School Health Education, M.S. (Online)

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. In addition, a 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for graduation.  The department website provides an overview of the program, including admission requirements, faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/hms/programs. 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 CREDITS)

Core Requirements (24 credits)
SHE 505 – School Health Education Foundations
SHE 508 – Contemporary Issues in Adolescent Health
SHE 552 – Methods of Teaching School Health Education 
SHE 560 – Curriculum Development in Health Education 
SHE 561 – Sexual Health Education 
SHE 562 – Equity & Justice in Health Education
SHE 570 – Leadership and Advocacy of School Health Education Programs

Select one:
EDU 581 – Research in Education
HMS 554 – Research Techniques
SHE 554 – Research Techniques

Directed Electives (3 credits)
SHE 500 – Health and Society
SHE 511 – School Health Nutrition Institute 
SHE 547 – Drug Prevention
SHE 556 – Methods of Planning and Evaluation in School Health Education 
SHE 558 – Group Process
SHE 579 – Holistic Health
SHE 590 – Thesis / Special Project

Capstone (3 credits)
SHE 594 – Thesis/Special Project Seminar II 
SHE 597 – School Health Education Capstone