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Health Education Minor

Required credits for this minor: 25-31

The Health Education minor is available to provide students who are already pursuing education major that is not specific to Health Education the necessary background and knowledge base needed to teach health education classes in the elementary and secondary levels.

Requirements

Required Courses

Pre-requisites:BIOL 111/ BIOL 111L or BIOL 150/ BIOL 150L, BIOL 220/BIOL 220L, PSYC 111, SOC 110, HPER 100, HPER 200, and, HPER 210

HPER 217Personal & Community Health

3

HPER 222Nutrition

3

HPER 233Individual Fitness

2

HPER 310Foundations and History of Health, Physical Education, and Sports

2

HPER 332Comprehensive Health Education For K-12

3

HPER 340Modern Issues and Materials In Health

3

HPER 402Exercise Physiology

4

PSYC 450Health Psychology

3

or

SOC 335Marriage And The Family

3

SOC 355Drugs and Society

3

PSYC 435 not a required co-requisite to PSYC 450 for HPER students

Teacher-certification canditates must also complete

(Minimum grade of "C")

EDUC 426/ENGL 426Reading In The Content Area

3

EDUC 482Secondary Methods for Health and Physical Education

3