Health
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, take 3 courses from one of the following areas:
- Health Science
- Nursing
- Biology
- Social Welfare
- Respiratory Care
Recommended Courses*:
- Africana Studies/Social and Behavioral Sciences
- AFS 306: Gender & Public Health in Africa
- AFS 381: AIDS, Race, & Gender in the Black Community
- Biology
- BIO 115: Evolution and Society
- BIO 208: Cell, Brain, Mind
- BIO 306: Principles of Virology
- Health Science
- HAN 440: Introduction to Community Health Education
- History
- HIS 368: Health and Disease in Africa
- Living/Learning Center in Health and Wellness
- LHW 301: Issues in Health & Wellness
- Psychology
- PSY 342: Psychology of Women's Health
- PSY 346: Health Psychology
- Respiratory Care
- HAT 306: Patient Evaluation
- Sociology
- SOC 200: Medicine & Society
- School of Nursing
- HNC 304: Social Justice in Health Care
- HNI 290: Introduction to Nursing
- HNI 389: Cultural Immersion: Undergraduate
- HNI 489: Global Immersion: Undergraduate
- School of Social Welfare
- HWC 300: Introduction to Fields of Practice
- Sustainability Studies
- SUS 340: Ecological and Social Dimensions of Disease
- Women's Studies
- WST 103: Women, Culture, and Difference
- WST 381: AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community
*Other courses in the SBU curriculum would satisfy this requirement. Please meet with your Peace Corps Prep Coach at the SBU career Center to develop your plan.
Build 50 hours of related experience through an activity such as:
- 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 resident advisor in a dormitory, as a peer nutritionist, or as a sexually transmitted infections counselor
- Significant experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, hydrology, or set design
Example opportunities that have been posted in Handshake:
*These are just examples, you may choose another related experience. Speak with your PC Prep Coach.
- SBU: Camp Kesem Volunteer
- SBU: Center for Prevention & Outreach Peer Health Educator Internship
- SBU: Center for Prevention & Outreach Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training
- SBUMC: Emergency Department Internship
- SBUMC: University Hospital Volunteer Program
- SBUMC: Veterans’ Home Volunteer Program
- SBUMC: Geriatric Internship
- Area: Huntington Breast Action Coalition Student Mentor
- Area: Family Residences & Essential Enterprises Direct Support Professional
- Area: Options for Community Living Internship
- Area: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Public Health Internship