Tests and Measurements in PE
Skill Progression & Assessment. This course is intended to develop Physical Education Teachers’ ability to select and implement appropriate assessments to monitor students’ progress and guide decision making related to instruction and learning.
Electives
Adapted Physical Education
Provides knowledge and skills for assessing, interpreting, programming and instructing children and adults with disabilities/special needs in a wide range of physical education programs.
Human Biology*
This course applies biological principles to practical human concerns enabling students to understand their bodies and their environment. Emphasis is placed on human anatomy, physiology, genetics, diseases, and the aging process. Meets a life-science requirement in most programs. Offered every spring.
First Aid and Emergency Care
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of safety, as well as first aid and basic life support procedures. Topics include accident prevention, emergency recognition, and care for life threatening conditions (including the use of an AED).
Kinesiology/Health Promotion
An introductory study of the historical, philosophical, and scientific foundations of kinesiology; aspects of physical education, exercise science, health promotion, and sport will be covered.
Health and Physical Ed Methods
Health and Physical Education Methods is designed for those studying to become an Elementary or P-12 Health/Physical Education teacher. Emphasis will be placed on teaching methods and strategies, designing learning experiences and tasks, presenting instruction, developing and maintaining a learning environment, and using assessment in the health and physical education classroom.
Principles of Health and Nutrition
In this introductory nutrition course, you will learn how to apply nutrition principles to your own food choices. This course will help you to understand how key nutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water) affect health, disease, energy balance, and weight control.
Lifetime Fitness
The purpose of this course is to provide physically literate individuals practice skills for achieving competence and confidence in a variety of physical activities. Through this course individuals will have a better understanding of the benefits and implications of lifelong physical activity that improve the overall quality of life.
School Health Program
This course will provide educational theory, strategies and methods of implementing a school health program from P12. Emphasis is placed on planning, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate programs in health education.