体育科学学士学位

该本科专业课程旨在使岗前体育教师成为具有学术才能，高技能，反思型的从业人员，使其能够满足各个年级，各种需求，经验，文化背景，残疾和特殊能力的学生的需求。该计划重点关注知识和技能的获取，这些知识和技能使职前教师能够开发和实施有效的，创新的体育课程，以达到学校的纽约州学习标准和通用核心标准。成功完成该计划并通过所有纽约州认证要求的学生将有资格获得纽约州初始教学认证。
If you're passionate about sports and fitness and enjoy working with children, Hofstra's physical education degree is a way to combine those interests into a career that can make a lasting impact on the lives of young people. This program will prepare you to become an elementary, middle, or high school physical education teacher and/or coach. Hofstra offers on-campus adventure facilities, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a large multipurpose Physical Education Building, a weight room, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a Recreation Building with a wide variety of intramural and physical activities, and tennis courts.<br><br>Our program provides a broad, scientifically based study of a dynamic field that has evolved from traditional games and sports to health and wellness activities that develop both mind and body for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Our faculty is highly diverse and well-recognized, locally and nationally, in their areas of expertise that consist of motor learning, sports psychology, and pedagogy. Through coursework and field experience, majors gain opportunities to teach children how to live healthy lifestyles through competitive, noncompetitive, and recreational activities.