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School Health Education - B.S.E. Program Requirements

  • School Health Education
  • Health and Physical Education Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (59 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  CI 47330 Reading and Writing in Adolescence/Adulthood* 3
  CULT 29535 Education in a Democratic Society* 3
EPSY 29525 Educational Psychology* 3
  HED 11570 Personal Health* 3
    11590 Community Health Education* 3
    20000 Health Education for Early Childhood* 3

  21030 Introduction to Health Education* 3
    21050 Health Education Theories* 3
    32530 Drug Use and Misuse* 3
WIC
  32542 Methods and Applications of Health Education* 5
 
32544 Human Sexuality* 3
 
34050 Program Planning and Evaluation in Health *
3

  42041 Health Counseling* 3
    44543 Administration of School Health Programs* 3

  44544 Sexuality Education Programs* 3
    44550 Drug Abuse and Violence Education Programs* 3
  ITEC 19525 Educational Technology* 3
KBS
NUTR 23511 Science of Human Nutrition
3
DD SPED 23000 Introduction to Exceptionalities* 3
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
KAD COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication* 3
KSS PSYC 11762 General Psychology* 3
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Social Science (must be from two disciplines)
3
IV. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (43-89 credits) 
  School Health Education (43)
  Health and Physical Education (89)
TOTAL 
121-168

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned.  A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

School Health Education Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits

PEB 10035 Lifetime Fitness 2
  HED 42358 Student Teaching in Health Education 9
 
49525 Inquiry Seminar into Professional Practice* 3
  ITEC 47427

47430
Technology and Learning (3)
or
Computer Applications in Education (3)
3

Choose from the following: HED electives* 8
  HED 32575 Consumer Health (3)

 
34060 Small Group Process (2)



42575 Health and Learning: Strategies for Students and Teachers (3)

 
44025 Women’s Health Issues (3)

 
46052 Stress: Recognition and Management (2)



46057 Advanced Human Sexuality (3)

 
46060 Death Education (3)

 
47070 AIDS: Issues, Education and Prevention (3)

 
48092 Field Experience in Health Education (1-3)

II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10001 Human Biology*
3
KHU
DG
PHIL 11001

21001
Introduction to Philosophy (3)*
or
Introduction to Ethics (3)*
3
KAD
PSYC 20651 Child Psychology*
3
  Kent Core Basic Sciences Laboratory 1
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
6
  General Elective (lower or upper division)
2
MINIMUM TOTAL 
43

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned

 

Health and Physical Education Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (72 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  ATTR 35025 Essentials of Athletic Injury Management
1
  ATTR/
EXSC
25057 Human Anatomy and Physiology I* 3
 
35054 Biomechanics* 3
  EDUC 49525 Inquiry into Professional Practice in Health and Physical Education*
3
    49526 Student Teaching in Health/Physical Education*
12
  HED 49525 Inquiry Seminar into Professional Practice* 3
  PEP 15010 Introduction to Physical Education, Fitness and Sport*
2
 
15013 Development and Analysis of Dance* 2
 
15014 Development and Analysis of Gymnastic Skills* 1
    15015 Development and Analysis of Game Performance I* 3
    15016 Development and Analysis of Target and Field Games*
3
    15017 Fundamental Locomotor and Manipulative Skills* 1
    15018 Development of Swimming and Aquatics Skills* 1
    15019 Development and Analysis of Track and Field*
1
 
25025 Teaching in Physical Education*
3
 
25026 Overview of Outdoor Pursuits and Adventure Education* 3
 
25033 Lifespan Motor Development*
3
    25068 Measurement and Evaluation in Fitness and Sport*
3
    35010 Psychological Dimensions of Motor Behavior* 3
    45037 Adapted Physical Education* 3
 
45051 Elementary School Physical Education Methods* 3
    45053 Elementary School Physical Education Content* 3
    45058 Secondary School Physical Education Methods* 3
    45059 Secondary School Physical Education Methods* 3
    25059

35065
Sport in Society (3)*
or
History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity (3)*
3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (17 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 3
  Kent Core Basic Science (must include one laboratory) 3-4
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9
  General Elective (number of credits required depends on meeting minimum 167 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours) 2
MINIMUM TOTAL 
89

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned