Offered by Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences

Physical Education Major

Physical Education PK-6 Teaching
Subject Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • FSID 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• Professional Sequence = 23 including:
  • TE 318, Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 34
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 102
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 18
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Physical Education PK-6 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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 (34 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • PE 100, Principles of Physical Education - 2 hours
     • PE 121, Sports Skills for Physical Education - 2 hours
     • PE 200, Teaching Sport Skills and Non-Rhythmic Activities - 3 hours
     • PE 241*, Rhythmic Activities for Physical Education Teachers - 2 hours
     • * Elementary Education majors may substitute PE 361 for PE 241.
     • PE 265, Emergency Medical Response - 2 hours
     • PE 310, Introduction to Human Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours
     • PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours
     • PE 340, Non-Rhythmic Physical Education - 1 hour
     • PE 360, Introduction to Anatomical Biomechanics - 4 hours
     • PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 441, Elementary Physical Education Methods - 3 hours
     • PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours
     • PE 471A, Field Experience in Elementary Physical Education - 2 hours
     • PE 488, Senior Seminar in Health and Physical Education - 1 hour