In this major, you will proceed through a sequential, comprehensive curriculum that prepares you to enter a variety of movement-related professions, including teaching, fitness training, and recreational leadership.
- A minimum 80 credits are required in this major, including 48 upper-division credits.
- This major requires you to complete the 54 credits of core courses, as well as the remainder of additional credits.
- You are required to complete PES 4899 鈥淪enior Capstone,鈥 in which you research a topic, write a well-documented paper, and present it before your professors and peers.
The Health and Fitness Education faculty are committed to delivering a program that promotes health through physical activity while valuing and examining physical activity through a Christian worldview.
Find out more about this program鈥檚 mission, vision, and learning outcomes.
Elementary Teacher Certification
If you plan to obtain Residency Teacher Certification (K鈥8) and are interested in teaching health and fitness, you must major in the Integrated Studies (BA) major with a concentration in Health and Fitness.
The concentration consists of courses in nutrition and health and fitness. The advisor for the Integrated Studies: Health and Fitness Concentration is Dr. JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner (jaas@spu.edu).
Secondary Teacher Certification
If you plan to seek Secondary (junior or senior high school) Teacher Certification and obtain a Washington state teaching endorsement in health and fitness, you must complete a minimum 45 credits in Health and Fitness to obtain your original/first endorsement or a minimum 24 credits in Health and Fitness 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.