Consciousness and Healing Body, Language and Emotions Integral Psychology Integral Yoga Eastern Meditation Practices Sacred Intentions Food and Social Transformation Eating as a Sacred Practice The Psychology of Eating Disorders Healthcare Economics and Politics Program Development and Administration Whole Health Coaching Support Group Facilitation Grant Writing Curriculum Development Starting Your Own Business Spirit in the Workplace Epidemiology Global Health Issues Health Policy and Planning Communication, Media and Publishing Grant Writing A Selection of HHE Practica (students choose eight) Reiki Qigong Expressive Arts Therapy Life and Death: Embracing Mortality Conscious Embodiment Rosen Method Nutrition and Depression Ecologically Sustainable Medicine Shame and the Body Cancer, Politics and Healthcare Plant Spirit Medicine Accessing the Belly's Wisdom Salsa, Body and Spirit Feldenkrais Homeopathy The Sounding Body The Balanced Movement Diet Image Yoga Writing from the Body Links American Holistic Health Association The Teleosis Foundation, dedicated to education and access to Ecologically Sustainable Medicine(ESM) and Homeopathic Medicine The Samueli Institute, exploring the biology of healing American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine http://wayofjoy.com

For more information call 800.696.5358, or write proginfo@jfku.edu.