Health education is integral to the primary mission of schools today to ensure students have the knowledge and skills needed to become successful learners and healthy productive adults.
The hybrid CU Denver Health Education Certificate will provide you with skills grounded in foundational research and theories in health education. Core components of the certificate courses will focus on:
- Comprehensive Health Education
- Coordinated School Health
- National Health Education Standards
- Characteristics of effective health education curricula
Rocky Mountain Center
The program is developed by and offered in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education (RMC) —a nationally recognized leader in health education.
Since 1974, RMC has disseminated comprehensive school health education programs and provided in-service training to educators, parents, and others committed to improving health.
Admission Requirements
- The courses were designed for certified K-12 classroom teachers who are currently teaching, or are interested in teaching health education.
- The certificate accommodates teachers whose primary credential is not health, as well as those health educators who wish to further their knowledge regarding current trends in health education.
- You do not have to be admitted into a degree program to complete the certificate.