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Physical Education Majors

• This is an activity course designed to teach basic tennis knowledge and skills including: forehand, backhand, serve, singles and doubles play.

• This is an activity designed to teach basic golf knowledge and skills preliminary to course play.

• This is a swimming course structured to train students up to advanced beginner level.

• A swimming course designed to train students with basic swimming skills. Prerequisite: Physical Education 110 or obtain permission from the instructor.

• This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop a high level of proficiency in the American crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, etc. Prerequisite: Physical Education 111 or obtain permission from the instructor.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 025 Intermediate Tennis*                     Two credit hours

• This course affords the student the opportunity to develop more advanced strokes such as the volley, the overhead shot, the drop shot, and the lob. This course also allows the student to be in actual dual match competition in a smaller class setting. Prerequisite: Physical Education 010 or obtain permission from the instructor.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 026 Adapted Physical Education*       Two credit hours

• A course in conditioning and sport activities designed for those with temporary or permanent physical disabilities which prevent participation in regular activity classes. A student must have permission from a physician before participating in this course.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 120 Weight Training*                            Two credit hours

• This course is designed to introduce the student to one or more of the following types of weight training programs: muscular strength/power, muscular endurance, muscular and cardiovascular endurance.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 121 Outdoor Pursuits*                          Two credit hours

• The purpose of this course is to enhance students knowledge of several outdoor,  recreational, physical activities such as hiking, canoeing, cycling, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, and skin diving.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 122 Volleyball and Softball*                  Two credit hours

• This is an activity course designed to teach fundamental terms, rules, skills and strategies of volleyball and softball. (Combined PED 012 & PED 015)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 123 Basketball and Soccer*                Two credit hours

• This course is designed to introduce the student to the basic skills, strategies, and rules of the two team sports which include basketball and soccer. (Combining PED 013 & PED 014)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 124 Team Sports*                                 Two credit hours

• This course is designed to introduce the student to skills, strategies, and rules of a variety of team sports such as field and floor hockey, and flag football. (Combining PED 116 & PED 016)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 125 Rhythm and Dance*                       Two credit hours

• This course provides instruction and participation in various dances such as ballroom, folk, square, line, African, modern, etc. (Satisfies elective requirement for Elementary Education majors). (Combining PED 115 & PED 118)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 126 Physical Fitness*                            Two credit hours

• This course focuses on instruction and participation in aerobic dance and conditioning exercises that emphasize cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, body composition, and flexibility. (Combining PED 019 & PED 117)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 127 Recreational Games*                     Two credit hours

• This course is designed to introduce the student to skills, strategies, and rules of a variety of lifetime sports such as bowling, shuffleboard, handball, badminton, track and field, and archery. The activities offered are determined by the semester the course is placed on the schedule. (Combining PED 114, PED 017, and PED 018) *Satisfies Liberal Studies Requirement  

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 224 Dance                                                 Two credit hours

• The techniques of teaching and learning the fundamentals of gymnastics are emphasized, as well as the methods and techniques of teaching rhythm and dance. (Formerly PED 223 & PED 224)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 225 Sports Officiating                           Two credit hours

• This course will provide students with the basic philosophical and psychological concepts of sports and sports officiating, officiating techniques, games preparedness and management, the roles of the official and the legal issues related to sports officiating.

                                                                                                                Two credit hours

• Theory and Practice of Coaching provides for a beginning study of research-based principles and methods used to coach individual, dual and team sports, for application to coaching and sport programs.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 229 Introduction to Sports Management         

                                                                                                                Two credit hours

• This course is designed to introduce the student to career options and entry requirements in sports management, including options in professional sports, athletic administration, proprietary sport pedagogy, sport-specialty retailing, and sport-related travel.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 230 Foundations of Physical Education and Sport                                                                                                  Three credit hours

• This is the first course for students majoring in physical education and sports management. It is designed to provide the historical, philosophical, sociological, and other foundations areas of physical education and sport. In addition, information concerning career opportunities and professional growth will be presented. Also, a practical experience in an area of interest with a minimum of ten clock hours of observation at an outside agency and/or public school will be required. (Formerly PED 221, PED 229, & PED 331)

• This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and practical experience that will enhance their effectiveness in understanding and analyzing motor development  for infants, children, youth and adults.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 310, 320 & 330 Independent Study

                                                                                                   One - three credit hours

• A course designed to provide intensive work in an area of special interest or a required topic in physical education. This course is available to qualified students upon recommendation from the academic advisor and the instructor related to the topic.

