46 courses with the subject PED, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This is an activity course designed to teach basic tennis knowledge and skills including: forehand, backhand, serve, singles and doubles play. e PED 021 Beginner Golf This is an activity designed to teach basic golf knowledge and skills preliminary to course play.
This is an activity designed to teach basic golf knowledge and skills preliminary to course play.
This is a swimming course structured to train students up to advanced beginner level.
This is a swimming course designed to teach students basic swimming skills. front, or permission of the instructor
This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop a high level of proficiency in the American crawl, back crawl, and elementary backstroke.
This course affords the student the opportunity to develop more advanced strokes such as volley, overhead shot, drop shot, and lob. It
This is a course in conditioning and sport activities designed for those with temporary or permanent physical disabilities that prevent participation in regular activity classes. A student must have permission from a physician before participating in this course.
This course is designed to introduce the student to one or more of the following types of weight training programs: muscular strength/power, muscular endurance, muscular and cardiovascular endurance
The purpose of this course is to enhance students’ knowledge of several outdoor, recreational, and physical activities such as hiking canoeing, cycling, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, and skin diving.
This is an activity course designed to teach fundamental terms, rules, skills, and strategies of volleyball and softball.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the basic skills, strategies, and rules of basketball and soccer.
This course is designed to introduce the student to skills, strategies, and rules of a variety of team sports such as field and floor hockey, and flag football.
This course provides instruction and participation in various dances such as ballroom, folk, square, line, African, modern, etc.
This course focuses on instruction and participation in aerobic 143 dance and conditioning exercises that emphasize cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, body composition, and flexibility.
This course is designed to introduce the student to skills, strategies, and rules of a variety of lifetime sports such as bowling, shuffleboard, handball, badminton, track and field, and archery. The activities offered are determined each semester the course is offered.
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Yoga. The focus is on improvement in concentration, stress management, proper breathing, physical fitness, flexibility, strength, balance, and relaxation.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to participate in low and high impact aerobic workouts in the water designed to improve their flexibility, cardio-respiratory endurance, agility, and fitness. Instructions about the components of a water workout regimen will be provided. This course is beneficial to a wide range of students, including those who have mobility difficulties, individuals who desire to regain strength and flexibility after an injury or surgery, inactive or sedentary students interested in starting an exercise program, and those who desire to lose weight and gain muscle tone. Swimming ability is not a prerequisite for this course.
This course will focus on the basics of the Argentine Social Dance known as Tango, and the physical conditioning required to participate in it. It will include the history and roots of the music and the dance. It will also address the etiquette and customs that surround social dance. No prerequisites are required.
This course incorporates the basic principles of cardiovascular conditioning through low and high impact moves and intensities. Classes will include kickboxing, boot camp, step aerobics, and circuit training, combined with stretching, muscle toning and abdominal work. This course will be part lecture and part activity to promote overall physical fitness and wellness. Students will learn to participate in aerobic combinations helping to improve their cardiovascular system, have a better understanding of weight control, determine their body composition and current cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness levels, and select a safe and appropriate aerobic program. LSF: HP
This course will focus on introducing all levels of students to the practical understanding of and participation in various dance forms and creative movements. It will encourage positive self/body awareness, promote health and encourage the development of cognitive and intuitive skills as well as increased well –being Finally, will increase students’ global awareness of the role of dance in culture through writing and analysis. This course is accessible for all levels of movers. Prior dance experience is not required.
This course is designed for students to participate in physical activity. It involves the interaction and participation of aerobic fitness and conditioning exercises that emphasize cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, body composition, flexibility and stress management through yoga practice. The course promotes healthy living that encompasses wellness and a science-based approach towards the field of nutrition, exercise, health promotion and disease prevention. LSF:
This course will explore the many dimensions of yoga. Students are introduced to the ancient discipline of personal development that balances body, mind, and spirit. It has three components: an introduction to the history, practice and philosophy of classical yoga & its goals which students explore through study of anatomy & physiology, reading and inquiry; stress management methods; practice of Hatha yoga postures, focused breathing and various forms of medication.
The techniques of teaching and learning the methods and techniques of teaching rhythm and dance.
This is the first course for students majoring in physical education and sports management. It is designed to provide historical, philosophical, sociological, and other foundations of physical education and sports. In addition, information concerning career opportunities and professional growth will be presented. Also, practical experience in an area of interest with a minimum of ten clock hours of observation at an outside agency and/or public school will be required. 144
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and practical experience that will enhance their effectiveness in understanding and analyzing motor development for infants, children, youth, and adults.
it This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of instructing sports techniques and skills in an instructional setting. The course will expose students to dual, individual, and team sports. It will also enable students the opportunity to learn and apply the rules of each sport in a practical setting.
s This course will provide students with the basic philosophical and psychological concepts of sports and sports officiating, officiating techniques, games preparedness and management, the roles of the official and the legal issues related to sports officiating.
