Bachelor of Arts in Education in Health & Physical Education/Secondary

Health and Physical Education/Secondary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)

This major satisfies the endorsement requirements for prek–12 (PE) and 6–12 (Health).

Major Requirements–while in the Health and Physical Education Program, the student must:

• attend all EWU Health and Physical Education Majors' meetings;
• attend an advisor-approved Health/PE conference each year; 
• be a member of a Health/PE professional organization (preferred is SHAPE, WA);
• complete 40 hours of advisor-approved professional development per year;
• take an average of 15–16 credits a quarter for more than 12 quarters:
• successfully complete the program folio.

Grade Requirements

• earn a minimum ≥B- in each required health and physical education course;
• earn a minimum cumulative GPA ≥2.8 in all university courses.

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

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University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

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Elective-choose one from the approved list.

Students who earn a BAE in Health & Physical Education from EWU should be able to:

• demonstrate the knowledge and application of discipline-specific scientific and theoretical concepts critical to the development of physically educated individuals;
• demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate competent movement performance and health enhancing fitness as delineated in the WA State and National K–12 Standards;
• demonstrate the ability to plan and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences aligned with local, state, and national standards to address the diverse needs of all students;
• demonstrate the ability to use effective communication and pedagogical skills and strategies to enhance student engagement and learning;
• demonstrate the ability to utilize assessments and reflection to foster student learning and inform instructional decisions;
• demonstrate dispositions essential to becoming effective professionals.