Program Description
This program prepares teachers in the area of school health education. This is not a stand-alone credential. Health Education licensure candidates must either have or be in the process of acquiring a license in another teaching area. The curriculum for the health-education program was selected by using the guidelines developed by the American Association for Health Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (AAHE/NCATE). The National Health Education Standards developed by the Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards also were utilized to develop the curriculum.
Requirements
- Foundations of School Health (19-24 hours)
- HED 200 First Aid and Emergency Care (2 hours)
- HED 210 Personal Health (3 hours)
- HED 259 Principles of Health Education (4 hours)
- HED 460 Foundations of a Coordinated School Health Program (4 hours)
- HED 461 Methods and Materials of Health Education (3 hours)
- HED 480 Practicum in Health (3-8 hours)
- Content Area (6 hours)
- HED 471 Substance Abuse Education ( 3 hours)
- HED 473 Teaching Human Sexuality (3 hours)
- Guided Electives (10-15 hours)
- HED 450 Theories in Health Education and Health Behavior (4 hours)
- HED 470 Pathophysiology of Disease (4 hours)
- HED 472 Consumer Health (3 hours)
- HED 474 Stress Management (3 hours)
- HED 475 Nutrition and Physical Activity (3 hours)
- HED 476 Teaching Nutrition (3 hours)
- PED 472 Physiology of Aging (3 hours)
- HPR 450 Microcomputer Application in Health and Physical Education (3 hours)