Offered by Department of Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation & Leisure Studies:

Physical Education Major

Physical Education K-6 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

ED BAE 2505

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • English Language minimum = 9 including:
    • ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
    • ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • Humanities minimum = 12 including:
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
      • HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
      • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
  • Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
  • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
    • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
    • Take any GS course from:
      • Social Perspective,
      • Geographical Perspective or
      • Behavioral Perspective - 3 hours
  • Personal Development minimum = 3 including:
    • PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
• Professional Sequence = 28 including:
  • TE 318, Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 33
• Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
  Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 136
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Physical Education K-6 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 136
  All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

1. Physical Education K-6 Subject Endorsement Requirements (33 hours required)
   • Take 1 hour from:
     • PE 110GS, Basic Sports - 0.5 hour
       (swimming and tumbling)
   • Take all of the following:
     • PE 100, Principles of Physical Education - 2 hours
     • PE 240*, Non-Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours
     • PE 241*, Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours
     • * Elementary Education majors may substitute PE 340 and PE 361 for PE 240 and PE 241.
     • PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
     • PE 310, Introduction to Human Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours
     • PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours
     • PE 360, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours
     • PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 420, Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 441, Elementary School Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 471, Field Experience in Health & Physical Education - 2 hours (Coreq: TE 319)