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Courses in Physical Education

PHYE 300: Safety Education and First Aid (3)
A study of safety and fist aid designed to prepare students to teach safety education and to administer first aid.

PHYE 305: Officiating (3)
This course provides the student the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in officiating athletic contests through lectures, clinics and applications. Students will learn the philosophies and fundamentals of officiating, the mechanics, rules and interpretation of different sports and apply the classroom knowledge by officiating intramural contests.

PHTE 320: Physical Education Activities for the Elementary School (3)
The philosophy, content, and methods appropriate for teaching physical education in elementary school. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory (physical education activities).

PHYE 324: Foundations and Trends in Physical Education (3)
History, principles, philosophies, and trends in the feilds of physical education.

PHYE 335: Organization and Administration of Physical Education Programs (3)
Analysis and discussion of the various aspects of school programs of physical education, intramurals, and recreational activities.

PHYE 350: Human Anatomy for the Physical Educator (3)
A study of the structure of the human body and its role in physical activity.

PHYE 351: Evaluations in Physical Education (3)
Analysis of tests and measurements in physical educaiton. Emphasis on the selection, administration, evaluation, and methods of using results of various tests.

PHYE 355: Physiology of Exercise and Kinesiology (3)
The scientific study of human functions under the stress of muscular activity and the study of the mechanics of body movements and their application ot sports and games.

PHYE 400: Adaptive Physical Education (3)
Examaniation of the concepts and organization of activities in physical education for the handicapped and atypical. The scope and function of therapeutic recreation service in the rehabilitation process will be studied.

PHYE 467: Skills and Techniques in Teaching Team and Individual Sports (3)
Instruction in the methods of teaching the skills and techniques of physical education and athletic activities.

PHYE 470: Teaching Internship in Physical Education (9)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program
Under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college supervisors, students will assume full-time teaching responsibilities in public school physical education classes for a period of 10 weeks.

PHYE 495, 496: Problems in Physical Education (1-3, 1-3)

PHYE: Physical Education Activity Courses (Basic Skills)
Offered for credit/no credit only. Most activities courses are taught for eight weeks and 0.5 semester hour credit is awarded for satisfactory completion of a course. courses which meet for a full semester and carry a full semester hour of credit are followed by (1).

 

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