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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Health and Physical Education
  

  • HPE 1390:Beginning Tennis

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required
    This course is designed to introduct tennis to the student at the beginning level, encompassing basic skills, rules, terminology, basic strategy, and safety through drills and game play.
  

  • HPE 1395:Intermediate Tennis

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is designed to reinforce fundamental tennis skills and introduces advanced offensive and defensive skills. The focus of the course will be on developing successful singles and doubles game-play strategies.
  

  • HPE 1430:Beginning Volleyball

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is designed to introduce volleyball to the student at the beginning level, encompassing basic skills, rules, terminology, basic strategy, and safety through drills and game play.
  

  • HPE 1435:Intermediate Volleyball

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is designed to reinforce fundamental volleyball skills and introduces advanced tactics, strategies and offensive/defensive systems.
  

  • HPE 1450:Scuba Diving

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1310  or permission of the instructor
    This course is designed to develop fundamental concepts, principles, and techniques of sport SCUBA diving. Course covers selection and maintenance of gear, snorkeling skills, physiology of diving, use of dive tables, diving environment, and an emphasis on safe diving practices. PADI open water certification available but not required to fulfill HPE credit.

    Notes: Additional fee and mask, fins, and snorkel required.
  

  • HPE 1470:Self Defense

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course develops self defense tactics and the knowledge of personal safety. Topics may include but are not limited to hand and leg strikes, various escapes and releases, safety in the car and home, sexual harassment, date rape, self defense and the law, and sexual abuse of children.
  

  • HPE 1480:Beginning Yoga

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course addresses basic principles, philosophies, and practices of yoga. The class will include basic anatomy principles, terminology, strength, flexibility, and balance activities to develop an individualized yoga program.
  

  • HPE 1485:Intermediate Yoga

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1480  or instructor approval
    This course addresses intermediate and advanced asanas, philosophies, and practices of yoga. The class will also include advanced conditioning movements.
  

  • HPE 1490:Beginning Pilates

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course addresses basic principles, philosophies, and practices of Pilates. The class will include basic anatomy principles, terminology, alignment, strength, and flexibility exercises to develop an individualized Pilates program.
  

  • HPE 1500:Beginning Sand Volleyball

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, fundamental techniques and strategic knowledge necessary for successful participation in the sport of sand volleyball.
  

  • HPE 1505:Intermediate Sand Volleyball

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1500  or permission of instructor 
    This course reviews basic motor skills necessary for successful participation in sand volleyball, as well providing a primer for advanced motor skills, tactics, and strategies for students striving to play the sport at a higher or tournament level.
  

  • HPE 1510:Fitness Swimming

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1310  or permission of the instructor 
    This course provides opportunities for students with good swim skills to increase their fitness level via the medium of water. Workouts will be comprised of drills designed to increase stroke efficiency as they improve aerobic capacity, body composition, and muscular endurance. This is a vital opportunity for those students with physical limitations that prohibit typical land based exercise.
  

  • HPE 1520:Beginning Ice Skating

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, fundamental techniques and knowledge appropriate for the successful participation in the sport of ice skating.
  

  • HPE 1525:Intermediate Figure Skating

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1520  or instructor approval
    This course focuses upon motor skill development, techniques, and knowledge for more advanced level figure skating skills as turns, spins, and jumps
  

  • HPE 1530:Water Aerobics

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is comprised of aerobic exercises and muscular strength/endurance exercises performed in the water. These exercises will focus on increasing mobility, cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and improving body composition. This is a vital opportunity for students with physical limitations prohibiting typical land based exercise.

    Notes: No aquatic proficiency required.
  

  • HPE 1540:Indoor Soccer/Futsal

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, fundamental techniques, decision-making strategies, and knowledge necessary for successful participation in indoor soccer and Futsal.
  

  • HPE 1560:Introduction to Invasion Target Game Forms

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE majors only.
    This course provides the foundational framework for motor skill and tactical knowledge acquisition of invasion target game forms. The common strategies, tactics, and skills are applied across a variety of activities.
  

  • HPE 1570:Walk/Jog for Fitness

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    Motor skill acquisition, fundamental techniques, and knowledge appropriate for the successful participation in walking/jogging cardiovascular fitness activities. Nutritional principles for lifetime health will also be discussed.
  

