Students who are interested in health and well-being may pursue a Bachelor
of Science degree in Health Education. Students in secondary education
are required to be certified in two teaching fields. The Health Education
Degree may be completed within a total of 128 semester hours.
Students who meet the requirements for this degree program will receive
a Class B Professional Certificate and will be qualified to teach health
education in grades 6 through 12.
JSU General Studies Curriculum
Area I: Written Composition (6 Hours)
EH 101 (3), EH 102 (3)
Area II: Humanities & Fine Arts (12 Hours)
EH 141 (3) plus
Select Two: EH 201 (3), 202 (3), 301 (3), 302 (3), 319 (3), 320
(3), 331 (3), 332 (3)
Select One: Art 202 (3), DR 242 (3), MU 233 (3), FL 101 (3)
Area III: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (11 Hours)
MS 110 (3) plus
Select one complete sequence with corresponding laboratory:
BY 101 (3) & 103L (1), and 102 (3) & 104L (1); or
CY 105 (3) & 107L (1), and 106 (3) & 108L (1); or
GL 241 (3) & 243L (1), and 242 (3) & 244L (1); or
PHS 201 (3) & 211L (1), and 202 (3) & 212L (1)
Area IV: History, Social and Behavioral Science (12 Hours)
Select one complete sequence: HY 101 (3) & 102 (3) or HY 201 (3) & 202 (3)
Select Two: AN 224 (3), EC 222 (3), GY 120 (3), CJ 101 (3), PSC 100 (3), PSY 201 (3), SY 221 (3)
Health Education Requirements (Grades 6 - 12)
Pre-Professional Studies: (33 Hours)
These courses may be taken BEFORE admission to Teacher Education:
ED 300 (2), EIM 300 (2), SPE 300
You MUST be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking these courses:
ESE 331 (2), ESE 383 (2), EPY 429 (3), EPY 429 L (2), ESE 486 (9), ESE 404 (3),
ESE 444 (3), ESE 484 (3)
Teaching Field: (32 Hours)
HPE 101 (3), HPE 109 (3), HPE 212 (3), HPE 232 (2), HPE 312 (3), HPE 315 (3),
HPE 318 (3), HPE 360 (3), HPE 381 (3), HPE 400 (3), HPE 420 (3), HPE 460 (3)
Other: (36 Hours)
CS 201 (3) or TEC 201
BY 263 (3)
Electives (15 hrs)
In order to help keep track of your progress toward graduation
Program Checklists have been developed in PDF. For help determining
when to take courses, check out the
projected schedule for each
academic year.
