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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


Required Core Courses
Number Name Hours
HLTH 200 Intro to Public Health 3
HLTH 240 Foundations of Environmental Health 3
HLTH 307 Study of Human Diseases 3
HLTH 330 Foundations of Health Education 3
HLTH 411 School Health & Community Service 3
Required Courses
Number Name Hours
NUFD 182 Nutrition 3
HLTH 207 Safety, Accident, & Emergency Care 3
HLTH 315 Drug Education in the Schools 3
HLTH 222 Mental Health in the Schools 3
HLTH 295 Sexuality Education in the Schools 3
HLTH 430 Health Counseling 3
Required Collateral Courses
Number Name Hours
BIOL 240 Mammalian Anatomy & Physiology I 3
BIOL 241 Mammalian Anatomy & Physiology II 3

Teacher Certification Requirements
Professional Sequence: Pre-Professional Semester
Number Name Hours
EDFD 220 Phil Orientation of Education
EDFD 221 Historical Found of Amer Ed
EDFD 200 Psychological Found of Ed OR
PSYCH 200 Educational Psychology 3
CURR 210 Pub Purposes in Educ OR 3
READ 210 Pub Purposes of Educ OR 3
EDFD 210 Pub Purposes of Educ

Professional Sequence
Junior Year — 1st Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 305 Teaching for Equity & Diversity OR 3
READ 305 Teaching for Equity & Diversity OR
EDFD 305 Teaching for Equity & Diversity
CURR 310 Inclusion in Mid & Sec Schools 1
CURR 312 Educating Engl Lang Lrnrs OR 1
READ 312 Educating Engl Lang Lrnrs OR
EDFD 312 Educating Engl Lang Lrnrs
Junior Year — 2nd Semester
Number Name Hours
READ 411 Lang & Lit Across the Curr 3
CURR 314 Assessment of Learning 1
CURR 316 Inte Tech Across School Curr 1
Senior (Professional) Year — 1st Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 450 Fieldwork 3
CURR 451 Teaching for Learning 3
HLTH 401 The Teaching of Health 3
Senior (Professional) Year — 2nd Semester
Number Name Hours
CURR 452 Teaching for Learning II 3
CURR 453 Student Teaching OR 8
CURR 414 In-Service Student Teaching 8

Teacher Certification
Health Education, grades K-12

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 above. For further information, refer to the Teacher Education Program guidelines.