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Department of Health and Human Performance

The Health and Human Performance Department will lead in the preparation of competent professionals who demonstrate meaningful, high-impact scholarship and positively influence the well-being of communities they serve. The Department serves as a pathway to a variety of degrees, all which foster critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and competency to meet the professional aspirations and well-being of every student.

Health and Human Performance

The APSU Department of Health and Human Performance offers two Bachelor's degrees with seven concentrations. Both degrees provide students with the tools necessary for success through our curriculum, internship opportunities, laboratory experience, student teaching, and service learning projects.

Health and Human Performance at Austin Peay


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APSU Students & Faculty Help With Aphasia Treatment

The CCC-ICAP provided intensive treatment by combining speech therapy with photography to help clients regain their confidence and communication skills.

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Academic Programs

The Department of Health and Human Performance also offers four master's degrees for graduate students wishing to continue their education. Three of the four degrees offered can even be completed 100% online.


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Grayson Elmore awarded Socrates Award
"The opportunity to connect with and mentor passionate students about how exercise and movement can impact their lives personally and professionally is one of the greatest joys I experience in my faculty role at APSU. Interacting with students daily gives me a platform and daily challenge to start each day with a positive outlook, give maximum effort, be willing to learn from mistakes.Being recognized with the Socrates Award for Teaching Excellence is an honor."
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Where have Health and Human Performance alumni gone?
Samantha Shemwell
Meet Samantha Shemwell (MPH graduate, 2023)

Samantha Shemwell began the Master of Public Health (MPH) program in Fall 2022.  She currently serves as THRED Program Specialist for the Todd County Health Department in Kentucky. 

"The MPH Program at APSU was a phenomenal experience for me. I proved to myself and others that it was worth it. During my time in the MPH Program, it gave me an opportunity to use the material I learned during real public health events to help prepare me for my future. Not only did I build new relationships with my classmates, but I had an outstanding group of professors as additional support. APSU will forever be family to me."