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2003-04 University Catalog George Mason University


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.