Health Education, BS
Passionate about ensuring better health for future generations?
Teach children in the school setting about nutrition, exercise, the dangers of drugs, and healthy lifestyle choices. By completing all coursework, you'll become eligible to take the national Certified Health Education Specialist Examination (CHES), and complete certifications in Red Cross First Aid & Safety.
You also may minor in School Health Education. (See requirements below.)
Spotlight
"I teach HIV/AIDS education where ... the country's rate of HIV is the third highest in the world."
- Brandon Delise '09, Peace Corps
Community Health Education
Completing the following comprehensive major in health education will receive a Bachelor of Science in Education degree and the health education license valid for teaching health in PreK-12. Students are also eligible to take the national Certified Health Education Specialist Examination (C.H.E.S.).
The major consists of the following:
- PE 215 - Anatomical Structure and Function
- HED 200 - Philosophy and Foundations of Health Education
- HED 220 - Core Concepts of Health
- HED 300 - Community and Consumer Health
- HED 330 - Organization of School Health: PreK-12
- HED 342 - Introduction to Illness and Diseases
- HED 361 - Drug Education
- HED 425 - Health and Sexuality Education
- HED 431 - Program Planning and Evaluation
- HED 442 - Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- BIOL 273 - Introduction to Human Biology
Professional education courses totaling 38 hours are also required for licensure:
- EDUC 112 - Foundations of Education
- EDUC 232 - Psychology of Human Learning
- EDUC 245 - Teaching the Young Child
- EDUC 262 - Instructional Technology
- EDUC 312 - Principles of Secondary School Instruction
- EDUC 357 - Content Reading Strategies
- EDUC 405 - Applied Instructional Technology
- EDUC 415 - Assessment in Education
- EDUC 436 - Methods and Materials in Health Education
- EDUC 460 - Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC 495 - Multi-Age (PreK-12) Student Teaching
- SPED 243 - Inclusion and the Schools
Additional Information
Valid Red Cross First Aid & Safety Certification is also required.
Acquiring licensure in both Health Education and Physical Education is an option that may enhance employability, particularly in the state of Ohio.
With the following additional courses, a student will receive physical education licensure valid for teaching physical education in PreK-12. Careful planning with the academic advisor is encouraged. Two additional semesters will be required in order to complete both licensure programs.
- PE 265 - Introduction to Fitness, Physical Education, and Sport
- PE 282 - Individual Sport Instruction
- PE 283 - Team Sport Instruction
- PE 284 - Dual Sport Instruction
- PE 320 - Physical Education for Children
- PE 332 - Motor Behavior
- PE 345 - Sociology of Sport
- PE 383 - Curriculum and Instruction in Physical Education
- PE 424 - Adapted Physical Education
- EDUC 472 - Teaching Physical Education in the Secondary School
- EXSC 313 - Kinesiology
- EXSC 413 - Physiology of Activity
School Health Education Minor
The minor consists of the following courses (21-22 hours):
- BIOL 273 - Introduction to Human Biology
- EDUC 436 - Methods and Materials in Health Education
- HED 200 - Philosophy and Foundations of Health Education
- HED 330 - Organization of School Health: PreK-12
- HED 361 - Drug Education
- HED 425 - Health and Sexuality Education
One from among:
