Overview

Well qualified faculty help students develop performance and teaching skills needed to create, teach and assess physical education lessons in any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve. Graduates are well prepared for classrooms.

Why earn a Physical Education degree from Black Hills State University?

Study in the state-of-the-art Young Center facility
Live your passion for an active lifestyle that allows you to be outdoors in the Black Hills
Share your experiences in play, games, sports, and adventure activities
Positively impact the lives of youth

Program Features

The Nationally Recognized and Accredited Physical Education Major at BHSU focuses on experiential development of your skills, knowledge, and dispositions enabling you to help K-12 students live active, healthy lifestyles.

Teacher candidates and faculty engage in collaborative learning that develops performance and teaching skills needed to create, teach and assess standards-based physical education lessons. Graduate placement is nearly 100%!

Learn it! Teach it! Live it! Gain formal experience by teaching in school systems. Every teacher candidate receives guided and supervised opportunities in a variety of school settings with diverse populations, varied technology, and expert clinical educators K-12. These opportunities are a critical component of BHSU’s Physical Education program, which was the first in South Dakota to earn and retain National Recognition and Accreditation.

Physical Education faculty teach by example and model expectations of teacher candidate physical literacy. Physical Education teacher candidates are known personally by faculty enhancing collaborations that support and develop a team mentality leading all candidates to succeed.

Community collaboration is an integral part of the BHSU PE program. In addition to working with area schools to supply handson experiences with K-12 students, BHSU PE students are exposed to a variety of opportunities to build their experiences for future employment. A strong partnership between the BHSU PE program and the community provides a network that provides student opportunities such as coaching, refereeing, and working in schools and other entities while in the program.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

First Aid & CPR

K-12 Methods of Health Instruction

Nutrition

Intermediate Swimming

Professional Preparation: Gymnastics

Professional Preparation: Rhythm & Dance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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IELTS

5.5

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Spearfish, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students must pay $20 application fee in order for the application to be processed
Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements: First time freshman: 2.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale
Please continue reading through the Accepted International Student section below to begin preparing for your visa appointment and other important steps! Please note all students will need to pay a $500 deposit by the deadline of July 1 for Fall admission and December 1 for Spring admission to hold their spot at BHSU and keep their I-20 active.
Provide a Bank Statement or Bank Letter signed and stamped by a Bank Official demonstrating the minimum amount for one academic year found in the Costs section below.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

12206 USD / year

≈ 12206 USD / year
Out-of-State

12206 USD / year

≈ 12206 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

9014 USD / year

≈ 9014 USD / year

Additional Details

WY, CO, MT, ND, NE, IA Residents (In-State Tuition): $9,014/ Minnesota Reciprocity: $10,923

Living costs

Spearfish

United States

1144 - 1990 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

Why earn a Physical Education degree from Black Hills State University?

Program Features

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Additional Details

Living costs

Spearfish

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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