The Department of Health and Safety Education was established in 1957, when the School of
Physical Education became the College of Physical Education with four departments. The
Department offers courses in public health education and school health education, leading to the B.S.
or M.S. degree as well as teacher certification in health education and driver education.1
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 49th Report, June 20, 1957, pp. 434-35.
Conference Proceedings, including proceedings of the Governor's Conference on Youth Fitness (1957) and the swimming pool conferences (1939-41).
The series includes 1967 posters for a health education research study of teen-age smoking.