Course Descriptions
Activity Courses:
PED 101 - Jogging and Physical Fitness
Credit Hours: 1
PED 104 - Physical Conditioning
Credit Hours: 1
PED 105 - Yoga
Credit Hours: 1
PED 106 - Strength Training
Credit Hours: 1
PED 107 - Gymnastics
Credit Hours: .5
PED 110 - Kickboxing and Cardio Karate I
Credit Hours: 1
PED 111 - Kickboxing and Cardio Karate II
Credit Hours: 1
PED 114 - Tennis/Badminton
Credit Hours: 1
PED 115 - Swimming
Credit Hours: .5
PED 124 - Karate I
Credit Hours: .5
PED 128 - Self Defense for Women
Credit Hours: .5
PED 129 - Martial Arts and Self-Defense
Credit Hours: 1
PED 130 - Swing Dance
Credit Hours: .5
PED 136 - Karate II
Credit Hours: .5
PED 137 - Scuba diving I (Non-certified)
Credit Hours: 1
PED 138 - Scuba diving II (Certified)
Credit Hours: 2
PED 200 - Introduction to Athletic Training
Credit Hours: 3
Two hours of lecture and one hour of lab. The lecture portion will cover the basics of athletic training including medical terminology, mechanisms of injury and recognition and treatment of common athletic injuries. The laboratory is an introduction to athletic training skills; including preventive and supportive taping, wrapping of common athletic injuries, assessment of vital signs, and crutch fitting.
PED 210 - Lifetime Health and Wellness
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to develop lifelong wellness skills through the use of proper goal setting, lifetime physical activities, proper nutritional methods, disease and injury prevention, stress management, and responsible behavior.
PED 221 - Foundations of Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
An orientation course emphasizing the history, philosophy, and role of physical education within the school and community.
PED 231 - Soccer Officiating
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to give a thorough familiarity with and understanding of the rules of soccer with the intention of qualifying for state certification in officiating. Provides training in procedures and philosophy of officiating.
PED 232 - Football Officiating
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to give a thorough familiarity with and understanding of the rules of football with the intention of qualifying for state certification in officiating. Provides training in procedures and philosophy of officiating.
PED 233 - Baseball and Softball Officiating
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to give a thorough familiarity and understanding of the rules of baseball & softball with the intention of qualifying for state certification in officiating. Provides training in procedures and philosophy of officiating.
PED 234 - Basketball Officiating
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to give a thorough familiarity and understanding of the rules of basketball with the intention of qualifying for state certification in officiating. Provides training in procedures and philosophy of officiating.
PED 235 - Volleyball Officiating
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to give a thorough familiarity and understanding of the rules of volleyball with the intention of qualifying for state certification in officiating. Provides training in procedures and philosophy of officiating.
PED 236 - First Aid and CPR
Credit Hours: 2
American Red Cross First Aid course including emergency care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adult, child, and infant. American Red Cross certificate issued for both first aid and CPR at successful completion.
PED 241 - Individual Sport Instruction
Credit Hours: 3
Designed for a thorough understanding of the neuromuscular skill and strategies used in golf, racket sports, and bowling. Unit and class organization along with skill-teaching sequences are considered.
PED 242 - Team Sport Instruction
Credit Hours: 3
Designed for a thorough understanding of the neuromuscular skills and strategies used in soccer, softball, flag football, volleyball, and basketball. Unit and class organization along with skill-teaching sequences are considered.
PED 251 - Soccer Coaching
Credit Hours: 2
Preparation of students to coach football. Students will receive instruction in theory, ethics, techniques, and strategies in coaching soccer.
PED 252 - Football Coaching
Credit Hours: 2
Preparation of students to coach football. Students will receive instruction in theory, ethics, techniques, and strategies in coaching football.
PED 253 - Baseball Coaching
Credit Hours: 2
Preparation of students to coach baseball. Students will receive instruction in theory, ethics, techniques, and strategies in coaching baseball.
