The health teaching major prepares students to become health educators in secondary schools. As educators work with youth, they affect their lives, influencing their self-esteem and broadening their abilities to cope with life. All this is occurring at a time when habits are being formed and attitudes are being established that will influence the rest of their lives. The health educator plays an important role in the growth and maturation of a capable and caring human being.
Graduates seek careers teaching health in the secondary schools in combination with a chosen minor.
With an advanced degree, career teaching positions at institutions of higher learning become accessible. Job opportunities are good. The department has had excellent success in placing the majority of graduates in teaching positions or in graduate programs. For more information on careers in your major, please refer to From Major to Career, a publication which is located in all college advisement centers. All students with a major in school health must also have an approved teaching minor.