Physical Education Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.S.

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The Physical Education emphasis provides students various foundational courses in the field of physical education. The student completes the first two years of requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPS-UPED

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General Education Requirements:

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 9^{(1) (5.) (7)}
PHED 2070 - Health, Wellness, and Society Credits: 3
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
History Electives Credits: 6^(5.)
Natural Science Electives Credits: 8 ^{(2) (5.)}
Mathematics Elective Credits: 3 ⁽³⁾

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

HPED 1010 - Introduction to Exercise Science Credits: 3
EDUC 2000 - Introduction to Education Credits: 3
HPED 230 - First Aid and Standard Safety Credits: 3
Physical Education Activity Courses Credits: 3
General Electives Credits: 4^{(4) (6.)}
ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3

Total: 60 Semester Hours

Footnotes:

⁽¹⁾ Students who intend to transfer to UTM or UoM should take one fine arts class and one humanities class. Students transferring to APSU can refer to their undergraduate catalog for specific Humanities and Fine Arts options.

⁽²⁾ TTU recommends BIOL 1010/1020 or BIOL 1110/1111; UTS requires BIOL 1110/1120.

⁽³⁾Students who intend to transfer to UTS are required to take MATH 1530: Intro to Statistics.

⁽⁴⁾Students transferring to UoM should take an additional physical education or teacher education elective course. Students who intend to transfer to TTU should take Educational Psychology and 2010: Human Anatomy and Physiology I. Students transferring to UTS should take BIOL 2010: Human Anatomy and Physiology I. Students transferring to UTC are recommended to take MATH 1530 and Personal Health.

^(5.)For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^(6.) General electives must be selected from courses which are part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway. Consult the Course Descriptions section in this catalog. Courses which are designated as **Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway** should not be taken as general electives.

⁽⁷⁾ One course must be in literature.

Note: UTK does not offer Physical Education as a teacher licensure program.