Program Coordinator: 

Dr. Murray Ardies

773-442-4801

M-Ardies@neiu.edu

Health and Wellness majors choose from two tracks: Secondary Health Education and Community Health and Wellness. The Secondary Health Education track prepares students for health education teaching positions in secondary schools (grades 6-12). Students completing the Secondary Health Education major and graduating from Northeastern Illinois University are entitled to Illinois State Teacher Certification in health education. The Community Health and Wellness track prepares students for professional positions in a variety of health-related settings, including government, industry, the non-profit sector, and health service delivery organizations. The Community Health and Wellness track is a non-teacher certification track.

Students in both the Secondary Health Education track and the Health and Wellness track complete the Health and Wellness core courses. In addition, Secondary Health Education students complete the Secondary Health Education Professional Preparation courses, the Fall Clinical Experience courses, and Spring Student Teaching. Community Health and Wellness students complete the Community Health and Wellness Professional Preparation Courses and the Internship.

Required Courses:

Health and Wellness Core
 

HPER-HLED-210	Nutrition and Health ……………………………………………..	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-212	Consumer Health ………………………………………………...	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-303	Sex Education ……………………………………………………	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-307	Human Diseases …………………………………………………	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-308	Principles of Individual Health Practices ………………………..	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-312	Current Health Concepts ………………………………………...	3 cr.
HPER-PEMT-342A	Pro-Seminar: Aging, Death, and Dying …………………………	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-345	Pro-Seminar: Drug Education …………………………………...	3 cr.
PSYC-110	Life Span Development ………………………………………….	3 cr.
	Total Credit Units for Health and Wellness Core:	26 cr.

Track One: Secondary Health Education

 

Professional Preparation:
ELAD-EDFN-305	Philosophical and Historical Foundation of Public Education …..	3 cr.
ELAD-EDFN-306	Education and Individual Differences …………………………...	3 cr.
ELAD-EDFN-307	Psychology of Instruction and Learning ………………………...	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-313	Assessment and Evaluation in Health Education ………………..	3 cr.
HPER-PEMT-372	Adventure Education Curriculum Design ……………………….	3 cr.
SPED-371 or 372	with Advisor Recommendation ………………………….	3 cr.
TED-READ-301	Teaching Reading in Junior and Senior High School …………... Junior Standing Required	3 cr.
TED-SCED-301	Methods of Teaching on the Secondary Level …………………..	3 cr.
Fall Clinical Experience:
HPER-HLED-304	Organization and Administration of the School Health Program .	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-305	Health Education in the Secondary School ……………………...	2 cr.
HPER-PEMT-203H	Field Experience: School Health Education ……………………..	3 cr.
Spring Student Teaching:
TED-SCED-305K	Student Teaching in Health Education …………………………..	9 cr.
	Total Credit Units for Secondary Health Education Track:	67 cr.

Track Two: Community Health and Wellness

 

Professional Preparation:
ELAD-EDFN-306	Education and Individual Differences …………………………...	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-103	Community Health ………………………………………………	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-107	Health for Effective Living ……………………………………...	2 cr.
HPER-HLED-304	Organization and Administration of the School Health Program .	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-305	Health Education in the Secondary School ……………………...	2 cr.
HPER-HLED-313	Assessment and Evaluation in Health Education ………………..	3 cr.
HPER-HLED-314	Principles of Epidemiology in Health Education ………………..	3 cr.
Internship:
HPER-PEMT-203Z	Field Experience: Community Health and Wellness ……………	3 cr.
	Total Credit Units for Community Health and Well. Track:	48 cr.