This basic degree program involves a two-year program, typically at a technical or community college, designed to offer basic instruction on wellness. The College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, offers an Associate Degree in Applied Science with a concentration in Health and Wellness Promotion. The program teaches students to help others by prevention of disease and injury through principles and practices of holistic coaching.
An example of this degree is the one offered by Johnson State College in Vermont: a Bachelor of Science Degree in Wellness and Alternative Medicine. This curriculum explores various health care systems along with science courses while emphasizing holistic models for health, healing and prevention. Core courses include contemporary health issues, multicultural studies of healing, two anatomy courses, general chemistry and alternative medicine, science and disease. Graduates are prepared for further study at a graduate level, employment in fitness and wellness industries or positions in research.
A Master of Arts in Holistic Wellness presents the opportunity to study the relationship between illness and a healthy lifestyle. Typical courses in this degree would include nutrition, herbalism, natural health practices, aroma therapy, biochemistry and microbiology. Graduates can pursue employment with an alternative health care practitioner or other employment in the alternative health care field.
Obtaining a Ph.D. in the wellness field requires completion of a program such as the one offered by Arizona State University. The university conveys the Ph.D. degree upon completion of an Interdisciplinary Program involving physical activity, nutrition and wellness. The program concentrates on contributions to health through quality of life and enhancement of well being and reduction disease risk. The goal of the program is to produce researchers, experts and scholars in the three fields of study.