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- General Requirements
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Physical Activity Courses
- ROTC Courses
- Concurrent Enrollment and University Extension Courses
- Curriculum and Instruction Coursework
- Specializations
- Tracks
- Cultural Studies
- English/Language Arts
- Education
- Physical Education
- Science
- Social Studies
- Sociology/Social Work
- Teacher Certification
- University of Texas (UT) Urban Teachers
General Requirements
- All College of Education students seeking teacher certification must complete the entire Professional Development Sequence of coursework in residence. Residence credit includes only courses taken at the University; it does not include credit by examination, courses taken by extension or correspondence, or courses taken at another institution.
- State of Texas teacher certification requirements are governed by the Texas Education Agency and are subject to change. Students must adhere to current teacher certification requirements, even if they differ from those listed in the University catalogs.
- Except as otherwise indicated, credit by examination is treated like any other earned credit in meeting degree requirements.
- With the exception of credit earned by examination, each course counted toward the degree or toward certification requirements must be taken on the letter-grade basis, unless the course is offered only on the pass/fail basis.
- To graduate, all students must have a University grade point average of at least 2.00.
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, GeorgeI.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| KIN119 | Movement Competence (Topic 10: Conditioning) | 1 |
| KIN310 | Physiological Basis of Conditioning | 3 |
| orKIN425K | Physiology of Exercise | |
| KIN311K | Sport Psychology | 3 |
| KIN312 | Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 2: Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries) | 3 |
| KIN312 | Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 3: Fundamentals of Coaching) | 3 |
| orKIN335C | Motor Learning | |
| KIN361 &KIN362 | 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 | |
HED335 | Theories of Substance Use and Abuse | |
HED352K | Studies in Health: Topical Studies (Topic 3: Psychosocial Issues in Adult Development and Health) | |
HED360 | Adolescent Health Risk Behavior | |
HED361 | Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health | |
HED364 | Strategic Health Communication | |
HED365 | Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities | |
HED366 | Human Sexuality | |
HED370K | Topical Seminar in Health Promotion (Topic 4: Public Health Challenges Along the United States-Mexico Border) | |
KIN348 | Psychological Aspects of Exercise | |
| Required Fieldwork: | ||
| HED627L | 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 acareerin 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 tograduate 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| KIN322 | Diagnosis and Evaluation of Fitness | 3 |
| KIN330E | Sport Nutrition | 3 |
| orNTR306 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | |
| KIN332 | Techniques of Fitness Leadership | 3 |
| Required fieldwork: | ||
| KIN627F | Internship (Topic 1: Internship in Health Fitness) | 6 |
| KIN327T | 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 agraduate degreein many fields of allied health, such as physical/occupational therapy, or medical school.
| Requirements | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| KIN322 | Diagnosis and Evaluation of Fitness | 3 |
| KIN332 | Techniques of Fitness Leadership | 3 |
| Required fieldwork: | ||
| KIN327T | Internship (Topic 1: Clinical Exercise Testing) | 3 |
| KIN327T | Internship (Topic 2: Personal Training) | 3 |
| KIN627F | 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 agraduate program in Exercise Physiologyand become certified as a strength and conditioning specialist. For more information oncertifications in this areareview the requirements set in place by The National Strength and Conditioning Association.
| Requirements | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| KIN310 | Physiological Basis of Conditioning | 3 |
| KIN312 | Issues in Kinesiology: Topical Studies (Topic 2: Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries) | 3 |
| KIN226 | Advanced Weight Training | 2 |
| KIN330E | Sport Nutrition (or 3 hours of approved Nutrition) | 3 |
| KIN363 | Theory and Practice in Strength Coaching | 3 |
| One of the following: | 1 | |
KIN119 | Movement Competence (Topic 10: Conditioning) | |
PED106C | Conditioning (Topic 7: Weight Training) | |
| Required fieldwork: | ||
| KIN327T | 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. Tracksdonotappear on yourUT Austin transcript or diplomabutthey are reflectedonyour 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 | |
I320 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| EDC345 | Curriculum Issues in Physical Education | 3 |
| EDC370E | Elementary School Subjects (Topic 21: Teaching Elementary Physical Education) | 3 |
| EDC370S | Secondary School Subjects (Topic 12: Teaching Secondary Physical Education) | 3 |
| EDC951W | 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: | ||
ANT301 | Biological Anthropology | |
ANT304 | Introduction to Archaeological Studies: Prehistoric Archaeology | |
EDP371 | Introduction to Statistics | |
GRG301C | The Natural Environment | |
GRG301K | Weather and Climate | |
HIS322M | History of Modern Science | |
PHL363L | Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 1: The Philosophy of Biology) | |
PHL363L | Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 2: The Outer Limits of Reason) | |
PHL363L | Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 3: Science and Metaphysics) | |
PHL363L | Topics in Philosophy of Science (Topic 5: Biology and Society) | |
PSY308 | Biopsychology | |
PSY317 | Statistical Methods in Psychology | |
PSY458 | Experimental Psychology | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Social Studies
| Requirements | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDP350E | 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.
University of Texas (UT) Urban Teachers
UT Urban Teachers is a teacher preparation program for students seeking secondary teacher certification in English language arts and reading or social studies. UT Urban Teachersoffers a three-semester program for undergraduate students, beginning the spring before their senior year, for students working towards a bachelor’s degree in English, history, geography, government, economics, or other humanities disciplines. UT Urban Teachersalso offers a Masters of Education degree program with teacher certification for students seeking teacher certification while pursuing a masters. These programs are designed to help English language arts and reading and social studies teacher candidates develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to support teaching and learning in linguistically and culturally diverse urban settings. Program advising is housed in the College of Education. Information is available on the UT Urban Teachers website and from the College of Education advising office.
State of Texas teacher certification requirements are governed by the Texas Education Agency and are subject to change. Students must adhere to current teacher certification requirements, even if they differ from those listed in the University catalogs.
For students seeking secondary teacher certification in English language arts and reading:
| Requirements | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDC339F | Adolescent Literacy | 3 |
| EDC370S | Secondary School Subjects (Topic 1: Advanced Methods in English, Language Arts, and Reading) | 3 |
| EDC371S | Praxis for Student Teaching (Topic 1: Secondary English) | 3 |
| EDC651S | Secondary School Teaching Practicum (Topic 1: Secondary School Teaching Practicum: English) | 6 |
| EDU327 | Sociocultural Influences on Learning | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
For students seeking secondary teacher certification in social studies:
| Requirements | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDC350 | Topics in Educational Studies (Topic 3: Teaching Secondary Social Studies) | 3 |
| EDC370S | Secondary School Subjects (Topic 3: Advanced Methods in Social Studies) | 3 |
| EDC371S | Praxis for Student Teaching (Topic 4: Secondary Social Studies) | 3 |
| EDC651S | Secondary School Teaching Practicum (Topic 2: Secondary School Teaching Practicum: Social Studies) | 6 |
| EDU327 | Sociocultural Influences on Learning | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
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