Physical Education B.S.

Retention Requirements

1. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 each semester.
2. A minimum grade of B- in PED 302, PED 413, and PED 414; and a recommendation to continue from the instructors of each course.
3. A minimum grade of B- in all other required and professional courses.
4. Completion of the Professional Service Retention Requirement prior to enrolling in Physical Education 426.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HED 102	Personal Health	3	Offered fall, spring, summer.
PED 140	Introduction to Movement Sciences	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 206	Fundamental Movement and Its Analysis	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 243	Foundations of Movement	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 301	Principles of Teaching Activity	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 409	Adapted Physical Education	3	Offered fall.
PED 410	Evaluation and Measurement in Physical Education	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 411	Kinesiology	3	Offered fall.
PED 412	Organization and Administration of Physical Education Programs: Prekindergarten through Grade Twelve	3	Offered fall.
PED 420	Physiological Aspects of Exercise	3	Offered fall and spring.

Activities Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PED 207	Motor Skill Development for Lifetime Wellness I	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 208	Motor Skill Development for Lifetime Wellness II	3	Offered fall and spring.
PED 247	Rhythmic Movement	3	Offered spring.
PED 323	Teaching in Adventure Education	3	Offered fall and spring.

Note: Students must also demonstrate basic-level competency in aquatics by providing evidence of satisfactory completion of an entry-level or higher swimming course or its equivalent prior to student teaching. Materials explaining ways to fulfill this requirement are available in the Department of Health and Physical Education.

Note: Students must present current certification in basic first aid and adult-child-infant CPR and AED in order to student teach.

Professional Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CEP 315	Educational Psychology	3	Offered fall, spring, summer.
FNED 346	Schooling in a Democratic Society	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
PED 302	Practicum in Team Activities	3	Offered spring.
PED 413	Practicum in Creative Movement and Dance	3	Offered fall.
PED 414	Practicum in Individual and Dual Activities	3	Offered spring.
PED 426	Student Teaching in Physical Education	10	Offered fall and spring.
PED 428	Student Teaching Seminar in Health and Physical Education	2	Offered fall and spring.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 231	Human Anatomy	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SPED 300	Introduction to the Characteristics and Education of Children and Youth with Disabilities	4	Offered fall and spring.

BIOL 108: Fulfills the Natural Science category of General Education.

BIOL 335: Fulfills the Advanced Quantitative/Scientific Reasoning category of General Education.

Total Credit Hours: 87

Specialization in Adapted Physical Education

Students who anticipate working with special populations must meet the following additional requirements in order to qualify to take the Specialization in Adapted Physical Education Course:

1. Maintain a minimum grade of B in each of the following courses: PED 302, PED 409, PED 413, PED 414, PED 415; and SPED 300/SPED 433.
2. A minimum of three full weeks of documented hands on experience with K–12 schoolchildren in an adapted physical education setting under the supervision of a certified Adapted Physical Educator in the state of RI. Specific requirements to earn an adapted Physical Education Certificate in the state of RI are met during this course.