49 courses with the subject HPPE, 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.
In this course basic techniques, skills, and rules are emphasized. Activities include participation and the study of safety factors. This class does count for the physical activity core.
In this course, basic techniques, skills, and rules are emphasized. Activities include participation and the study of safety factors. This class does count for the physical activity core.
In this course, emphasis is placed on recreational lifetime carry-over value. Designed to develop performance in basic skills, this course includes badminton, horseshoes, croquet, shuffleboard, and table tennis. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to introduce proper group fitness exercise methods. Group fitness activities will be studied and practiced during each class period. Emphasis will be given to the study of group fitness activities and how they can be incorporated into an individual’s wellness and physical fitness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
In this course basic techniques, skills, and rules are emphasized. Activities include participation and the study of safety factors. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to teach basic skills from tee to green. The basic mechanics of all golf swings are studied by audiovisual aids and on-the-course experience. This class does count for the physical activity core.
In this course basic techniques, skills, and rules are emphasized. Activities include participation and the study of safety factors. This class does count for the physical activity core.
In this course, basic weight training skills are taught. Training safety is emphasized. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is a comprehensive study in the principles and practices of personal and community health. The personal habits of an individual are studied in reference to proper health measures in human relations, science, and medicine. The community aspects of this course relate to individuals or groups of people with respect to communicable diseases and their prevention and control. Special study is given to pollution and drugs.
This course is designed to offer an introduction to stretching for relaxation and toning. Emphasis will be placed on basic technique of stretching and how this activity may be incorporated into an individual’s wellness and physical fitness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to offer an introduction to fundamental disc golf and ultimate Frisbee skills, basic rules, and team play strategies. The acquisition and understanding of these skills and strategies will be presented through both activity and lecture sessions. Emphasis will be placed on the skills, rules, strategies of disc sports and how this activity may be incorporated into an individual’s wellness and physical fitness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course introduces students to the benefits, positive effects, assessment, and implementation of healthy lifestyles. Emphasis will be placed on wellness, stress, physical fitness, nutrition & weight management, substance abuse, and safety. This course will include lectures and activity labs. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to offer an introduction to flag football and softball. Flag football and softball activities will be introduced and practiced in each class period. Flag football will be practiced for half of the semester and softball will be practiced for the remainder of the semester. Emphasis will be given to the study of skills, basic rules, and strategies of flag football and softball and how these activities can be incorporated into an individual’s wellness and physical fitness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to introduce students to proper individual exercise methods, assessments, and living healthy lifestyles. Emphasis will be placed on wellness, physical fitness, nutrition, and weight management and how to incorporate exercise methods, assessment, and healthy lifestyles into an individual’s life-long wellness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to offer an introduction to many different types of social dances, including line dances, the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, mambo, tango, salsa, and swing. Emphasis will be placed on basic technique and incorporating social dancing into an individual’s life-long wellness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to offer an introduction to basic ballet technique and skills, including basic barre work, turns and leaps, while incorporating aspects of modern dance. Emphasis will be placed on basic technique and incorporating ballet and modern dancing into an individual’s life-long wellness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to introduce students to martial arts including stance, balance, blocking, punching, and kicking. Emphasis will be placed on proper technique and incorporating martial arts into an individual’s livelong wellness program. This class does count for the physical activity core.
This course is designed to offer one or more carefully selected activities as student interest and faculty availability allow. Emphasis will be placed on basic technique, rules, and how this activity(ies) may be incorporated into an individual’s wellness and physical fitness program. This course does count for the physical activity core. This course may be repeated with different topics for up to four hours of credit.
Varsity Sport I focuses on the application of offensive and defensive strategies, advanced skill techniques, and participation at a completive level. Enrollment must be concurrent with membership on a UT Southern varsity or junior varsity team. This class will not count toward the physical education core requirement. This class may not be repeated.
Varsity Sport II focuses on the application of offensive and defensive strategies, advanced skill techniques, and participation at a completive level. Enrollment must be concurrent with membership on a UT Southern varsity or junior varsity team. This class will not count toward the physical education core requirement. This class may not be repeated.
This course involves a study of the historical background, general scope, philosophy, principles, and objectives of health and physical education as they relate to elementary and secondary physical education, sport management and other career opportunities. This course also surveys associations, conferences, and publications germane to the area.
This course is designed to equip the non-swimmer with basic water safety skills and knowledge in order to make the individual reasonably safe while in, on, or about the water.
This course is designed to teach the novice swimmer stroke improvement, endurance, and complex water skills. Water safety is stressed.
With emphasis on handling emergencies and conducting water search-and-rescue operations, this course also teaches health and sanitation of pool maintenance and uses of rescue equipment. Successful completion entitles students to American Red Cross Lifeguard, CPR, and Standard First Aid Certification.
This course consists of supervised part-time experience at approved sites for the purpose of supporting and clarifying career goals in non-licensure Human Performance. Each hour of credit requires 40 clock hours per semester. Enrollment is open to non-licensure Human Performance majors only. The practicum assignment is made by the program coordinator.
