Curriculum in Health and Physical Education Grades K-12

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR


First Semester

ENGL 1012,G,H Freshman Composition 3 hours
MATH 151/1612,G College Algebra with FundamentalsCollege Algebra 3 hours
PSYC 1012,G General Psychology I 3 hours
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††HS 131 Emergency Health Care 2 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

ENGL 1022,G,H Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
MATH 162 or
MATh 2412,G
Plane Trigonometry
Elementary Statistics
3 hours
History
ElectiveG,H
  3 hours
††HS 133 Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century             3 hours
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
  Total: 15 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR


First Semester

ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 2322,G,H
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
GBIO 1512,G General Biology I                 3 hours
BIOL 1522 General Biology Laboratory I 1 hour
COMM 2102,G Communicating in the Classroom                         3 hours
Music, Art,
Dance, or
TheatreG,H
  3 hours
††HS 162 Drugs and Society 3 hours
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
††Kinesiology
Lab 2xx1
  1 hour
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

 †††EDUC 203 Foundations of Education 2 hours 
††EDUC 212 Diversity in the Classroom 1 hour
ZOO 2502,G Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I 3 hours
ZOOL 2522 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I 1 hour
††KINL 221 Theories and Practice of Elementary School
Physical Education
1 hour
††KINL 222 Theories and Practice of Teaching Dance 1 hour
††KIN 251 Motor Development and Movement 3 hours
††KIN 275 Anatomy and Anatomical Kinesiology 3 hours
††HS 251 Health and Human Sexuality - Contemporary Perspectives 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR


First Semester

††EPSY 301G Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3 hours
††EDUC 315 Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers 3 hours
††KIN 321 Motor Learning 3 hours
††KIN 362 History of Sport and Physical Education 3 hours
††KIN 392 Physiology of Exercise 3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††KIN 351 Physical Education in the Elementary School,   3 hours
††KIN 372 Biomechanics 3 hours
††KIN 426 Strength Development and Conditioning Programs 3 hours
††KIN 431 Measurement and Evaluation 3 hours
††HS 461 The School Health Program 3 hours
CHEM 1012,G General Chemistry I 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR


First Semester

††EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3 hours
††HS 401 Health Instruction 3 hours
††KIN 436 Psychosocial Dimensions of Physical Activity 3 hours
††KIN 460 Teaching Physical Education in the Secondary Schools 3 hours
††KIN 491 Introduction to Physical Education for Individuals
with Disabilities
3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

Second Semester

EDUC 486 Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools 9 hours
  Total: 9 hours

 

Total semester hours required 124

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses
HHonors students to take Honors course option.

††Major course; grade of C or higher is required.
†††Major course; grade of B or higher is required.
1Kinesiology Labs required for this degree are: 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222.
2Grade of "C" or higher is required.

 

Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies

The Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education Grades K-12 fulfills Louisiana requirements for teacher certification in both health and physical education (K-12). Graduation requirements include a 2.5 GPA and earning a grade of "C" or better in all major courses plus courses in mathematics, English, and the sciences. Students must also earn passing scores on teacher licensure exams (PRAXIS), participate in a group interview screening process, complete a professional portfolio, and meet other requirements of the University's teacher education program described in the College of Education section of this catalog.