D/APE Graduate Degree

Developmental/Adapted Physical Education

Specialization in D/APE offers Master's degree opportunities leading to, and beyond if desired, Minnesota-required licensure in D/APE. Precise course of study is determined, in part, by the degree (MA or MS) student elects to pursue. Beyond specific Human Performance core requirements and requirements of this specialty, student, in consultation with major advisor, may tailor a course of study designed around individual need.

Graduate study leading to Minnesota-required D/APE licensure first requires student to have achieved an undergraduate teaching degree in physical education.

Descriptions of courses listed below are available on the Graduate Bulletins page.

Graduate-Level D/APE Licensure Course of Study

• Thesis Plan - 30-31
• Alternate Plan Paper - 34-36

Maximum of 15 hours of D/APE licensure courses can count toward MA/MS degree because over 50% of coursework must be 600-level. If student already has D/APE licensure, D/APE coursework will consist of 600-level courses in D/APE, Special Education, and from other departments.

Required Core in D/APE (minimum 18-19 credits)

• HP 511 – Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3)(Students should take this course first.) [Taken within past 5 years.]
• HP 512 – Assessment in Adapted Physical Education (2)
• HP 513 – Lifespan Motor Development (2)
• HP 521 – Teaching Sport to Individuals with Disabilities (2)
• HP 522 – Teaching Adapted Aquatics (2)
• HP 545 – Teaching Students with Cognitive and Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (3)
• HP 571 – Consulting Techniques in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3) (Prerequisites: HP 511, HP 512, HP 545)
• HP 698 – Internship in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (1-2) (Prerequisites: HP 511, 545)

Required (6 credits)

• HP 610 – Statistical Methods in Physical Education (3)
• HP 630 – Techniques of Research (3)

Required Thesis or Alternate Plan Paper

• HP 694 – Alternate Plan Paper (1-2)
• HP 699 – Thesis (3-4)

Required Special Education Electives (3 credits)

• SPED 605 – Introduction to the Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children and Youth (3)

Required Human Performance Electives (9-12 credits)

• HP 604 – Pediatric Motor Delays: Principles (2)
• HP 614 – Pediatric Motor Delays: Best Practices (2)
• HP 624 – Creative Arts Therapies for Individuals with Special Needs (3)
• HP 634 – Consultation and Staff Development in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3)
• HP 654 – Current Issues in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3)
• HP 664 – Administration in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3)
• HP 674 – Transition in Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (3)

To receive D/APE Licensure student must pass Praxis II exam in Special Education: Core Skills

At this time, an online master's degree program in Physical Education Pedagogy is in the university curriculum review process. The DAPE teacher licensure courses at the 500-level will continue to be the core of the DAPE graduate program. The elective portion of the DAPE graduate program will be dropped and replaced with the new PEP courses. Adapted physical education concepts will be infused in the new PEP curriculum.

Courses in elective portion of the proposed online program include

• HP 608 – Curriculum Design in Physical Education
• HP 612 – Inclusive Physical Education
• HP 617 – Models and Instructional Strategies in Physical Education
• HP 620 – Typical and Atypical Motor Development Across the Lifespan
• HP 623 – Current Issues in Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education
• HP 627 – Systematic Observation in Physical Education
• HP 647 – Fitness Education
• HP 658 – Authentic Assessment in Physical Education

The following DAPE graduate courses will not be part of the new program: HP 604: Pediatric Motor Delays: Principles, HP 614: Pediatric Motor Delays: Best Practices, HP 624: Creative arts Therapies for Individuals with Special Needs, HP 634: Consultation and Staff Development in Developmental Adapted Physical Education, HP 654: Current Issues in Developmental Adapted Physical Education, HP 664: Administration in Developmental Adapted Physical Education, and HP: 674: Transition in Developmental Adapted Physical Education.

For further D/APE-specific information contact: Dr. Sherry Folsom-Meek (sherry.folsom-meek@mnsu.edu), Coordinator.