Make Our World a Healthier Place: Get There With South Carolina State University’s Health Education Program
Ready to push yourself even further by expanding your education and your career? Thinking about a career as a health program coordinator or public health educator?
At South Carolina State University, our health education services degree will help you develop the additional skills and knowledge to excel in health education careers in a variety of settings, including government, academia, health care, business, and the community.
Our health education degree — which is a concentration within our physical education degree — will prepare you for a career in promoting, improving, and protecting the health of people across their lifespan. As a health education program graduate, you’ll be skilled in promoting positive behavior change and healthy lifestyles and ready for an active career in physical education and health education areas. You may seek career positions like health program manager, public health educator, or other positions in health care, wellness, and beyond.
Choosing the health education program option also allows you to gain hands-on experience through service learning programs and practicum opportunities. Combining your physical education degree program with aspects of a health education degree, you’ll be well-prepared to launch your career or prepare for graduate school.
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Method of Instruction
- Face-to-face
- Online
- Hybrid
Health Education Program Highlights
Combining your physical education degree with components of a health education degree program, you’ll gain knowledge and skills in both areas, as well as better understand how to leverage both disciplines to develop healthful strategies to benefit the whole person. By choosing SC State for your degree, you’ll enjoy a number of advantages, including the ability to:
Gain real-world experience to hit the ground running
Take advantage of ample opportunities to gain hands-on experience in the community. Through service-learning opportunities, an extensive practicum experience, and possibly a student research assistant position, you’ll develop a strong background of putting theory into practice that will help you stand out to employers.
Develop your individual career path with personal career advising
You’ll work closely with your educational and career adviser to chart your course to graduation and beyond. Developing your personal education plan will include optimizing your health education program courses and experiences based on your career goals.
Build your personal and professional network
Connect with peers and professionals in organizations like the Health and Physical Education Majors’ Society, the South Carolina Public Health Association, and the South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Earn a well-respected degree that is also affordable
South Carolina State offers you an outstanding education and a respected degree. We are the only public, land-grant HBCU in the state, and we are frequently rated as one of the most affordable four-year schools in South Carolina.