Physical Education for Teacher Certification (Early Childhood through Adolescence), B.S.

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This major is administered by the School of Education . Additional policies for this major are available at this link.

The Physical Education Major satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 74-86 credits.

Required

Required Biology Courses

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.

Required Chemistry and Physics Courses

Take one:

CHEM 100 - Chemistry for the Citizen 3 cr.
PHYS 100 - Energy in Today’s World 3 cr.

Required Collateral Courses

PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology 3 cr.

Literature Courses

Take three credits of the following literature courses:

CMLT 102 - Masterpieces of the Western World 3 cr.
CMLT 350 - Special Problems 3 cr.
ENGL 106 - Reading Fiction 3 cr.
ENGL 108 - Reading Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 200 - Introduction to the Study of Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 211 - English Literature I 3 cr.
ENGL 212 - English Literature II 3 cr.
ENGL 213 - American Literature I 3 cr.
ENGL 214 - American Literature II 3 cr.
ENGL 280 - American Indian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 282 - Black Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 283 - Mythology in Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 285 - Women in Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 287 - Gay and Lesbian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 288 - Literature of Human Love and Sexuality 3 cr.
ENGL 289 - Popular Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 308 - Reading Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 309 - Forms and Modes in Literature 1-3 cr.
ENGL 310 - Modern Short Story 3 cr.
ENGL 311 - English Novel (British) 3 cr.
ENGL 312 - Modern Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 313 - American Novel 3 cr.
ENGL 314 - Modern Poetry 3 cr.
ENGL 319 - The Novel since 1850 3 cr.
ENGL 320 - American Realism and Naturalism 3 cr.
ENGL 329 - The American Renaissance 3 cr.
ENGL 361 - World Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 363 - Nature Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 365 - Science Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 366 - English Drama to Shaw (British) 3 cr.
ENGL 378 - Contemporary Fiction 3 cr.
ENGL 383 - Themes in Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 395 - Workshop in English 1-3 cr.
FREN 340 - Introduction to French Literature 3 cr.
GERM 340 - Introduction to German Literature 3 cr.
SPAN 340 - Introduction to Literature 3 cr.

Notes

State teacher licensing rules may change at any time due to legislative or licensing changes.

Physical Education Majors are required to follow the General Education Program requirements outlined in the Secondary/K-12 Education Curriculum for Teacher Certification .

You may NOT take courses pass/fail that lead to completion of the physical education, coaching, health education, or adapted physical education certification programs.

Content Knowledge Requirement

You must demonstrate knowledge of your content area in order to be licensed.

Demonstrate content knowledge by either:

Obtaining a 3.00 or higher in each teaching major and teaching minor OR
Submitting passing scores on the required state Praxis Subject Assessment exams

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

EDUC 400 - Student Teaching Seminar 1-2 cr.