Accelerated Physical Education All Level (BSEd) / Sports Pedagogy (MS)
5 Year Accelerated BSEd/MS in Sports Pedagogy
The BSEd/MS dual program is a 5-year program of study. The dual degree program will allow qualified students in the All-Level Physical Education (ALPE) program the opportunity to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Education (BSEd, 124 credit hours) and a Master of Science in Sports Pedagogy (MS, 36 credit hours) and Texas Teaching Certification in five years of full-time study. All requirements for both the BSEd and MS must be met and the degrees awarded concurrently.
Admission
Undergraduate students in the ALPE program can apply for the BSEd/ MS dual program at the end of their junior year. Applicants must be ALPE majors and have a GPA of 2.75 or higher in both total hours and in the major prior to applying for the program and have satisfactorily completed additional teacher certification eFolio requirements prior to applying for the teacher certification. Applicants must obtain approval of the undergraduate ALPE advisor and program director, approval from the graduate Sports Pedagogy director, and they will be admitted with provisional status until they have completed at least one semester of graduate work.
At the end of the junior year, candidates with 90 or more undergraduate hours and a GPA of 3.0 or better may continue the Accelerated program. Those who do not have a 3.0 or better and those who choose to withdraw from the dual degree program will be allowed to finish the BSEd in ALPE if they meet undergraduate requirements for teacher certification. The BSEd degree will be awarded with the MS upon completion of all degree requirements.
Requirements for the Physical Education All-Level (BSEd)/Sports Pedagogy (MS)
Students must must complete all hours in both the undergraduate Physical Education All-Level (BSEd) program and the Sports Pedagogy (MS) program.
A maximum of 15 credit hours of coursework (MS level courses) will count towards both degrees. These 15 credit hours include the following MS courses, which are already embedded in the 36 credit hour MS degree (see graduate catalog):
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HP 5354 | Methods of Strength and Conditioning | 3 |
| HP 5335 | Sport Pedagogy | 3 |
| HP 5384 | Biomechanics of Human Movement | 3 |
| HP 5V90 | Internship | 6 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
In addition to the 15 shared hours above, Accelerated students take an additional 9 hours of undergraduate elective coursework to reach the required 124 undergraduate hours. These 9 elective credit hours in combination with the 15 hours of above replace the following 24 hours of UG PE internship courses: