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 359 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)
- HPR 450 Microcomputer Application in Health and Physical Education (3 hours)
- PED 472 Physiology of Aging (3 hours)