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Nov 27, 2024
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2014-2015 Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: Content may no longer be accurate.
Physical Education Departmental Honors
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Please contact the HPHP Department for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses.
Requirements for Physical Education Departmental Honors:
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a Physical Education Program GPA of 3.7;
- Complete all the required course work for the major;
- Become a member of the national professional organization, AAHPERD, as well as the state organization, UAHPERD;
- Attend UAHPERD Conferences. Honors students are encouraged to attend AND present at conferences as part of their professional development.
- Participate in undergraduate research and development by presenting research at a UAHPERD Conference or at the Weber State University Undergraduate Research Symposium and Celebration.
- As an alternative to presenting at one of the professional conferences listed above, an Honors student may choose to register for and earn an A- grade or better in PEP 4830 Directed Readings in Physical Education.
- Demonstrate and model physical fitness and active healthy living by passing at least 4 of the 5 fitness components of the Presidential Fitness Test at the Presidential Level or the Fitnessgram Fitness Test above the Healthy Zone or other approved fitness test used in the PEP 3290 - Methods of Teaching Fitness for Life course;
- Demonstrate exceptional skills in at least 3 team sports/activities and 3 individual sports/activities;
- Keep an activity journal for 6 months with an average of four days of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week as prescribed by the American Heart Association and/or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the American College of Sports Medicine;
- EITHER serve as a new student mentor when the mentor program is in place, OR volunteer in the community in a setting such as Boys and Girls Clubs or an After School Program, spending at least 20 hours coaching or teaching a physical activity.
Please refer to the Honors Program section of the WSU Catalog.
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