Program Majors Health Education Major

(Teacher Certification Grades 6-12) (Bachelor of Science)

The bachelor’s degree in Health Education is designed to foster the personal, professional, and occupational growth of candidates pursuing an undergraduate degree in health. This degree prepares candidates for positions in teaching grades 6 through 12, as well as career opportunities in public or private community health agencies.

The curriculum is designed to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, abilities and dispositions of majors through laboratory-based, research-based, and field-based experiences. The program further aims to develop professional educators as effective decision-makers fully qualified to:

• Contribute to the promotion of behavior change that will enhance and maintain an optimal level of wellness for individuals and their families.
• Demonstrate a broad-based knowledge in the content areas of alcohol and drugs, communicable and chronic diseases, emotional health, nutrition, consumer health, and human sexuality.
• Promote and support the Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP).
• Assess individual and community needs for health education.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate health education programs.
• Communicate health and health education needs, concerns, and resources.
• Apply appropriate research principles and methods in health education.
• Act as a resource for health education and advance the profession of health
• Education.