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Community Health Education, teaching concentration in school health education
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Degree Earned
Bachelor of Science: Community Health Education, teaching concentration in school health education

Completion of this NCATE-accredited program prepares students to teach health in K-12 classrooms in Maine and in approximately 30 other states. Classroom-based research, on-campus work opportunities, and service learning projects are led by faculty with a broad range of specialties including all of the health-related content areas required by law for instruction: substance abuse prevention, personal health, nutrition, environmental health and human sexuality, among others. Core and program requirements are supplemented by a semester-long practicum and a semester of student teaching.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

HEA 120 Emergency Medical Response/Principles

        and Practices                                  2    

HEA 123 Introduction to Community Health               4    

HEA 144 Nutrition Care for Children                    2    

HEA 210 Environmental Health                           4    

HEA 231 Child and Adolescent Health                    2    

HEA 241 Nutrition and Exercise                         4    

HEA 262 Human Sexuality                                2    

HEA 310 Principles of Disease Prevention and Health

        Promotion                                      4

HEA 350 Principles of Epidemiology                     4    

HEA 411 Health Education Planning                      4

 

Subtotal:                                             32    

  

NOTE: A minimum grade of C- is required of all HEA courses

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN EDUCATION

Professional Standing in Education: See general information under   Secondary Education General Information

SHE 330 Foundations of School Health                   4    

SHE 433 Curriculum and Methods in Health

        Education                                      4  

EDU 221 Middle/Secondary Block: Curriculum,

        Instruction, Classroom Management,

        Instructional Media, and Practicum            12

EDU 402 History and Philosophy of Education            4     

EDU 490 Student Teaching and Seminar in

        Middle/Secondary Education                    16

SED 360 Teaching Children with Learning and Behavior

        Problems in the Regular Classroom or

SED 361 Teaching Students with Disabilities and

        At-Risk Conditions in the Secondary

        General Classroom                              4  

 

Subtotal:                                             44                       

 

NOTE: grades of C- or higher in all education courses are required

 

Supporting Required Courses

 

BIO 110N Introductory Biology*                         4    

BIO 150N Human Anatomy and Physiology                  4    

PSY 225S Child and Adolescent Development              4

MAT 120M Introductory Statistics*                      4

 

*May be used to satisfy core requirements

(Total: 8 credits)

 

Subtotal:                                             16  

 

Total credits for the Major:                          92

 

MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE DEGREE                       128

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
For specific information about general education requirements and expectations, see the  General Education Requirements 
in the Academic Programs section of this catalog.

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