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General Requirements

Applicability of Certain Courses

Physical Activity Courses

Physical activity (PED) courses are offered by the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. Up to three semester hours of physical activity coursework may be counted as electives toward any College of Education degree. All physical activity courses are counted among courses for which the student is enrolled, and the grades are included in the grade point average.

ROTC Courses

A maximum of 12 semester hours of credit in air force science, military science, or naval science may be used as free electives in any degree plan of the College of Education.

Concurrent Enrollment and University Extension Courses

In the semester they plan to graduate, students may not take any course to be counted toward the degree at another institution or through University Extension; students who plan to graduate at the end of the summer session may request approval to take transfer work only in the first summer term.

Curriculum and Instruction Coursework

Admission to the Professional Development Sequence of upper-division courses for teacher certification requires formal acceptance. Information about admission requirements is available from the Office of the Dean, George I. Sánchez Building 2.110.

Specializations

Specializations are small clusters of courses designed to enhance expertise in a particular professional area and are reserved for College of Education students. Once all of the courses within a specialization are completed, students apply to receive a letter from the department verifying completion of the specialization. See our website for more information.

Coaching

This specialization benefits those who plan to pursue coaching as a profession at various levels such as youth sports, middle school, and high school athletics, collegiate, and professional sports and who seek to gain knowledge and understanding of the growth and development of athletes.

Students explore the legal, psychological, social, biological, physical, theoretical, and technical parameters in coaching and develop comprehension of advanced leadership principles and educational theories and practices. This specialization prepares content with an emphasis on sports ethics and human performance training and development. This will NOT certify students to be a coach, however, it may prepare them to sit for some certification exams.

Requirements		Hours
KIN 119	Movement Competence (Topic 10: Conditioning)	1
KIN 310	Physiological Basis of Conditioning	3
or KIN 425K	Physiology of Exercise
KIN 311K	Sport Psychology	3
KIN 312	Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 2: Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries)	3
KIN 312	Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 3: Fundamentals of Coaching)	3
or KIN 335C	Motor Learning
KIN 361 & KIN 362	Coaching Theory and Principles I and Coaching Theory and Principles II	6
Total Hours		19

Community Health and Wellness

Requirements		Hours
Three courses chosen from:		9
HED 335	Theories of Substance Use and Abuse
HED 352K	Studies in Health: Topical Studies (Topic 3: Psychosocial Issues in Adult Development and Health)
HED 360	Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
HED 361	Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health
HED 364	Strategic Health Communication
HED 365	Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
HED 366	Human Sexuality
HED 370K	Topical Seminar in Health Promotion (Topic 4: Public Health Challenges Along the United States-Mexico Border)
KIN 348	Psychological Aspects of Exercise
Required Fieldwork:
HED 627L	Internship/Fieldwork in Health Promotion	6
Total Hours		15

Health Fitness Instructor

This specialization benefits those wanting to pursue a career in personal and small group training. It also provides practical experience in preparation for graduate school in applied fields.

This specialization prepares students for a career in fitness and for a variety of national certifications. Fieldwork and internships provide practical experience as students develop and apply programming and exercise techniques for both general and special populations. Students also prepare to go on to graduate school, including medical, physical therapy, physician’s assistant, chiropractic, and other forms of allied health studies.  Many of our alumni are successful in the personal training field and many own and operate their own facilities. Other alumni work with athletes in a sports conditioning setting.

Requirements		Hours
KIN 322	Diagnosis and Evaluation of Fitness	3
KIN 330E	Sport Nutrition	3
or NTR 306	Fundamentals of Nutrition
KIN 332	Techniques of Fitness Leadership	3
Required fieldwork:
KIN 627F	Internship (Topic 1: Internship in Health Fitness)	6
KIN 327T	Internship (Topic 2: Personal Training)	3
Total Hours		18

Medical Fitness and Rehabilitation

This specialization benefits those who want to pursue a career in the medical field, such as cardiac rehabilitation or physical therapy, and will provide experience in a variety of clinical settings. Through fieldwork and internship experiences, students explore different methods of training and treatment.

Students work with clients from “pre-hab” (preventive exercise programming) to post-rehabilitation. This specialization prepares students to work in a number of medical settings or to pursue a graduate degree in many fields of allied health, such as physical/occupational therapy, or medical school.

