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Physical and Health Education Minor

This minor program provides students in the professional development program with competence to teach physical and health education.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Prospective students are required to complete at least three of the following courses (or approved transfer courses from community colleges or other universities) prior to enrolling in EDUC 401. Students should choose those courses which are prerequisites to the upper division courses they will complete for the minor.

BPK 105 - The Anatomy and Physiology of Human Survival (3)
BPK 110 - Human Nutrition: Current Issues (3)
BPK 140 - Contemporary Health Issues (3)
BPK 142 - Introduction to Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology (3)
BPK 143 - Exercise: Health and Performance (3)
BPK 205 - Introduction to Human Physiology (3)
BPK 241 - Sports Injuries - Prevention and Rehabilitation (3)
CA 120 - Introduction to Dance Forms: Contemporary and Popular (3)
EDUC 220 - Introduction to Educational Psychology (3)
EDUC 230 - Introduction to Philosophy of Education (3)
EDUC 240 - Social Issues in Education (3)

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum of 15 upper division education units as specified below.

Required

EDUC 459 - Instructional Activities in Physical Education (4)

At least two of

EDUC 330 - Movement Language Elements for Dance in Education (3)
EDUC 359 - Introduction to Outdoor Education (4)
EDUC 371W - School Health Education (4)

At least one of the following Designs for Learning courses

EDUC 412W - Designs for Learning: Secondary Language Arts (4)
EDUC 414 - Designs for Learning: Secondary Social Studies (4)
EDUC 415 - Designs for Learning: Secondary Mathematics (4)
EDUC 416 - Designs for Learning: Secondary Science (4)
EDUC 430 - Designs for Learning: Dance (4)
EDUC 457 - Drama and Education (4)
EDUC 472 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Language Arts (4)
EDUC 473W - Designs for Learning: Reading (4)
EDUC 474 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Social Studies (4)
EDUC 475 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics (4)
EDUC 476 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Science (4)
EDUC 477 - Designs for Learning: Art (4)
EDUC 478 - Designs for Learning: Music (4)
EDUC 480 - Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language (4)
EDUC 481 - Designs for Learning: French Immersion Programs and Francophone Schools (4)
EDUC 482 - Designs for Learning: Information Technology (4)

At least one of the following Q options

EDUC 313 - Numeracy and Society (3)
EDUC 375 - Struggle with Mathematics: Sources and Recovery (3)
EDUC 415 - Designs for Learning: Secondary Mathematics (4)
EDUC 454 - Quantitative Approaches to Environmental Education (4)
EDUC 475 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics (4)

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to Simon Fraser University beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit

Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at Simon Fraser University within the student's major subject; two courses (minimum three units each)

Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division; two courses (total six units or more)
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth

Must be outside the student's major subject, and may be lower or upper division:

Two courses (total six units or more) Social Sciences: B-Soc
Two courses (total six units or more) Humanities: B-Hum
Two courses (total six units or more) Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

Two courses (total six units or more) outside the student's major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements).

Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.