Health Education

Degrees and Certificate Offered

• EdM in Health Education, Licensure Track (Grades K–12)
• EdM in Health Education, Nonlicensure Track
• CAGS in Health Education, Nonlicensure Track

The central focus of the health program is the preparation of health educators for schools, community health centers, and corporate settings. The program stresses independent student work and innovative strategies of broad-spectrum intervention to benefit the individual and contribute to the well-being of society.

The Health Education Program offers two study sequences. First, the school health education sequence prepares students to teach health education at both the elementary and secondary school level. This sequence is a state-approved licensure program. Second, the community health- education sequence addresses the broad range of services offered to communities through health agencies, hospitals, rehabilitation organizations, neighborhood centers, and community action programs. This nonlicensure sequence provides students with an academic background in nutrition, wellness, substance abuse, and exercise. It can include attention to comprehensive health care or persons with disabilities.