Option III - Health Education

Bachelor of Science Degree. Health Education.

Visit the Health and Human Performance Department to learn more about this program.

A minor is required with this option. If a minor is taken in the Department of Health and Human Performance, classes may be used twice; however, 56 different credit hours will be required. Additional requirements must be met for admission to the health and human performance department, teacher education, and student teaching.


  Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
Freshman
Year

General Education CW (ENGL 100) - 3
General Education CS (CSTA 101) - 3
General Education HW (P ED 108) - 1
Physical education activity course - .5
General Education M or test out - 3
General Education SB (PSYC 101) - 3
Total semester credits - 16.5

HEAL 269 Wellness - 3
P ED 161 Intro. to Health and Human Performance - 3
TED 120 Introduction to Education and
Instructional Technology - 5
General Education SB (POLS 114) - 3
General Education SL (BIOL 100) - 3
Minor course requirement - 3
Total semester credits - 18
Sophomore
Year

General Education EC - 3
ENGL 105 or 106 Types of Literature - 3
HEAL 263 Human Anatomy - 3
TED 212 Educational Psychology - 5
General Education HF - 3
General Education HW
Physical education activity course - .5
Total semester credits - 17.5

HEAL 330 Safe and Emotionally Healthy Schools and Communities - 3
SFED 212 First Aid/CPR Instructor - 1
SOWK 250 Use, Abuse and Addiction - 3
TED 252 Foundations of Multicultural Educ - 3
General Education CA (ENGL 200) - 3
Minor course requirements - 6
Total semester credits - 19
Junior
Year

HEAL 315 Nutrition - 3
HEAL 350 Community Health - 3
General Education MD - 3
Minor course requirements - 7
Total semester credits - 16

HEAL 366 Exercise Physiology - 3
HEAL 465 Comp. School Health Ed Program - 3
PSYC 330 The Exceptional Child - 3
TED 420 School and Society - 3
Minor course requirements - 6
Total semester credits - 18
Senior
Year

HEAL 460 Teaching of Family Life and
Sexuality Education - 3
P ED 461 Senior Seminar in HHP - 3
TED 422 Content Area Literacy - 3
TED 429 Techniques of Secondary
Education: Health Education - 3
Total semester credits - 12

TED 473 Student Teaching: Middle Level - 6
TED 474 Student Teaching: Secondary - 6
Total semester credits - 12
Summary of Degree Requirements

General Education - 38 cr.
Major Requirements - 34 cr.
Professional Requirements - 35 cr.
Minor Requirements - 22 cr.
Credits to Degree - 134 cr.

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisors, students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.
 

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