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.
Intro to Health, PE, Exercise Science
This course will provide an overview of the academic disciplines and professional context of health and physical education. Topics covered include foundational health issues, biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor learning, sport sociology, sport psychology and pedagogy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Electives
Student Teaching
Supervised student teaching in a public school for a minimum of fourteen weeks will provide a variety of experiences to prepare pre-service teachers for their role in the school and the community. Included will be involvement with young people in the learning process, experiences with records necessary in the overall management of a classroom, and […]
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).
Literacy Across the Content
The first part of a two-semester course sequence examines all aspects of teaching and learning in the American high school. The course examines curriculum, instructional design and assessment, the teaching-learning process and literacy (reading, writing, speaking and listening) as they pertain to the secondary student and school. It also addresses the importance of reflection and […]