Spring 2019 Update 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Spring 2019 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Education: Health Education (In-Service) M.A.


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NY State Program Code: 39800
HEGIS Code: 0837.00
CIP Code: 13.1307
(34 credits)

The Master of Arts in Health Education (In-Service) program prepares students to teach Pre-K to 12 health education in schools. Students are prepared to promote and maintain healthy lifestyles through skills based learning strategies, relevant and developmentally appropriate assessment design and understanding individual learning styles. The Master of Arts in Health Education  (In-Service) Program is offered for students with valid initial New York State teacher certification in an area other than health education. 
Previous course work and experiences are evaluated with respect to its comparability with required coursework. Additional coursework may be necessary where a student’s background in identified content areas is found to be lacking or weak.

Health Education Core


Prerequisites (12 credits of health-based undergraduate courses as determined through advising including Human Anatomy and Physiology, to be completed prior to entry into or concurrently with the program)

(25 credits)

Additional Requirements for Program Completion/State Certification


  •  All teacher certification candidates must take and pass the New York State Teacher’s Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) required for their particular area of certification which includes the Content Specialty Test in Health

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Notes


• Evaluation of and credit for comparable course work may reduce certification credits needed; however, the M.A. degree requires a minimum of 34 credits in 500 level courses and above.

• Fieldwork is required and this experience will be selected and scheduled with the students’ adviser and the Coordinator of Health Studies Fieldwork and Student Teaching.

• Before starting the program, students may be able to transfer up to 6 credits of non-Adelphi graduate level courses and/or up to 9 credits of graduate level Adelphi courses to the program upon adviser’s approval, not to exceed 9 total transfer credits.

• Some courses in the program may be taken for noncredit with permission.

• The following New York State certification requirement workshops can be met by health education courses as indicated:

• Child Abuse Identification only–HED 601  , HED 702  and HED 507   

• Child Abuse and Violence Prevention–HED 504  , HED 571  , HED 607  , HED 610   and HED 507   

• Dignity for All Students Act–HED 507  

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