A basic course in fundamentals of personal physical fitness. Emphasis is given to concepts of aerobic exercise, strength and flexibility development. (Formerly KINE 101)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow the students to learn the fundamental skills in hunt seat, western riding, according to student background or interest. The course will provide one riding lab and one lecture based class per week. (Formerly KINE 170)

Offered: Resident

This course is designed to provide exposure to the teaching of physical education in the elementary school setting and adapted physical education for the exceptional child. The student must observe a minimum of twenty hours in an elementary program.

Offered: Resident

These sport/activity courses are designed for Kinesiology majors and minors as well as other interested students. Appropriate teaching techniques and skill competencies for each sport/activity are emphasized. The fundamental skills, relevant strategies, and applicable rules of the sports and/or activities listed will be included. Each sport or activity will provide the student a means for achieving psychomotor, cognitive, and affective development. (Formerly KINE 211)

Offered: Resident

These sport/activity courses are designed for Kinesiology majors and minors as well as other interested students. Appropriate teaching techniques and skill competencies for each sport/activity are emphasized. The fundamental skills, relevant strategies, and applicable rules of the sports and/or activities listed will be included. Each sport or activity will provide the student a means for achieving psychomotor, cognitive, and affective development. (Formerly KINE 215)

Offered: Resident

These sport/activity courses are designed for Kinesiology majors and minors as well as other interested students. Appropriate teaching techniques and skill competencies for each sport/activity are emphasized. The fundamental skills, relevant strategies, and applicable rules of the sports and/or activities listed will be included. Each sport or activity will provide the student a means for achieving psychomotor, cognitive, and affective development. (Formerly KINE 213)

Offered: Resident

This professional activity course is designed primarily for Kinesiology majors as well as other interested students. Teaching techniques as well as personal skill competencies in tumbling and rhythms are emphasized. The basic steps used in fundamental tumbling skills, simple rhythmic activities, and creative activities will be included. (Formerly KINE 214)

Offered: Resident

These sport/activity courses are designed for Kinesiology majors and minors as well as other interested students. Appropriate teaching techniques and skill competencies for each sport/activity are emphasized. The fundamental skills, relevant strategies, and applicable rules of the sports and/or activities listed will be included. Each sport or activity will provide the student a means for achieving psychomotor, cognitive, and affective development. (Formerly KINE 210)

Offered: Resident

These sport/activity courses are designed for Kinesiology majors and minors as well as other interested students. Appropriate teaching techniques and skill competencies for each sport/activity are emphasized. The fundamental skills, relevant strategies, and applicable rules of the sports and/or activities listed will be included. Each sport or activity will provide the student a means for achieving psychomotor, cognitive, and affective development. (Formerly 212)

Offered: Resident

An overview of the physical education teaching profession. Instructional emphasis is on the historical development, philosophical perspectives, curricular programs, and current problems and issues of physical education. (Formerly KINE 207)

Offered: Resident

A study of the principles involved in the development of human motor/sport skills. Instructional emphases focuses on the processes underlying skilled performance and the application of principles of skilled performance and learning in teaching, coaching, and rehabilitation settings. (Formerly KINE 208)

Offered: Resident

Lab sessions designed to give students the opportunity to experience problem-solving situations involving motor learning research findings applicable to exercise, sport, and rehabilitation settings. (Formerly KINE 209)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the physical, mental, and social skills necessary for participation in the sport of field hockey. Instructional emphases will focus on the basic skills, defensive tactics, offensive strategies, rules and scoring. (Formerly KINE 216)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the physical, mental, and social skills necessary for participation in the sport of lacrosse. Instructional emphases will focus on the basic skills, defensive tactics, offensive strategies, rules and scoring. (Formerly KINE 217)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills for the beginning tennis player. Instructional emphases will focus on ground strokes, serve, volley, lob, overhead smash, return of serve, playing strategies, rules and scoring. (Formerly KINE 218)

Offered: Resident

This course will introduce the sport of mountain biking to students with varying bicycling experience. The history of mountain biking, riding styles, bicycle maintenance/ repair, and the beneficial effects of the sport will be included. (Formerly KINE 219)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the basic skills of bowling. It will also provide them with the opportunity to participate in a "handicapped" league style format for 13 weeks. (Formerly KINE 220)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the physical, mental, and social skills necessary for playing golf. Instructional emphases will focus on complete swing, driving, approach shots, putting, etiquette, rules and scoring. (Formerly KINE 221)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop knowledge in both the theoretical and practical applications of weight training and conditioning as a means of promoting physical fitness. Instructional emphases will focus on principles and techniques of properly lifting and spotting strength training exercises. (Formerly KINE 225)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop the physical, mental, and social skills necessary for participation in American wrestling. Instructional emphases will focus on fundamental skills (stances, holds, moves), conditioning, competitive strategies, rules and scoring. (Formerly KINE 226)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills for the beginning swimmer. Instructional emphases will focus on the basic skills of swimming including breath control, floating, and sculling. Additionally, students will learn the front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke, and basic water safety skills. (Formerly KINE 228)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills for the intermediate swimmer. Instructional emphases will focus on the intermediate strokes of swimming including the front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke as well as advanced water safety skills. Additionally, students will participate in a variety of aquatic fitness activities. (Formerly KINE 229)

