HERS - Health Promotion: School Health (HPST) - BT Major

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BT Major - Health Promotion

85-89 S.H.

Upon completion of Health Promotion: School Health, students have the skills and experience necessary to obtain a Minnesota teaching licensure. Students are required to meet the prescribed scores on the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examination (MTLE) basic skills, content, and pedagogy tests. Students who complete this degree and pass the MTLE tests are qualified to apply for licensure and teach in the Minnesota public school systems grades 5-12.

The HERS Department encourages its health promotion majors to become members of its academic club, Health Organization for Promotion and Education (HOPE).

Students majoring in Health Promotion: School Health must complete all requirements of the HERS Department, the Education Department, and all the requirements for graduation specified in the academic policies section in the academic policies section of this catalog. Teaching majors must successfully complete all the courses in the Professional Education Sequence in addition to the school health content area. For admission into the Professional Education Sequence, students majoring in health promotion-school health must refer to Teacher Education Licensure Programs section of this catalog.

Required Courses (44 S.H.)

Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences - HERS (36 S.H.)

HERS 204 - Personal & Community Health (3 S.H.)
HERS 205 - Nutrition for Lifetime Wellness (3 S.H.)
HERS 288 - Health Perspectives (3 S.H.)
HERS 312 - School & Community Health (3 S.H.)
HERS 320 - Health Education in the Elementary Schools (3 S.H.)
HERS 321 - Health Education in the Middle & Secondary Schools (3 S.H.)
HERS 326 - Educational Topics/Issues (2 S.H.)
◎ HERS 328 - Behavioral Interventions (3 S.H.)
△ HERS 350 - Program Planning in Health Promotion (3 S.H.)
◆ HERS 403 - Epidemiology (3 S.H.)
HERS 415 - Grant Writing (3 S.H.)
HERS 425 - Organization and Administration of School Health (3 S.H.)
HERS 433 - Senior Health Seminar (1 S.H.)

Biology - BIOL (8 S.H.)

BIOL 211 - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 S.H.)
BIOL 212 - Anatomy and Physiology II (4 S.H.)

Electives (6 S.H.)

Physical Education & Sport Science - PESS

Psychology - PSY

PSY 298 - Health Psychology (3 S.H.)

Sociology - SOC

SOC 212 - Sociology of Families (3 S.H.)
SOC 216 - Social Problems (3 S.H.)

Special Education - SPED

SPED 405 - Student Management Systems (3 S.H.)

Professional Education Sequence

(32-36 S.H.)

Please contact your program advisor and refer to the Teacher Education website (www.winona.edu/education/undergraduateprograms.asp) for the latest information about program requirements whether you are (1) applying to a teacher education program, (2) currently enrolled in a teacher education program, or (3) expecting to graduate with a teacher education degree.

These courses require formal admission to the teacher education program. (See the “Admission to the WSU Teacher Education Program. ” section of this catalog.)

EFRT 305 - Human Development and Learning: Secondary (4 S.H.)
EFRT 308 - Human Relations and Student Diversity (3 S.H.)
◆ EFRT 312 - Instructional Planning and Assessment: Secondary (3 S.H.)
EDUC 429 - Secondary Reading and Teaching Strategies (3 S.H.)
△ EFRT 449 - Middle Level Philosophy, Organization and Interdisciplinary Planning (3 S.H.)
△ EFRT 459 - The Professional Educator (3 S.H.)
◎ EDST 465 - Student Teaching - Senior High School K-12 Specialty (1-16 S.H.) [Health (5-12) 12 credits] [Health/PE (K-12) 16 credits]

Note:

† Courses must be taken together.

‡ Courses must be taken together and the last semester prior to student teaching.

Note:

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

HERS - Health Promotion: School Health (HPST) - BT Major

BT Major - Health Promotion

Required Courses (44 S.H.)

Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences - HERS (36 S.H.)

Biology - BIOL (8 S.H.)

Electives (6 S.H.)

Biology - BIOL

Communication Studies - CMST

Counselor Education - CE

Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences - HERS

Nursing - NURS

Physical Education & Sport Science - PESS

Psychology - PSY

Sociology - SOC

Special Education - SPED

Professional Education Sequence

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