PhD Programs in Physical Education

University of Virginia

• The University of Virginia offers a Ph.D. program in adapted physical education. This program is designed to prepare students to become educational scholars who conduct extensive and original research in their area of specialty within adapted physical education. Students take courses within this program that include achievement-based curriculum in physical education, children with developmental disabilities, children with severe disabilities, and children with physical and sensory disabilities. Students also take classes in motor development, technology in physical education, consulting techniques, and families with special needs infants.

  University of Virginia
  PO Box 400160
  Charlottesville, VA 22904
  434-982-3200
  virginia.edu

University of New Mexico

• The University of New Mexico offers a Ph.D. program in physical education, sports and exercise science. This doctoral program consists of three concentration areas that include curriculum and instruction, exercise science and sports administration. In curriculum and instruction, students are prepared to enter the physical education career in teaching, curriculum development and supervision. The exercise science concentration prepares students to take the examination to become a certified exercise physiologists. In sports administration, students are prepared to become athletic directors and administrators.

  University of New Mexico
  1 University of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM 87131
  505-277-5151
  unm.edu

Arizona State University

• Arizona State University offers a Ph.D. in physical education with a sub-discipline in the study of sport pedagogy. The study of sports pedagogy consists of three main areas: research on curriculum, research on teaching and research on teacher education. Students in this program study the processes of teaching and learning in a variety of aspects within physical activity settings including community and school settings and youth or collegiate sports programs. Students take courses that cover the topics of education, exercise and wellness, and kinesiology. Students also take classes in teaching team sports, adapted physical education methods, health methods, adapted and inclusive physical education, and building a professional portfolio in physical education.

  Arizona State University
  7001 East Williams Field Road
  Mesa, AZ 85212
  480-727-3278
  asu.edu