  • HPE 1580:Introduction to Striking/Fielding and Net/Wall Game Forms

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite:  HPE majors only.
    This course provides the foundational framework for motor skill and tactical knowledge acquisition of striking/fielding and net/wall game forms. The common strategies, tactics, and skills are applied across a variety of activities.
  

  • HPE 1590:Beginning Lacrosse

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, fundamental techniques, decision-making strategies, and knowledge necessary for successful participation in the sport of lacrosse.
  

  • HPE 1610:Beginning Racquetball

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is designed to introduce racquetball to the student at the beginning level, encompassing basic skills, rules, terminology, strategy, and safety through drills and game play.
  

  • HPE 1700:Beginning Table Tennis

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course focuses on motor skill acquisition, fundamental techniques and knowledge appropriate for the successful participation in table tennis.
  

  • HPE 1710:Beginning Wakeboarding

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, techniques, terminology, and safety considerations for successful participation in the sport of Wakeboading.
  

  • HPE 1810:Outdoor Recreation and Education

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE majors only.
    Fundamental techniques and leadership skills necessary for safe participation in a variety of land and water outdoor recreational and educational activities without disturbance to the environment. Activities may include backpacking, camping, orienteering, canoeing, basic survival and problem solving adventure activities.

    Notes: Additional fee required.
  

  • HPE 1830:Swimming: Water Safety Instructor

    1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: HPE 1330  or permission of the instructor
    Fundamental techniques, knowledge and methods appropriate to become certified to teach all levels in the American Red Cross swimming programs.
  

  • HPE 1850:Advanced Strength and Aerobic Training

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces advanced strength and aerobic training for health-related fitness and enhanced sport performance.
  

  • HPE 1870:Beginning Fencing

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course introduces the motor skills, fundamental techniques and knowledge appropriate for the successful participation in the sport of fencing.
  

  • HPE 1900:Adventure Education and Facilitation

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite:  HPE Majors only
    This course provides fundamental techniques and knowledge appropriate for the successful participation in adventure education and outdoor recreation activities. Students will learn skills needed to develop and facilitate experiential programs including team-building initiatives, problem-solving activities, and Challenge course elements.
  

  • HPE 2000:Contemporary and Historical Perspectives of Health and Physical Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    An overview of contemporary and historical perspectives of health and physical education. Emphasis is on providing discussion of career options, major programs of study and professional opportunities in the areas of health and physical education as well as a survey and study of the historical and philosophical principles relative to physical education from a world and U.S. perspective. HPE majors should take this course prior to all 2000-4000 level major courses.
  

  • HPE 2050:Fundamentals of Teaching Health and Physical Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces the fundamental knowledge and skills for effective health and physical education instruction. Students will develop initial competencies in lesson planning, pedagogical content development, differentiation strategies, instructional technology, and behavior management in classroom and movement settings.
  

  • HPE 2140:Youth Fitness Development and Assessment

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary to assist children and youth in the development of health and skill-related fitness. Students will be introduced to current models of fitness instruction and systematic data collection and evaluation techniques.
  

  • HPE 2250:Functional Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Physical Education

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SCI 1101  or CHEM 1211 , HPE (P-12) or PHE Major.
    This course is an examination of the structure and function of the major body systems, with emphasis on the muscular, skeletal, and cardiorespiratory systems role in human movement and physical activity.
  

  • HPE 2290:Special Topics

    1-3 Class Hours 1-3 Credit Hours
    This lower-division special topics course focuses on selected physical activity topics not regularly offered through the Department of HPE.
  

  • HPE 2300:First Aid/CPR Instructor Training

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Theory, practice, and application for safety, injury prevention, and care to include the American Red Cross Pediatric & Adult First Aid/CPR/AED. Teaching methodologies are also needed to prepare professionals to teach Pediatric & Adult First Aid/CPR/AED (Instructor Level Certification) to the layperson. Topics may include but are not limited to: personal, school, home, recreation, traffic, work site, and disaster safety.
  

  • HPE 3050:Coaching Principles

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Basic understanding of the theoretical and practical applications of the sport science areas of physical education related to coaching. Current issues and topics addressing the principles and problems of the prospective interscholastic coach including coaching philosophy, pedagogy, sport psychology, sport medicine and sport physiology. Students successfully completing the course may become certified as a Leader Level Coach by the American Coaches Effectiveness Program.
  

  • HPE 3055:Advanced Coaching Methods for Basketball

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050 
    In this course students will examine the theories and techniques of coaching basketball. The course content may include, but is not limited to, key coaching topics such as: teaching and evaluating technical and tactical skills, player selection for various positions, practice and season planning, offensive and defensive systems of play, game coaching considerations, and conditioning principles.
  

  • HPE 3065:Advanced Coaching Methods for Soccer

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050 
    In this course students will examine theories and techniques of coaching soccer. The course content may include, but is not limited to, key coaching topics such as: teaching and evaluating technical and tactical skills, player selection for various positions; practice and season planning; offensive and defensive systems of play, game coaching considerations, and conditioning principles.
  

  • HPE 3075:Advanced Coaching Methods for Softball

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050 
    In this course students will examine the theories and techniques of coaching softball. The course content may include, but is not limited to, various key coaching topics such as: teaching and evaluating technical and tactical skills, player selection for various positions, practice and season planning, offensive and defensive systems of play, game coaching considerations, and conditioning principles.
  

  • HPE 3085:Advanced Coaching Methods for Tennis

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050  
    In this course students will examine the theories and techniques of coaching tennis. The course content may include, but is not limited to, various key coaching topics such as: teaching and evaluating technical and tactical skills, player selection and development, practice and season planning, singles styles of play, doubles styles of play, game coaching considerations, and conditioning principles.
  

  • HPE 3090:Advanced Coaching Methods for Strength and Conditioning

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050 
    Students will learn to apply practical and scientific foundations of muscular development, metabolic training concepts and program design for youth and adolescent sports. Course content is intended to guide middle and high school coaches in the implementation of a scientific based approach in the prescription of periodization as it applies to resistance training and anaerobic conditioning specific to adolescence.
  

  • HPE 3095:Advanced Coaching Methods for Volleyball

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050  
    In this course students will examine the theories and techniques of coaching both indoor and sand volleyball. The course content may include, but is not limited to, various key coaching topics such as: teaching and evaluating technical and tactical skills, player selection for various positions, practice and season planning, offensive and defensive systems of play, game coaching considerations, and conditioning principles.
  

  • HPE 3100:Behavioral and Psychological Aspects of Physical Education and Coaching

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is an examination of behavioral and psychological factors affecting performance in physical education, physical activity, and sports. Emphasis on the impact on performance and the teaching/learning process. Topics will include leadership, motivation, group cohesion, social facilitation, arousal/anxiety, cognitive processes, competition, cooperation, and performance enhancement.
  

  • HPE 3200:Motor Learning and Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course addresses current theories and principles of motor learning and motor development. Topics include individual differences in motor abilities, information processing, sensory contributions to skilled performance, principles of motor control, and fundamental locomotor skills/movements from a developmental perspectives.
  

  • HPE 3250:Family Health and Sexuality

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course focuses on the historical, sociological, physiological, and educational perspectives of family living and human sexuality.
  

  • HPE 3300:Contemporary Health Issues

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course examines the physical, psychological, and social health factors related to personal wellness and contemporary health issues.
  

  • HPE 3395:Coaching Practicum

    1 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3050  
    A senior-level coaching experience designed for candidates in the Coaching minor program of study. Candidates will be assigned as intern (assistant) coaches who will work under the supervision of experienced head or senior coaches at the collegiate, school (only if enrolled in the HPE curriculum), or recreation program levels. This is a field based practicum that will provide candidates with practical experiences in planning and implementing competitive athletic programs.
  

  • HPE 3398:Advanced Internship

    1-12 Class Hours 1-12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.
    A supervised, credit-earning experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, sport organization, private agency or governmental agency.
  

  • HPE 3450:Curriculum, Instruction & Management for Early Childhood Physical Education

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Corequisite: HPE 4410
    This course addresses the knowledge, fundamental techniques and motor skill analysis appropriate for the development of children’s games, dance and gymnastics. The focus of this course is on curriculum development, methods and materials for planning and implementing a total developmental program for elementary physical education. Includes teaching experiences and appropriate computer software usage.

