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2009-2010 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

2009-2010 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Studies with Teacher Certification Option

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(BS)

6-12 High School Certificate

This curriculum leads to a high school certificate that allows the graduate to teach Health Education at the high school level. It also allows an endorsement to teach Health Education at the Middle School level.

This major requires that students follow and meet the requirements for Admission, Retention and Graduation from Teacher Certification programs as described in the “Teacher Certification Programs” section of this catalog and as explained at the University Admission to Teacher Education Meeting which all students must attend. Additional information on Admission, Retention and Graduation for Teacher Certification programs can be found on the College of Education & Professional Studies website at www.eiu.edu/ceps/teached.

All students must pass the Illinois Certification Test of Basic Skills for selection into teacher education and should complete this requirement no later than their sophomore year.

Students must receive a “C” or better in all professional education courses and maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.65 in order to continue in the program.

Students have two options for completing the professional education coursework – Regular Secondary Education Program and Integrated Secondary Education Program (ISEP). For more information regarding these two options please consult with your advisor. Information is also available in the Teacher Certification Program section of this catalog.

The BS in Health Studies Comprises:

1. 40 hours in general education

2. 31 hours-R OR 25-I in the professional education core

a. 31 hours-R includes:

EDF 2555 - Diversity of Schools and Societies: Social and Global Perspectives. Credits: 3
EDF 4450 - Philosophy and History of Education. Credits: 3
EDP 3331 - Theories of Learning and Development for Secondary Teachers. Credits: 3
SED 2000 - Inquiry Into Teaching. Credits: 1
SED 3330 - Instructional Tasks in the Secondary School. Credits: 3
SPE 3500 - The Education of Individuals with Exceptional Learning Needs: Access to the General Curriculum. Credits: 3
STG 4000 - Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum. Credits: 1
STG 4001 - Student Teaching. Credits: 12-16
(Register for 14 semester hours)

OR

b. 25 hours-I includes:

EDF 2555 - Diversity of Schools and Societies: Social and Global Perspectives. Credits: 3
SED 2000 - Inquiry Into Teaching. Credits: 1
SED 3000 - ISEP Level I. Credits: 3
SED 3100 - ISEP Level II. Credits: 3
SED 4000 - ISEP Level III. Credits: 3
STG 4001 - Student Teaching. Credits: 12-16
(Register for 12 semester hours)

3. 45 hours in major courses

4. 6 elective hours approved by department

The department also strongly suggests the student select a minor in consultation with the advisor.

Health Studies Course Work:

BIO 2001G - Human Physiology. Credits: 4
HST 2000 - Principles of Human Health. Credits: 3
HST 2250 - Professions in School and Community Health. Credits: 1
HST 2270 - Community Health. Credits: 3
HST 3120 - American Red Cross Instructor. Credits: 4
HST 3199 - Microcomputers and Health Applications. Credits: 3
HST 3200 - School Health. Credits: 3
HST 3400 - Methods of Teaching/Curriculum Development in Health. Credits: 3
HST 3500 - Human Sexuality. Credits: 3
HST 3750 - Health Care Delivery Systems. Credits: 3
HST 3765 - Principles of Epidemiology. Credits: 3
HST 4800 - Drugs and Society. Credits: 3

Recommended Coursework for Middle-Level Endorsement

MLE 3110 - Curriculum and Instruction in Middle-Level School. Credits: 3
MLE 4280 - Teaching Reading in the Middle/Secondary School. Credits: 3
MLE 4760 - Student Social-Emotional Development in the Middle Grades. Credits: 3

Six semester hours chosen from at least two of the areas listed below.

Three hours of HST 4275, Community Health Field Service, may be completed as an elective, subject to department chair and academic advisor approval, in one of the following areas listed below.

Areas:

Footnotes:

Selection to Teacher Education programs should occur following the freshman year but no later than the end of the sophomore year (for transfer students this should occur no later than the end of their first semester at EIU). Selection requires that students pass the Illinois Certification Test of Basic Skills.

University Approval to Take Teacher Education Courses should occur at the end of the first semester junior year with Formal University Admission to Teacher Education occurring at the end of the junior year. See the Teacher Certification Program section of this catalog for more information.

Departmental Approval to Student Teach must be granted prior to Student Teaching. Students must also pass the Illinois Certification Content Area test for their major prior to student teaching.

(Major GPA based on all health studies courses taken at EIU.)

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Health Studies with Teacher Certification Option

The BS in Health Studies Comprises:

1. 40 hours in general education

2. 31 hours-R OR 25-I in the professional education core

a. 31 hours-R includes:

OR

b. 25 hours-I includes:

3. 45 hours in major courses

4. 6 elective hours approved by department

Health Studies Course Work:

Recommended Coursework for Middle-Level Endorsement

Six semester hours chosen from at least two of the areas listed below.

Areas:

Environmental Health

Disease Prevention and Control

Nutrition/Dietary Patterns

Safety and Injury Control

Mental/Emotional Health

Personal Health Practices

Consumer Health

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