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Health and Nutrition Sciences

Academic Programs: Undergraduate
Health Education with Teacher Certification


Coordinator: Mary Jo Belenski
Office: University Hall, Room 4157
Phone Number: (973) 655-7122
Email: belenskim@mail.montclair.edu

Health Education/Teacher Certification Worksheet, Fall 2002

Students pursuing teacher certification in Health Education for Kindergarten through Grade 12 must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. They take the required major and collateral courses listed below. For further information, refer to the Teacher Education Program guidelines.

Course Requirements:

Core Courses
Number Name Hours
HLTH 200 Introduction to Public Health 3
HLTH 240 Foundations of Environmental Health 3
HLTH 307 The Study of Human Diseases 3
HLTH 330 Foundations of Health Education 3
HLTH 411 School Health and Community Services 3
 
Required Courses
Number Name Hours
HLTH 207 Safety, Accidents and Emergency Care 3
HLTH 222 Mental Health in the Schools 3
HLTH 295 Sexuality Education in the Schools 3
HLTH 315 Drug Education in the Schools 3
HLTH 430 Health Counseling 3
NUFD 182 Nutrition 3
 
Required Collateral Courses
Number Name Hours
BIOL 240 Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology I 3
BIOL 241 Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology II 3
 
Teacher Certification Requirements: Professional Sequence
Pre-Professional Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 210 Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling 3
OR
EDFD 210 Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling 3
OR
READ 210 Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling 3
 
EDFD 200 Psychological Foundations of Education 3
OR
PSYC 200 Educational Psychology 3
 
EDFD 220 Philosophical Orientation to Education 3
EDFD 221 Historical Foundations of American Education 3
 
Junior Year: First Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 305 Teaching for Equity and Diversity 3
OR
EDFD 305 Teaching for Equity and Diversity 3
OR
READ 305 Teaching for Equity and Diversity 3
 
CURR 310 Inclusion in Middle and Secondary Schools 1
 
CURR 312 Educating English Language Learners 1
OR
EDFD 312 Educating English Language Learners 1
OR
READ 312 Educating English Language Learners 1
 
Junior Year: Second Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 314 Assessment of Learning 1
CURR 316 Integrating Technology Across the School Curriculum 1
READ 411 Language & Literacy 3
 
Senior Year: First Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 450 Fieldwork 3
CURR 451 Teaching for Learning I 3
HLTH 401 The Teaching of Health 3
 
Senior Year: Second Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 414 In-Service Supervised Teaching 8
OR
CURR 453 Student Teaching 8
 
CURR 452 Teaching for Learning II 3
 
PROGRAM TOTAL: 81 credits