    Notes: Verification of liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience.
  

  • HPE 3550:Curriculum, Instruction and Management for Middle Grade and Secondary Physical Education

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3450   Corequisite: HPE 4430
    Curriculum development, methods and materials for planning and implementing a total developmental program for middle and secondary grade physical education. Includes teaching experiences and appropriate computer software usage.
  

  • HPE 3600:Child and Adolescent Health Issues

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course examines major public and school-related health issues and programs impacting children and youth.
  

  • HPE 3650:Curriculum, Methods and Materials in Health Education

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 3450   Corequisite: HPE 4430
    Curriculum development and instructional analysis for the planning and implementation of comprehensive health education programs for grades P-12. Includes experiences in school-community health services, teaching experiences, directed field observations and appropriate computer software usage.

    Notes: Verification of liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience.
  

  • HPE 3670:Early Childhood Health and Physical Education for the Classroom Teacher

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education
    The study of health education and movement experiences for early childhood school children as part of the Coordinated School Health program. Planning, teaching, and evaluating developmental programs in the elementary classroom. Emphasis will be placed upon integrated experiences.
  

  • HPE 3750:Adapted Physical Education

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Corequisite: HPE 3450
    Characteristics and abilities of individuals with disabilities and effect on the performance of the individuals. Methods for assessing abilities, modifying and developing suitable physical education programs for schools and activity centers. Particular attention is given to the implications of current legislation affecting individuals with disabilities. Includes practical experience in an adapted program.
  

  • HPE 4000:Service Learning in HPE

    1-3 Class Hours 1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60 semester hours and permission of the instructor and chair/program director.
    A community activity which links learning to life by connecting meaningful community service activities with academic learning, personal growth and civil responsibility. Activity will be designed with the instructor and approved by the chair/program directors.
  

  • HPE 4250:Measurement and Evaluation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 1107 , admission to program, and HPE 3450  or HPE 3550 . Corequisite: HPE 4430 or HPE 4410.
    An overview of the purposes and forms of assessments used in P-12 health and physical education programs. Emphasis includes the study of authentic assessments as opportunities for student learning as well as instructional tools for effective teaching. Topics include assess knowledge and skill acquisition, gathering, reporting and interpreting assessment results, validity and reliability of assessment instruments, and test administration.
  

  • HPE 4252:Measurement and Evaluation in HPE

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 1107   Corequisite: HPE 4650
    An overview of the purposes and forms of assessments used in P-12 health and physical education programs. Emphasis includes the study of authentic assessments as opportunities for student learning as well as instructional tools for effective teaching. Topics include assessments of knowledge and skill acquisition, gathering, reporting and interpreting assessment results, validity and reliability of assessment instruments, and test administration.
  

  • HPE 4340:Applied Kinesiology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 2250  
    This course examines the principles of biomechanics and exercise physiology as they relate to the motor performance and physical fitness levels of children and youth. The course will focus on the application of concepts to development of P-12 Health and Physical Education programs.
  

  • HPE 4410:Practicum in Children’s Health and Physical Education

    1 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Corequisite: HPE 3450
    Field based practicum in the early grade public schools designed to provide students with practical experiences in planning and implementing health and physical education instruction in grades P-5. Verification of liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience.
  

  • HPE 4430:Practicum in Middle and Secondary School Health and Physical Education

    1 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 4410   Corequisite: HPE 3550 and HPE 3650
     

    A field based practicum in both the middle and secondary public schools designed to provide students with practical experiences in planning and implementing school health and physical education instruction in grades 6-12. Verification of liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience.
  

  • HPE 4490:Special Topics in HPE

    1-3 Class Hours 1-3 Credit Hours
    This upper-division course focuses on selected research topics of interest to the faculty not regularly offered by the Department of HPE.
  

  • HPE 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I

    0 Class Hours 12 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education, Issued Pre-service Certificate, Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience Corequisite: EDUC 4610 and HPE 4252
    This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical practice in Health and Physical Education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars.
  

