Matriculation and Continuation Standards

Requirements for acceptance into the school health education major program include: meeting Hofstra University’s general admissions standards and an interview with the program coordinator for advisement and scheduling. All school health education majors must meet the following criteria to continue in the program:

1. A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better in the following categories:
   1. All course work completed at Hofstra
   2. All required school health education major course work.
2. Recommendation of the major adviser.
3. Recommendation of the School Health Education Program Coordinator.

Final admission to the program is made by the Chairperson of the Department of Health Professions and Kinesiology upon recommendation of the department faculty.

Student Teaching Prerequisites

After completing at least 19 hours of professional education course work, including the special teaching-methods courses, students may apply for admission into student teaching. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Field Placement in Hagedorn Hall and returned by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.  Admission criteria are as follows:

1. A cumulative GPA of 2.5 on overall course work or permission of adviser;
2. No grade lower than C- and no unresolved INC grades in professional education course work;
3. A GPA of 2.5 or higher in all course work.

Teacher Certification Requirements

Upon the successful completion of a teacher education program students will be eligible to apply for the University’s recommendation for New York State certification. For Initial Certification, students are required to have passing scores on each of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE): The Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST), The Assessment of Teaching Skills—Written (ATS-W), and The Content Specialty Test (CST). Students not receiving passing scores on all three examinations will not be eligible for certification.

Degree Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 128

In order to ensure that prospective teachers have a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences, all students must complete course work from each of the content areas as described on the distribution sheet for the program. The Bachelor of Science degree program in School Health Education requires 64 hours of study in the liberal arts and sciences. While the student has some flexibility, the following list of course work must be completed as part of those 64 semester hours in liberal arts and sciences. Some of the courses can be found in more than one category.

Candidates for graduation must fulfill the following requirements:

Distribution of Semester Hours By Specific Area

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