BS in School Health Education (75–80 hours, including licensure hours)
The Discipline
The health teaching major prepares students to become health
educators in secondary schools. Curriculum development,
instructional methods, acquisition and evaluation of resources,
and assessment are among the skills required. Health educators
teach decision making and effective communication, addressing
such areas of concern as substance abuse and addictive behaviors,
human sexuality, chronic disease, nutrition, consumer advocacy,
emergency care, and injury prevention.
Adolescence is a time where habits are being established and
attitudes are being formed that will influence people the rest of
their lives. The health educator plays an important role in
teaching knowledge and skills that will enable young people to
cope and to flourish in healthy ways in an ever-changing society.
Career Opportunities
Graduates seek careers teaching health in the secondary schools in
combination with a chosen minor. With an advanced degree,
career teaching positions at institutions of higher learning become
available.
Program Requirements |
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- An approved teaching minor must be completed (approximately 16-21 hours).
- Complete the following:
HLTH 310
HLTH 310
| : Chronic Diseases: Prevention and Control. | |
HLTH 320
HLTH 320
| : Advanced First Aid and Safety. | |
HLTH 330
HLTH 330
| : Principles and Practices of Health Promotion. | |
HLTH 370
HLTH 420
HLTH 420
| : Injury and Violence Prevention. | |
HLTH 436
HLTH 436
| : Sexuality Education in the Curriculum. | |
HLTH 460
HLTH 460
| : Substance Abuse and Addictive Behavior. | |
NDFS 100
NDFS 100
| : Essentials of Human Nutrition. | |
- Complete six hours from the following:
HLTH 311
HLTH 311
| : Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Control. | |
HLTH 322
HLTH 335
HLTH 335
| : Health Behavior Change. | |
HLTH 383
HLTH 450
HLTH 466
HLTH 466
| : Health and the Aging Process. | |
HLTH 480
PDBIO 205
- Complete the Professional Education Component:
- Complete the following:
CPSE 402
CPSE 402
| : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms. | |
HLTH 276R
HLTH 276R
| : Exploration of Teaching. | |
HLTH 381
HLTH 381
| : Health Education Teaching Methods. | |
HLTH 421
HLTH 421
| : Secondary Health Education Curriculum and Practicum. | |
IP&T 286
IP&T 286
| : Instructional Technology in Teaching. | |
SC ED 350
SC ED 350
| : Adolescent Development in an Education Context. | |
SC ED 353
SC ED 353
| : Multicultural Education. | |
SC ED 379
Note 1: Hlth 276R and 330 are prerequisite to Hlth 381, 421.
Note 2: Fingerprinting and FBI clearance must be completed prior to enrolling in Hlth 381 and 421.
- Complete 12 hours of one of the following:
SC ED 476R : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship.
(12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of all course work or departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Capstone, field-based, semester-long experience in teaching secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required. |
| : Secondary Student Teaching Internship - Theatre and Media Arts. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Art. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Biological Sciences. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Dance. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - English. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Foreign Language. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - French. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - German. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Health. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Home Economics. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Mathematics. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Music. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Physical Education. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Physical Science. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Social Science. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Spanish. | |
| : Secondary Student-Teaching Internship - Technology Teacher Education. | |
SC ED 496R : Academic Internship: Secondary Education.
(12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of all course work or departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Capstone, field-based, year-long experience in teaching secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required. |
| : Academic Internship: Biological Sciences. | |
| : Academic Internship: English. | |
| : Academic Internship: Mathematics. | |
| : Academic Internship: Social Sciences. | |
| : Academic Internship: Physical Sciences. | |