Health Endorsement

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.