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Physical Education Teacher Education Major:All Levels (Early/Middle Childhood, Middle Level, Adolescence/Youth Adult)
Students who plan to teach in the elementary or secondary schools with a major or minor in Physical Education Teacher Education must also complete a complementary major in secondary education. Students completing this degree will be certified to teach physical education P-12 and health 7-12.
This teaching major requires a minimum of 53 credit hours.
Students must also pass all portions of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) and gain formal admission into the Teacher Education program in the Education Department.
Courses must include:
- PE 150 Foundations of Physical Education and Sport 3 cr.
- PE 155 Dance Patterns & Forms 2 cr
- PE 165 Gymnastics 2 cr
- PE 175 Experimental Education 2 cr
- PE 190 First Aid, Health & Safety 2 cr
- PE 191 1st Aid Inst. Certif. 1 cr, or PE 192 Sport First Aid 1 cr
- PE 230 Seminar in Health 3 cr
- PE 231 Substance Abuse & Health 3 cr
- PE 270 Teaching Swimming 2 cr
- PE 289 Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School 3 cr
- PE 315 Teaching of Team Sports 3 cr
- PE 325 Teaching Individual & Dual Sports 3 cr
- PE 360 Adapted Physical Education 3 cr
- PE 370 Kinesiology I 3 cr
- PE 410 Measurement & Evaluation in Physical Education 3 cr
- PE 489 (ED 489) The Teaching of Physical Education 3 cr
- One of the following:
- PE 372 Kinesiology II 3 cr
- PE 386 Fitness Assessment and Prescription 3 cr
- PE 440 Exercise Physiology 3 cr
Other Requirements Include:
- PSY 110 Introduction to Psychology 3 cr
- PSY 111 Psychology Lab 1 cr
- BIO 151 Human Physiology and Anatomy I 4 cr
- BIO 152 Human Physiology and Anatomy II 4 cr
- BIO 205 Fundamental Nutrition 3 cr, OR BIO 260 Human Nutrition 3 cr
- COMM 243 Public Communication 3 cr
The complementary major in Secondary Education for Physical Education Teacher Education must include:
ED 203, ED 304, ED 306, ED 308, ED 350,ED 351, ED 357, ED 450, ED 451, ED 452, ED 460, SPED 440, and ED 459
For further assistance please contact:
Dr. Brarbra Tyree, Director
Physical Education Teacher Education Program
barbara.tyree@valpo.edu