Physical Education (BS)

Federal CIP: 13.1314 Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

Physical education is a unique major that differs from other curricular areas in that it is the only one that incorporates the three educational learning domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor within its course offerings. The physical education major prepares students with knowledge (cognitive) pertaining to the human body; information concerning attitudes, feelings, and relationships (affective); and understanding of what physical skills the body is able to perform (psychomotor). The major prepares teacher candidates to instruct from kindergarten through secondary levels of public-school education and is recognized by the National Association of Sports and Physical Education and the South Carolina Department of Education.

Learning Outcomes

Physical education teacher candidates know and apply discipline-specific scientific and theoretical concepts critical to the development of physically educated individuals and upon completion of the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Education are expected to demonstrate the knowledge and skills associated with each of the following standards.

• Standard 1: Content and Foundational Knowledge
• Standard 2: Skillfulness and Health-Related Fitness
• Standard 3: Planning and Implementation
• Standard 4: Instructional Delivery and Management
• Standard 5: Assessment of Student Learning
• Standard 6: Professional Responsibility