School Health educators assist young people, through education, to achieve a balanced level of well-being that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual aspects of their lives in order that they reach their full potential.
 
Recommended high school courses for students who wish to pursue this degree program include English, health, biology, mathematics and public speaking.
 
USU’s School Health Education Program
Utah State University’s Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education with two options: 1) School Health and 2) Community Health. Both options share a common core of required courses followed by professional competency courses and a variety of electives that lead to expertise in specific areas of interest.
 
Students completing the bachelor’s program in health education with the school health emphasis acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to plan an effective comprehensive and sequential school health education curriculum for grades 7-12 and a program based on student needs and interests, community values and health issues.
 
School Health majors find employment in public and private school systems as health teachers. A minor in School Health Education is available for students from other teaching majors who wish to teach in a health-related area.
 
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Health Education, School Health option, include:
 
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (27-31 credits)
 
Competency Requirements (9-13 credits)
            Communications Literacy (CL) (6 credits)
            ENGL 1010 Intro to Writing (3 credits) or satisfactory AP, CLEP or ACT score
            and  
            ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing (3 credits)
 
            Quantitative Literacy (QL) (3-4 credits)

            MATH 1030 Quantitative Reasoning or 1050 College Algebra or STAT 1040 Intro

            to Statistics

            or

            One MATH or STAT courses requiring MATH 1050 College Algebra as a

            prerequisite

            or
            AP Math score of 3 or higher
 
            Computer and Information Literacy (0-3 credits)
Passing grade n six computer and information literacy-related examinations. Although no specific course is required, USU 1000 Intro to Computer Information Literacy Exam and OSS 1400 Microcomputer Applications teach the required skills.
 
Breadth Requirements (18 credits)
Select at least one approved course from each of the following six categories: American Institutions, Creative Arts, Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
 
Health Education Core Requirements (30 credits)
HEP 2000                     First Aid and Emergency Care (2)
HEP 2500                     Health and Wellness (2)
HEP 3000                     Drugs and Behavior (3)
HEP 3200                     Consumer Health (3)
HEP 3600                     Introduction to Community Health (3)
HEP 4200                     Planning and Evaluation for Health Education (3)
HEP 5100                     Cultural and Complementary Medicine (3)
BIOL 2000                     Human Physiology (4)
BIOL 2010                     Human Anatomy (4)
NFS 1020                      Science and Application of Human Nutrition (3)
 
School Health Emphasis (74 credits)
            Required School Health Core (9 credits)
            FCHD 1500       Human Development across the Lifespan (3)
            HEP 3100         School Health Programs (3)
            HEP 4500         Sexuality Education within the Schools (3)
 
Secondary Teacher Education Program [STEP] (35 credits)
            Level 1 (15-week courses)
            INST 3500         Technology Tools for Secondary Teachers (1)
            SCED 3100       Motivation and Classroom Management (3)
            SCED 3210       Educational and Multicultural Foundations (3)
            HEP 3300         Clinical Experience I (1)
            HEP 4400         Creative Methods in Teaching Health Education (3)
 
            Level 2 (15-week courses)
            SPED 4000       Education of Exceptional Individuals (2)
            SCED 4200       Reading, Writing and Technology (3)
            SCED 4210       Cognition and Evaluation of Student Learning (3)
            HEP 4300         Clinical Experience II (1)
            HEP 4400         Creative Methods in Teaching Health Education (3)
 
            Level 3 (15 weeks)
            HEP 5500         Student Teaching Seminar (2 weeks) (2)
            HEP 5630         Student Teaching (13 weeks) (10)
 
Elective Courses (6 credits)
 
For More Information
For more information, contact an undergraduate advisor in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation:
 
Donna Gordon, School Health (Students with last names starting with A-L), 435-797-1487
Matt Flint, School Health (M-Z), 435-797-3823
 
Further information is also available on the department’s Web site.