M.S. in Education degree program: health and nutrition sciences: health teacher (P-12)
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| Pouget, Enrique | Program Head | 718.951.5000 x2736 | 4107 Ingersoll Hall |
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July 15th |
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November 15th |
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Supporting Documents for Matriculation: 1. Submit to the Office of Admissions official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended 2. Two letters of recommendation 3. Resume 4. Photocopy of New York State or other state teaching certificate (if already certified) 5. On a separate page, attach a brief biographical statement of 500 to 1,000 words describing your reasons for pursuing the specific graduate program to which you are applying and your future professional goals. 6. Interview with department. |
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The master of science degree in education, health teacher program serves New York metropolitan area residents, many of whom are professionals practicing in the field of education and come to Brooklyn College for advanced training and professional growth and development. Graduates typically find or continue employment in public and private schools and other community settings. NYS Dept of Education recommends that Health education in the junior and senior high school grades be taught by teachers holding a certificate to teach health. The profession of health teacher is licensed by the New York State Education Department. Therefore, program requirements are subject to change. All students should consult with the School of Education about the current requirements.
Applicants must apply for either Option A, B, or C. Candidates for either Options B or C will be interviewed as a part of the admission process.
Matriculation requirements
Applicants must offer 18 credits in courses in the health sciences or equivalent courses in other fields. Applicants must also offer (a) or (b) or (c):
(a) New York State Initial Certification in teaching physical education or health or dance education for all grades.
(b) Courses in education that meet the New York State Education Department standards for the pedagogical core. These courses include study of the following: history of education and philosophy of education or principles of education or educational sociology; educational psychology or developmental psychology or psychology of adolescence or adolescent development; classroom management; teaching students with special needs and English language learners; 6 credits in literacy and language acquisition; curriculum development and methods of assessing student learning; uses of technology in the classroom; methods of teaching health for all grades; current NYSED requirement for field experience.
(c) an undergraduate degree with an appropriate major or course work (including introduction to health, human physiology, health counseling, health appraisal or the physiology of health and disease, occupational health or first aid, evaluation or statistics, human sexuality, health and human ecology or environmental health, and drugs and society.
Applicants must have a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.00. A minimum average of 3.00 in graduate courses is required to maintain matriculation.
International applicants for whom English is a second language are required to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test or 79 on the internet-based test before being considered for admission.
Applicants who have not completed all the specific course requirements are given individual consideration and may be admitted with conditions, with the approval of the HNSC or SEED Health Teacher Program Coordinators.
General matriculation and admission requirements of the Division of Graduate Studies are in the "Admission" section of the Graduate Bulletin.
Degree requirements
A minimum of 30 credits is required for the Option A degree.
Students must complete 6 -18 credits in health sciences in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences.
Students must also complete 12 - 24 credits in courses in the School of Education. Students take different education courses and sequences of courses depending on their previous course work, teaching experience, and the certificates they hold.
Option A (30 credits)
Students with initial certification to teach health or physical education or Dance education must take
(a) All of these: SEED 7314X, SEED 7324X, SEED 7320T, and SEED 7650T, and,
(b) up to six (6) elective credits in SEED from among the following: SEED 7504X, SEED 7315X, SEED 7507T, SEED 7321T, or other elective courses approved by the SEED Health Teacher program coordinator, and,
(c) 12-18 credits in HNSC or related subjects at the graduate level with permission of the HNSC or SEED Health Teacher Program Coordinators.
Option B (30-31 credits)
Students with initial certification to teach in an area other than health or physical or dance education must take:
(a) All of these: SEED 7314X, SEED 7324X, SEED 7320T, and SEED 7650T,
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(b) up to six (6) elective credits in SEED from among the following: SEED 7504X, SEED 7315X, SEED 7507T, SEED 7321T, or other elective courses approved by the SEED Health Teacher program coordinator,
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(c) 12 -18 credits in HNSC or related subjects at the graduate level with permission of the HNSC or SEED Health Teacher Program Coordinators.
(d) All students, including those with certification(s) in an area other than physical education or Dance education must complete a supervised student teaching experience course, either SEED 7001 or SEED 7542, and a performance assessment course, SEED 7541.
Option C (31-37 credits)
Students who already have a master's degree in health or an allied field but no initial certification in teaching health must take all the following:
(a) SEED 7314X, SEED 7315X, and SEED 7507T
(b) SEED 7380T,
(c) CBSE or SEED 7671X,
(d) SEED 7324X,
(e) SEED 7541X, SEED 7542T, and SEED 7381T and SEED 7383T,
(f) SEED 7320T,
(g) SEED 7650T
Students must also take 6 credits in HNSC or related subjects or in education at the graduate level with permission of the HNSC or SEED Health Teacher Program Coordinators.
All students must take SEED 7320T, preferably in the final semester of study.
The program of study must be approved by the HNSC and SEED Health Teacher Program Coordinators.
