Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education
Required 120 credits (36 credits numbered 300 or above and 30 credits from UND) including:
I. Essential Studies Requirements, 39 credits. The program includes the 39 credits that all students are required to complete in order to meet Essential Studies requirements (see University ES listing).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 111 | Concepts of Biology | 3 |
| or BIOL 150 | General Biology I | |
| BIOL 111L | Concepts of Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| or BIOL 150L | General Biology I Laboratory | |
| KIN 491 | Senior Capstone | 3 |
II. Health-Related Core Requirements, 15 credits, including:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PHE 101 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| PHE 102 | Epidemiology in Public Health | 3 |
| PHE 103 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| KIN 110 | First Aid and CPR | 1 |
| KIN 240 | 2 | |
| N&D 240 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 | |
III. One of the following options:
A. Public Health Education (42 credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PHE 301 | Principles and Foundation of Health Education | 3 |
| PHE 302 | Community Health | 3 |
| PHE 303 | Organization and Administration of Community Health Programs | 3 |
| PHE 304 | Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | 3 |
| PHE 305 | Research Methods in Kinesiology Public Health Education | 3 |
| PHE 306 | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 3 |
| PHE 307 | Methods and Materials of Health Education | 3 |
| PHE 308 | Health Policy, Law, and Ethics | 3 |
| PHE 309 | Introduction to Human Disease | 3 |
| PHE 415 | Public Health Internship | 12 |
| COMM 345 | Social Media Strategy | 3 |
| Total Credits | 42 | |
Additional requirement for public health education option includes:
1. A minor OR 24 credits of courses, related to public health education.
B. School Health Education:
Students seeking certification to teach health education must be admitted to the Teacher Education program which requires a minimum of 2.75 GPA, adequate test scores, and at least 30 credits before applying for admission to Teacher Education. Students must also complete the PHE prerequisites and core requirements (listed above) plus additional courses specific to the preparation for teaching in health education, including the following courses:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC 210 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| SOC 335 | Families in a Changing Society | 3 |
| KIN 207 | Prevention, Care and Legal Issues for Injury | 3 |
| KIN 305 | Health/Physical Education for Early Childhood and Elementary Education Teachers | 3 |
| KIN 326 | Fundamentals of Physical Conditioning | 3 |
| KIN 355 | Applied Motor Development | 3 |
| KIN 402 | Exercise Physiology | 3 |
| KIN 402L | Exercise Physiology Laboratory | 1 |
| KIN 404 | Adapted Physical Activity | 3 |
| PHE 302 | Community Health | 3 |
| PHE 304 | Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | 3 |
| PHE 305 | Research Methods in Kinesiology Public Health Education | 3 |
| PHE 307 | Methods and Materials of Health Education | 3 |
| KIN 410 | Methods and Materials for Teaching Physical and Health Education in the Secondary School | 3 |
| KIN 410L | Methods and Materials for Teaching Physical Health Education in the Secondary School-Laboratory | 1 |
| KIN 420 | Curriculum Development for Physical and Health Education | 3 |
| T&L 250 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| T&L 252 | Child Development | 3 |
| T&L 339 | Educational Technology | 2 |
| T&L 433 | Multicultural Education | 3 |
| T&L 487 | Student Teaching | 16 |
| T&L 488 | 1 |
Additional requirements for the teacher education/certification option include:
- Admission to the Teacher Education program (see details under the College of Education and Human Development or on the Teacher Education website.) Note that many upper division courses are not open to students until they gain TE admission.