Teaching Specialty - Health Education
Major Requirements
Major: Health Education - School Health
Degree Type: B.S.
 Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 122
General Education Requirements
| First Year Experience (F): | ||
| HD&E 189 | Skills for Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take HD&E 189.) | 1 | 
| Communication (C): | ||
| ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 | 
| ENGL 120 | College Composition II | 3 | 
| ENGL 358 | Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 | 
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 | 
| Quantitative Reasoning (R): Select from current general education list | 3 | |
| Science & Technology (S): | ||
| A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list | 10 | |
| Humanities & Fine Arts (A): Select from current general education list | 6 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): | ||
| PSYC 111 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | 
| SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 
| Wellness (W): | ||
| HNES 217 | Personal and Community Health * | 3 | 
| Cultural Diversity (D): Select from current general education list | ||
| Global Perspectives (G): Select from current general education list | ||
| Total Credits | 41 | |
Major Requirements
| General Education Requirements | 40 | |
| Teaching Specialty Requirements | ||
| HDFS 135 | Family Science ** | 3 | 
| HDFS 230 | Life Span Development | 3 | 
| or PSYC 250 | Developmental Psychology | |
| HNES 110 | Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Sport Management * | 3 | 
| HNES 200 | Principles of Nutrition * | 3 | 
| or HNES 250 | Nutrition Science | |
| HNES 341 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health * | 3 | 
| HNES 345 | Materials and Concepts of Health Education * | 3 | 
| HNES 367 | Principles of Conditioning * | 3 | 
| HNES 445 | Organization and Administration of Coordinated School Health Programs * | 3 | 
| PSYC 210 | Human Sexuality ** | 3 | 
| PSYC 212 | Psychological Aspects of Drug Use and Abuse ** | 3 | 
| Professional Education Requirements | ||
| EDUC 321 | Introduction to Teaching | 3 | 
| EDUC 322 | Educational Psychology | 3 | 
| EDUC 451 | Instructional Planning, Methods and Assessment | 3 | 
| EDUC 481 | Classroom Practice Methods of Teaching I: (Health Ed K-12) | 3 | 
| EDUC 485 | Student Teaching Seminar | 1 | 
| EDUC 486 | Classroom Management for Diverse Learners | 3 | 
| EDUC 487 | Student Teaching | 9 | 
| EDUC 488 | Applied Student Teaching | 3 | 
| EDUC 489 | Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds | 3 | 
| College Requirement | ||
| HD&E 320 | Professional Issues | 1 | 
| Degree Requirement: Potential of 19 credits to reach 122 | 19 | |
| Total Credits | 122 | |
| * | Students must earn a grade of ‘B’ or better in these courses. | 
| ** | Students must earn a grade of 'C' or better in these courses. | 
Degree Requirements and Notes
- A GPA of 2.75 or better in the teaching specialty is required to stay in full standing in the program, for placement in student teaching, and to exit from the program.
- A GPA of 2.75 or better in professional education requirements, as well as passing the Exit Portfolio, are required to exit the program.
- Courses taken Pass/Fail will not be used to satisfy any requirements other than total credits.
- See School of Education for admission requirements.



