Courses

½ credit of Health is required for graduation in Mississippi

Contemporary Health

(meets Technology requirement)
Contemporary Health is a high school course that helps students acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary for making healthy decisions, achieving health literacy, adopting health-enhancing behaviors, and promoting the health of others. In this course of study, emphasis is placed on personal, social, and mental health. It includes instruction on human growth and development, disease prevention and control, substance abuse and prevention, community and environmental health, nutrition and wellness, and safety and first aid.

Physical Education

Physical Education will help you acquire knowledge about health-related physical fitness and healthy lifestyles (such as regular physical activity and sound nutrition) that lead to physical fitness, health, and wellness. The class also will help you use self-management skills; become a good decision maker and problem solver; and become a good consumer of fitness, health, and wellness.

Nutrition and Wellness

Learn how to fuel your body, maintain your emotional and physical health, and find your way around the grocery store and kitchen. This course prepares you for a healthy life and provides you with the essential skills you need to plan and make healthy and delicious meals for you, your family, and your friends. You will learn how to budget for your meals, shop for groceries, and fit cooking into a busy schedule of school, work, and other responsibilities.