This research, of the descriptive type, aimed to understand how physical education courses in licentiate and bachelor's degree of the Paraná has been characterized after enactment of the National Curriculum Guidelines for the area, with a view to identifying axle(s) guideline(s) and identity for these courses. The data collected in 26 courses, composed of pedagogical projects, of licentiate and bachelor's degree in Physical Education, semi-structured interviews with the coordinators of the courses, were treated by means of content analysis. The results indicate that 6 IES resorted to legal guidelines for the organization of the curriculum; and that no there description of axles guidelines in pedagogical projects, however, the bachelor, health and training were cited by the coordinators. Thus, we pointed the need that pedagogical projects are articulated in its entirety with the course objectives and profile of egress, toward building courses of licentiate and bachelor's degrees with own characteristics.
Formation; Physical education; Curriculum
