Physical Education (PHED)

Graduate School of Education

105 Aerobics (2:2:0).

107 Ballroom Dance (1:1:0).

108 Weight Training and Body Conditioning (1:1:0).

110 Beginning Swimming (1:1:0).

118 Senior Lifesaving (1:1:0).

140 Golf (1:1:0).

150 Intermediate Swimming (1:1:0).

201 Developmental Motor Patterns (3:3:0). Analyzes motor skill development and prescription of activities from immature to mature stages. Content areas include educational games, gymnastics, and dance.

202 Teaching Skillful Movement (3:3:0). Covers planning and presenting lessons on numerous motor skills using varied teaching strategies in a peer teaching setting.

PHED 201 and 202 can be corequisites. Both must be taken before PHED 403.

250 Scuba Diving (2:1:0).

255 Self Defense (1:1:0).

300 Kinesiology (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Covers the anatomical and mechanical study of human movement.

303 Professional Dimensions of Health, Recreation, and Physical Education (3:3:0). Introduces the professional practice of health, recreation, and physical education.

304 Sport, Culture, and Society (3:3:0). Covers sport as viewed from educational, political, economic, and cultural perspectives.

306 Psychomotor Learning (3:3:0). Prerequisite: PHED status or permission of instructor. Covers psychological aspects, learning theory, and practice conditions for learning motor skills.

308 Adapted Physical Education (3:3:0). Prerequisites:At least 60 credits and BIOL 124. Introduces PHED majors to disabilities in public schools. Provides theory and principles of normalization, integration, and mainstreaming. Assessment tools, IEP, and developmental activities are presented for students with challenges. Requires 30 hours of field experience.

328 Introduction to Athletic Training (3:3:0). Introduces students to the profession of athletic training. Areas studied include the role of the athletic trainer in sports medicine, mechanisms of athletic injuries, tissue response to injury, blood-borne pathogens, introductory techniques of the assessment and evaluation of athletic injuries and emergency procedures, general illnesses common with athletes, and dermatological conditions.

329 Clinical Experiences in Introductory Athletic Training (3:3:0). Introduces students to clinical skills commonly used in athletic training. Topics include athletic training room organization and procedures; protective sports equipment; construction of protective devices; and application of protective taping, braces, wrapping, and protective pads. Assignments include the application of skills with athletic teams.

330 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Covers preventive, rehabilitative, and medical management of athletic injuries.

331 Advanced Techniques of Athletic Training (3:1:2). Prerequisite: PHED 330. Covers injury evaluation and treatment modalities in athletic trainings.

332 Therapeutic Modalities (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Focuses on the physical principles, physiological effects, indications, and contraindications of therapeutic modalities used in athletic training. Covers indications, contraindications, physiological effects, special programs, and resistance methods used in the prevention and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.

333 Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinical Techniques (3:3:0). Pre- or corequisites: PHED 332, 338, and a 2.500 major GPA. Provides practical experience in the standard operating procedures of therapeutic modalities commonly used in athletic training and special programs and rehabilitation methods used in the prevention and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Assignments include the application of skills with athletic teams.

334 Athletic Injury Recognition of the Upper Extremity, Head, and Neck (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Provides an analysis of injury mechanisms of specific injuries to the upper extremity, head, and spine.

335 Clinical Evaluation Skills for the Upper Extremity, Head, and Neck (3:3:0). Corequisites: PHED 334 and a 2.500 major GPA. Provides an analysis of injury evaluation and muscle isolation techniques of specific injuries to the upper extremity, head, and spine. Assignments include the application of skills with athletic teams.

336 Athletic Injury Recognition of the Lower Extremity and Thorax (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Provides an analysis of injury mechanisms of specific injuries to the lower extremity and thorax.

337 Clinical Evaluation Skills for the Lower Extremity and Thorax (3:3:0). Corequisites: PHED 336 and a 2.500 major GPA. Provides an analysis of injury evaluation and muscle isolation techniques of specific injuries to the lower extremity and thorax. Assignments include the application of skills with athletic teams.

338 Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Focuses on the indications, contraindications, physiological effects, special programs, and resistance methods that are used in the prevention and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.

365 Measurement and Evaluation of Physical Fitness (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and 125. Covers selection, administration, evaluation, and construction of measurements and evaluation instruments and techniques in physical education. Also covers statistical analysis of data and survey of selected instruments.

373 Individual Sports in Physical Education (3:0:3). Prerequisite: PHED status or permission of instructor. Focuses on ways for physical education majors to improve their skills and knowledge through in-depth study of basic skill progressions and drills for teaching tennis, golf, and other individual sport activities. Includes skill analysis and peer group teaching. Twenty-hour field experience required.

375 Team Sports in Physical Education (3:0:3). Prerequisite: PHED status or permission of instructor. Focuses on ways for physical education majors to improve their skills and knowledge through in-depth study of basic skill progressions and drills for teaching basketball, soccer, and other team sport activities. Includes skill analysis and peer group teaching. Twenty-hour field experience required.

403 Elementary School Instruction in Physical Education (3:3:0). Prerequisites: PHED 201, 202, 306, 373, and 375, and 75 hours. Covers content, knowledge, and teaching methods for K-6 physical education. Requires 15 hours of field experience.

404 Middle and High School Instruction in Physical Education (3:3:0). Prerequisites: PHED 201, 202, 306, 373, 375, and 403, and 75 hours. Examines school curriculum, assessment, content, and teaching practices for middle and high school physical education programs. Requires 15 hours of field experience.

410 Social/Psychological Aspects of Health and Fitness (3:3:0). Covers research, trends, and techniques of health and fitness from a behavioral perspective.

413 Management Skills in Athletic Training (3:3:0). Prerequisites: PHED 303, 328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, and 337; PRLS 405 and 410; 2.500 major GPA. Provides practical experience in the administration of an athletic training program on the collegiate, clinical, professional, and secondary school levels.

415 Student Teaching in Physical Education (9:0:0). Prerequisites: Completion of all courses in the approved program; acceptance into student teaching. Provides supervised clinical experience of a full semester in approved Virginia schools. Requires experiences in elementary (seven weeks) and secondary (seven weeks) school settings. Includes participation of one week in school preservice workshops and related activities and weekly seminar sessions.

441 Practicum in Athletic Training (1-3:0:0). Prerequisites: PHED 303, 328, 329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, and 337;PRLS 405 and 410; a 2.500 major GPA; and permission of instructor. Applies techniques and procedures in the care and prevention of athletic injuries in a selected environment under certified trainer supervision. Involves at least 100 hours of participation for each credit in athletic training.

442 Practicum in Physical Education (1-3:0:0). Prerequisites: 90 credits, or 60 credits and permission of instructor. Provides supervised professional practice in a selected area of interest. Students may repeat this course, but no more than three credits may be given. Each credit requires a minimum of 60 hours of participation in the specialty over a period of six weeks. Areas selected with faculty advisor approval.

450 Physiology of Exercise (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL124 and 125 and PHED 300. Covers human physiological responses to environmental changes and exercise.

499 Independent Study in Physical Education and Fitness (1-3:0:0). Prerequisites: 90 credits and permission of instructor. Provides study of a problem area in physical education research, theory, or practice under the direction of faculty. May be repeated, but no more than three total credits may be earned.