undergraduate Programs

Coordinated Program in dietetics

Dietetics is a rapidly growing field with many diverse career opportunities for the professional interested in food and nutrition. An individual wanting to become a Registered Dietitian (RD) must complete an accredited 4 year academic program and supervised practice experience before taking the national registration examination. The Coordinated Program in Dietetics includes both the academic (didactic) and supervised practice experiences within a 4 year period. With a Coordinated Program, there is no worry about completing course work and then not being accepted for an internship. It all comes as one package!
Catalog information about Coordinated Program Dietetics

Driver Education Licensure

Indiana State University’s Driver Education License Program, an instructor preparation program, offers 9 credit hours that prepare you to instruct driver education. The program can be completed on campus or through distance learning. ISU’s program is the only one that blends classroom, laboratory, and range and on-the-road instruction. Courses are developed and taught by ISU faculty.

Our program is ideal for:

Currently licensed teachers wanting to add driver education as a subject area for public or private schools, or
Individuals wanting to teach driver education in commercial settings.
Indiana State University’s Driver Education License Program is recognized by the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association to provide teacher training for traffic safety educators.

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Students choose to become teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) because they believe wholeheartedly in the central focus of FACS Education – preparing individuals to become independent, assume family roles, contribute to the good of the community and society, balance work and family, and transfer personal skills to the workplace.
In addition to looking forward to a dynamic and satisfying career, students majoring in FACS Education can expect to choose from a variety of career opportunities, as there continues to be a shortage of FACS teachers in Indiana and across the nation. In fact, many teaching positions remain unfilled by qualified teachers and the shortage is expected to continue for years to come.
Graduates of the FACS Education program are not restricted to teaching in middle schools or high schools. The degree provides a rich background of knowledge and experiences that can be transferred to employment in social service agencies, cooperative extension service, business, and industry.

Food Service Management

The Food Service Management program at Indiana State University prepares students for a wide variety of exciting potential career opportunities. Food Service is one of the fastest growing fields in the United States and offers qualified professionals excellent job placement, an opportunity for rapid advancement, and a fulfilling and rewarding future in an exciting, diverse field.

Health Sciences Major

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Environmental Health
- A new and exciting option in the Health Sciences Program at Indiana State, the environmental health concentration is specially designed to meet your needs if you are planning a career as an environmental health specialist trained to deal with the growing concerns and issues facing our environment. Your study in environmental health includes course work in such areas as pollution prevention and control; water, air, soil, and food protection; industrial health and safety; environmental law; hazardous substances and waste materials; statistics; toxicology, epidemiology, and health promotion planning and evaluation. The concentration’s requirements also include an internship in environmental health. Upon completion of your study you are eligible to take the state examination to become a registered environmental health specialist.
Health Administration
- Developed to meet your needs and interests in the administration of health agencies, both private and public, the health administration concentration combines studies in the health sciences with courses in business. Courses in the health administration concentration focus on health-related subjects such as epidemiology, environmental health, and health promotion and planning, plus classes in business administration and human resource development. You must also complete an internship in a health agency. Upon graduation you are qualified to take the Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) Examination, the national examination for certification in health education.
Public Health
- Study in the public health concentration provides you with a solid foundation and background in public health issues. Through classroom learning and field experiences you receive training in the development of solutions designed to improve and maintain the well-being of the public and their communities. Included in your study are classes in research into health concepts, substance abuse education, health promotions planning and evaluation, and communicable and chronic diseases. As a graduate of the public health concentration you are eligible to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Examination to be certified at the national level.
School Health education
- School Health is one of the oldest and most respected programs at Indiana State University. A career as a school health educator means you play a vital role in preparing youth at the secondary school level (grades six to 12) to understand and meet today’s health challenges both inside and outside the classroom. The school health concentration offers you a scientific course of study in the areas of health education and rich experiential opportunities. Your program incorporates an exciting student teaching experience and study in health education courses that include substance abuse education, mental health/stress education, consumer health, health literacy, and communicable and chronic disease education.
Health Psychology
- This option will prepare students who would like to work as health educators in the area of mental health and health behavior modification. Much of what health educators do is work with people to help them change behaviors to improve health. Understanding why individuals engage in unhealthy behaviors even when they know it is not healthy is essential to being successful in helping people adopt healthier lifestyles. Course work includes study in epidemiology, health promotion planning and evaluation, research, statistics, psychology of health behavior, interview skills—plus an internship in a health agency. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) Examination, the national certification for health education.

Human Development and Family Studies

Working with families and children offers both challenges and opportunities to truly make a difference in the world. The obstacles of everyday life are so formidable that many people require assistance from qualified professionals.
Family life education seeks to build strong, healthy families and strengthen family life from an informed educational perspective. The foundation of family life education is found in a broad array of topics including human development across the lifespan, human sexuality, resource management (e.g. time, money), parent education, ethical considerations and public policy.
Those who possess expertise in family life education possess the ability to bring out the best in others and to help persons in need to attain a higher degree of life fulfillment.

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Gerontology Certificate

Catalog information about the Gerontology Certificate
- (note AHS 302 (Health Promotion and Aging) is not yet listed in the catalog, it is required for the Gerontology Certificate)

Minors

Community Health Minor

Environmental Health Sciences Minor

Food and Nutrition Minor

General Family and Consumer Sciences Minor

Human Development and Family Studies Minor

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