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Health Education. B.S. major
(Teacher Licensure)

Required Credits: 70
Required GPA: 2.50

I REQUIRED COURSES

Select 1 of the following courses:

Complete the following courses:

Complete the following course:

Complete the following course:

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES

Complete the following courses with a minimum 2.50 GPA:

Complete the following course:

Complete 12 credits of student teaching:

 

Program Learning Outcomes | Health Education, B.S. (Teacher Licensure)

1.  Prevent Accidents and Reduce the Risk: A teacher of health understands behaviors and factors that prevent or reduce the risk of accidents, sudden illness, and violent injuries; including prevention or reducing the risk of tobacco use, or alcohol and other drug abuse.

2. Philosophy of Health Promotion: A teacher of health understands concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention including: the need for and role of a philosophy of health, health education, and health promotion.

3. Individual Responsibility: A teacher of health understands health-enhancing behaviors that reduce health risks including: the importance of individual responsibility for health.

4. Effects of Media on Behavior: A teacher of health understands the effects of advertising, media, technology, and social norms on health behaviors.

5. A teacher of health understands how to use interpersonal skills to enhance health including: Models and strategies for teaching communication skills for expressing needs, wants and feelings, communication, care, consideration, and respect for self and others; conflict resolution, and refusal skills.

6. A teacher of health demonstrates an understanding of the teaching of health that integrates: Understand and apply research base for and the best practices of middle and high school education.

7. Health Pedagogy: A teacher of health demonstrates an understanding of the teaching of health pedagogy, students, learning, classroom management, and professional development.

 

Suggested Semester Schedule | Health Education, B.S. (Teacher Licensure)


The following is a list of required Health Education Major, B.S. courses arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.
Freshman
•    BIOL1110
      or BIOL1400
•    HLTH2100
•    Core Curriculum requirements

Sophomore
•    BIOL1111
•    HLTH3150
•    HLTH3200
•    Complete Core Curriculum requirements
•    Take the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam (MTLE) Basic Skills test

Junior
•    Begin Professional Education Standards of Effective Practice (SEP) courses
•    HLTH3300
•    PHED3300
•    HLTH3500
•    HLTH3710
•    HLTH4206
•    HLTH4970

Senior
•    HLTH4410
•    HLTH4920
•    PHED4309
•    Complete Professional Education Standards of Effective Practice (SEP) courses
•    Student teaching