May 19, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Physical Education, B.S.

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University General Education Requirements

Department: Health Education, Physical Education and Recreation

Chairperson: Mark Kutame

Content Designations: HS, PE

The Department of Health Education, Physical Education, and Recreation (HEPER) offers a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Physical Education. The department also offers minors in health education, recreation, and physical education. The Physical Education Program provides courses of study in physical education with career opportunities in teaching, coaching, health education, driver education, and fitness certification.

The Physical Education Program is accredited by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and meets Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) standards in physical education. Completion of the Physical Education Program qualifies students for an initial Professional Educator License endorsed in physical education for grades pre K-12. Licensure requires the successful completion of the Physical Education Content Test and edTPA.

General Requirements

Students are responsible for meeting the program and College requirements in effect at the time they officially register in a teacher education program leading to certification at Chicago State University, regardless of when they were admitted to the university.
Admission to the program is contingent upon good academic standing and acceptance by the department.
All core concentration courses taken cannot be older than 7 years based on catalog year.
All student teachers will demonstrate they have met the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, including mastery of the content knowledge as evidenced by a passing score on the Illinois Certification Content Area Test in Physical Education. Students must submit proof of passing the licensure test to the Office of Clinical Partnerships and Community Outreach before they will be allowed to apply to student teach. In addition, all candidates must pass the edTPA before completing student teaching.
All degree requirements must be completed within six years.
Students must complete 120 credit hours: 36 credit hours in general education, 51 credit hours in area of specialization, and 33 credit hours in professional education.

NOTE: Candidates must abide by all College policies stated in this catalog, unless exceptions or adherence to higher expectations are noted in program documentation.

Specific Requirements

General Education (36 credit hours)

(6) credit hours of Composition:

ENG 1230 - Writers’ Workshop I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1270 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1240 - Writers’ Workshop II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1280 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3

(3) credit hours of Oral Communication:

CMAT 1130 - Communication for Professionals Credit Hours: 3 (recommended)

(3) credit hours in Mathematics:

MATH 1200 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3 or higher math course

(9) credit hours in Humanities and Fine Arts

two electives from Humanities and one from Fine Arts:

ART 2150 - Survey of Women Artists Credit Hours: 3 recommended

(6) credit hours from Natural Sciences:

BIOL 1080 - Bi Sci Survey II Credit Hours: 3 (recommended);
physical science elective (including at least one laboratory course)

(9) credit hours in Social Sciences:

PSYC 1100 - Intro To Psyc Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2040 - Psyc Chldhd&Adoles Credit Hours: 3 (required) and one other social science.

NOTE:

Students who enter the Physical Education pre K-12 degree program with a completed AA or AS degree are required to take a birth through adolescent psychology course (PSYC 2040 ).

Core Concentration in Physical Education (51 credit hours)

These courses must be passed with at least a grade of C.

BIOL 2020 - Anatomy & Physiology I Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 4
ED 4312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
H S 1575 - First Aid Emerg Care Credit Hours: 3
H S 2200 - Persnl Hlth/Wellness Credit Hours: 3
P E 2010 - Hist & Phil of PE Credit Hours: 3
P E 2130
P E 2140 - Mtd Ins Mvmt Con & Dce Credit Hours: 3
P E 2360 - Aquatics:PE/REC Prfn Credit Hours: 3
P E 2363 - Motor Lrng & Devlpmt Credit Hours: 4
P E 2380 - Mtd Ins Lifetime Spt Credit Hours: 3
P E 2500 - Assessment In P E Credit Hours: 2
P E 2610 - Princpls Physcl Fit Credit Hours: 2
P E 2611 - Princpls Group Exer Credit Hours: 2
P E 3010 - Applied Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3
P E 3030 - Psly of Exercise Credit Hours: 3
P E 3280 - Psyc/Soc Aspect: PE Credit Hours: 3
P E 3520 - Curriculum Dsgn PE Credit Hours: 2
P E 4022 - Measure/Eval in PE Credit Hours: 3