Theory and Practice of Coaching provide a beginning study of research-based principles and methods used to coach individual, dual and team sports, for application to coaching and sport programs.
This course is intended to introduce students to the profession of athletic training and sports medicine; The history and development of the profession and the concept of the sports medicine team, function, career opportunities and professional standards of the national (NATA), as well as medical terminology. Students will be required to complete a 50-hour clinical observation.
This course gives an overview of the foundation of exercise science and the professions in physical education and sport. The course is designed to enable the students to understand the exercise sciences as fields of academic study and programs as well as professional applications. In addition, this course enables students to discriminate among these contexts and relate to them by applying relevant knowledge and appropriate theoretical perspectives. It also explores the foundation of exercise physiology and how the cardiovascular, metabolic, and neuromuscular systems respond during exercise.
This course provides students with the recommendations and rationale necessary to design fitness programs for healthy adults and special populations. In addition, the course will explore the application of specificity, overload, and progression as well as provide an overview of acute program variables, changes made in a program, selection of exercises, how to determine frequency, and exercise sequence. Students will learn to exercise program design based on underlying principles and concepts developed for very specific training goals and match these goals with the necessary program design to achieve desired results. The course also addresses how to add variation to a training program with weight loads, repetitions and sets, intensity, volume, and rest period lengths.
This is a course designed to provide intensive work in an area of specia interest or a required topic in physical education. This course is available to qualified students upon recommendation from the academic advisor and the instructor related to the topic.
This is a course designed to provide intensive work in an area of specia interest or a required topic in physical education. This course is available to qualified students upon recommendation from the academic advisor and the instructor related to the topic.
This is a course designed to provide intensive work in an area of specia interest or a required topic in physical education. This course is available to qualified students upon recommendation from the academic advisor and the instructor related to the topic.
This course reinforces student knowledge of anatomy and provides the student with the opportunity to develop competencies essential to analyzing physical activity performance. Laboratory experience is included. Prerequisite/Corequisite: BIO 249, Human Anatomy and Physiology I.
6th Grade Physical Education A course designed to provide students with knowledge and practical experience that will enhance their effectiveness in teaching physical education in pre-school through sixth grade students. Laboratory experience is required. 145
This course is designed to provide the student with the philosophy, knowledge, and methods of teaching physical education to students with disabilities and those who are exceptional A practical experience (required lab) is included to implement classroom instruction.
Education and Sport Management This course provides students with competencies essential to managing and administering physical education and sport and safety programs. Students are required to complete the American Red Cross Certification Program in First Aid and CPR.
The first of two formal courses facilitate the writing of the senior investigative paper. The students will complete a proposal for their senior paper as an outcome of this course. To accomplish this outcome, students will learn research methods and strategies necessary to complete an acceptable proposal for their senior l investigative paper.
This course is designed to develop an understanding of measurement and evaluation concepts of health and human performance, with a special focus on the analysis and l interpretation of data in different environments.
This is the second of two formal courses that facilitate the writing of the Senior Investigative Paper. The purpose of the course is to expose students to significant issues, methodology, and research in the fields of physical education, and to investigate an area of major interest for completion of the SIP. (Formerly PED 430)
This course presents fundamental concepts and materials pertinent to the various functions of the human body during physical activity. It provides the student with knowledge of the physiological effects of exercise as well as an awareness of the values of physical activity to man’s well-being. Laboratory experience is required. BIO 143 or permission of the instructor. concurrently)
This course provides an introduction to the care and prevention of athletic injuries. Topics covered include pathology of injury, injury recognition and evaluation, care and treatment of injuries, protective equipment, environmental concerns, nutrition, psychological considerations, and administration as related to the practice of providing athletic care. Laboratory experience is included.
This course gives students the basic skills necessary to develop and implement fitness and wellness programming for health clubs, implement fitness and wellness programming for health clubs, recreation facilities, YMCAs, and Boys and Girls Clubs. Emphasis is placed on management, programming, and leadership procedures specifically for the fitness and wellness professional. Students receive detailed insight on how to design and monitor programs that are safe and effective for all individuals. Students demonstrate both a thorough understanding and practical application of exercise theory, training effects, program design, and assessment procedures of fitness and wellness programming.
An occasional or experimental course focusing on a specific topic designed to provide advanced study in an area of special interest in physical education and sport management. This course is an elective and is available to qualified students upon recommendations from the academic advisor and the instructor. This course may be repeated for additional credit.
Source: Johnson C Smith University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
