Health Education (HLED) Major

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Program Coordinator
September Kirby, MS, RN
Phone: 605-688-5387
Email: september.kirby@sdstate.edu
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The Health Education (HLED) 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.

Requirements for Health Education Major

Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 32

Goal #1 Written Communication
ENGL 101 - Composition I *
and
ENGL 201 - Composition II *
Credits: 6
Goal #2 Oral Communication
Credits: 3
Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity
Credits: 6
Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
Credits: 6
Goal #5 Mathematics:
MATH 102
Credits: 3
Goal #6 Natural Sciences:
CHEM 106-106L
and
108-108L
OR
CHEM 112-112L
and
114-114L
Credits: 8

Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 5

Goal #1 First Year Experience:
UC 109**
Credits: 2
Goal #2 Cultural Awareness and Social and Environmental Responsibility:
NFS 111**
Credits: 3

College Requirements: 2

EHS 140-140L - Enhancing Human Potential and Lab
Credits: 2

Major Requirements: 55

HLTH 120 - Community Health
Credits: 2
HLTH 200 - Complementary and Alternative Health Care
Credits: 3
HLTH 479-479L - Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation and Lab
Credits: 2
HLTH 250-250L - Pre-Professional First Aid and CPR and Lab (COM)
Credits: 2
HLTH 420/520 - Methods of Health Instruction (COM)
Credits: 2
HLTH 230 - Stress Management for Life
Credits: 3
PE 350 - Exercise Physiology (COM)
Credits: 3
PE 454 - Biomechanics (COM)
Credits: 3
PE 352 - Adapted Physical Education (COM)
Credits: 2
HLTH 443 - Public Health Science (G)
Credits: 3
HSC 260 - Women’s Health Issues
Credits: 3
HLTH 445 - Epidemiology
Credits: 3
HDFS 441 - Professional Issues in Human Development and Family Studies
Credits: 3
NFS 315 - Human Nutrition
Credits: 3
PSYC 358 - Behavior Modification
Credits: 3
PSYC 417 - Health Psychology ** (COM)
Credits: 3
BIOL 221-221L - Human Anatomy and Lab (COM)
Credits: 4
BIOL 325-325L - Physiology and Lab (COM)
Credits: 4
NURS 201 - Medical Terminology
Credits: 1
ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (COM) (AW)
Credits: 3

Electives: 26

Required Total Credits: 120

Curriculum Notes

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has a 5 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.