The Science of Health, was awarded the University Continuing Education Association’s 2009 Community of Practice Meritorious Course Award. The award recognizes new and innovative courses that utilize one or more forms of instruction at a distance.

In this online course, students are introduced to medically accepted means of promoting physical and mental well-being. Among the subjects addressed are skills for living a healthy lifestyle, self-esteem, physical fitness and nutrition, the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body, and disease prevention.

Interactive lesson within the new online course, The Science of Health.