  • HPE 4660:Yearlong Clinical Experience II

    0 Class Hours 36 Laboratory Hours 9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 4650  , Educator Ethics Assessment 360 Eligibility, GACE Eligibility
    This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical practice in Health and Physical Education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of a content pedagogy assessment.
  

  • HPE 4850:Student Teaching in Health and Physical Education (P-12)

    1 Class Hours 33 Laboratory Hours 12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to HPE student teaching.
    Full-time teaching experience under the supervision of a public school supervising teacher and a college supervisor. S/U grading only. Verification of liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience.
  

  • PHE 2100:Introduction to Public Health Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course provides an introduction to the Public Health Education discipline with a focus on historical, current, and future significance of public health education, key principles and terminology, philosophical and research foundations, writing and presentation skills, prominent public health officials and agencies, overview of various public health professions and institutions, ethical issues within the profession, professional roles and responsibilities, the public health education marketplace and core Public Health disciplines.
  

  • PHE 2400:Behavior Theory and Applications

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000,  Public Health Education Minor or Major
    This course will provide a theoretical foundation for public health education practice. Topics include behavior theories, determinants and influences of health behaviors, and the use of behavior theories in guiding public health education practice.
  

  • PHE 2900:Peer Health Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course introduces students to health promotion programming specific to planning, implementation, and evaluation of peer-to-peer health education. Emphasis is placed on educating students on current health topics and teaching strategies for effective peer health education. Students will be eligible to receive a national peer health education certification through The BACCHUS Network.
  

  • PHE 3330:Health Systems & Health Policy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  or Permission of the Instructor 
    This course integrates health policy with public health systems in the United States in order to examine the impact on the health of Americans and priority populations. A comprehensive comparison of American health systems to those of other countries and the availability and delivery of health services and impact on health will be included.

    Notes: This course is crosslisted with NURS 3330
  

  • PHE 3400:Disease Prevention and Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HPE 2250  
    This course provides an overview of human diseases, including causes/risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Emphasis will be placed on the role of public health education specialists in prevention and management of diseases that are the leading causes of premature disability and death domestically and globally.
  

  • PHE 3850:Fundamentals of Program Planning

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHE 2400  
    This course introduces the fundamentals of health promotion and program development in community, work site, and clinical settings. Emphasis will be placed on the knowledge and skills necessary to plan a public health education program.
  

  • PHE 4200:Introduction to Community and Worksite Health

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHE 2400  
    This course examines various community and worksite health issues. Topics include community organization, health issues of diverse populations and demographics, global and national health issues, minority health, health care and the U.S. health care system, and occupational and community safety and health.
  

  • PHE 4300:Environmental Health Issues

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This course will examine issues associated with environmental factors and conditions and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. Topics will include environmental epidemiology, toxicology, policy, and regulation, as well as environmental agents of disease and the implementation of environmental interventions to improve public health and safety.
  

  • PHE 4350:Methods of Public Health Education Research

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 3125  
    This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the research process including the development and exploration of a single research question using empirical data, elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, and the submission and review process of a research manuscript.
  

  • PHE 4490:Special Topics in Public Health Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  
    This upper-division course focuses on current and pertinent topics and content specific to the public health education discipline not regularly offered through the HPE Department.
  

  • PHE 4500:Epidemiology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 1107,   PHE Minor or Major.
    This course introduces the principles, concepts, and methods of epidemiology to examine a full range of disease occurrence, including genetic, environmental and social causes of both infectious and non-infectious diseases. Epidemiological techniques to promote health and wellness and to prevent and control disease will be emphasized.
  

  • PHE 4600:Program Implementation and Evaluation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHE 3850  
    This course builds upon PHE 3850 Fundamentals of Program Planning course and guides students in the implementation and evaluation of a public health education program in a community-based setting.
  

  • PHE 4650:Health Coaching and Patient Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHE 3400   and PHE 3850   

     
    This course integrates health coaching and patient education concepts and principles applicable to the current healthcare system. Topics include behavior change theories, motivational interviewing techniques, individual and group coaching strategies, population based health, survey of medical issues and health information, and patient empowerment.
  

