A survey of the historical background, sociological implications, and philosophical basis of physical education. This course includes review of the modern principles and related concepts which are applicable to physical activity.
Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities which are part of lifetime fitness development.
Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities which are part of gymnastics movement. Focus will be on developmentally appropriate activities.
PE 202 - Professional Preparation: Individual & Dual Activities (C)
Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in individual and dual sport and game activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to personal skill development.
PE 203 - Professional Preparation: Team Activities (C)
Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in team sports and game activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to personal skill development.
PE 204 - Professional Preparation: Rhythm & Dance (C)
Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in rhythms and lifetime dance activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
Method of instruction and evaluation of water safety techniques. Successful students may earn American Red Cross water safety instructor certification.
Students are exposed to those impairments addressed in idea as they relate to physical education. Assessments, IEP development, and other elements necessary to successful inclusion are addressed. In addition, physical activities for special populations outside the school setting are also addressed.
PE 354 - Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries (C)
Course teaches general and emergency treatment of athletic injuries, competitive or noncompetitive. Emphasis is placed on practical preventive and rehabilitative exercises and taping/bandaging/wrapping.
In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 physical education; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 physical education; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 physical education; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
The theory and practice of elementary school physical education programs. This course is designed to meet the needs of the classroom and playground instructor in providing programs in typical as well as adapted physical education.
Course includes general and specific duties of officials in the various sports and games. Discussions include common situations and interpretations arising in athletic contests.
PE 378 - Assessment in Adapted Physical Activity (C)
Assessment in Adapted Physical Activity. Introduction to appropriate instruments for assessing the motor and fitness needs of disabled people in physical activity. Practical experience in administering standardized, norm referenced and criterion referenced tests. Students will develop IEP’s.
Sports for the Disabled. Provides a working knowledge of the official sports organizations recognized by the United States Olympic Committee. Emphasis is on classifications, organizational structure, sporting events, and coaching disabled people.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience.
PE 421 - Teaching Adapted Aquatics & Water Safety Instruction
This course is designed to prepare student to become certified by AAHPERD in Adapted Aquatics as instructors for individuals with disabilities, and complete requirements for Water Safety Instruction & CPR by the American Red Cross.
Note Registration restriction: Prior to enrollment should be able to meet American Red Cross Learn to Swim Level 4 Stroke Performance Criteria.
PE 440 - Organization & Administration of HPER/A (C)
Administrative policies and procedures of physical education and athletes, including intramural and interscholastic activity and athletics. Consideration is given to programming, leadership, budget, facilities, public relations, and related matters.
This course will include use of various tests and instruments used for measuring progress in physical education and how statistical concepts apply to testing in physical education. Development of the knowledge and ability to utilize both formative and summative assessments for psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains. Additionally, techniques to evaluate one’s own teaching performance and make adjustments to enhance subsequent teaching and program effectiveness.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: MATH 102 or 115 or 120 or 121 or 123 or 125 or 281 or Instructor consent
The application of principles of learning in the psychomotor domain. Included will be a review of the physiological basis of skill behavior, state of the performer, and didactic strategies in motor learning and skill performance.
This course examines the effects of psychological factors, such as personality, motivation, group dynamics, psychomotor activity, and other psychological aspects of sports on participation and performance, as well as examining the effects of participation on the psychological make-up of the individual.
This course emphasizes the mechanical principles of human movement (including muscular and skeletal principles) during physical education, wellness, and sport.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ALHS 250
Teaching of fundamental skills for competitive tennis for men and women. Tennis singles and doubles strategy; management and coaching procedures; classroom, court demonstration, and participation.
Course studies the theory and practice of individual skill fundamentals, team strategies, organization, and management principles. The students conduct an intensive analysis of game strategies and will execute playing skills.
The teaching of fundamental skills in competitive wrestling. Skills, fundamentals, and basic moves will be discussed and demonstrated with class participation. Strategy for individual wrestler on the mat and for team situations will be included.
The teaching of fundamental skills in competitive gymnastics. Teaching and spotting of advanced skills needed for competition. Review of high school, national, and international rules.
In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-12 education, the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-12 physical education; the ability to assess student learning in K-12 physical education; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
PE 484 - PE Methods & Supervision of Activities/Physically Disabled
Class content considers research, instructional programs, and techniques in physical education for individuals with chronic and permanent physical disabilities based on indicators, limitations, and needs.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: PE 352
PE 487 - PE Methods & Supervision of Activities/Developmentally Disabled
Class content considers research, instructional programs and techniques in physical activity for individuals with developmental disabilities such as mental retardation, learning disabilities and emotionally/behaviorally disordered.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: PE 352
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Includes senior project, and capstone experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
The course will provide an introductory and concise introduction to modern pharmacology, the science of how substances affect the body. Emphasis in the course will be given to the concepts and principles of pharmacology as illustrated by important drugs.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: PHGY 210 or Instructor consent
Lectures, laboratory work, and demonstrations will enable students to understand normal and abnormal function of the human body and provide a foundation for any future healthcare course. Integration of anatomical structure as it relates to physiology will also be incorporated.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Co-requisite: PHGY 220L
This course is a continuation of material covered in PHGY 220. Lectures, laboratory work, and demonstrations will enable students to understand normal and abnormal function of the human body and provide a foundation for any future healthcare course. Integration of anatomical structure as it relates to physiology will also be incorporated.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Pre-requisite: PHGY 220
Comprehensive study of the physiology of the human. This course will emphasize the study of homeostatic mechanisms and systems interaction at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels.
