Jun 12, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Human Performance & Physical Education, Physical Education Licensure in Grades K-12 Concentration, B.S.


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This program is being renamed to Kinesiology (from Human Performance & Physical Education) beginning in August 2025. Fall 2025 majors may have either program name.

CIP Code: 31.0501

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

  1. Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.
  2. Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.
  3. Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)


General Education Courses


Core Requirements to include:

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)


General Electives (2)


*All HPPE/Kinesiology majors must make a “C-” or higher in all HPPE/KIN courses.

Total Credit Hours: 120


Recommended Four-Year Plan for Human Performance and Physical Education, Physical Education Licensure in Grades K-12 Concentration


It is the student’s responsibility to contact the program coordinator for current requirements and transfer information.

Freshman Year


Fall Semester (15)


Spring Semester (15)


Sophomore Year


Fall Semester (16)


Spring Semester (15)


Junior Year


Senior Year


Note:


  • Apply for admission to the program as early as possible in the sophomore year.
  • No EDU- prefixed courses may be taken until the student is admitted to the Teacher Education Program at UT Southern (exceptions: EDU 101 , EDU 201 , EDU 308  and EDU 360  which are both cross listed).
  • Apply by October 1 for spring clinical practice, by March 1 for fall clinical practice.
  • All required sections of the Praxis II shall be passed prior to the clinical practice semester.

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