PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

Royal Brougham Pavilion
206-281-2081
www.spu.edu/depts/pe

FACULTY:  JoAnn  Atwell-Scrivner, Lowell F. "Bud" Turner, Robert Duane Weathers

The faculty and staff in the Department of Physical Education are committed to delivering programs that promote health through physical activity while valuing and examining physical activity through a Christian worldview. A primary goal of the Physical Education and Exercise Science Department is to promote healthy lifestyles through good decision making, improved fitness, and lifetime movement skills.

Students who major in physical education proceed through a sequential, comprehensive curriculum that prepares them to enter a variety of movement-related professions, including teaching, fitness training, and recreational leadership. Students who major in exercise science often pursue such diverse fields as physical therapy, occupational therapy medical school, sport medicine, corporate fitness, and cardiac rehabilitation.

Both majors require the same capstone course (PE 4899), which requires students to research a topic, write a well-documented paper, and present it before a group of their professors and peers.

All physical education and exercise science majors are required to complete the 36 credits of core courses. Each of the majors has 36 additional required credits for the specific majors for a total of 72 credits. Within the 36 additional credits, the exercise science major contains 7 elective credits and the physical education major has 9 elective credits.

There are minors offered in each area; physical education and exercise science.  Each of these minors requires 36 credits.

Admission and GPA Requirement
Students desiring to major or minor in physical education or exercise science must have a minimum 2.5 GPA in at least 9 credits taken at SPU that apply to the major or minor.

Requirements for the Majors and Minors
Requirements for the Physical Education Major
Note: For teacher certification, refer to the School of Education for admission requirements and details.
Requirements for the Exercise Science Major
Requirements for the Physical Education Minor
Requirements for the Exercise Science Minor

Physical Education Electives

Course	Title	Credits
BIO 1100	BioScience: Human Nutrition	5
PES 2550	Responding to Emergencies	3
PES 3590	Sport Injury Management	4
PES 4585	Applied Exercise Science	5
PES 4555	Community Health Promotion	3
PES 4900	Independent Study	1-5
PES 4940	Practicum	1-5
PES 4930	Exercise Science Practicum	1
PES 4940	Internship	5

Exercise Science Electives

Course	Title	Credits
PES 2550	Responding to Emergencies	3
PES 2613	Teaching alternative activities and assessments	2
PES 2617	Teaching Health and Fitness	2
PES 3545	Programs for Special Populations	3
PES 3575	Motor Development	4
PES 3590	Sport Injury Management	4
PES 4555	Community Health Promotion	3
PES 4900	Independent Study	1-5
PES 4930	Exercise Science Practicum	1
PES 4940	Internship	5

Lifetime Activities Program
Lifetime activities classes provide an opportunity for the student to experience diverse physical activity options. The Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science offers a wide spectrum of activity classes in which basic skills can be learned and refined to the point of independent participation.

Requirements for Health and Fitness Endorsement
Students seeking to obtain a Washington state teaching endorsement in health and fitness must complete a minimum of 45 credits in physical education to obtain their original/first endorsement or a minimum of 24 credits in physical education to obtain a supporting/ second endorsement. The credit total must include coursework drawn from the categories listed below. See Certification Requirements in School of Education for more information.

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