This course is designed as a dual approach to the study of safety: the study of safety measures in all areas of life and standard First Aid and emergency care of the suddenly ill or injured. Successful completion entitles students to American Red Cross CPR/AED and First Aid Certification.
Fundamental concepts of nutrition are addressed with a special focus on contemporary issues relevant to developing professionals in human performance and physical education. A survey of concepts will cover the essentials of human nutrition that improve and sustain performance for physical activity, sport, and exercise.
This course covers basic principles and methods relating to the acquisition of motor skills. It includes basic research on motor learning and performance, including the psychological and physiological principles related to movement behavior.
This course is designed to cover materials and teaching methods for elementary schools. It includes all activities that would promote health and skills from the primary grades to the intermediate level. The methods and organization of a complete program are stressed. These areas include basic games, coordination, rhythms, dancing, and singing games. A 10-hour field experience and fee are associated with the course for licensure students only, and must be completed prior to receiving an end of course grade. Membership in STEA is required for professional commitment, involvement responsibilities, and liability purposes before beginning any field observation. Alternative assignments for the field experience will be given for non-licensure students.
This course serves as an introduction to the coaching profession. In this course students will understand the value of a coaching philosophy, learn to motivate players as well as manage problem behaviors among athletes using a positive discipline approach, learn to develop training programs for better sport performance, and understand the need to ensure the health and safety of their athletes.
This course analyzes individual and team sport skills and teaching/programming techniques related to individual and group sport activities. Included also are the basic principles of motor learning, injury prevention, and exercise physiology.
This course serves as an introduction to the theory and techniques of bandaging, taping, caring for, and determining types of injuries. An applied learning approach for injury assessment and care is used in this course.
This course is designed to introduce students to advanced strength and conditioning techniques used in sport and other elite performance settings. Students will learn proper implementation of research-based and developmentally appropriate aerobic and anaerobic exercise training procedures.
This course includes the design and implementation of adaptations to meet the needs of children, youth, and adults with disabilities. It also examines the motor needs and tolerances associated with disabling conditions.
This course is a study of the competitive nature of human beings. In this course students will understand the value of competition, leadership, motivation, values, respect, responsibility, pressures, loyalties and embracing the challenge and the art of true competition and the pursuit of victory.
This course introduces the process, language, ethical principles, and elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Students will explore this process and critically review literature relevant to human performance (Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Sport Management) and determine how research is useful in forming their understanding of their work, social, local, and global environment.
This course is a study of the special topics and contemporary issues in human performance and physical education. This course may be repeated with different topics for up to six hours of credit.
This course covers the scientific basis of exercise and athletic performance, examining the scientific basis of conditioning for athletes, non-athletes, and special populations as to the limits of athletic or exercise performance.
This course covers program development, activities scheduling, equipment purchasing, record keeping, grant writing, and understanding the maintenance of physical education & sport facilities specifically for K-12 Physical education programs.
This course considers the science of human motion, emphasizing the principles of anatomy, physiology, and the mechanics of human activity.
This course is a study of the physiological mechanisms underlying healthy and diseased cardiac function during acute and chronic exercise and how those components adapt to and benefit from a systematic program of exercise training.
This course includes a basic understanding of the 12-lead electrocardiogram as it relates to graded exercise testing, training, and functional evaluation. The course is designed particularly to assist the clinical exercise physiologist in developing the skills required for quickly identifying electrocardiographic patterns at rest and during exercise.
This course includes the techniques and practices used in the measurement of body composition, cardiovascular condition, and physical skills of boys and girls at the elementary and secondary level.
This course is designed to develop competencies and practical skills used by the professional to evaluate health related components of physical fitness. General methodologies and procedures used in exercise testing, exercise prescription, risk factor identification and education for healthy individuals will be studied.
This course will focus on basic driver education and instruction and the ability to organize, plan, and conduct driver education in the secondary schools. Topics to be covered: general driver education; driver license procedure; traffic laws for local, state and federal highway systems; and the fundamentals of proper driving behavior.
This course will focus on advanced driver education and basic accident prevention with analysis of driving irregularities. Personal and auto safety issues as well as federal state and local issues dealing with transportation and driver safety will be discussed. This course will also look at federal and educational research in the area of transportation safety.
This course is designed to discuss overall safety and the history of the safety movement with an emphasis on analysis and laboratory experience.
In the final semester of their senior year, students will be assigned to an approved recreation/fitness/wellness agency for a period of time, arranged with the student by the instructor and approved by the program coordinator. The student will report to the instructor periodically and will prepare a terminal written report for the instructor and the administrator of the participating recreation/fitness/wellness agency.
This course provides a culminating experience in which students will develop knowledge and skills in the area of physical education, fitness, and sport management and integrate and apply scientific findings from human performance scientific literature. Class format will involve group discussion, individual presentations, and a portfolio of past work that will serve as the basis for a series of in-depth methodological papers, culminating in a research project.
Source: The University of Tennessee Southern's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
