Health Education

Description

The Health Education program is designed to prepare students in conducting health education and health promotion activities in a non-classroom setting. The program objectives are to facilitate the development of professional skills in program planning, implementation and evaluation as well as offer a broad course work curriculum in personal and community health. The Health Education program prepares students for careers in public or private health agencies, local and state health departments, nonprofit organizations and in private business. Upon graduation, students are encouraged to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination. Majoring in Health Education is an excellent foundation for students to apply to various graduate and professional programs, which may include: medical school, physician’s assistant school, chiropractor school, physical therapy school, health administration and counseling.

Detailed Course Facts

Tuition fee

• USD 7907 Year (National)
• USD 18044 Year (International)

Start date January,September 2015 Credits 120
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• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time Structure Fully structured Student interaction Individual work/assignments (with online group discussions), Online group works/assignments Attendance No Attendance Teacher support Continuous support with feedback on request

Course Content

Major Requirements:

• Community Health Credits: 2
• Complementary and Alternative Health Care Credits: 3
• Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation and Lab Credits: 2
• Pre-Professional First Aid and CPR and Lab (COM) Credits: 2
• Methods of Health Instruction (COM) Credits: 2
• Stress Management for Life Credits: 3
• Exercise Physiology (COM) Credits: 3
• Adapted Physical Education (COM) Credits: 2
• Public Health Science ** (G) Credits: 3
• Women's Health Issues Credits: 3
• Epidemiology Credits: 3
• Professional Issues in Human Development and Family Studies Credits: 3
• Human Nutrition Credits: 3
• Behavior Modification Credits: 3
• Health Psychology ** (COM) Credits: 3
• Human Anatomy and Lab (COM) Credits: 4
• Physiology and Lab (COM) Credits: 4
• Medical Terminology Credits: 1
• ETechnical Communication (COM) (AW) Credits: 3

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 5.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 500 TOEFL iBT® test : 61

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Requirements

A minimum final grade of “C” is required in all Major Requirements courses.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than South Dakota State University.

Accreditation

South Dakota State University has been granted the full, ten-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission. An accreditation team of representatives from peer institutions commended SDSU for:Dedicated faculty and staffQuality new facilitiesExcellent student leadershipShared governancePartnerships with local communityRobust and Integrated assessment programSuccessful transition to NCAA Division I Athletics