Professional Education Courses (33 credit hours)

PSYC 2020 - Educational Psych Credit Hours: 3
S ED 4301 - Char Except Children Credit Hours: 3 *
S ED 4303 - Students w/Excep Nds Credit Hours: 2 *
READ 4100 - Content Read Mid Sch Credit Hours: 2 *
P E 1950
P E 2800 - Behavior Manage PE Credit Hours: 2
P E 3040 - Adapted Phys Ed Credit Hours: 3
P E 4520 - Internship in P E Credit Hours: 3
P E 4530 - Mthd/Prac:El/Mid Sch Credit Hours: 3 *
P E 4540 - Prin/Meth PE Sec Sch Credit Hours: 3 *
P E 4750 - Student Tch K-12 P E Credit Hours: 6 *

Physical Education (Non-Licensure) / 120 credit hours (PENL)

General Education (36 credit hours)

(6) credit hours of Composition:

ENG 1230 - Writers’ Workshop I Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 1270 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1240 - Writers’ Workshop II Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 1280 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3

(3) credit hours of Oral Communications:

CMAT 1130 - Communication for Professionals Credit Hours: 3

(3) credit hours in Mathematics:

MATH 1200 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3 or higher math course

(9) credit hours in Humanities and Fine Arts

two electives from Humanities and Fine Arts:

ART 2150 - Survey of Women Artists Credit Hours: 3

(6) credit hours from Natural Sciences:

BIOL 1080 - Bi Sci Survey II Credit Hours: 3
physical science elective (including at least one laboratory course)

(9) credit hours in Social Sciences:

PSYC 1100 - Intro To Psyc Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2040 - Psyc Chldhd&Adoles Credit Hours: 3

NOTE:

Students who enter the Physical Education pre K-12 degree program with a completed AA or AS degree are required to take MATH 1200 and a birth through adolescent psychology course (PSYC 2040 ).

Area of Specialization (65 credit hours)

H S 1575 - First Aid Emerg Care Credit Hours: 3
H S 2200 - Persnl Hlth/Wellness Credit Hours: 3
H S 3326
H S 4050 - Contemp Is Hlth Ed Credit Hours: 3
H S 4420 - Drugs Respon Behavr Credit Hours: 3
H SC 2190 - Intro to Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 1030 - Int Mod Bus Systems Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 2520 - Sm Business Mgmt Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3010 - Prin of Mgmt Credit Hours: 3
P E 2010 - Hist & Phil of PE Credit Hours: 3
P E 2040 - Hlth & PE Eled Tchrs Credit Hours: 3
P E 2140 - Mtd Ins Mvmt Con & Dce Credit Hours: 3
P E 2360 - Aquatics:PE/REC Prfn Credit Hours: 3
P E 2363 - Motor Lrng & Devlpmt Credit Hours: 4
P E 2380 - Mtd Ins Lifetime Spt Credit Hours: 3
P E 2610 - Princpls Physcl Fit Credit Hours: 2
P E 2611 - Princpls Group Exer Credit Hours: 2
P E 3010 - Applied Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3
P E 3410 - Persnl Training Cert Credit Hours: 3
P E 4250 - Thry/Principles of Coaching Credit Hours: 3
REC 4100 - Commercial Recreatn Credit Hours: 3
ZOOL 2050 - Human Functnl Anatmy Credit Hours: 4

Professional Education Courses (13 credit hours; 85 field hours)

PSYC 2020 - Educational Psych Credit Hours: 3
S ED 4301 - Char Except Children Credit Hours: 3
P E 1950
P E 2800 - Behavior Manage PE Credit Hours: 2
P E 3040 - Adapted Phys Ed Credit Hours: 3

Elective Courses (5 hours, minimum 2.5 GPA)

Courses taken from PE, HPR, HS, and/or REC.

All courses must be passed with at least a grade of C.

Capstone Project (1 hour)

To be taken upon approval of the department