Education Department: Health/Physical Education K-12 Certification

Are you into fitness? Do you want to share your enjoyment for fitness with others?

Then Marywood's Health and Physical Education Teacher Certification program is for you. It's designed to provide you with theory and practical experience to teach health and physical education in K-12 settings.

Specialty Courses

P ED 115	Aquatics	1
P ED 132	Personal and Community Health	3
P ED 160	Foundations of Health and Physical Education	3
P ED 201	Team Sports	2
P ED 202	Recreational Sports	2
P ED 203	Individual Sports	2
P ED 210	Anatomical Concepts	1
P ED 215	Introduction to Sports Medicine	3
P ED 221	Kinesiology and Applied Anatomy	3
P ED 225, 225L	Physiology of Exercise	3
P ED 241	Methods in Elementary Physical Education	3
P ED 242, 243	Elementary Physical Education Methods Lab	1
P ED 322	School Health Education	3
P ED 324	Motor Learning	2
P ED 326	Tests & Measurements	3
P ED 340	Gymnastics and Movement Education	1
P ED 344	Adapted Physical Education	3
P ED 346, 346L	Methods in Secondary Physical Education	2
P ED 424	Organization and Administration of H&PE	3
BIOL 121, 121L	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 122, 122L	Anatomy and Physiology	4

General Requirements

EDUC 500	First Semester Certification Seminar	0
EDUC 000	Field Experience (100 clock hours minimum)	0
EDUC 502	Multidisciplinary Foundations of Education	3
EDUC 523	Seminar: Psychology of Education	3
PSY 514	Human Development	3
R ED 526	Teaching Content Area Reading	3
S ED 507	Characteristics and Remedial Strategies for Mildly Impaired (Not required for Art, CSD, H/PE, Music, S ED)	3
EDUC 411A	Effective Instruction in Secondary and K-12 Education	3
S ED 511	Curriculum for Special Needs Learners	3
S ED 539	Behavior Management Approaches	3
EDUC 561	Methods, Materials and Assessment ESL	3
EDUC 442A-Q	Student Teaching	6,6
EDUC 595A	Student Teaching Seminar	1