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

Kinesiology Requirements (57 credit hours)

(C or higher required for all major courses)

  • HPER-L 135  Learning Community: Physical Education-Exercise Science (1 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.)
  • HPER-P 204 Motor Development (3 cr.)
  • HPER-P 216 Current Concepts & Applications in Physical Fitness (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 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-R 100 (1 cr.)
  • HPER-F 255 Human Sexuality (3 cr.)
  • HPER-H 352 Secondary School Health Curriculum & Strategies (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, C 366 Community Health, HPER-H 318 Drug Use in American Society OR other course approved in advance by department chair or health education faculty.

Common Core General Education Requirements (30 credit hours)

*Course options for Common Core can be found at http://go.iupui.edu/gened.

  • Core Communication--Required:  ENG-W 131 English Composition I (3 cr.) (C or higher)
  • Core Communication--Required:  COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.) (C or higher)
  • Social Science--Choose course from *Common Core list (3 cr.) (Recommended:  PSY-B 110)
  • Social Science--Choose course from *Common Core list (3 cr.)
  • Cultural Understanding--Choose course from *Common Core list (3 cr.) (Recommended:  EDUC-E 201)
  • Arts & Humanities--Choose course from *Common Core list (3 cr.)
  • Life & Physical Science--Choose course from *Common Core list (3 cr.) (Recommended:  HPER-N 220)
  • Life & Physical Science--Required:  HPER-P 205 Structural Kinesiology (3 cr.)
  • Analytical Reasoning--Required:  Math 13000 Math for Elementary Teachers I (3 cr.)
  • Analytical Reasoning--Required:  Math 13100 Math for Elementary Teachers II (3 cr.)

Professional Education Requirements (35 credit hours)

Students must be admitted to the Physical Education Teacher Education program to enroll in these courses.  September 7th (for spring admission) and February 7th (for fall admission) 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 or higher 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 website (education.iupui.edu) for further details.

Block I

  • EDUC-M 322 Diversity & Learning: Reaching Every Adolescent (6 cr.)
  • EDUC-M 301 Diversity & Learning Field Experience (1 cr.)
  • EDUC-M 469 Content Area Literacy (3 cr.)

Block II

  • EDUC-K 306 Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Classrooms (3 cr.)
  • EDUC-M 404 Field Experience (0 cr.)
  • EDUC-S 420 Teaching & Learning in the Middle School (3 cr.)

Block III

  • EDUC-M 456 Content Methods (3 cr.)

Block IV

  • EDUC-M 482 Student Teaching:  All Grades (16 cr.)

Total:  122 credit hours