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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 dance class (1 cr.) Select from ballet, folk, jazz, modern, social/ballroom, tap, world dance. Kickboxing, aerobics, and group exercise credit will not satisfy this requirement.

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 L135 Learning Community: Phys Educ-Exer Sci (1 cr.)
HPER H160 First Aid and Emergency Care (3 cr.)
HPER H163 Introduction to Health Education (3 cr.)
HPER N220 Nutrition for Health (3 cr.)
HPER P133 Teaching Individual and Dual Sport Activities (2 cr.)
HPER P156 Teaching Team Sport Activities (2 cr.)
HPER P195 History and Principles of Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER P200 Microcomputer Applications in Physical Education (3 cr.) (grade of C or higher required)
HPER P204 Motor Development (3 cr.)
HPER P205 Structural Kinesiology (3 cr.)
HPER P215 Principles and Practice of Exercise Science (3 cr.)
HPER P224 Teaching of Dance Activities (2 cr.)
HPER P244 Performance and Teaching of Cardiovascular Fitness (2 cr.)
HPER P245 Performance and Teaching of Resistance Training (2 cr.)
HPER P271 Individual Sports (1 cr.)
HPER P258 Activities People Special Needs (1 cr.)
HPER P290 Movement Experiences for Preschool and Elementary Children (2 cr.)
HPER P390 Growth and Motor Performance of School-Age Youth, K-12 (2 cr.)
HPER P397 Kinesiology (3 cr.)
HPER P398 Adapted Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER P405 Introduction to Sport Psychology (3 cr.)
HPER P409 Basic Physiology of Exercise (3 cr.)
HPER P411 Legal Issues in Sports Setting (3 cr.)
HPER P452 Motor Learning (3 cr.)
HPER P493 Tests and Measurements in Physical Education (3 cr.)
HPER P495 Laboratory Teaching in Physical Education Program (1 cr.)
HPER P497 Organizational and Curricular Structures of Physical Education K-12 (2 cr.)
HPER R275 Dynamics of Camp Leadership (2 cr.)
HPER F255 Human Sexuality (3 cr.)
HPER H317 Special Topics: Instructional Strategies in Health Education (3 cr.)
HPER H318 Drugs and American Society (3 cr.) or HPER H517 Student Assistance Program I (3 cr.)
HPER H464 Curriculum and Coordination of School Health Program (3 cr.)

Health elective: Select 6 credits from HPER F258 Marriage and Family; H180 Stress Prevention/ Management, H317 Health/Wellness Summer Institute, H414/515 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.)

COMM R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.)
ENG W131 Elementary Composition (3 cr.)
ENG W231 Professional Writing Skills or BUS X204 Business Communications (3 cr.)

A grade of C or higher is required in R110, W131, and W231 or BUS X204, and none of these three may be taken by correspondence.

B. Life Science and Mathematics (8 cr.)

BIOL N214+N215 Human Biology (4 cr.)
MATH 111 Algebra (4 cr.) or more advanced mathematics course

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

ANTH A104 Culture and Society (3 cr.) or similar cross-cultural course approved in advance
PSY B104 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 M301 Diversity and Learning Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC M303 Teaching and Learning in the Middle School Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC M322 Diversity and Learning: Reaching Every Adolescent (6 cr.)
EDUC M408 Methods of Teaching Physical Education Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC M425 Student Teaching in the Elementary School (8 cr.) or EDUC M451 Student Teaching in Junior High/Middle School (8 cr.)
EDUC M451 Student Teaching/Secondary School (8 cr.)
EDUC M456 Methods of Teaching Physical Education (3 cr.)
EDUC M469 Content Area Literacy (3 cr.)
EDUC S420 Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (3 cr.)

Total: 33 credit hours