Physical Education, BSED
Program Quick Facts
Credits
120
Start Terms
Fall
|Spring
Available
On Campus
Tuition
$8,956.50
estimated cost per semester
Exercise young minds
Exercising and learning go hand in hand. Students who are active throughout the school day have shown significant improvements in attendance, behavior, and academic performance. They also gain confidence that can boost self-esteem. That’s where you come in.
With our physical education program, you will motivate, encourage, and inspire students to achieve their fullest fitness potential. As a role model, you will help your future students learn lifelong skills such as leadership, sportsmanship, collaboration, patience, and cooperation. You will be equipped to teach physical education and adaptive physical education to grades K-12.
Advanced technologies are used in sports and in schools. We provide hands-on experience in our Human Performance lab, and give you access to the following technologies:
- Dartfish motion analysis
- FitLights
- FitWall
- Heart rate monitors
- NeuroTracker
- Optogait gait analysis
- Variety of fitness and PE related apps
Included in the program is a K-12 Educational Technology Endorsement that equips you with the skills and credentials to effectively incorporate computer applications and digital tools in your classroom.
Engage your skills
After completing a semester-long student teaching residency, you’ll be prepared to teach physical education and health from kindergarten through high school. Your expertise will enable you to monitor your students and alternate activities to keep them engaged; as well as adapt lesson plans for students of different ages and students with disabilities. Additionally built into your coursework is a Reading Endorsement, which will allow you to also teach readers in grades K-8 or K-12 depending on testing.
Get your head in the game
Picture this. Your team is in the state championship and you’re coaching on the sidelines. With 20 seconds left in the game, your quarterback scores the game-winning touchdown. The crowd goes wild!
If you can picture that, picture yourself getting a coaching endorsement, which will enable you to coach students in a sport you love.
Notable courses
This course introduces scientific and pedagogical concepts behind effective teaching practices in physical education. Appropriate teaching sequence, progression, and technique will be taught with emphasis on lesson design and implementation.
This course is an introduction to exercise, sport physiology and biomechanics, designed to give physical education teacher candidates an opportunity to explore the physiological and biomechanical foundations of exercise and sport.
This course teaches general and emergency treatment of athletic injuries, competitive or noncompetitive. Emphasis is placed on practical preventive and rehabilitative exercises and taping/bandaging/wrapping.
The development of a basic understanding of selected activity skills and the knowledge necessary for performance error detection and correction are taught.
Students explore software, technology, and artificial intelligence applications in physical education and exercise science, developing skills in data analysis, performance evaluation, and modern digital tools for health and human movement.
Faculty
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Licensure Information
Dakota State University’s Educator Preparation Programs are approved by the South Dakota State Board of Education and accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Graduates who successfully complete a teacher certification program are eligible for recommendation for an initial South Dakota teaching license and are encouraged to apply upon graduation.
Students who live or plan to live outside South Dakota must contact the appropriate licensing board in their state before beginning a program. Licensure requirements vary by state, and DSU cannot guarantee certification outside South Dakota. Students can explore DSU program availability by location and find state licensing contacts through the U.S. Department of Education.
For more information, contact the Director of Field Services for the College of Education and Human Performance at collegeofeducation@dsu.edu or 605-256-5177.
