School of Health & Human Sciences
Undergraduate Programs
Physical Education Teacher Education
Physical education teachers transform lives. For some children, they’re the first adults to promote healthy, active lifestyles. A degree in Physical Education Teacher Education provides an understanding of effective and innovative programming to support youth physical activity and wellness
This program for preparing physical education teachers is the oldest in the nation, meets all standards of the Indiana Department of Education, and is founded on the guidelines of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
Graduates earn an all-grade (pre-K–12) Indiana teacher’s license for physical education and have many options for student teaching.
Student Learning Outcomes - Physical Education Teacher Education
- Apply discipline specific and theoretical concepts when developing physically educated individuals.
- Demonstrate competent movement and health enhancing fitness skills.
- Implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences to address the diverse needs of all students.
- Use effective communication and pedagogical skills and strategies to enhance student engagement and learning.
- Utilize assessments and reflection to foster student learning and make informed instructional decisions.
- Demonstrate dispositions essential to becoming effective professionals.
- Employ practical skills (i.e., technology or theory) to analyze and describe human movement.
Learn more about the Physical Education Teacher Education major via the School of Health and Human Sciences website.
Physical Education Teacher Education Curriculum
IU Indianapolis General Education Core
Physical Education Teacher Education majors must fulfill the IU Indianapolis general education requirements corresponding to Indiana College Core.
A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater must be earned in the general education courses.
Core Communication (6 credits)
- ENG-W 131: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry I (3 credits) or ENG-W 140: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry: Honors (3 credits) completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher
- COMM-R 110: Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)
Analytical Reasoning (6 credits)
- MATH-I 130: Math for Elementary Teachers I (3 credits), completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher
- MATH-I 131: Math for Elementary Teachers II (3 credits)
- Cultural Understanding (3 credits)
Life and Physical Sciences (6 credits) This requirement is satisfied with the following courses:
- Life & Physical Sciences Competency (3 credits)
- KINE-P 205: Structural Kinesiology (3 credits)
Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences (9 credits)
- Arts & Humanities (3 credits)
- Social Sciences (3 credits)
- Additional Arts & Humanities or Social Science (3 credits)
Physical Education Teacher Education requirements
Kinesiology Courses
A grade of C or higher must be earned in all HPER and KINE courses
- HPER-F 255: Human Sexuality (3 credits)
- HPER-H 352: Secondary School Health Curriculum & Strategies (3 credits)
- HPER-H 464: Coordinated School Health Programs (3 credits)
- KINE-L 135: Learning Community: Physical Education - Exercise Science (1 credit)
- KINE-P 157: Teaching Individual & Team Activities (3 credits)
- KINE-P 195: History & Principles of Health and PE (3 credits)
- KINE-P 200: Microcomputer Applications in Kinesiology (3 credits)
- KINE-P 204: Motor Development (3 credits)
- KINE-P 216: Current Concepts & Applications in Physical Fitness (3 credits)
- KINE-P 224: Teaching of Dance Activities (2 credits)
- KINE-P 246: Performance & Teaching of Cardiovascular & Resistance Training (3 credits)
- KINE-P 258: Performance & Teaching of Activities for Persons w/Special Needs (1 credits)
- KINE-P 290: Movement Experiences for Preschool & Elementary Children (3 credits)
- KINE-P 390: Growth & Motor Performance of School Age Youth K-12 (2 credits)
- KINE-P 397: Kinesiology (3 credits)
- KINE-P 398: Adapted Physical Education (3 credits)
- KINE-P 493: Tests & Measurements in Physical Education (3 credits)
- KINE-P 495: Lab Teaching & Physical Education Program (1 credit)
- KINE-P 497: Organizational & Curricular Structures of Physical Education K-12 (2 credits)
- KINE-R 275: Dynamics of Camp Leadership (3 credits)
- Selected Health Elective. Complete 6 credits from the following:
- HPER–F 258: Marriage and Family Interaction (3 credits)
- HPER–H 180: Stress Prevention and Management (3 credits)
- HPER–H 318: Drug Use in American Society (3 credits)
- HPER–H 350: Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Health (3 credits)
Education Blocks
A grade of C or higher must be earned in all EDUC courses
Block I
- EDUC-M 322: Diversity & Learning: Reaching Every Adolescent (6 credits)
- EDUC-M 403: Laboratory/Field Experience (1 credit)
- EDUC-L 441: Bilingual Education: Introduction (3 credits)
Block ll
- EDUC-K 306: Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Classrooms (3 credits)
- EDUC-M 404: Field Experience (1 credit)
- EDUC-S 420: Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (3 credits)
Block III
- EDUC-M 456: Methods of Teaching Physical Education (3 credits)
Block IV
- EDUC-M 482: Student Teaching (14 credits)
