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Program Profile: Health Education

Program Description | Accreditation | Program Highlights
About the Profession | Faculty | Class Size
Length of Program | Locations | Prerequisites
Costs | Scholarships and Financial Aid | How to Apply

Program Description

Name of program: Health Education

Program Overview: The undergraduate health education program is designed to prepare students to teach preventive health strategies. More specifically, they learn to facilitate the voluntary adoption of actions which are conducive to the health of individuals, groups, or communities. To earn a degree, each student must complete the health education core requirements, and then select additional coursework and field experience in one of two emphases: school health, community/worksite health. Students interested in a minor in health education may select from either teaching or non-teaching minor. The Master of Health Education (MHE) graduate program offers a 33-credit curriculum that prepares graduates to enter the workforce as health educators in places such as schools, businesses, health care settings, and in community organizations and government agencies.

Accreditation

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Northwest Association of Schools & Colleges

Program Highlights

100% of our alumni of the undergraduate health education program who have taken the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Examination received certification.

About the Profession

Areas of employment include but are not limited to non-profits, government agencies, hospitals, community clinics and academia. A graduate degree in health education or closely-related discipline and CHES certification are strongly recommended (if not required) for employment in most career opportunities.

Potential Salary: $30,000 - $82,000

Faculty

5 full-time faculty.

Dr. Willis McAleese has been nominated on several occasions for the ISU distinguished faculty member - service award. Several faculty members hold leadership positions in state, regional, and national professional organizations including the American Dietetics Association, Pacific Coast College Health Association, and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and serve on peer-reviewed editorial boards (Journal of the American College Health Association).

Class Size

Fixed Seats: No

Number of students in entering class: 37

Total number of students enrolled in program: 120

Length of Program

Number of academic years needed to complete the program: 2

Locations

Locations offered: Pocatello and Idaho Falls

Program offered fully online? No

Program delivered through distance presentation? Yes

Prerequisites

Required Degree: BA/BS

Costs

Tuition: Annual tuition set by University for residents or non-residents.

Professional fees: None

Equipment: None

Books: $40 - $120 per 3-credit course

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarship Deadline: April 15. Contact the Scholarship Office for more information.

Financial Aid Deadline: January of the current academic year. Contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information.

Other Information: In addition to the same opportunities available to other students on campus, a variety of scholarships are available to assist students who have been formally accepted in one of the many programs in the Kasiska College of Health Professions. Application deadline for these scholarships varies. For graduate students only: Up to two (2) graduate teaching assistantships (GTA) are available through the Department of Health & Nutrition Sciences. Requirements include admission to the Graduate School and to the MHE program. A separate application is available on Department's MHE webpage.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: Undergraduate - no deadline; Graduate - Applications are due in accordance with ISU Graduate School deadlines: no later than July 1 for fall semester enrollment, December 1 for spring semester enrollment, and May 1 for summer enrollment or the following Monday, should these dates fall on a weekend.

Program Start Date: Undergraduate - Fall semester of Junior year; Graduate - Students may enter the program in the Spring, Summer or Fall semesters.

Other Information: Undergraduates - Apply Graduates - Apply