2021-2022 Course List

Acquaint students with the basic skills and rules of handball.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Acquaint students with advanced skills, strategies, and rules of handball.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Overview of aquatic skills and activities. Basic techniques and practical experience in teaching aquatic skills and activities.

Prerequisites:

Human Performance major or Aquatic emphasis. Ability to swim front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke. Developing teaching skills and curriculum.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Develop basic knowledge and appreciation through participation in the sport of curling.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Variable content based on demand. Prereq: varies depending on activity

Prerequisites:

Varies depending on activity 

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Develop basic knowledge and appreciation through participation in yoga.

This course will provide majors in the health and physical education program with an overview of historical, philosophical and social perspectives of physical education. Students will develop an understanding of instructional, managerial, and organizational components impacting physical education.

Introduction to physical education and health teaching majors. An overview of history, physical education and health teaching profession, and opportunities and challenges in teaching.

This class is intended for students in Physical Education to learn the fundamentals of teaching indoor and outdoor team sports. Students will use current teaching models to learn and evaluate age appropriate teaching progressions and assessment techniques. Students will become proficient in both performing and teaching specific skills related to team sport (flag football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, team handball).

This class is intended for students in Physical Education to learn the fundamentals of teaching individual and dual sports. Students will use current teaching models to learn and evaluate age appropriate teaching progressions and assessment techniques. Students will become proficient in performance and analysis of fundamental movements and skills in individual and dual sports (bowling, golf, tennis, pickle ball, badminton) and leisure activities (disc golf, bocce ball).

This class is intended for students in Physical Education to learn the fundamentals of teaching rhythm and dance. Students will use current teaching models to learn and evaluate age appropriate teaching progressions and assessment techniques. Students will become proficient in performance and analysis of fundamental movements and skills in rhythmic activities and dance (folk, square, line, and social).

Advanced strokes: butterfly, overarm sidestroke, trudgeon, inverted breaststroke. Competitive strokes and turns. Springboard diving. Aquatic Art. Mask and snorkel skills. Safety/rescue skills. Water exercise. Water polo. Prereq: front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke

Prerequisites:

Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke. Spring

Goal Areas:

GE-11

The course is designed to give an overview of approximately five sports. Emphasis is placed on the philosophy behind sport officiating. Discussion involves how to get started, organization helpful to officials, learning materials, stipends to be earned, types of equipment and cost.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

American Red Cross requirements for Water Safety Instructor (WSI) certification. Practical experiences included. Prereq: Swim 500 yards. Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke.

Prerequisites:

Swim 500 yards. Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Orientation to existing and emerging careers in the allied health professions such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic training. Strategies for gaining admission to allied health graduate studies programs will be emphasized.

Examines sport from a social-psychological perspective. To identify and discuss ways in which societal values affect the character of sport and the people involved.

Prerequisites:

SOC 101 

Adult fitness, from theory to practice.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

Fundamentals of physical education activities focuses on skill performance and analysis in a variety of physical education activities. Majors only. This course must be taken concurrently with HP 201.

Methods, procedures, and philosophy of coaching competitive swimming. Prereq: competitive swimming experience

Prerequisites:

Competitive swimming experience. 

Methods and procedures used in coaching. Prereq: wrestling experience or wrestling class

Prerequisites:

Wrestling experience or wrestling class. 

Methods and procedures used in coaching volleyball. Prereq: volleyball experience or consent

Prerequisites:

Volleyball experience or consent. 

Methods and procedures used in coaching.

Methods and procedures used in coaching baseball.

Course designed to teach the various techniques and philosophies of the game of football for prospective coaches. Open enrollment-male or female.

The course is designed to help coaches learn how to teach the technical and tactical skills of youth cheerleading.