Combined Degree Program
The Health Education and Behavior BS/MS program allows qualified students to earn a Bachelor’s degree from any degree program at UF and a Master’s of Science degree from the Department of Health Education and Behavior with 12 credit hours of graduate coursework counting toward both degrees. This allows the Master’s degree to be attained within one year (two semesters, 18 credits). The Masters of Science in Health Education & Behavior is designed for students seeking an advanced practitioner’s degree.  Additionally, this degree prepares health education specialists to work in local, state, and federal health agencies, voluntary health organizations, patient care settings, and private industry. 

Interested students should meet with Holly T. Moses, HEB academic advisor, before the start of their junior year to determine eligibility.

To view the combined degree schedule for HEB majorsin catalog year 2005 - 2008, please click here.
To view the combined degree schedule for HEB majors in catalog year 2009 or later, please click here.

Non-HEB majors must meet with Holly T. Moses, HEB academic adviser (http://advising.hhp.ufl.edu/) to determine admission status for the HEB combined-degree program. Requirements to pursue the BS/MS program include:

Undergraduate Admission Criteria

• Submit BS/MS application during junior year
• Maintain 3.2 UF GPA
• Successfully complete 4 graduate-level HSC courses during junior and senior years of undergraduate program (students choose from pre-approved list)
• Contact Holly T. Moses (hmoses@hhp.ufl.edu) for more information about the BS/MS program

Graduate Admission Criteria

• Apply to the HEB Master of Science program during the final semester of the senior year
• Submit all application materials to the graduate program assistant during the final semester of the senior year
• Visit http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/heb/acad/grad/masters_application_requirements.php for a complete list of application requirements
• Contact James Milford (jmilford@hhp.ufl.edu) for more information about the MS program

Financial Assistance
Financial aid is available for the graduate portion of the program. Undergraduate degree costs should be satisfied with existing financial aid such as Bright Futures and Prepaid Tuition. Bright Futures can cover the 'undergraduate' costs of up to 12 hours of graduate courses that apply to the undergraduate degree. You are responsible for the difference in tuition between the undergraduate and graduate course rates. Prepaid Tuition can fund the first 120 hours. Graduate courses that apply toward the undergraduate degree are funded at the undergraduate rate, and you are responsible for the difference.

HEB Combined Degree Program Course List
(BS/MS students choose 4 courses from the below list to register for and complete during the junior and senior years of undergraduate program)

HSC 5138         Human Sexuality Education
HSC 5135         Emotional Health & Counseling
HSC 5142         Drug Education
HSC 5576         Nutrition Education for Special Populations
HSC 6935         HIV/AIDS Education
HSC 6625         Trends in International Health
HSC 6646         Methods of Injury Prevention & Control
HSC 6695         Worksite Health Promotion
HSC 6935         Current Topics in Health Education
(i.e. Environmental & Behavioral Determinants of Obesity; Minority Health Issues)