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Teacher Education Physical Eduation and Health Education Plan of Study

This program will lead to a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education degree and Indiana teaching certification in health education and physical education (dual licensure) at the elementary, junior high/middle school, and high school levels.

Physical Education Requirements

Students must pass a departmental swimming test; if necessary, students must take lessons or class, then retest.

Elective HPER activity class: (1 cr.) Students must obtain advance approval from academic advisor; activity should be new to the student. Elective dance class requirement does not meet this requirement.

HPER-L 135 Learning Community: Physical Education-Exercise Science (1 cr.)
HPER-H 160 First Aid & Emergency Care (3 cr.)
HPER-H 163 Introduction to Health Education (3 cr.)
HPER-N 220 Nutrition for Health (3 cr.)
HPER-P 157 Teaching Individual & Team Activities (3 cr.)
HPER-P 195 History & Principles of Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER-P 200 Microcomputer Applications in Kinesiology (3 cr.) (grade of C or higher required)
HPER-P 204 Motor Development (3 cr.)
HPER-P 205 Structural Kinesiology (3 cr.)
HPER-P 215 Principles & Practice of Exercise Science (3 cr.)
HPER-P 224 Teaching of Dance Activities (2 cr.)
HPER-P 246 Performance & Teaching of Cardio & Resistance Training (3 cr.)
HPER-P 271 Individual Sport (1 cr.)
HPER-P 258 Performance & Teaching of Activities for Persons with Special Needs (1 cr.)
HPER-P 290 Movement Experiences for Preschool & Elementary Children (2 cr.)
HPER-P 390 Growth & Motor Performance of School-Age Youth K-12 (2 cr.)
HPER-P 397 Kinesiology (3 cr.)
HPER-P 398 Adapted Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER-P 405 Introduction to Sport Psychology (3 cr.)
HPER-P 409 Basic Physiology of Exercise (3 cr.)
HPER-P 411 Legal Issues in Sport Settings (3 cr.)
HPER-P 452 Motor Learning (3 cr.)
HPER-P 493 Tests & Measurements in Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER-P 495 Laboratory Teaching in Physical Education Program (1 cr.)
HPER-P 497 Organizational & Curricular Structures of Physical Education K-12 (2 cr.)
HPER-R 275 Dynamics of Camp Leadership (2 cr.)
HPER-F 255 Human Sexuality (3 cr.)
HPER-H 317 Special Topics: Instructional Strategies in Health Education (3 cr.)
HPER-H 318 Drug Use in American Society (3 cr.) OR HPER-H 517 Student Assistance Program I (3 cr.)
HPER-H 464 Coordinated School Health Program (3 cr.)

Health elective: Select 6 credits from HPER-F 258 Marriage and Family Interaction, HPER-H 180 Stress Prevention & Management, HPER-H 317 Health & Wellness Summer Institute, HPER-H 414/515 Health Education in Grades K-8 OR other course approved in advance by department chair or health education faculty.

Total: 87 credit hours

General Education Requirements

A. Humanities (9 cr.)--A grade of C or higher is required. None of these may be taken by correspondence.

COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.)
ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition (3 cr.)
ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills OR BUS-X 204 Business Communications (3 cr.)

B. Life Science and Mathematics (8 cr.)

BIOL-N 214 + BIOL-N 215 Human Biology (4 cr.)
STAT 11300 Statistics and Society (3 cr.) OR more advanced mathematics course

C. Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 cr. minimum)

ANTH-A 104 Culture and Society (3 cr.) OR similar cross-cultural course approved in advance
PSY-B 104 Psychology as a Social Science (3 cr.)

Electives: Choose 3 credit hours from one of the following departments:

Economics
Geography (nonphysical)
History
Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS 252, OLS 274)
Political Science
Sociology
Women’s Studies

Total: 26 credit hours

Professional Education Requirements

Students must be admitted to the School of Education teacher education program to enroll in these courses. October 7 and February 10 are the deadlines for submission of teacher education applications to the School of Education. Students must pass three assessment benchmarks in addition to meeting grade point requirements. Courses must be taken in the prescribed sequence and are offered only in the daytime and in fall and summer semesters. Grades of C are required in all classes; however, a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher is required throughout the professional education courses. See the School of Education Web site (education.iupui.edu) for further details.

EDUC-M 301 Diversity & Learning Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC-M 303 Teaching & Learning in the Middle School Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC-M 322 Diversity & Learning: Reaching Every Adolescent (6 cr.)
EDUC-M 408 Methods of Teaching Physical Education Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC-M 425 Student Teaching in the Elementary School (8 cr.) OR EDUC-M 451 Student Teaching in Junior High/Middle School (8 cr.)
EDUC-M 451 Student Teaching/Secondary School (8 cr.)
EDUC-M 456 Methods of Teaching Physical Education (3 cr.)
EDUC-M 469 Content Area Literacy (3 cr.)
EDUC-S 420 Teaching & Learning in the Middle School (3 cr.)

Total: 33 credit hours