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Health Promotion Area – Bachelor of Arts

Program Competencies

Students completing the program are:

Students completing the program are:

  1. To be familiar with the components and functions of each facet of a comprehensive school health or health promotion program.
  2. To communicate effectively, including the ability to write objectives, which address the three domains of education (cognitive, affective and psychomotor).
  3. To be able to effectively plan, implement and evaluate teaching units including various teaching strategies and/or methodologies, which address the 75 defined learner outcomes identified in the Kentucky Educational Reform Act.
  4. To be cognizant of the various types of learners, and the learning strategies/methodologies which will address the needs of each learner classification.
  5. To develop educational units that encourage cross-disciplinary integration.
  6. To develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  7. To serve as a facilitator, health advocate, and resource professional for current and future issues in the profession of health for students, teachers, administrators and the community.
  8. To identify and effectively utilize appropriate resources pertaining to health.
  9. To be familiar with professional organizations, current trends, and issues relevant to health.
  10. To develop classroom skills that will be conducive to the successful accumulation of knowledge and illustrate the applicability to real world situations.
  11. To successfully develop measurement and evaluation instruments which will assess the health needs of the student as well as effectiveness of instruction.
  12. To effectively disseminate objective, non-biased health information and activities which will provide the student the opportunity to formulate personal values concerning health-related issues.
  13. To become familiar with and develop the skills identified within the competencies/responsibilities of an entry-level health educator.

Assessment

  1. Portfolios
  2. Certification examination
  3. Employment data
  4. External evaluation practicum/field experiences
  5. PRAXIS Content Area Exams
  6. PRAXIS PLT Exam
  7. Dispositions Assessment

Program Requirements

General Education

HLTH 230Community Health

3
HLTH 499CSenior Seminar in Health Promotion

3
General Education courses

variable
Total Credit Hours:36

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education courses and requirements for the University.

Area Requirements

Health Promotion Requirements

HLTH 151Wellness: Theory to Action

3
HPE 160Foundations of Health and Physical Education

3
HLTH 203Safety and First Aid

3
HLTH 205Psychological Health

3
HLTH 206Principles of Nutrition

3
HLTH 310Health and Wellness Promotion

3
HLTH 360Family Health

3
HLTH 408General School Safety

3
HLTH 414Principles of Epidemiology

3
HLTH 418Use and Abuse of Drugs

3
HLTH 425Planning, Managing and Evaluating Health/Wellness Promotion Programs

3
HLTH 430Consumer Health

3
HLTH 435Health Counseling

3
HLTH 471Practicum

12
 
PHED 306Functional Anatomy/Biomechanics

3
or
BIOL 234Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3
Total Credit Hours:54

Special Elective Requirements

Select two from the following:

SOC 441Issues in Aging

3
SOC 445Death and Dying

3
COMS 350Communication, Culture and Diversity

3
HLTH 475School Health Program

3
HLTH 480Workshop

1-3
Total Credit Hours:6

General Electives

General electives

variable
Total Credit Hours:24

Total Credit Hours: 120