  PHYSICAL EDUCATION 323 Adapted Physical Education      Two credit hours

• This course is designed to provide the students with the philosophy, knowledge, and methods of teaching physical education to the exceptional or handicapped individual. A practical experience (required lab) is included to implement classroom instruction.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 325 Management of Physical Education and Sports Management                                                                                    Three credit hours

• This course provides the student with competencies essential to managing and administering physical education and sports programs.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 326  Sports Information                        Two credit hours

• This course is designed to provide students with skills and competencies in sports information, including sports statistics, press releases, public relations, sport promotion, etc. In amateur and professional sports.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 328 Junior Seminar                                Two credit hours

• The first of two formal courses that facilitates the writing of the senior investigative paper. The student will complete a proposal for their senior paper as an outcome of this course. To accomplish this outcome, students will learn research methods and strategies necessary to complete an acceptable proposal for their senior investigative paper.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 331 Sports Marketing                         Three credit hours

• This course will provide students with basic and fundamental principles, practices and procedures used in the comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of sports marketing theory and techniques as they apply to the specific needs of the sports industry.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 332 Kinesiology                                    Three credit hours

• This course reinforces student knowledge of anatomy, and it provides the student with the opportunity to develop competencies essential to analyzing physical activity  performance. A laboratory experience is included. Prerequisite: Biology 240.

• Functions of management viewed in terms of types of facilities and the kinds of sports staged. Included are coliseums, municipal and college stadiums, country clubs and resorts, YMCAs, and athletic clubs. Detailed, practical background on the principals and practices of public assembly facility management and event promotion.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 334 Sports Finance                             Three credit hours

• This course will provide students with the traditional and innovative revenue acquisition and generation methods and techniques available to the sports practitioner and sports organization. In addition to conventional income sources such as tax support, ticket sales, concessions, and fund raising, students will receive instruction in more recent innovations related to licensing sports products, media sales, and corporate sponsorships.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 335 Methods and Materials of Teaching Pre-School Through 6th Grade Physical Education                                     Three credit hours

• A course designed to provide students with knowledge and practical experience that will enhance their effectiveness in teaching physical education in pre-school through sixth grade students. A laboratory experience is required. (Formerly PED 321 Physical Education in the Elementary School; for physical education and sports management majors).

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 420 Senior Seminar                               Two credit hours

• This is the second of two formal courses that facilitates the writing of the senior investigative paper. The purpose of this course is to expose students to significant issues, methodology, and research in the fields of physical education, and to investigate an area of major interest for the senior paper. The students will complete their senior investigative paper as an outcome of this course. (Formerly PED 430)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 431 Methods and Materials of Teaching 7th Grade Through 12th Grade Physical Education                                   Three credit hours

• A study of and the effective use of methods and materials (media and the computer) for teaching physical education to seventh through twelfth grade students. A laboratory experience is required. Emphasis will be placed on test construction. (Formerly PED 431 Methods and Materials of Teaching Physical Education)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 432 Exercise Physiology                    Three credit hours

• This course presents fundamental concepts and materials pertinent to the various functions of the human body during physical activity. It provides the student with the knowledge of the physiological effects of exercise as well as an awareness of the values of physical activity to man’s well-being. A laboratory experience is required. Prerequisite: Biology 240 and PED 332 (can be taken concurrently)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 433 Internship                                       Three credit hours

• A supervised internship in a professional work environment which will provide the student with exposure to the job market in sport-related businesses and public health agencies. Each student will be responsible for 120 hours of work and be required to present detailed descriptions of work activities and experience.

• Basic knowledge and understanding of the law as it applies to amateur and professional sports. Students identify, analyze, and understand legal issues, and discuss the ramifications of those issues. It is recommended that this course be taken in the senior year and that Business Law be completed