Health Studies is designed primarily as a teacher preparation program for graduates who have earned undergraduate degrees in fields other than health education and who wish to complete the Massachusetts teacher licensure requirements in health/family and consumer sciences. Completion of this program will therefore allow graduate students to qualify for initial Massachusetts teacher licensure in Health/Family and Consumer Sciences (all levels).

The Master’s candidate may choose from the M.Ed. or the M.S. Degree (thesis required for this option). Each student must complete a minimum of 32 graduate credits.  Prerequisites and student teaching do not count toward the 32 graduate credits.  Candidates for licensure must maintain a 3.0 professional gpa, and pass the Communications and Literacy, and Health/Family Consumer Sciences portions of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure.

Requirements for Admission

1. A bachelor’s degree with satisfactory record from an accredited college or university
2. Submission of Graduate Record Examination score taken within five years of the date of the application
3. An undergraduate major in health studies equivalent to that offered at Springfield College. If this preparation is incomplete, it must be made up by study in addition to master’s degree requirements. Please refer to the prerequisites listed below. 

Standards for Practicum/Clinical Teaching Placement

All Health/Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Licensure students must meet the following specific requirements along with those identified for Teacher Preparation Program Admission.

1. Complete all prerequisites for specific program (may be in process)
2. Meet or exceed a 3.0 professional cumulative index, consisting of any courses taken with the following prefixes: EDUC, HLTH, and PSYC. (Minimum 2.75 GPA for all undergraduate prerequisite courses taken at Springfield College.)
3. Earn a grade of B or better in either HLTH 502 or HLTH 603.
4. Students must also receive a grade of B or better in pre-practicum in order to be eligible to begin the practicum experience.
5. Demonstrate the personal characteristics needed to become a teacher (for example: responsible, dependable, hard working, professional, committed to field of education) 
6. Passed the Massachusetts Tests for Education Licensure - Communications and Literacy Skills Test and the Health Education Subject Test.
7. Recommendation for practicum placement by department.

Contact Person
Dr. Michelle Moosbrugger
Telephone: (413) 748-3486
E-Mail: mmoosbrugger@springfieldcollege.edu

Prerequisites

• Anatomy and Physiology I
• Anatomy and Physiology II
• Basic Teaching Methods - (EDUC 234)
• Growth and Development 
• First Aid / CPR
• Pre-Practicum
• Multicultural Course
• Basic Nutrition 
• Substance Use and Abuse
• Human Sexuality
• Families in Society 
• Consumer Health 
• Physical Fitness 

This program of study is subject to change due to changes being made to the Massachusetts Department of Education licensure regulations.