17 Health & Wellness Field of Interest
Health & Wellness Field of Interest
What Is the Health & Wellness Field?
The Health & Wellness field focuses on careers that promote the health and well-being of individuals and communities. This growing field offers a range of majors and career pathways connected to physical, mental, and community health.
Clinical health programs include fieldwork that prepares students to work directly with patients, clients, and animals in healthcare settings. Other programs explore areas such as nutrition, psychology, public and community health, and business.
Together, these majors help students understand the factors that influence health and prepare for careers focused on supporting people, animals, and communities.
Explore the Field in Action
Want to learn more about this field? Watch the short Field of Interest video to hear an overview of the majors, communities, and career pathways connected to health and wellness.
How to Use This Section
This page is designed to help you explore majors connected to the field of Health and Wellness.
You can:
- Review the list of majors in this field
- Select a specific major to learn more about classes, skills, and career pathways
- Compare multiple majors to see which best aligns with your interests and goals
While you entered LaGuardia with a specific major, we invite you to explore the various majors in this field to see which one fits your own interests and goals best. If you find that another major might work better for you, you can always switch. However, it is important to talk to your FYS professor or advisor first.
Majors in This Field
The Health & Wellness field includes the following programs, organized by career community. Each career community brings together related majors that share similar skills, career paths, and areas of focus.
Select “View the Major Moment” next to a major to see the area of study’s learning environment and activities.
Direct Care – Candidacy
Direct Care – Non-candidacy
Healthcare Management & Policy
- Business Administration: Healthcare Management, AS
- Liberal Arts: Health Humanities, AA
- Public and Community Health, AS
Notable Features of These Majors
While each major has a different focus, programs in this field often share several features:
- A focus on careers that promote health and wellness
- Exploration of career paths connected to healthcare, nutrition, psychology, public and community health, and business
- Programs that may include fieldwork preparing students for careers on the front lines of healthcare
- Opportunities to work with patients, clients, or animals in health-related settings
Approaches to Inquiry and Research
The various majors in this field of interest offer a broad range of approaches to inquiry and research focusing on individual and community health. Approaches focus on both biological and scientific knowledge and explorations of the sociocultural contexts in which illness and health materialize. Students are encouraged to become critical thinkers, learn inquiry and problem-solving, and embrace global perspectives. Methods include observation, surveys, interviews, textual analysis, qualitative research, and laboratory research.
What Comes Next
To continue exploring:
- Click on a specific major to learn about that program in more detail or connect with the Community Health and Wellness department
- Review degree maps to understand required and recommended courses
- Speak with an academic advisor about how these majors align with your goals
- In the Career Exploration and Connections chapter, you will be introduced to resources that can help you explore work environments, skills, and career pathways.
