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Teaching Major (Grades K - 12) - (52 Hours)
Degree Requirements
| Physical Education (44 hours) | |
| 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 for 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 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. | |
| Physical Education Electives (8 hours) | |
| Education (18 hours) | |
| 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. | |
| Student Teaching (15 hours) | |
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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