Professional Skill Courses: Requirement: 6 semester hours selected as follows: at least one each from the following categories: net and wall sports, target sports, outdoor/leisure pursuits, striking/fielding and personal performance sports, team passing sports. Additional elective courses: may be chosen from the preceding categories and/or aquatics, dance, and officiating. PESP 15, 119, 12, 25 are also required.

Team Passing Sports: Select at least 1 from those listed below

Net and Wall Sports: Select at least 1 from those listed below

Target Sports: Select at least 1 from those listed below

Outdoor Leisure Pursuits: Select at least 1 from those listed below

Dance: PESP 12 required

Striking/Fielding and Personal Performance Sports: Select at least 1 from those listed below

Aquatics Electives:

Fitness: PESP 25 required

Dance Electives: PESP 111B

Officiating Electives:

Cooperative Adventure Activities: PESP 119 required

Gymnastics: PESP 15A required

Professional Physical Education Core: required courses listed below

Professional Education: required courses listed below

Information Retrieval: PESP 50 and satisfactory score on competency test or equivalent coursework.

Completion: Competency Test _____ Coursework:______________________ Date:___________

Liberal Arts Requirements: 63 hours total

Communication Skills: required courses listed below

History Elective: 1 course (3 credits)

Math Elective: 1 course (3 credits)

Philosophy Elective: select 1 course from PHI 9 or 10 (3 credits)

Literature Elective: 1 course (3 credits)

Arts: DNCE 121 required

Multicultural Perspectives: select 1 from the following: ANTH 4, 131, or 137, CLIT 190 (also fulfills literature requirement) (3 credits)

Natural Sciences: BIO 103 and105 required

Language: completion of level 2 in a language other than English or placement above level 2 (American sign language accepted). Student will need to replace liberal arts credits if student places out or American Sign language is taken.

Social Sciences: required courses listed below

Liberal Arts Electives: 8 credits

Liberal Arts Total: All courses listed under liberal arts requirements (45 credits) and BIO 106 and FDED 111 or 127 ( 6 credits), SGG 69 (4 credits) and 8 elective hours. Students need a total of 63 liberal arts credits to graduate.

Total Credits: Students need a total of 129 credits to graduate from the BSPE program.

Internship Requirements:

Coaching: date completed:__________

Sport:_____________________________ Supervisor:____________________________

Continuation Requirements: According to the Hofstra Bulletin, after achieving 64-credits hours students may only continue in the major program if they have achieved a 2.5 GPA in all coursework completed at Hofstra, including required professional education coursework, required physical education theory, and physical education skills techniques coursework. In addition, both the major advisor and the program faculty must recommend students. Students must maintain a 2.5 GPA in order to continue in the program.. If the student's GPA falls below 2.5, he or she will be placed on probation for the following semester. If the GPA does not come back up to the 2.5 level or if there is not significant progress made toward that goal the by the end of the probation semester, the student will be dropped from the program. Students dropped from the program may not be permitted to take major classes.

Admission to Student Teaching: To be admitted to student teaching, students must meet the following requirements: all the requirements listed above; receive a grade of C- or better in SPCM 1; successfully complete FDED 111 or 127, CT 102, PESP 103, 103A, 104, 104A, 154, 154A; and have no D's or F's or INC's in major classes.

Application forms for student teaching may be obtained in 243 Gallon Wing. Applications must be submitted by October 1 for admission to student teaching in the spring semester and by March 1 for admission to student teaching in the fall semester. Students who do not submit application materials by the appropriate date may not be admitted to student teaching in the following semester.

Additional Graduation Requirements: coaching internship; 2.5 GPA overall and in major courses; C- or better in all major courses; University writing proficiency requirement; Information Retrieval competency requirement.

Teacher Certification Requirements: Upon the successful completion of a teacher education program, students will be eligible to apply for the University's recommendation for New York State certification. For Initial certification, students are required to have passing scores on each of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE): The Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST), The Assessment of Teaching Skills - Written (ATS-W), and the Content Specialty Test (CST). Students not receiving passing scores on all three examinations will not be eligible for certification.

After receiving initial certification, teachers have 3 years to complete a master's degree in a related field in order to receive professional certification. Once the professional level of certification is received, teachers must complete 175 hours of professional development every 5 years in order to maintain certification. (See NYSED Certification Guidelines.)

I have read and understand the requirements for continuation in the program, admission to student teaching, teacher certification, and graduation. I also understand that it is my responsibility to keep track of my progress and meet all requirements for program continuation, admission to student teaching, teacher certification, and graduation.

Signature: ________________________________________________ Date:__________________

Advising Meeting Record:

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