Health Promotion

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Purpose and Focus

The degree program in the Department of Health Promotion provides academic and professional opportunities for students who wish to prepare themselves as professionals, resource persons, and teachers in the special subject-matter areas included in the discipline of health promotion. Faculty in the health promotion program prepare students to meet the demands of a multitude of health issues facing individuals of various ages. The program provides leadership training in health information, assessment and evaluation, education and skill acquisition strategies for use in schools, voluntary and private health organizations, the corporate sector, and medical and governmental agency settings.

Accreditation

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
American Association for Health Education

Undergraduate Major

Health Education

Two Health Education Concentrations

School Health Education

Prepares students to gain state licensure to teach health education at the middle school, junior high, or senior high school level.

Community Health Education

Prepares students to assume the role of a health educator in a voluntary or private health organization, the corporate sector, or a medical or governmental agency setting.

Admission to the Major

Requirements for full admission to the health education major are:
School health education:
     Minimum 2.75 GPA
     C or better in HED 165
     C or better in HED 280
     Passing PRAXIS I (PPST) scores
Community health education:
     Minimum 2.75 GPA
     C or better in HED 165
     C or better in HED 280

Admission Policies

Students in the Department of Health Promotion may complete an undergraduate degree with or without teacher licensure. Students seeking health education teacher licensure must pass all parts of the PRAXIS I (PPST) prior to enrolling in HED 427.

Department Policies

Admission Policies

Students who do not attend class throughout the semester may be administratively dropped. Any substitute course(s) taken at another institution for a UNLV professional education course requirement must be approved on a substitution form available from the Health Sciences Advising Center.

Advisement

Students are encouraged to seek advisement in the Advising Center regarding general education program and licensure requirements. Enrollment caps may apply. Program of study sheets are available in the College of Health Sciences Advising Center. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain current information relative to departmental policies, program of study, and licensure requirements.

Field Placements

Applications for student teaching or internships must be completed the semester preceding the student teaching internship semester. Approval for a field placement is contingent upon:

1. Completion of all program of study course requirements with a grade point of 2.75 or higher.
2. Completion of the last 30 credits in uninterrupted residence at UNLV.
3. Filing a completed field placement or student teaching application by the announced deadline.

Student teaching

is a full-time, full-semester experience. It involves a mandatory, on-campus orientation; observation; and supervised teaching, during which the student gradually assumes classroom teaching responsibilities, regularly scheduled observations and evaluations by the cooperating teacher and the assigned university supervisor, and weekly student teaching seminar sessions. Department approval is required if students enroll in course work other than student teaching and seminar. Because student teaching is a full-time responsibility, outside employment during that time is strongly discouraged.
Application for student teaching must be filled out at least one semester prior to field placement.

Internships

Applications for community health education internships must be filled out the semester preceding the student/internship semester. Approval for an internship placement is contingent upon:

1. Completion of all program of study course requirements with a grade point of 2.75 or higher.
2. Completion of the last 30 credits in uninterrupted residence at UNLV.
3. Completion of HED 427 and HED 440.
4. Filing a completed internship application by the announced deadline.
5. Approval and placement by the Department of Health Promotion.
6. Department approval is required if students enroll in course work other than internship and seminar.
7. Because internship is a full-time responsibility, outside employment during that time is strongly discouraged.

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