Physical Education Majors and Minors
All majors must take the following common core:
- PHE-150 Physical Education Activity
Swimming and one of the following:- aerobic dance
- weight training
- jogging
- body conditioning
- PHE-151 Personal Fitness
- PHE-170 Team Sports Skills
- PHE-171 Lifetime/Leisure Activities
- PHE-200 Foundations of Physical Education
- PHE-201 Introduction to Health
- PHE-202 Sports Officiating
- PHE-244 Care and Prevention of Injuries
- PHE-302 American Red Cross First Aid
- PHE-304 Motor Learning
- PHE-319 Kinesiology
- PHE-434 Adapted Physical Education
- PHE-443 Physiology of Exercise
- PHE-444 Tests and Measurements in Health & Physical Education
Physical Education Major
The major in physical education teaching leads to K-12 or standard secondary teacher certification. Students desiring certification must meet the requirements
listed in the Education Department.
Consists of the common core and the following:
- PHE-150 Physical Education Activity (dance)
- PHE-300 Applied Sport Psychology
- PHE-324 Management of PE, Recreation & Athletics
- PHE-328 Elem Curriculum Planning in Health & PE
- PHE-329 Secondary Curriculum Planning
- PHE-494 Independent Study
or
PHE-497 Internship - PHE-104 Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Human Activity
Exercise Science Major
The major in exercise science supplies students with a strong foundation for graduate studies in exercise physiology, biomechanics, cardiac rehabilitation, sports medicine, physical therapy and allied health fields.
Consists of the common core and 15 credits chosen from the following:
- BIO-120 Frontiers in Biology
- BIO-220 Organismal Biology
- BIO-303 Human Anatomy
- BIO-304 Human Physiology
- BIO-330 Cell Biology
- BIO-355 Selected Topics: Human Anatomy
- CHE-141 General Chemistry I
- CHE-142 General Chemistry II
- CHE-301 Organic Chemistry I
- CHE-302 Organic Chemistry II
- CHE-412 Biochemistry
- MAT-149 Pre-Calculus
- MAT-151 Calculus I
- PHY-231,-232 General Physics
- PHY-271,-272 Analytical Physics
- PHE-408 Adult Fitness Programming
- PHE-409 Cardiac Rehabilitation
Sport and Fitness Management Major
The Sport and Fitness Management Major offers students an opportunity to combine business with fitness theory and practice. This major requires the Common Core of the Physical Education program as well as the following:
Prerequisites:
- MAT-112 Introduction to Statistics
- MAT-151 Calculus I
or
MAT-123.1 Applied Mathematics or equivalent - ECO-271 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECO-272 Principles of Macroeconomics
- And the following courses from business:
Coaching Minor
Includes:
- PHE-104 Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Human Activity
- PHE-202 Sports Officiating
- PHE-244 Care & Prevention of Injury
- PHE-300 Applied Sport Psychology
- PHE-302 American Red Cross First Aid
- PHE-319 Kinesiology
- PHE-443 Physiology of Exercise
Other programs of study that may be of interest to physical education, exercise science and sport fitness management majors include: