Physical Education (PHED)
Graduate School of Education
103 Fencing (1:1:0).
105 Aerobics (2:2:0).
107 Social Dance (1:1:0).
108 Weight Training and Body Conditioning (1:1:0).
110 Beginning Swimming (1:1:0).
113 Latin Dance (1:1:0).
118 Advanced Life Guarding (1:1:0)
128 Fencing II (2:2:0).
134 Self Defense for Men and Women (1:1:0).
135 Self Defense for Men and Women II (1:1:0).
136 Tae Kwon Do (1:1:0).
137 Intermediate Tae Kwon Do (1:1:0).
140 Golf (1:1:0).
144 Intermediate Golf (2:2:0).
146 Introduction to Badminton (1:1:0).
150 Intermediate Swimming (1:1:0).
151 Introduction to Tennis (1:1:0).
153 Intermediate Tennis (1:1:0).
155 Introduction to Springboard Diving (2:2:0).
156 Intermediate Springboard Diving (2:2:0).
158 Underwater Hockey (1:1:0).
159 Advanced Swimming (1:1:0).
165 Introduction to Racquetball (1:1:0).
166 Intermediate Racquetball (1:1:0).
200 Professional Dimensions of Health, Recreation,
and Physical Education (3:3:0). Open to
non-majors. Traces the historical foundations of health, recreation, and
physical education.
201 Developmental Motor Patterns
(3:3:0). Analyzes motor skill development and prescription of activities
from immature to mature stages.
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.
250 Water Safety Instruction (2:1:0).
255 Scuba Diving (1:1:0).
273 Individual Sports in Physical Education
(3:0:3). Designed to improve teacher candidates' motor skills
and knowledge of selected individual and lifelong activities
and sports.
275 Team Sports in Physical Education
(3:0:3). Designed to improve teacher candidates' motor skills and
knowledge of selected team and group activities and sports.
300 Kinesiology (3:3:0). Prerequisites: BIOL 124 and
125. Covers the anatomical and mechanical study of
human movement.
304 Sport, Culture, and Society (3:3:0). Covers sport
from educational, political, economic, and cultural perspectives.
306 Psychomotor Learning (3:3:0). Prerequisite:
BSED status. Covers psychological aspects, learning theory,
and practice conditions for learning motor skills.
308 Adapted Physical Education (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: BSED status and BIOL 124 and 125.
Introduces disabilities in public schools. Covers national standards,
federal legislation, IEPs, and developmental inclusion models.
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
protec
tive 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 training.
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 for 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 for 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.
403 Elementary School Instruction in Physical
Education (3:3:0). Prerequisites: PHED 201, 202, 273, 275,
and 306; BSED status. Covers content, knowledge, and
teaching methods for K6 physical education. Requires
field experience.
404 Middle and High School Instruction in
Physical Education (3:3:0). Prerequisites: PHED 201, 202,
273, 275, 306, and 403; BSED status. Examines school
curriculum, assessment, content, and teaching practices
for middle and high school physical education programs.
Requires 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 200, 328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335,
336, and 337; PRLS 405 and 410; a 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 schools. Requires experiences in elementary (seven
weeks) and secondary (seven weeks) school settings. Includes
participation of one week in preservice workshops and
related activities and weekly seminar sessions.
441 Practicum in Athletic Training
(3:0:0). Prerequisites: PHED 200, 328, 329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, and
337; PRLS 405 and 410; a 2.500 major GPA; permission of
instructor. Applies techniques and procedures in the care
and prevention of athletic injuries in a selected
environment under certified athletic 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 3 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:
BIOL 124 and 125 and PHED 300. Covers human
physiological responses to environmental changes and exercise.
480 Special Topics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: 60 hours.
See course description in the Schedule of Classes.
Selected topics reflect interest in specialized areas of exercise
science or health promotion.
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 3 total
credits may be earned.
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