PED 254 - Basketball Coaching
Credit Hours: 2
Preparation of students to coach basketball. Students will receive instruction in theory, ethics, techniques, and strategies in coaching basketball.
PED 255 - Track and Field Coaching
Credit Hours: 2
Preparation of students to coach track and field. Students will receive instruction in theory, ethics, event techniques, and practice planning in coaching track and field.
PED 263 - Sociology of Sport
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to introduce students to the diverse aspects of sports as well as the diversity of "Sports Studies". There will be an emphasis on raising the level of consciousness of students in the sporting environment. (Same as SPM 363)
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or instructor consent.
PED 264 - Introduction to Sport Psychology
Credit Hours: 3
Introduction and overview of the psychological aspects of sport. Knowledge and skills to develop performance enhancement programs for athletes, performers, and athletic teams are discussed. (Same as SPM 264)
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or instructor consent.
PED 265 - Personal Health and Wellness
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to enhance students' physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual health which will enable them to pursue their college and life goals more effectively. This course fulfills general education activity requirement.
PED 267 - Lifeguard Training
Credit Hours: 2
Designed along Red Cross standards to preserve one's own life in water as well as saving other lives. Instruction in recognizing safety hazards and practices. American Red Cross Certification in lifeguarding, first aid, and CPR will be issued at successful completion.
Prerequisite(s): Strong swimming skills.
PED 268 - Water Safety Instructor
Credit Hours: 2
Designed to prepare students to teach various courses in swimming and lifesaving through planning and actual teaching experience. American Red Cross WSI certification cards issued upon successful completion.
Prerequisite(s): Strong swimming skills.
PED 270-9 - Special Topics
Credit Hours: 1-3
Special topics in Physical Education depending upon demand and staff.
PED 301 - Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Credit Hours: 3
Fundamental principles of human nutrition and their application to athletes and athletic performance. Includes discussions of proper diet selection, eating disorders, fluid replacement, carbohydrate loading, weight gain/loss, and ergogenic aids.
PED 310 - Philosophy of Sport
Credit Hours: 3
The history and philosophy of physical education and sport programs. The philosophy of program development will be emphasized.
PED 313 - Swimming Methods
Credit Hours: 2
Teaching methods, organization, and skill progressions in beginning and advanced swimming are presented. Students must show competence in swimming. An American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Aid Certification will be awarded upon completion.
Recommendation(s): PED 115 for weaker swimmers.
PED 340 - Rhythms and Dance
Credit Hours: 3
Methods of teaching, history, skill acquisition in dance, including social, square, folk, and movement education. Students must show competence in dance.
PED 344 - Kinesiology
Credit Hours: 3
The study of human movement. This course is designed to acquaint students with terminology of muscles as well as the location, function, and basic mechanics of muscles. This knowledge
will allow students to understand and analyze human movement. Does not fulfill general education physical science requirement. (Same as SCI 344)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 282/283
PED 345 - Physiology of Exercise
Credit Hours: 3
The physiological basis of muscular activity with special attention on the effects of exercise on other body systems. The specific effects of exercise are also discussed. Does not fulfill general
education physical science requirement. (Same as SCI 345)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 282/283.
PED 346 - Motor Learning
Credit Hours: 3
Study of neuromuscular development and its relationship to perception and acquisition of motor and performance skills.
PED 350 - Facilities Management
Credit Hours: 3
Studies procedures in the planning and management of athletic, physical education, and recreational facilities. Emphasizes the planning process for indoor and outdoor facilities, including recreation parks and open spaces; planning for the handicapped, and trends in facility design.
(Same as SPM 350) PED 351 - Sport Marketing
Credit Hours: 3
An overview of conceptualization and marketing of events to participants, spectators, and sponsors. Particular emphasis is placed on the design and pricing of sponsorship packages so corporate needs are met.
