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

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Health Education (Teacher Licensure) B.S. degree and include the following:

  • 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
  • 70 required major core credits 
  • Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
  • Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements
Dual Degrees
Students wishing to complete two degrees concurrently, (example: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts) must complete a minimum of an additional 30 credits above the required 120 credits. 

Multiple Credentials
Any additional major, minor or certificate in a degree must have at least 6 credits of course work not used to meet the requirements of another major, minor or certificate in the degree.

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.

 

·     8710.2000 Standards of Effective Practice: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.2000/ 

·     8710.4500 Teachers of Health: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.4500/

 

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