Physical Education
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Program TypeMajor
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Degrees OfferedB.S.
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SchoolLiffrig Family School of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Prepare for a career as an elementary or secondary school PE teacher. Motivate your students to be healthy, active, and responsible.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll combine a study of classroom management best practices and community engagement with a focus on human anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics and kinesiology, and the prevention and care of athletic injuries.
- Enhance Your Career with a Minor and/or a Double Major
The health education minor and coaching minor can be completed within the physical education major. You can also double-major with other Mary programs, such as Coaching & Sports Studies to expand your career options.
- Gain Valuable Hands-on Experience
In addition to student teaching, you’ll have opportunities to enhance your classroom skills in professional activities, classes, practicums, and methods classes.
- Become Eligible for Licensure in North Dakota
Graduates of the program are eligible for licensure in K-12 physical education in North Dakota.
Program Information
Please visit our catalog for admission requirements and a full list of our courses.
Accreditations
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North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board
All the University of Mary education programs are fully accredited by the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board and all CAEP national standards are fully met.
Featured Faculty
Wade Kooiman, EdD
Director of Physical Education, Coaching, and Sport Studies Programs, Director of MEd in Physical Education & Athletic Administration, Director of Education Program Assessment
I am an Assistant Professor of Physical Education at the University of Mary. I serve the University as Program Director of the Physical Education Teacher Prep Program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and was previously the Director of the Emerging Leaders Academy.
