Physical Education/Health Teaching Major, B.S.

Required Before Teacher Education Program entry:

• EDUC 140 - Multicultural Foundations of Education
• EDUC 195 - Teacher Education Seminar I: Teachers and Technologies in the 21st Century
• EDUC 200 - Human Development & Education
• EDUC 214 - Early Adolescent Development
• EDUC 280 - General Methods & Assessment

Required After Teacher Education Program entry, before Student Teaching

• EDUC 394 - Teacher Education Seminar II
• ENGL 335 - Reading in the Content Areas

Required After Teacher Education Program entry, during Student Teaching:

• EDUC 485 - Supervised Student Teaching: All Grades
• EDUC 493 - Teacher Education Seminar III

Required:

• PHED 126 - Nutrition, Health, and Fitness
• PHED 169 - Survey of Anatomy and Physiology
• PHED 210 - Teaching Rhythms and Aerobics
• PHED 211 - Teaching Basic Aquatic Skills
• PHED 228 - Coaching Weight Training
• PHED 241 - First Aid and Emergency Care
• PHED 242 - Foundations of Health Education
• PHED 243 - Personal and Community Health
• PHED 260 - Individual Sports Skills
• PHED 270 - Team Sports Skills
• PHED 274 - Outdoor Education
• PHED 305 - Human Sexuality
• PHED 310 - Curriculum Design in Physical Education
• PHED 315 - Drug/Chemical Use and Abuse
• PHED 325 - School Health Programs
• PHED 352 - Assessment and Evaluation of Physical Education
• PHED 360 - Physiology of Exercise
• PHED 367 - Methods and Materials in Physical Education for the Elementary School
• PHED 370 - Adaptive Physical Education
• PHED 375 - Community Health Programs
• PHED 385 - Middle/Secondary PE Methods
• PHED 410 - Curriculum and Evaluation of Health Education
• PHED 472 - Kinesiology

Recommended Supporting Courses:

• EDUC 225 - Classroom Management
• PHED 219 - Theory of Coaching
• PHED 221 - Coaching Basketball
• PHED 222 - Coaching Track and Field
• PHED 223 - Coaching Baseball/Softball
• PHED 224 - Coaching Football
• PHED 227 - Team Sports Officiating
• PHED 231 - Coaching Volleyball
• PHED 232 - Coaching Soccer

Note:

All professional education, general education courses for teachers, major, endorsement, and supporting courses require a grade of “C” or better for teacher licensure and graduation.

All students who have declared Physical Education as their major are required to complete the annual fall fitness testing. Failure to complete the test will result in a delay of enrolling in further PHED, EXSS, and EDUC courses. If a student is unable to complete any of the fitness testing components due to documented injury, illness, or disability, the Department of Exercise and Sports Science will provide appropriate accommodations that will 1) enable them to complete the test component as it was intended, or 2) provide a suitable component that satisfies the testing criteria and is accommodating to the student’s need.

Typical Courses for Students Majoring in Exercise and Sports Science Programs

Recommended courses vary by major