Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 
    
    May 01, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Kinesiology: All Level Teacher Certification, BS


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This degree prepares students for a career teaching physical education at all levels. Students are prepared for the TExES  Physical Education Exam, the state exam for teacher certification in physical education.  

This concentration does not require a minor. Professional education hours fulfill the minor requirement.

Total number of hours required in this degree:

120-124 semester hours

Total number of hours required in major:

44 semester hours 

Total number of advanced hours required in the major:

24 semester hours

Total number of hours required in education: 

39 credit hours

Total number of advanced hours:

54 credit hours

Other Required Courses: 11 hrs


Suggested Sequencing of Courses


Total: 15-16 hrs


MATHEMATICS 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Must be the second course of the same foreign language

Total: 18-19 hrs


PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 16 hrs


Total: 15 hrs


Total: 18 hrs


Total: 18 hrs


Spring - Year Four


Total: 6 hrs


Note(s):


Prerequisites to the required courses in the major: BIOL 1421  and BIOL 1422  for KINE 3360 , KINE 3374 , and KINE 3377 .

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, validation of completion of:

  • overall semester hours - 122
  • institutional semester hours - 42
  • overall advanced hours - 36
  • institutional advanced hours - 24.

Required General Education courses:
BIOL 1421  MATH 1304  

SPAN 1411  SPAN 1412, CSCD 2341, CSCD 2342  or any two semesters of the same foreign language

Physical Education certification candidates may also add ESL, special education or bilingual certification to their degree plan.

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