40 HOUR TEACHING MAJOR (MIDDLE/SECONDARY SCHOOL)

Degree Requirements - CURRICULUM EFFECTIVE FALL 2006

38 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 294, Teaching Team Sports, 2 hours PED 297, Techniques for Teaching Individual-Dual Sports, 2 hours PED 298, Foundations of Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Science, 3 hours PED 301, Field Experience in Mid/Sec School Physical Education, 1 hour PED 383, Kinesiology, 3 hours PED 387, Principles and Applications in Fitness Training, 3 hours PED 392, Adapted Physical Education, 3 hours PED 394, Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education, 3 hours *PED 395, Curriculum in Physical Education, 3 hours *PED 396, Teaching Physical Education, 3 hours PED 481, Physiology of Exercise, 3 hours *PRAXIS I TEST IS PRE-REQUISITE FOR PED 395/396.  STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF PASSING PRAXIS I.

+ 2 hours Physical Education electives

+ 18 hours from Education:

EDUC 196, 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.

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