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School Health Education, B.S.

Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in School Health Education prepares students to serve as competent and effective school health educators. School Health Education graduates are equipped with knowledge and skills to help youth develop, improve, and maintain healthy lifestyles. School Health students will be prepared to plan, create, implement and assess health lesson plans in a school setting as they pertain to the State of Utah Health Curriculum. The School Health Education program at UVU provides a solid foundation in health knowledge, skills, and curriculum through various required courses, including: personal health and wellness, mental & emotional health, nutrition, substance abuse, human diseases, human development, human sexuality, first aid and personal safety. In addition, School Health students will learn and practice skills to help them with the Educative Teacher Performance assessment (edTPA). School Health Educators work in secondary education school settings which are in the public, private, or charter sectors. 

Total Program Credits: 120

Matriculation Requirements:
  1. ENGL and MATH QL courses must have a grade C or higher.
  2. GPA of 3.0 or higher with no grade lower than C in discipline core course.
  3. Completion of all General Education requirements and 70% of content area courses
  4. Pass LiveScan Criminal Background Check.
General Education Requirements: 36 Credits
  ENGL 1010       Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
or ENGH 1005 Literacies and Composition Across Context CC (5)  
  ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
  MATH 1050 College Algebra QL 4
or MATH 1055 College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)  
Complete one of the following: 3
  HIST 2700 US History to 1877 AS (3)
and HIST 2710 US History since 1877 AS (3)
  HIST 1700 American Civilization AS (3)
  HIST 1740 US Economic History AS (3)
  POLS 1000 American Heritage SS (3)
  POLS 1100 American National Government AS (3)
Complete the following:  
  PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values IH 3
  HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness TE 2
or EXSC 1097 Fitness for Life TE (2)
Distribution Courses
  BIOL 1010 General Biology BB 3
 or BIOL 1610 College Biology I BB (4)  
  Physical Science 3
  Additional Biology or Physical Science 3
  Humanities Distribution 3
  Fine Arts Distribution 3
  Social/Behavioral Science 3
Discipline Core Requirements: 74 Credits
  HLTH 1200 First Aid 3
  HLTH 2400 Concepts of Stress Management 3
  HLTH 2600 Drugs Behavior and Society SS 3
  HLTH 2800 Human Sexuality SS 3
  HLTH 3200 Principles of Community Health 3
  HLTH 3220 Foundations of Health Education 3
  HLTH 3230 Professional Development 3
  HLTH 3260 Theory-Based Approaches to Modifying Health Behavior 3
  HLTH 3400 Human Diseases 3
  HLTH 3450 Public Health and the Environment 3
  HLTH 4100 Health Education Curriculum for Secondary Teachers 3
  HLTH 4200 Health Education Teaching Methods WE 3
  NUTR 1020 Foundations of Human Nutrition 3
  ZOOL 1090 Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology BB 3
Secondary Education Courses: Must be completed with a grade of B- or higher  
  EDSC 1010 Introduction to Education 2
  EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
  EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
  EDSC 4200 Classroom Management I (Dance Education majors take DANC 4430 in place of EDSC 4200 2
  EDSC 4250 Classroom Management II  2
  EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies (English Education majors take ENGL 4210, 4220, 4230 in place of EDSC 4440 3
  EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction ESL GI 3
  EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI 3
  EDSC 4850 Student Teaching Secondary 8
  EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
  EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 2
Elective Requirements: 10 Credits
  Complete 10 credits of any course 1000 or higher 10

Graduation Requirements:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 120 semester credits with a minimum of 40 upper-division credits. A minimum of at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours must be earned at UVU.
  2. Overall GPA of 3.0 or above with no grade lower than a C in major required discipline core courses and no grade lower than a B- in Licensure and Methods courses.
  3. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
  4. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track. (Note: Last updated May, 2015. See department for changes.)

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC 3
HLTH 1100 or  EXSC 1097 Personal Health and Wellness TE or Fitness for Life TE 2
American Institutions 3
Fine Arts 3
Physical Science 3
Unrestricted Electives 2
  Semester total: 16
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
HLTH 2600 Drugs Behavior & Society SS 3
MATH 1050 or MATH 1055 College Algebra QL or College Algebra with Preliminaries QL 4
Social Science 3
NUTR 1020   Foundations of Human Nutrition 3
  Semester total: 16
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
BIOL 1010 or BIOL 1610 General Biology BB or College Biology I BB 3
PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values IH 3
HLTH 2800 Human Sexuality SS 3
Humanities 3
HLTH 3200 Principles of Community Health 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours
HLTH 3220 Foundations of Health Education 3
HLTH 1200 First Aid 3
ZOOL 1090   Introduction to Human Anatomy & Physiology BB 3
Third Science NUTR 2020 strongly recommended 3
HLTH 2400 Concepts of Stress Management 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 5 Course Title Credit Hours
HLTH 3230 Professional Development 3
HLTH 3260 Theory-Based Approaches to Modifying Health Behavior 3
HLTH 3400 Human Diseases 3
HLTH 3450 Public Health and the Environment 3
HLTH 4100 (Fall Only) Health Education Curriculum for Secondary Education ((Fall Only)) 3
EDSC 1010 Introduction to Education 2
  Semester total: 17
Semester 6 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 3
HLTH 4200 (Spring Only) Health Education Teaching Methods WE (Spring Only) 3
EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies 3
EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction ESL GI 2
  Semester total: 14
Semester 7 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction & Assessment GI 3
EDSC 4200   Classroom Management I 2
Electives 8
  Semester total: 15
Semester 8 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 4250 Classroom Management II 2
EDSC 4850 Student Teaching-Secondary 8
EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
  Semester total: 12
  Degree total: 120

Department

Public Health

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Public Health department

Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Prepare and teach developmentally appropriate lessons or learning experiences that lead to achieving health objectives based on the Utah State Secondary Health Education Core Curriculum.
  2. Utilize effective instructional methods and pedagogy to deliver developmentally appropriate lessons or learning experiences that lead to achieving health objectives.
  3. Create and maintain a positive, productive, safe, student-centered learning environment to facilitate student learning.
  4. Utilize formative and summative assessment strategies to determine if students have achieved the desired learning objectives.
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