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The Health and Human Performance degree program at Eastern Oregon University seeks to produce graduates who possess the skills necessary to promote health and physical activity in their community. The inter-relationship of health, physical activity, and the exercise sciences creates within the division a commitment to preparing individuals who can competently promote wellness, sport, recreation, and exercise in school, community, and other societal settings
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“Eastern Oregon University and the center in John Day have been an all-around amazing experience. I was such a lost soul before meeting my advisor, Chris Cronin. I had minimal educational credits and tons of life experience to present, but I needed a path. Being able to continue my job, being a mother and wife, and maintaining that connection with the distance center was just what I needed: whether it was a phone call to faculty, emailing back and forth, on-site courses, weekend learning or just lending an ear. Eastern Oregon University was the best fit for me. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend EOU as a learning institution and am forever grateful for this experience. It has been an honor to go to school here and I hope that distance education continues to grow and bless the lives of non-traditional students for many years to come!”
Chely Peterson CarpenterPhysical Activity & HealthJohn Day, Ore.
Gaining breadth of knowledge: Acquire and demonstrate competency in the foundational academic content of health and human performance by successfully completing all HHP coursework within their degree concentration (Community Health, Exercise Science, and Physical Education).
Communication: Demonstrate discipline and concentration specific communication methods through the successful completion of at least two of the UWR designated, upper division program courses.
Critical Thinking: Apply fundamental discipline concepts to practical community health and exercise-based problems (HHP 350 or CH 351, EXS 321, 323, or 453).
Inquiry: Demonstrate discipline-specific techniques to ask, answer, and understand questions surrounding health and human performance (HHP 312, HHP 350, EXS 323, EXS 423, EXS 455, CH413).
Integrated and Applied Learning: Demonstrate understanding of health and human performance concepts and ability to communicate essential elements of the discipline by completing a capstone course (CH413, EXS 423, EXS 455).
Professor Darren Dutto used motion capture technology to analyze how a pianist’s gestures affect the quality of a performance.