Requirements		Hours
KIN 322	Diagnosis and Evaluation of Fitness	3
KIN 332	Techniques of Fitness Leadership	3
Required fieldwork:
KIN 327T	Internship (Topic 1: Clinical Exercise Testing)	3
KIN 327T	Internship (Topic 2: Personal Training)	3
KIN 627F	Internship (Topic 2: Internship in Medical Fitness)	6
Total Hours		18

Strength and Conditioning Coaching

This specialization benefits those who are interested in designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs. It also as provides guidance on safe training techniques and nutritional advice.

Students explore how to coach, train, and oversee exercise and weight training for various levels of fitness. At the end of the program, students are prepared to participate in a graduate program in Exercise Physiology and become certified as a strength and conditioning specialist. For more information on certifications in this area review the requirements set in place by The National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Requirements		Hours
KIN 310	Physiological Basis of Conditioning	3
KIN 312	Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 2: Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries)	3
KIN 226	Advanced Weight Training	2
KIN 330E	Sport Nutrition (or 3 hours of approved Nutrition)	3
KIN 363	Theory and Practice in Strength Coaching	3
One of the following:		1
KIN 119	Movement Competence (Topic 10: Conditioning)
PED 106C	Conditioning (Topic 7: Weight Training)
Required fieldwork:
KIN 327T	Internship (Topic 4: Internship in Strength and Condition Coaching)	3
Total Hours		18

Tracks

Tracks are courses in a second field of study designed by the College of Education and are reserved for College of Education students. Most tracks consist of 15 hours, six of which must be upper-division. Tracks do not appear on your UT Austin transcript or diploma but they are reflected on your profile record and degree audit. Any combination of courses can be used to complete a track as long as 6 hours are upper-division. 

Cultural Studies

Requirements		Hours
15 hours chosen from the following fields: AFR, AAS, ANS, EUS, ISL, J S, LAS, MAS, MES, REE, or R S		15
Total Hours		15

 English/Language Arts

Requirements		Hours
15 hours chosen from the following:		15
I 320	Topics in Informatics (Topic 2: Children's Literature)
and/or any E or RHE coursework
Total Hours		15

Education

Requirements		Hours
15 hours chosen from the following fields: EDC, EDU, EDP, HED, KIN, PED, or SED		15
Total Hours		15

Physical Education

Requirements		Hours
EDC 345	Curriculum Issues in Physical Education	3
EDC 370E	Elementary School Subjects (Topic 21: Teaching Elementary Physical Education)	3
EDC 370S	Secondary School Subjects (Topic 12: Teaching Secondary Physical Education)	3
EDC 951W	All Level Teaching Practicum (Topic 5: All Level Teaching Practicum: Kinesiology)	9
*Note this track takes 18 hours to complete
Total Hours		18

Science

Requirements		Hours
15 hours chosen from the following:		15
Any course in the following fields: ARE, ASE, AST, BCH, BIO, BME, CH, CHE, C E, COE, C S, ECE, E M, E S, EVS, GEO, M E, N, NTR, NSC, PHM, PHY, P S, SDS, or STA
and/or the following courses:
ANT 301	Biological Anthropology
ANT 304	Introduction to Archaeological Studies: Prehistoric Archaeology
EDP 371	Introduction to Statistics
GRG 301C	The Natural Environment
GRG 301K	Weather and Climate
HIS 322M	History of Modern Science
PHL 363L	Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 1: The Philosophy of Biology)
PHL 363L	Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 2: The Outer Limits of Reason)
PHL 363L	Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 3: Science and Metaphysics)
PHL 363L	Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 5: Biology and Society)
PSY 308	Biopsychology
PSY 317	Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY 458	Experimental Psychology
Total Hours		15

Social Studies

Requirements		Hours
EDP 350E	Introduction to Life Span Development	3
12 hours chosen from the following fields: ANT, ECO, GOV, GRG, HIS, LIN, PSY, or SOC		12
Total Hours		15

Sociology/Social Work

Requirements		Hours
15 hours chosen from the following fields: SOC or S W		15
Total Hours		15

Teacher Certification

Please see the Preparation for Teacher Certification.

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