Degree Requirements
The Health and Physical Education major with a Teacher Education concentration requires 102 total units. A minimum of 50% of the units required for the major must be completed at Towson University.
Minimum requirements for admission into teacher education programs, maintaining candidate status and formal entry into the capstone internship are outlined on the Standards for Teacher Education page in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Required Courses
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| HPED 201 - Foundations of Child and Adolescent Health and Well-Being |
3 |
| HPED 202 - Food and Nutrition Education |
3 |
| HPED 293 - Introduction to Health and Physical Education |
3 |
| HPED 301 - Sex and Relationships Education | 3 |
| HPED 302 - Drug Use and Safety Education | 3 |
| HPED 303 - Pedagogy of Field/Court and Net/Wall Skills and Strategies | 3 |
| HPED 401 - Mental Health Education | 3 |
| HPED 402 - Methods in Health Education | 6 |
| HPED 403 - Methods in Physical Education | 6 |
| HPED 481 - Capstone Internship and Seminar in Health and Physical Education | 12 |
| KNES 238 - Physical Fitness Programming and Assessment | 3 |
| KNES 242 - Pedagogy in Striking, Fielding and Target Skills and Strategy | 3 |
| KNES 284 - Adventure Based Education Activities | 1 |
| KNES 317 - Motor Behavior in Phys Education | 3 |
| KNES 423 - Adapted Physical Education | 3 |
Required non-HPE Courses
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 191 Introductory Biology for Health Professions (Lecture) and 191L Introductory
Biology for Health Professions (Lab) |
4 |
| BIOL 220 - Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology |
4 |
| DANC 106 - Fundamentals of Dance Movement for Non-Majors |
3 |
| EDUC 202 - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: America's Urban Schools | 3 |
| EDUC 203 - Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| ELED 324 - Integrating Literacy in PreK-12 Content Areas | 3 |
| HLTH 101 - Wellness for a Diverse Society | 3 |
| KNES 312 - Fundamentals of Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics | 3 |
| KNES 320 - Culture, Health, and the City | 3 |
| KNES 353 - Sport & Society | 3 |
| PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 201 - Educational Psychology | 3 |
| REED 365 - Literacy in the Content Areas PreK-12 | 3 |
| SCED 304 - Education, Ethics and Change | 3 |
BIOL 221BIOL 221, BIOL 221LBIOL 221L, BIOL 222BIOL 222 and BIOL 222LBIOL 222L (8 units total) may also be accepted toward the requirement of BIOL 220BIOL 220.