Health education is an essential part of a child's education, teaching nutrition and the principles of health and instilling the value of an active, healthy lifestyle. The health education minor prepares health educators for work in a K-12 school setting.

Courses for this minor cover a broad range of topics from nutrition and first aid to social psychology and conflict management, emphasizing that health education is a rounded discipline and affects many areas of a child's development.

The health education minor is designed specifically for students who plan to teach health in a K-12 school. It is ideal for those students working towards a multiple subject teaching credential, and also helps prepare those working toward a single subject teaching credential for the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET).

REQUIRED COURSES (7 COURSES, 17 UNITS)

• KIN-260 First Aid/CPR (1)
• KIN-300 Principles of Health (3)
• KIN-305 Nutrition (3)
• KIN-460 Elementary Physical Education Methods (3)
• or KIN-465 Secondary Physical Education Methods (3)
• KIN-482 Kinesiology Practicum (1)

Select two of the following:

• KIN-310 Prevention and Care of Injuries in Sports (3)
• PSY-350 Child Development (3)
• PSY-355 Adolescent Development (3)
• SOC-350 Marriage and Family (3)
• SOC-400 Social Psychology (3)
• SOC-430 Conflict Management and Resolution (3)