Lifeworld-Oriented Health Promotion (B.A.)
Do you want to help people to stay healthy or restore their health? If so, our bachelor’s degree in Lifeworld-Oriented Health Promotion is the ideal way to start your career. Begin your journey to becoming a health promotion manager!
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
6 semesters
Full-time
180 ECTS points
Start in the winter semester
Darmstadt campus
Tuition-free
No numerus clausus
Your career prospects
Health promotion manager
Current health policy is increasingly focusing on supporting and facilitating independent action when it comes to health issues.
Health promotion managers help to strengthen people’s health-related skills and expertise. Our qualification therefore equips you to work directly with such individuals – providing them with advice, support and training.
Health promotion managers also help to shape people’s living environments and conditions. Our qualification enables you to design, evaluate and manage projects in communities, companies and educational establishments.
Content
What you will learn
Your degree programme will extensively prepare you for the professional areas of activity involved in health promotion, from person-centred health promotion to workplace, municipal and education-centred health promotion. It not only offers plenty to learn on a theoretical level but also directly intertwines this knowledge with practical experiences. Two internships lasting 8 and 13 weeks are firmly anchored in the course curriculum.
During the programme, you will familiarise yourself with aspects of medicine and psychology and explore the topics of nutritional medicine, sports medicine, addiction medicine, and stress management. What benefits do tools such as health apps offer? How can we strengthen self-healing powers? What is our own health behaviour like?
With this qualification, you will become a pilot in the healthcare system and an expert in public health. How do political, economic and institutional conditions impact the health of the population? How can we evaluate national and international health policy developments?
Whether you want to go on to become a self-employed health coach or take on a role as a permanent employee, marketing and networking are sure to play a key role in your future career. With this in mind, our degree programme also introduces you to marketing strategies, target-group-oriented offer placements, and the analysis of stakeholder interests.