UW-River Falls

Academics

Accredited by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)

In 1993 the Department of Health and Human Performance was the first Wisconsin program to pass the rigorous standards of the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). The department met or exceeded the national requirements for every standard, in a time when nationally less than 25 percent of the physical education programs evaluated passed.

In 2003, the department again passed NASPE standards and is one of the few NASPE accredited physical education programs in the Midwest and the only NASPE accredited program inWisconsin.

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Major Options

The UW-RF Health & Human Performance department offers a major in Health and Human Performance with 3 Options and 5minors. The 3 options are 1) Comprehensive Physical Education with K-12 teacher certification, 2) Exercise and Sport Science and 3) Health Education teacher certification

Minors

The department also offers minors in adapted physical education, coaching, dance education, health education and outdoor education.

Academic Plan Sheets

Semester by semester examples to help you plan your four-year degree program.

Practicum Application Process P ED 271/471
Recreational Field Study Application Process P ED 371

Applications can be found on the Forms page

Forms

For your convenience, the Health and Human Performance department has several of the commonly requested forms available online, including checklists for ensuring completion of major/minor requirements, a form to request a course substitution and an approval form for Option II majors as well as several other forms.

Test Outs

You can test out of several half credit Physical Education classes.

Post Graduate Placement Statistics

ADA Accommodations

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls welcomes students with disabilities into the university's educational programs and activities. Students with disability-related needs for reasonable accommodations should contact the Disability Services Office,102 Davee Library, (715) 425-3531. Before final decisions can be made to allow accommodation, students must provide documentation; see http://www.uwrf.edu/academic-success/ for further details.