Undergraduate Physical Education Courses
PE 100 Physical Education Activity Courses
Activities include basketball, dance, fitness, football, golf, racquetball,
relaxation, sailing, self-defense, softball, tennis, volleyball, weight
training, yoga.
Offered every year. 1 credit.
PE/HE 140 Introduction to Creative Arts and Health
An experiential and didactic introduction to making connections between the arts
process/product and health.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
PE/HE 150 Health and Physical Education for the Teacher
The planning, development, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive health
education programs.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE 175 Principles of Coaching
The values, relationships, and skills necessary to coach children and young
adults in competitive athletics.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
PE 190 Sport and Society
Analysis of sport as a social system; the implications of sport within
interrelational contexts of other social systems.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
PE 205 Coaching Team Sports for Men
The techniques and strategies of coaching basketball and baseball.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
PE 215 Coaching Tennis
Selecting, training, strategies and teaching techniques in developing a tennis
program.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE 225 Fundamentals of Athletic Training
The prevention and treatment of all types of athletic injuries. Anatomy, injury
recognition, physiology, and taping are included.
Offered every 2 years. 3 credits.
PE 240 Athletic Programs
Financing, scheduling, administering, and evaluating high school sports.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE/HE 260 First Aid: Advanced Theory and Skill
Common emergencies, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, auto extrication, and
emergency childbirth. Opportunity for instructor rating.
Offered every 3 years. 3 credits.
PE/HE 275 Fitness for Life
Knowledge of health-related fitness components and their effect on total
wellness; emphasis on developing personalized fitness programs.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE/HE 280 Individualized Stress Management and Relaxation
Strategies and techniques for increasing stress resistance based on
psychophysiological research.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE 300 Fitness Appraisal and Exercise Prescription
Prerequisites: BI 161, BI 162, PE 275
Administration and interpretation of health-fitness tests, formulation of
individualized exercise prescriptions and methods of teaching fitness programs.
Offered every year. 3 credits.
PE 400 Independent Study in Physical Education/Coaching
Prerequisite: Consent of department
Opportunity to engage in research in an area of special interest not covered in
elective course offerings.
Offered every year. 1 - 6 credits.
PE 410 Field Experience in Physical Education/Coaching
Prerequisite: Consent of department
Organizing and conducting either physical education or coaching activities at
the elementary or secondary level.
(40 hours for each credit)
Offered every year. 3-6 credits.
PE 415 Special Topics in Physical Education
Prerequisite: Permission of department and instructor
Covers special interest topics.
Offered every semester. 3 credits
PE 420 Practicum in Health Fitness
Prerequisite: Consent of department
Opportunity to gain practical experience under supervision in a health fitness
field placement.
Offered every year. 3 credits.