  • PHE 4700:Advanced Internship

    1-6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of PHE Minor Core with a C or higher, Adjusted GPA of 2.5, approval of the internship coordinator and/or program coordinator
    The Public Health Education Minor Advanced Internship is designed to be the culminating capstone academic experience for students completing the core course requirements in the Public Health Education Minor Program. It is designed as a senior-level credit-earning experience of 1-6 credit hours at an approved public health education internship site. Students work under the direct supervision of public health professionals and a university supervisor.
  

  • PHE 4750:Public Health Education Seminar and Internship

    12 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of all PHE program courses.
    This course is the capstone experience for students completing the program requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education. Course topics include public health education trends, certifications, professional ethics, liability, marketplace needs, and employment strategies. Students will work under the direct supervision of public health education professionals and a university supervisor. The course will also include regularly scheduled professional development seminars on campus.
  

  • WELL 1000:Foundations for Healthy Living

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is designed to examine priority health issues impacting KSU students through a focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Emphasis is placed on achieving and maintaining healthy lifestyles by developing effective strategies to adapt to changing personal and environmental factors. Topics of exploration include physical activity, nutrition, weight management, stress, emotional health, and behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disabilities in the United States.

History
  

  • HIST 1100:Introduction to World History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements
    An overview of world history that provides an introduction to the origin and development of the world’s societies and their political, cultural, and economic traditions.

    Notes: The course uses a global approach to world history
  

  • HIST 1111:Pre-Modern World History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English and Mathematics Learning Support, if required.
    This course is a survey of world history to early modern times. The course examines the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world with a focus on connections and interactions.
  

  • HIST 1112:Modern World History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English Learning Support, if required. Successful completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course is a survey of world history from early modern times to the present. The course examines themes, events, trends, institutions, and ideas with a focus on global connections and interactions.
  

  • HIST 2111:United States History to 1877

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English Learning Support, if required. Successful completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course explores major themes in the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the peoples of North America to 1877. Topics include the intersections of cultures in colonial America, the origin and development of the American republic, the evolution of democratic ideas and institutions, western expansion, slavery, sectional conflict, and emancipation and its aftermath.
  

  • HIST 2112:United States History Since 1877

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English Learning Support, if required. Successful completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course examines the major themes in the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States since 1877, the multicultural nature of contemporary U.S. civilization, and the nation’s role in the global arena.
  

  • HIST 2206:Origins of Great Traditions

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1100  , HIST 1111  , or HIST 1112  
    This course is a systematic examination of five centers of civilization in Afro-Eurasia during their defining moments. The course focuses on the historical contexts that gave rise to China’s classical philosophies, India’s transcendental world-view, the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic synthesis, African mythoreligious systems of thought, and Latin-European culture in the West. The course’s content emphasizes cross-cultural influences and connections.
  

  • HIST 2270:Introduction to Themes In History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1110, HIST 2111, and HIST 2112.
    The content of the course will focus on a particular historical theme, topic, or period. The theme or period will vary from section to section of the course. This reading-, writing-, and exercise-intensive course surveys basic methods and concepts relevant to the discipline of history. Students will regularly engage in the close reading of scholarly historical work, learn and practice a variety of research methods, analyze historical sources, and develop analytical papers.
  

  • HIST 3100:Historical Methods

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (HIST 1111   or HIST 1112 ) and (HIST 2111   or HIST 2112 ) and ENGL 1102   Corequisite: None
    This course introduces students to historical inquiry as a conversation about the past. It surveys methods, concepts, and frameworks relevant to the discipline. Students engage in the close reading of scholarly historical work, learn and practice a variety of research methods, and analyze historical sources. Students cultivate good scholarly practices and habits of mind that will benefit them in future courses. Students should take this course during the second semester of the sophomore year.
  

  • HIST 3271:Introduction to History Education

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of Program Coordinator; HIST 1111  ,HIST 1112  , HIST 2111  , HIST 2112  , and EDUC 2110   Concurrent:
    EDUC 2130, HIST 3304
    This reading and writing intensive course introduces fundamental approaches, methods, and concepts relevant to the discipline of history, historical thinking, and teaching American history. Teacher candidates engage in reading and analyzing scholarly works, learn and practice basic research methods, examine contemporary debates and developments in history and history education, contextualize and plan lessons that engage secondary students in studying history, and complete a school-based internship. Course content focuses on a particular historical theme or period.
  

