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, you should choose one of the following major:
- Major in Health Sciences
- Major or Minor in Psychology
- Major or Minor in Biology
- Major or Minor in Neuroscience
- Or take three of these courses:
- ANTH 205 Food, Nutrition & Health in Asia
- ANTH 305 Asian Medical Traditions
- BIOL 103 Biology of the Human Body
- BIOL 107 Biology of the Human Body
- BIOL 150 Cell Biology
- BIOL 205 Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIOL 215 Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIOL 235 Microbes & Human Health
- BIOL 250 Genetics
- BIOL 310 Developmental Biology
- BIOL 325 Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience
- BIOL 340 Microbiology
- BIOL 355 Advanced Cell Biology
- BIOL 362 Physiology of Exercise
- BIOL 425 Systems Neuroscience
- BIOL 430 Immunology
- BIOL 465 MolecuEvol & Bioinformatics
- BIOL 470 Advanced Genetics
- BIOL 490 Biology: Advanc Topics (when health-related)
- ENGL 249 Lit and/as Illness
- HESC 200 Introduction to Athletic Injuries
- HESC 265 Nutrition
- HIST 339 Epidemics and Society
- PHIL 225 Ethics and Medicine
- POLI 100 Issues: HIV/AIDS
- PSYC 220 Brain & Behavior
- PSYC 240 Childhood Development
- PYSC 245 Adult Development & Aging
- PYSC 280 Intro to Psychopharmacology
- PYSC 351 Health Psychology
- PSYC 360 Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSYC 366 Behavioral Endocrinology
- PSYC 385 Abnormal Psychology
- SOCI 380 Medicine & Culture
And build 50 hours of related off-campus field experience through an
activity such as:
- Miller Center Mission Trip, Internship, or Service Fellowship (health-related)
- Undergraduate Research (off-campus only; health-related)
- An official Hendrix internship (health-related)
- 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 peer nutritionist, or as a sexually transmitted infections
counselor
- Significant experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, hydrology, or set design