HPHE 3540 - Human Sexuality Education

This course provides students with knowledge and skills needed to design, implement, and evaluate health education curricula for grades K-6, including content- and process-oriented opportunities in sexuality education. Candidates will enhance their current understanding of human sexuality with knowledge and skills that will enable them to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and advocate for developmentally appropriate instruction related to evidence-based sexuality education. The course includes: (a) planning a developmentally appropriate instructional program for elementary students, (b) identifying and evaluating existing health curricula, and (c) implementing health lesson/units into primary and intermediate grade levels in a public school setting.

Credits: 4 hours

Restrictions: Restricted to majors/minors in Health Education and majors in Physical Education Teacher/Coach and Physical and Health Education Teacher Education : K-12.