Health Education Minor

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Advisement for the minor is available from the Health Sciences School.

The minor in health education minor complements any program of study, allowing students to pursue their interests in areas such as disease prevention, sexual health, public health policy, epidemiology, health communication and social determinants of health. The health education minor provides students pursuing initial certification in Pre-K-12 education with the needed content knowledge and skills to be successful in passing the health content certification exam (Praxis II).

The health education minor requires:

Complete at least 20 credits with grades of C or better.
Public health majors are not eligible to earn a minor in health education.

Checklist

This checklist is an unofficial tool for planning. Matriculated students and advisors should consult the Academic Requirements Report in GullNet before and after registering for classes each semester to track academic progress.

University Undergraduate Minor Policies

Salisbury University minors require:

The completion of at least 18 credits with grades of C or better.
At least 15 credits applied toward the minor must be coursework that is not used to satisfy General Education requirements.
At least 9 credits must be earned at SU.

Minor Requirements

Complete the Following:

HLTH 110 - Foundations of Public Health Education 4 Hour(s) Credit

Minor Electives

Complete 4 from the Following:

EDFN 210 - School in a Diverse Society 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 225 - Health Behavior 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 230 - Chronic and Communicable Diseases 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 311 - Human Sexuality Education 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 312 - Drugs and Public Health 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 315 - Community Nutrition 4 Hour(s) Credit
HLTH 325 - Planning and Assessing Health Programs 4 Hour(s) Credit
PHED 430 - Methods in Teaching Health Education 4 Hour(s) Credit