PED 355 - Personal Training Principles
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparation for a national certification exam in personal training. Topics include guidelines for instructing
safe, effective, and purposeful exercise, essentials of the client-trainer relationship, conducting health and fitness assessments, and
designing and implementing appropriate exercise programming.
PED 360 - Sport Law
Credit Hours: 2
Designed to identify legal liabilities in the sport and teaching environment. Will identify principal causes of sports litigation and encourage discrimination between risks which are inherent in sport and those which are unacceptable.
PED 380 - Principles of Strength & Conditioning
Credit Hours: 3
Discusses theories and principles of physical conditioning, sport and exercise. This course also helps prepare the student for the NSCA's certified strength and conditioning certification.
PED 381 - Physiology of Aerobic Exercise
Credit Hours: 3
The study of the physiological and training principles of aerobic exercise. This course also prepares the student for the ACSM and ACE fitness instructor certification examination.
Recommendation(s): PED 345.
PED 400 - Methods of Teaching Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
Teaching methods, organization, and principles of instruction in activities normally taught in secondary schools.
Recommendation(s): PED 221.
PED 410 - Technology Use in P.E. and Sport Management
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to provide students with conceptual knowledge and technical competence to comprehend the role of technology in teaching and coaching in the schools and in the management of sport organizations.
PED 432 - Teaching Elementary Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to take the teacher candidate through the process of planning, developing, organizing, teaching, and assessing the physical education curriculum appropriate for elementary school students.
Recommendation(s): PED 400.
PED 434 Teaching Middle School Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to take the teacher candidate through the process of planning, developing, teaching, and assessing the physical education curriculum appropriate for middle school students.
Recommendation(s): PED 400.
PED 436 Teaching Secondary Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to take the teacher candidate through the process of planning, developing,organizing, teaching, and assessing the physical education curriculum appropriate for secondary school students.
Recommendation(s): PED 400.
PED 441 - Administration of Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
Methods and theories involved in the administration and program development of Physical Education and athletics in high schools and other sports-related organizations.
PED 442 - Tests and Measurements in Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to provide concepts, principles, construction, and interpretation of assessment methods in Physical Education.
PED 444 - Adaptive Physical Education
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to provide the concepts and principles, services of referral, typical behavior aberrations, and problems related to the physical education of the exceptional child. Students will receive instruction in the modification of motor activities general fitness activities, and therapeutic exercises for students with unique needs.
PED 445 - Coaching Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to acquaint the students with principles of positive coaching philosophy, application of sport psychology and sport physiology, sport skills instruction, and the use of sports management skills.
PED 447 - Foundations of Recreation
Credit Hours: 2
Designed to study the administration and development of community and school recreational programs. Instruction in the qualifications of a recreational leader with practical applications of leadership will be included.
PED 448 - Applied Sport Psychology-Performance Enhancement
Credit Hours: 3
Discusses theories of performance psychology, mental skills training techniques, and many facets of applied sport psychology for attaining peak performance in the performing arts (i.e. dance, music, drama) and athletics.
PED 454 - Exercise Assessment
Credit Hours: 3
Study of the theories, procedures, and techniques of exercise, fitness, and sport performance testing.
Prerequisite(s): Laboratory Experience
Recommendation(s): PED 442
PED 460 - Personal Training Practicum
Credit Hours: 1-3
An assignment to work with individuals in a fitness setting. Students will assess individual fitness levels, design a fitness program, and instruct and monitor each individual client's progress.
PED 465 - Coaching Practicum
Credit Hours: 2-3
Students will be assigned a specific sport to work as an assistant coach. Specific duties will be assigned by the head coach of that sport.
PED 470-9 - Special Topics
Credit Hours: 1-3
Special topics in Physical Education depending upon demand and staff.
PED 485 - Internship
Credit Hours: 6-12
An extended assignment in a setting appropriate to the student's career goals. A minimum of 50 hours of practicum is required per credit hour.
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