2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Endorsement


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Any School of Exercise Science & Sport and School of Education students may add the Health Endorsement to a K-12 specialist-teaching license. A minimum of 18 hours of specific course work, and passing the necessary tests required to add the endorsement to an Illinois teaching license. Specific course work for the endorsement follows:

18 hours of coursework with a grade of C- or better in any of the following areas:

  • Consumer Health
  • Disease Prevention
  • Drug and Chemical Use (ES 200 )
  • Environmental Health (ES 321 )
  • Foundations and Theories of Health Behavior and Fitness (ES 206 )
  • Health Related Nutrition (ES 328 )
  • Mental & Emotional Health
  • Middle grade health methods course (ES 402 ) - Needed to instruct in middle grades
  • Personal and Community Health (ES 160 )
  • Prevention and Treatment of Athletic Injuries (ES 130 )
  • School Health
  • Sex Education (ES 324 )

Alternate health and environmental courses must be approved by the Director of the School of Exercise Science & Sport.

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