Academic Catalog

2024-2025

Minor Coaching Education Minor

Requirements

BIOL 240 or BIOL 250 and HPE 324 are prerequisites for the minor and are not included in the calculation of the grade point average for the minor. Requirements for the minor are:

HPE 409Physiology of Exercise3
HPE 415Principles of Coaching Management3
or SMGT 415 Principles of Coaching Management
HPE 456Sports Psychology3
or SMGT 456 Sport Psychology
HPE 368Coaching Internship6
Total Credit Hours15

For completion of a minor, a student must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses specified as a requirement for the minor exclusive of 100- and 200-level courses and prerequisite courses (2.75 for teacher licensure with no less than C- earned in all core courses) and complete a minimum of six hours in upper-level courses in the minor requirement through courses offered by Old Dominion University. To obtain a Virginia teaching license, all teacher education and licensure only students must attain a passing score on the appropriate Praxis II specialty area test.