PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

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

FACULTY:  JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner, Dale Cannavan, Bud Turner

Mission

The faculty and staff in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science 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.

Career Opportunities

• Physical eduction majors proceed through a sequential, comprehensive curriculum that prepares them to enter a variety of movement-related professions, including teaching, fitness training, and recreational leadership.
• Exercise science majors often pursue such diverse fields as physical therapy, occupational therapy medical school, sport medicine, corporate fitness, and cardiac rehabilitation.

Admission and GPA Requirement

• In order to apply for a major or minor in physical education or exercise science, students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA in at least 9 credits taken at SPU that apply to the major or minor.
• A student must complete major or minor requirements in effect when the student is admitted to the major or minor.

• 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.
• 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.
• There are minors offered in physical education and exercise science, each requiring 36 credits.

Requirements for the Majors
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 Minors
Requirements for the Physical Education Minor
Requirements for the Exercise Science Minor

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.

Integrated Studies Major with a concentration in Health and Fitness

(For students seeking K-8 certification)

Students who are planning to obtain elementary school certification and are interested in health and fitness must major in the Integrated Studies major with a concentration in Health and Fitness.

• The concentration consists of courses in nutrition, health, and physical education.
• Application (PDF) to this major is through the advisor for the health and fitness concentration, Dr. Sharon Young (syoung@spu.edu).
• Further information on the elementary certification program is available in the School of Education section of the Undergraduate Catalog.
  
• Requirements for Integrated Studies: Health and Fitness concentration
• Requirements for Elementary Certification
  

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.

See Certification Requirements in School of Education for more information. Advisor Dr. JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner can be contacted at  jaas@spu.edu or 206-281-2941.

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