Health Education

The Master of Education in Health Education focuses on education, public health, and behavioral principles to facilitate health education, health promotion, and disease prevention in a variety of professional settings, including schools, hospitals, non-profit organizations, companies, government, and colleges. A degree in health education will prepare students to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate health education and promotion interventions to facilitate behavioral changes of individuals, groups, and communities to achieve personal, environmental, and social health and wellbeing. The program follows an applied learning approach to education and has a professional development focus for working professionals pursuing graduate study part-time. This professional degree requires a research-based culminating writing experience. The program is aligned with the Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Education Specialists as stated by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).

Prescribed Core Courses (21 credits)

• HLHED 415 Planning and Developing Health Education Programs (3)
• HLHED 456 Advanced Techniques in School and Community Health Education (3)
• EDUC 440 Educational Statistics and Measurement (3) or
  EDPSY 400 Introduction to Statistics in Educational Research (3)
• HLHED 552 Current Health Education Issues (3)
• HLHED 553 Multicultural Health Issues (3)
• EDUC 586 Educational Research Design (3) or
  HLHED 530 Research Techniques in Health Education (3)
• HLHED 591 Culminating Health Education Seminar (3)

Elective Courses (9 credits)

A minimum of 9 credits are to be selected in consultation with student's advisor from the following HLHED courses:

• HLHED 406 Human Sexuality (3)
• HLHED 420 Development of Stress Management Programs for Health Education (3). Prerequisite: permission of program
• HLHED 443 Alcohol and Drug Education (3). Prerequisite: permission of program
• HLHED 497 Special Topics (1-9)
• HLHED 501 World Health Promotion (3)
• HLHED 516 Evaluation of Health Education and Promotion Programs (3)
• HLHED 582 Spirituality and Culture in Health and Education (3)
• HLHED 590 Colloquium (3)
• HLHED 596 Individual Studies (1-9)
• HLHED 597 Special Topics (1-9)

Students also may select electives from suitable courses in Psychology, Community Psychology and Social Change, Education, Training and Development, or Health Administration programs. Note that 6 credits must be at the 500-level. Please contact the program office for further information about electives.

1. Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or
2. Tertiary (postsecondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution.
3. Applicants will be required to arrange for official transcripts/documents (for institutions outside the U.S. documents may include marksheets, record of courses, degree/study certificate, original diploma, etc) to be sent from all post-secondary institutions attended and official English translation if the language of instruction is not English).
4. All international applicants must take and submit scores for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). The minimum acceptable score for the TOEFL is 550 for the paper-based test, or a total score of 80 with a 19 on the speaking section for the internet-based test (iBT). Applicants with iBT speaking scores between 15 and 18 may be considered for provisional admission, which requires completion of specified remedial English courses ESL 114G (American Oral English for Academic Purposes) and/or ESL 116G (ESL/Composition for Academic Disciplines) and attainment of a grade of B or higher. The minimum acceptable composite score for the IELTS is 6.5. Graduat
5. Students must have an overall minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 2.50 and a junior/senior grade-point average of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) for admission into the program
6. Two letters of recommendation
7. This program has rolling admission, that is, no specific deadline. Note that it may take 4-6 weeks to receive transcripts and process an application.