Master of Arts Graduate Alternative Teacher Education (GATE) Program Plan of Study (37–52 credits)

GATE provides an alternative track for both initial and professional certification.

Students without prior certification in health education may enter the Master of Arts program in health education. In such cases, prior course work and experience will be evaluated with respect to its comparability with required course work. Where there are weaknesses additional course work may be necessary.

(Note that the required courses were selected with regard to the implementation of the New York State Standards. If students have strengths or course work that are not listed in the corequisite category, substitutions may be made.)

Course# Course Credits HED 601 Contemporary Health Issues 3 HED 602 Research and Technology in Health Education 3 HED 603 Mind/Body Dimensions in Health 3 HED 607 Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents 3 HED 621 Teaching Human Sexuality (Prerequisite: HED 604) 3 HED 627 School Health Program and Policies 3 HED 650 Health and Cultural Diversity 3 HED 701 Substance Abuse Prevention (Prerequisite: HED 501) 3 HED 703 Dynamics of Teaching Health Education (Prerequisite: 12 health credits) 3 HED 792 Fieldwork Internship 1-3 Total Credits: 28-34 if needed Course# Course Credits EDU 601 School and Society 3 EDU 600 or EDU 603 Childhood Development The Adolescent Experience 3 Total Credits: 6 Comparable courses and other academic experiences may be substituted. Course# Course Credits HED 501 Dynamics of Substance Abuse 3 HED 505 Multidimensional Aspects of Stress 3 HED 506 Health and Nutrition 3 HED 520 Special Topics 1-3 HED 571 Health Issues for Elementary Educators 3 HED 604 Aspects of Human Sexuality 3 HED 605 Issues in Community Health 3 HED 653 Environmental Health 3 HED 654 Mass Communication for Health Educators 3 HED 702 Intervention Techniques for Health Educators 3 HED 791 Independent Study 1-3 BIO 203 Anatomy 3 BIO 204 Physiology 3 Total Credits: 9* *Minimum. Note 1: Evaluation of and credit for comparable course work may reduce certification credits needed; however, M.A. degree requires a minimum of 37 credits in 500 level courses and above. Student teaching (EDU 538) does not count towards the M.A. degree. Note 2: Field Experience Requisite required for students who do not have appropriate prior teaching experience working with children in health education. These experiences will be selected and scheduled with the students’ adviser and the Coordinator of the Teacher Preparation Program. Note 3: Some courses in the program may be taken for noncredit with permission.

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