Through this approach, challenged students can often be taught in a mainstreamed setting, promoting inclusion rather than exclusion in seperate Adapted Physical Education classes. There are four campus-based laboratories in which undergraduate and graduate students provide weekly physical education instruction to people with challenges. There is also a field-based laboratory in which graduate students use systematic instructional techniques in teaching physical education to children with severe, multiple challenges, as well as numerous and varied field experience settings. These range from teaching students with challenges in mainstreamed physical education classes, to assisting in a therapeutic riding program or asisting adults recovering from head injuries. Graduate Assistantships Assistantships are available on a competitive basis to qualified applicants who plan to complete the M.S. Ed. program in one calendar year of full time study.
Students combine course work with extensive practical experience.
Program of Study Prerequisites Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education with teaching certification in physical education or the equivalent, and an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 2.5 or 2.8 in professional courses.