  • HIST 3304:History of Georgia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    A consideration of Georgia’s political, economic, social, and cultural development from the colonial period to the present. Topics include the cultures of indigenous peoples, the Spanish in Georgia, the founding of a British colony, the Revolution, Indian removal, antebellum society, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the New South era, the rise and decline of the cotton economy, race relations, and post-World War II prosperity and problems.
  

  • HIST 3305:The World Since 1945

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1100  ,HIST 1111   or HIST 1112  
    A survey of major themes in world history since 1945, this course focuses on sociocultural and intellectual developments in addition to the traditional concerns with political and economic relations. Particular emphasis is given to great power relations, the role of the middle powers, and North-South relations as well as the interactions between Western and non-Western cultures in the context of increasing globalization.
  

  • HIST 3310:The Old South

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111  or HIST 2112  
    This course will be an exploration of the American South from the colonial period to the end of the Civil War. While major political and economic events will be an important part of the course, such events grow out of the ordeals of ordinary people. Therefore, close attention will be paid to the experiences of men and women – white, black, and Native American – from all social classes whose lives created a unique society known as the Old South.
  

  • HIST 3311:The New South

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    The South’s social, political, and economic development from 1865. Emphasizes Reconstruction, the “New South Creed,” race relations, industrialization, and the region’s changing role in national affairs.
  

  • HIST 3325:Introduction to Public History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    The course exposes students to how Americans think about the past, as well as its commemoration and public presentation. Special focus will be placed on the ways in which historians transfer their writing, research, and analytical skills to professions outside of academia. Major subfields and professions within public history are examined as are the current issues and controversies within the field.
  

  • HIST 3326:Historic Preservation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    Examines the history, theories, and methods of historic preservation. Students are exposed to such activities as renovation approaches for historic architecture, neighborhood and downtown revitalization, and heritage tourism, as well as the social and ethical issues swirling around preservation. Students are also introduced to the “tools” of preservation, including tax incentives, historic inventories, HABS/HAER, the National Register of Historic Places, and the National Trust’s Teaching with Historic Places.
  

  • HIST 3327:Architectural History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (HIST 1111   or HIST 1112  ) and (HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  )
    The course introduces students to vernacular and high-style architecture and its relationship to social, political, and economic forces. The focus will be on the forms, spaces, and stylistic traits of historic architecture, how architecture has evolved through the years, how technological evolutions and innovations have influenced architecture, and what the built environment reveals about public and private life. The geographic focus of the course can change, depending upon the instructor and the needs of the department.
  

  • HIST 3328:Introduction to Archives and Records Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1111  ,or HIST 1112  , or HIST 2111  or HIST 2112  
    This course introduces the student to the archival and records management professions, principles, practices, and legai/ethical challenges. In addition, students hands-on experience working with sample collections and original materials.
     
  

  • HIST 3331:History of Religion in the U.S.

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    A survey of religious history in the United States, with special emphasis on beliefs and institutions and their social and cultural context.
  

  • HIST 3333:African American History to 1865

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1100  and HIST 2112  
    A history of the people of African descent in the United States, from the African beginnings to 1865. The course will emphasize the forced migration of Africans, their experiences under plantation slavery, their resistance and emancipation, and their contributions to American society.
  

  • HIST 3334:The Africans in the Diaspora

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 1111   or HIST 1112  
    A survey of the activities and experiences of African people who live outside the continent from the earliest times to the present. This course examines the migration of Africans to Eurasia, Oceania, and the Americas, and gives special attention to the slave trade across the Sahara Desert and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; the comparative experience of Africans in slavery in the Middle East and the Americas; emancipation and the process of racial and national integration; and the economic, political, and cultural contributions of Africans in the Diaspora.
  

  • HIST 3335:African American History, 1865 to Present

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HIST 2111   or HIST 2112  
    A history of African Americans in the United States since emancipation. The course emphasizes the struggles waged by African Americans to achieve racial equality and full citizenship in the United States, and the social, cultural, political, and economic forces that have shaped the African American community. Special attention is given to the men and women who led the struggle, the ideas and ideals which inspired and dominated each phase of the struggle, and the movements and institutions which were created in the process.
 

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