Recommended Four-Year Plan for Human Performance and Physical Education, Physical Education Licensure in Grades K-12 Concentration

It is the student’s responsibility to contact the program coordinator for current requirements and transfer information.

Freshman Year

BIO 201	Human Anatomy & Physiology I	4
HPPE 200	Foundations of Health, PE, and Sport	3
PSY 211	Developmental Psychology-Lifespan	3
Core LIT	Literature Core	3
Core HIS	History Core	3

BIO 202	Human Anatomy & Physiology II	4
EDU 201	Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education	2
HPPE 240	Nutrition for Heath & Performance	3
Core FA	Fine Arts Core	3
Core HUM	Humanities Core	3

EDU 308	Psychology of Learning and Cognition	3
EDU 331	Educational Assessment	4
EDU 422	Strategies for Teaching K-12 PE	3
HPPE 211	First Aid and Emergency Care	2
HPPE 320	Motor Learning	3
HPPE 401	Exercise Physiology	3

EDU 315	Exceptional Child	3
EDU 342	Classroom Management	3
HPPE 325	Activity Skills: Individual and Team Sports	3
HPPE 402	Administration of PE & Sport Programs	3
HPPE 406	Kinesiology/Biomechanics	3

EDU 458	Clinical Practice in PE Grades K-12	11
EDU 459	Clinical Practice Seminar, K-12	1

Apply for admission to the program as early as possible in the sophomore year.
No EDU– prefixed courses may be taken until the student is admitted to the Teacher Education Program at UT Southern (exceptions: EDU 101, EDU 201, EDU 308 and EDU 360 which are both cross listed).
Apply by October 1 for spring clinical practice, by March 1 for fall clinical practice.
All required sections of the Praxis II shall be passed prior to the clinical practice semester.