Laboratory exercises will include clinically relevant measurement of human function and inquiry-based analysis of human physiology concepts.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: “C” or better required in both PHGY 220 and PHGY 230 or consent of instructor.
PHIL 215 - Introduction to Social-Political Philosophy (C)
The relation of theories of human nature, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics to the order in society. The search for order for society: major political and social theories from Socrates to the present and critical analysis of these theories.
Examines the major currents and components of ethical theory from classical times to the present, investigating problems arising from specific theories, as well as critically analyzing the validity of these theories for current ethical concerns.
Examination of selected topics from the Western World’s literacy tradition and analysis of their contributions in the areas of philosophy of life, philosophy of religion, and the concepts of duty and human nature. Study and discussion of topics in relation to their significance for the individual.
Readings and discussion of works selected from early modern philosophers such as Bacon, Hobbes, DesCartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
Study of the late 18th and 19th century philosophy with consideration of both its roots in preceding philosophy and its outgrowths in contemporary thought. Readings in various philosophic movements and from such thinkers as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Mill, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.
Examination of major contemporary writings in such fields as existentialism, phenomenology, pragmatism, logical positivism, analytic philosophy, and recent metaphysical inquiries.
Critical analysis of traditional and recent theories of moral goodness, duty, happiness, and freedom with an investigation of the nature, types, and criteria of value.
Study of classical theories of social and political organization that have been influential in the formation of contemporary social and political practice, including views of Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and J.S. Mill. Focus is on bases of legitimate authority; rights and duties of citizenship and the role of the state with respect to individual liberty.
Systematic examination of topics and problems in epistemology, such as the nature and possibility of knowledge, cognitive activities related to knowing, and questions of proof, evidence, and reasons.
Presents humanity’s relationship to the environment, its responsibility to nature, and its obligations to future generations, attending to both theory and applications, including the debate over causes of environmental crisis, the value of endangered species, the wilderness, and natural objects; the seriousness of the growing global population and obligations to feed the poor, the feasibility of sustaining an ecological responsible society.
Approaches American Indian thought from an experiential point of view. Examines myth and legends to construct the outlook or world view of the American Indian.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: AIS 257 or HIST 257 or Instructor consent
Ethical problems generated by recent scientific, social, and legal developments such as right to life, right to die, right to health care, genetics research and counseling, doctor patient rights and definitions of health, personhood, and death will be discussed and analyzed in terms of traditional ethical issues and concepts with an emphasis on the ethical decision making process.
Critical examination of classical, modern and contemporary theories of the nature of woman and her proper relationship to man, family, state and society including a philosophical analysis of major concepts such as freedom, equality, and rights.
Presents critical inquiry concerning the concept of faith and its relation to reason and belief, the nature of religious experience, concepts of the sacred and the divine, and problems of cross-cultural understanding.
A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
This is the first course in a two semester algebra-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. The sequence is appropriate for pre-professional majors requiring two semesters of physics. Topics include classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: MATH 102 or 115 or 120 or 121 or 123 or 125 or 281
Course corequisite: PHYS 111L
Note Credit will not be allowed in both PHYS 111 and PHYS 211
This course is the second course in a two semester algebra-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, light, optics, and some modern physics concepts.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: PHYS 111
This is a descriptive course that introduces students to solar system astronomy. Emphasis is placed on the development of astronomy, optical instruments and techniques, and solar system objects.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course corequisite: PHYS 185L
This is the first course in a two semester calculus-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. This is the preferred sequence for students majoring in physical science or engineering. Topics include classical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: MATH 123 or 125
Course corequisite: PHYS 211L
Note Credit will not be allowed in both PHYS 111 and PHYS 211
This course is the second course in a two semester calculus-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. This is the preferred sequence for students majoring in physical science or engineering. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, light, and optics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: PHYS 211
Course corequisite: PHYS 213L
Note Credit will not be allowed in both PHYS 113 and PHYS 213
A one-semester laboratory to acquaint the student with concepts, equipment, and techniques appropriate to current experimental physics. Experiments are taken from atomic and nuclear physics, solid state physics, and wave optics.
Laboratory course with an emphasis on experimental design, data-acquisition and analysis, and reporting on topics in Nuclear and Particle Physics and Materials Science.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: PHYS 332 or Instructor consent
Survey of energy resources and usage. The physics and geology and fossil fuels, hydroelectric, nuclear, solar and geothermal energy, and environmental effect.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.