University Catalog

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 101 or ENGL 101H2,G	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
MATH 151 or MATH 1612,G	College Algebra with Fundamentals  College Algebra	3	hours
PSYC 1012,G	General Psychology I	3	hours
††HS 131	Emergency Health Care	2	hours
††Kinesiology Lab 2xx1		1	hour
††Kinesiology Lab 2xx1		1	hour
††Kinesiology Lab 2xx1		1	hour
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

ENGL 102 or ENGL 102H2,G	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
MATH 162 or MATH 2412,G	Plane Trigonometry Elementary Statistics	3	hours
††HS 133	Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century	3	hours
††HS 162	Drugs and Society	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	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
†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
††Kinesiology Lab 2xx1		1	hour
††KIN 275	Anatomy and Anatomical Kinesiology	3	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

Second Semester

ZOO 2502,G	Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I	3	hours
ZOOL 2522	Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I	1	hour
††EPSY 301 or PSYC 204G	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents Developmental Psychology	3	hours
††HS 251	Health and Human Sexuality - Contemporary Perspectives	3	hours
††KIN 251	Motor Development and Movement	3	hours
††KIN 321	Motor Learning	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 315 or EDUC 316	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers	3	hours
††EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3	hours
††KIN 351	Physical Education in the Elementary School	3	hours
††KIN 392	Physiology of Exercise	3	hours
††KIN 491	Introduction to Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities	3	hours
††HS 461	The School Health Program	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††KIN 362	History of Sport and Physical Education	3	hours
††KIN 372	Biomechanics	3	hours
††KIN 431	Measurement and Evaluation	3	hours
††KIN 436	Psychosocial Dimensions of Physical Activity	3	hours
††KIN 460	Teaching Physical Education in the Secondary Schools	3	hours
††HS 401	The School Health Program	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

History ElectiveG		3	hours
CHEM 1012,G	General Chemistry I	3	hours
Music, Art, Dance, or TheatreG		3	hours
††EDUC 453	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools	6	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

^††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, 214, 221, 224, 226, and 228.
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.