Health Education B.S.
Retention Requirements
- A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 each semester.
- A minimum grade of B- in HED 300 and HED 418, and a recommendation to continue from the instructors of each course.
- A minimum grade of B- in all other required and professional courses.
- Completion of the Professional Service Retention Requirement prior to enrolling in HED 427.
Course Requirements
Courses
| HED 101 | Human Sexuality | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| HED 102 | Personal Health | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| HED 202 | Principles of Health Education | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 221 | Nutrition | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 233 | Social Perspectives of Health | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 303 | Community Health | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 307 | Dynamics and Determinants of Disease | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 325 | Assessment in Health and Physical Education | 3 | Offered fall. |
| HED 404 | Organization and Administration of School Health Education Programs | 3 | Offered spring. |
| HED 410 | Stress Management | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 431 | Drug Education | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
Professional Courses
| CEP 315 | Educational Psychology | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| FNED 346 | Schooling in a Democratic Society | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| HED 300 | Concepts of Teaching | 4 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 417 | Instructional Planning in Health Education | 3 | Offered spring. |
| HED 418 | Practicum in Health Education | 4 | Offered fall. |
| HED 427 | Student Teaching in Health Education | 10 | Offered fall and spring. |
| HED 428 | Student Teaching Seminar in Health and Physical Education | 2 | Offered fall and spring. |
| SPED 433 | Adaptation of Instruction for Inclusive Education | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
Note: Students must present current certification in basic first aid, adult-child-infant CPR, and AED in order to student teach.
Cognates
| BIOL 108 | Basic Principles of Biology | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| BIOL 231 | Human Anatomy | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| BIOL 335 | Human Physiology | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| PSYC 110 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
BIOL 108: Fulfills the Natural Science category of General Education.
BIOL 335: Fulfills the Advanced Quantitative/Scientific Reasoning category of General Education.
PSYC 110: Fulfills the Social and Behavioral Sciences category of General Education.
Total Credit Hours: 82