Offered: Resident

The course is designed to teach emergency water safety skills as well as knowledge and performance of non-swimming and swimming assists, water entries, defenses and escapes, and rescue skills. Successful completion of this course will result in Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certification. (Formerly KINE 230)

Offered: Resident

The course will qualify participants to teach all levels of swimming in progressive swimming courses as well as how to plan, organize and conduct these classes. Health and safety and education methods are emphasized. Successful completion of this course will result in Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certification. (Formerly KINE 231)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills for a variety of recreational sports and/or activities. Instructional emphases will focus on the basic skills necessary to participate, rules and scoring (if applicable) and relevant strategies. (Formerly KINE 232)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop basic self-defense in using Karate skills. Various kicking and striking techniques will be examined as related to self-defense issues. (Formerly KINE 233)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop basic self-defense as it relates to the theories and principles of Hapkido. Various kicking and striking techniques will be examined as related to self-defense situations. (Formerly KINE 234)

Offered: Resident

This course is designed for the beginning runner to acquire knowledge of the physiological, psychological, social and mental hunger as a result of a long-term running program. Instructional emphases will focus on the effect of diet on a runner, different running styles, conditioning programs/strategies, and the positive and negative effects of running. (Formerly KINE 223)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow committed runners to take their level of fitness, training, and running expertise to a higher level. Requirements will be more substantial than PHED 235. (Formerly KINE 224)

Offered: Resident

This course will allow students to develop cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills for the beginning ice hockey player. Instructional emphases will focus on skating, passing, shooting, defense, playing strategies, and rules. (Formerly KINE 222)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: PHED 170

This course will allow the students to build on the fundamental skills and expand knowledge of hunt seat and western riding, according to student background and interest. The course will provide one riding lab and one lecture based class per week. (Formerly KINE 270)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: PHED 270

This course will allow the students to build on the fundamental and intermediate skills and expand knowledge of hunt seat and western riding, according to student background and interest. The course will provide one riding lab and one lecture based class per week. (Formerly KINE 280)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: (PHED 189 or PHED 245) and Undergraduate Initial Gate 2 with a score of 5 and Background Check Clearance with a score of 5

A sequence of selected practicum experiences designed to involve the student with actual assisting and teaching physical education to elementary school. The student is assigned a minimum of 20 hours of practicum work under the supervision of physical educators in a local elementary school.

Offered: Resident

Practical work experience in an approved exercise or fitness-related agency, physical or occupational therapy clinic, chiropractic office, or similar setting supervised by a qualified professional. Application procedures processed through the Career Center. Must apply semester prior to internship. (formerly KINE 299)

Offered: Resident

Methods of classification of exceptional students, program planning and teaching of activities appropriate to needs of the handicapped are examined. (Formerly KINE 333)

Offered: Resident

Teaching methods of activities appropriate to the needs of exceptional students are examined. Addresses the importance of adapting physical education programs to meet the unique needs of exceptional students. (Formerly KINE 334)

Offered: Resident

An introduction to games and play activities which are suitable for elementary-aged students. Activity selection, planning and teaching methods are stressed. This course is designed for the elementary physical education concentration. (Formerly KINE 352)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: (PHED 189 or PHED 245) and PHED 451 and Undergraduate Initial Gate 2 with a score of 5 and Background Check Clearance with a score of 5

An assigned practicum experience designed to involve the student actual assisting in teaching physical education classes in a middle or secondary school setting. The student must complete 20 hours of practicum work under the supervision of a physical educator in one of the local schools.

Offered: Resident

A study of the problems and considerations involved in the successful management of physical education programs. Areas considered include program planning, budgeting, facility design and organization, and current organizational trends. (Formerly KINE 404)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: EDUC 475 (may be taken concurrently) and EDUC 476 (may be taken concurrently)

Seminar sessions will involve discussion of topics relevant to health and physical education instruction. Students will share experiences from student teaching and gain insights from readings and professionals in the field of education. (Formerly KINE 435)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: PHED 207 and PHED 208 and Undergraduate Initial Gate 2 with a score of 5 and Background Check Clearance with a score of 5

This course is designed to provide instruction in the physical education curriculum for elementary school settings. Areas of emphasis include class management, curriculum development, skill progressions, teaching methods and movement activities for grades K-6. (Formerly KINE 450)

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: PHED 207 and PHED 208 and Undergraduate Initial Gate 2 with a score of 5 and Background Check Clearance with a score of 5

The course is designed to provide the student with a thorough understanding of the teaching-learning process in middle and high school settings. The student will learn how to plan and present progressive learning tasks, develop effective teaching skills, analyze and evaluate the instructional process, and design curricular materials. (Formerly KINE 451)

Offered: Resident

A research-oriented project in an approved topical area or an independently-completed course of study in a specially designed area. Generally available only for Physical Education majors who have unusual and specific program needs. (Formerly KINE 495)

Offered: Resident

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