First Year
Fall Semester
PSYC 1000 – General Psychology
ENGL 1010 – English I: Composition
CO/M 1010 – Public Speaking -OR-
CO/M 1030 – Interpersonal Communication
PEPR 1004 – Foundations of Physical and Health Education
PEAC 2011 – Intermediate Swimming (M1)
PEAC 1030 – Dance Aerobics (M5)
HLED 1221 – Standard First Aid and Safety
HOEC 1140 – Nutrition

Spring Semester
ENGL 1020 – English II
BIOL 1010 – General Biology
Fine Arts/Humanities Elective (must take two courses from two different disciplines)
POLS 1000 – American and Wyoming Government -OR-
HIST 1211 – U.S. to 1865 -OR-
HIST 1221 – U.S. from 1865 -OR-
HIST 1251 – Wyoming History -OR-
ECON 1200 – Economics, Law, and Government
HLED 1006 – Personal Health
PEAC 1260 – Beginning Volleyball (M2)
PEAC 1050 – Beginning Tennis (M2)-OR-
PEAC 1257 – Beginning Racquetball (M2)

Second Year
Fall Semester
COSC 1200 – Computer Information Systems
MATH 1400 – Pre-Calculus Algebra -OR-
MATH 1405 – Pre-Calculus Trigonometry -OR
MATH 1450 – Pre-Calculus Algebra/Trigonometry
ZOO 2015 – Human Anatomy
Social Science Elective
PEPR 2050 – Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
PEAC 1263 – Beginning Basketball (M3)
PEAC 1273 – Heavy Resistance Conditioning (M4)

Spring Semester
PHYS 1050 – Concepts of Physics -OR-
PHYS 1110 – General Physics I
ZOO 2025 – Human Physiology
STAT 2070 – Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences
Fine Arts/Humanities Elective (must take two courses from two different disciplines)
PEAC 1295 – Individualized Exercise Programs (M4)

M1 = movement core I
M2 = movement core II
M3 = movement core III
M4 = movement core IV
M5 = movement core V

 

All physical education majors must have 30 contact hours with youth (K-12) in a movement setting in each of the freshman and sophomore years (total of 60 hours). The experience must be with an organized program and must be documented. If students have questions, they should contact an instructor in the Physical Education Department.

 

Students must have a 2.5 G.P.A. and be interviewed for acceptance into the Physical Education Teacher Education professional program (junior- and senior-level classes). Application for admission to this program is made in the spring semester of the sophomore year.