52 HOUR TEACHING MAJOR (GRADES K - 12)

Degree Requirements - CURRICULUM EFFECTIVE FALL 2008

44 hours from Physical Education:

PED 155, Dance Activities, 1 hour  PED 162, Hiking and Outdoor Education, 1 hour  PED 281, Personal Health Science, 3 hours PED 282, First Aid, 2 hours  PED 291, Motor Behavior, 2 hours  PED 292, Rhythms, 2 hours PED 293, Teaching Developmental Activities, 2 hours PED 294, Teaching Team Sports, 2 hours PED 296, Self-testing and Movement Fundamentals, 1 hour                           PED 297, Techniques Teaching Individual & Dual Sports, 2 hours PED 298, Foundations of Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Science, 3 hours  PED 299, Field Experience in Elementary School Physical Education, 1 hour  PED 301, Field Experience Middle/Sec. School Physical Education, 1 hour  PED 383, Kinesiology, 3 hours  PED 387, Principles & Applications in Fitness Training for P.E. Teaching Majors, 3 hours  PED 392, Adapted Physical Education, 3 hours  PED 394, Measurement/Evaluation Physical Education, 3 hours  *PED 395, Curriculum Construction in Physical Education, 3 hours  *PED 396, Teaching Physical Education, 3 hours                                             PED 481, Physiology of Exercise I, 3 hours *PRAXIS I exam is pre-requisite for PED 395 and PED 396.  Students must provide evidence of passing PRAXIS I.

+ 8 hours Physical Education electives

+ 18 hours from Education:

EDUC 196/EDUC 103, Foundations of Reflective Teaching, 3 hours EDUC 214, Instructional Technology in Education, 3 hours EDUC 302, Cultural Diversity and Human Relations, 3 hours *EDUC 304, Growth and Development Early Adolescence, 3 hours *EDUC 488, The Middle School Curricullum, 3 hours  EDUC 493, Teaching Reading in Content Area, 3 hours  *THESE COURSES MUST BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY.

+ 15 hours student teaching semester

PLEASE NOTE: Satisfy 50 hour University Core Curriculum (UCC) requirement. Students must have "C" or better in ALL courses to satisfy degree requirements. Students must pass the PRAXIS I test SOPHOMORE YEAR.  Application to teacher education is done after 55 hours have been completed.  Application to student teaching is done 1 year prior to student teaching semester.  Students MUST complete a minimum of 39 semester hours of 300-400 level classes. BIOL 121 & BIOL 122 (Anatomy & Physiology I and II) are required for all Physical Education majors.

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