Physical Education Minor
A minor in physical education that explores the avenues of exercise, movement and wellness. The student may desire to plan for teaching physical education K-12 and will need to meet the additional courses to fulfill the requirements for teacher certification, or to work in the allied health field in fitness, wellness or coaching.
Minor Requirements (17 credits):
- MAT-112 Intro to Statistics (3 cr)
- BIO-104 Intro to Human Anatomy (3 cr)
- BIO-105 Intro to Exercise Physiology & Laboratory (4 cr)
- KIN -151 Personal Fitness (1 cr)
- KIN-200 Foundations of Physical Education (3 cr)
or
KIN-201 Introduction to Health (3 cr) - KIN-319 Kinesiology (3 cr)
Certification (14 credits):
Additional courses for Idaho State Department of Education certification purposes must include:
- KIN-170 Team Sports Skills (2 cr)
- KIN-171 Lifetime Leisure Activities (2 cr)
- KIN-201 Intro to Health (3 cr)
- KIN-244 Care and Prevention of injuries (3 cr)
- KIN-324 Management of Sport, PE and Recreation Programs (2 cr)
- KIN-328 Elementary Curriculum Planning/Health & PE (2 cr)
or
KIN-329 Secondary Curriculum Planning (2 cr)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a competence in Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Mechanical Analysis of Human movement.
- Understand the concepts and the variety of adaptations associated with fundamental sport skills.
- Create avenues for personal wellness/fitness and using sound information, select appropriate principles of application.
- Development and implement a personalized wellness plan.
- Use critical and reflective approaches to assess teaching, learning, activity, fitness and sport participation.