Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Graduation Requirements: 20 Credits.

All Freshman are required to take Basic First Aid / Health Education (5 credits). After the freshman year, students may fulfill the remainder of their graduation requirements by enrolling in any of the available electives and/or interscholastic athletics.

*Note: Participation in interscholastic athletics, with the exception of badminton, may be applied to fulfilling HPER. Graduation requirements with a maximum of 5 credits being allowed in a school year and a total of 15 such credits being allowed over a four-year period. Participation in club rugby (5 units per season, maximum of 5 units in a school year also applies.) These credits should appear on the student's transcript at the completion of the semester following his participation. Students should see their counselor with any questions by the end of the year of participation. Team managers do not earn PE Credit. In rare cases when a student takes Jazz Band and Concert Marching Band during both Zero (0) and Seventh Periods (7th) for three years, the student can petition to the registrar with VPA and HPER approval to be exempt from Five (5) HPER credits. BYU online PE courses (5 units max) can be taken in rare cases with approval, when a student cannot fit a PE class into his schedule due to AP class saturation.

P = UC/CSU approved