Doctor of Education in Holistic Health and Wellness

This program is intended for the student who has earned a master’s degree and who wants to earn a terminal degree with a focus on teaching concepts of holistic health and wellness.

Program Objectives

• Provide the student with an in-depth study of holistic health and wellness in the areas of mind/body wellness, health and human energy field, the spirit and science of holistic health, Oriental nutritional healing perspectives, Ayurvedic medicine, history of food and health, nutrition and longevity, and nutrition and mental health.
• Develop the student’s knowledge and skills of curriculum design and the assessment of teaching and learning.
• Enable the student to develop advanced research skills applicable to real-world problems.
• Nurture the student’s knowledge concerning issues of holistic health and wellness, especially with regard to employing research design processes in problem solving approaches to natural health.
• Equip the student with research and teaching skills that add to the expansion of the field of holistic health and wellness.

After completing approximately one fourth of the core curriculum, students will take a qualifying exam, which confirms content mastery. Prior to beginning work on the dissertation, students will take a comprehensive exam, which confirms program mastery.

Prerequisites

Students who have earned a master’s degree may enter the Doctor of Education in Holistic Health and Wellness program after successfully completing the following prerequisites:
	NHW 121	Introduction to Natural Health
	HNU 100	Fundamentals of Holistic Nutrition
	NHW 123	Elements of Traditional Naturopathy
	SCE 251	Chemistry Fundamentals
	SCE 252	Introduction to Biology
	HRB 131	Basic Herbology
	HNU 312	Nutritional Influences on Health
	NHW 261	Introduction to Homeopathy
	SCE 554	Human Physiology
	SCE 556	Digestion
	HNU 567	Biochemical Individuality
	EDU 532	Adult Learning Approaches

Core Curriculum

	NHW 621	Mind/Body Wellness
	PHL 628	Philosophical Foundations of Naturopathy
	HNU 608	Food and Health: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
	NHW 622	Health and the Human Energy Field
	NHW 626	Overview of Ayurvedic Medicine
	NHW 625	Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine
	HNU 638	Nutrition and Longevity
	HNU 639	Nutrition and Mental Health
	EDU 651	Curriculum Theory/Design
	EDU 652	Evaluation of Teaching and Learning
	NHW 654	Holism: Spirit, Science, and Practice
	Four Electives
	Students complete at least two 600-level electives. The remainder must be 500-level electives.
	NHW 722	Research Design
	NHW 724	Research Reviews
	CAP 797	Dissertation Research I
	CAP 798	Dissertation Research II
	CAP 799	Dissertation Research III

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