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Focuses on basic swimming skills for nonswimmers, with emphasis on personal
water safety.
Focuses on basic and advanced swimming skills, with emphasis on form and
efficiency. Prereq. PED1100 or equivalent.
Focuses on basic skin-diving and scuba-diving skills, with emphasis on safety.
Prereq. PED1101 or equivalent.
Focuses on basic skills in sailing. Taught at Community Boathouse. Lab fee.
Focuses on basic badminton strokes, concepts, rules, strategies, and game play.
Focuses on basic tennis strokes, concepts, rules, strategies, and game play.
Focuses on the fundamental principles and techniques of fencing at the beginner
level.
Introduces yoga skills and techniques for men and women at the beginning level.
Introduces the principles and use of resistive exercises: isotonic exercise
(weights), isometric exercise, and the appropriateness of each.
Focuses on assessing one's personal physical fitness level, with emphasis on
establishing a personal exercise regimen based on scientific principles of
training. Utilizes special sections for different mediums of exercise, such as
aerobic dance techniques, running, and circuit training.
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PED 1134
Aerobic Exercise and Dance
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1 QH |
Focuses on aerobic fitness, with strong emphasis on concepts of exercise safety
and conditioning.
Focuses on fundamental techniques of downhill skiing. Lab fee.
Focuses on downhill skiing, including intermediate and advanced techniques.
Emphasizes skill development. Prereq. PED1138 or equivalent.
Focuses on knowledge and skills appropriate for playing basketball at the
beginning level.
Focuses on knowledge and skills appropriate for playing volleyball at the
beginning level.
Focuses on knowledge and skills appropriate to play soccer at the beginning
level.
Focuses on knowledge and skills appropriate to play racquetball at the
beginning level.
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PED 1180
Health and Physical Education in the Elementary School
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4 QH |
Focuses on introductory knowledge and skills necessary for teaching health and
physical education to elementary school children. Emphasizes the importance of
the elementary school years for health promotion and positive health behaviors,
motor skill development, the implications of health-related fitness, and
activities that maximize participation for children in vigorous activity
promoting wellness.
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PED 1270
Health and Motor Development in Early Childhood
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4 QH |
Focuses on social, cognitive, and physical aspects influencing health and motor
development in preschoolers and across the life span. Emphasizes the importance
of the early childhood years for health promotion and positive health
behaviors. Studies the development of fundamental motor patterns (walking,
running, catching, throwing, striking, climbing, etc.) including
perceptual-motor implications. Provides an opportunity to work directly with a
preschooler in a laboratory setting observing and assessing fundamental motor
patterns and health behaviors.
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PED 1400
Personal Safety and Self Defense Techniques
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1 QH |
Designed to introduce the principles and techniques of personal crime
prevention. Students learn about factors that cause crime and the resources
available to avoid becoming a victim. Students learn personal safety assessment
and strategies to make them a less likely target for criminal activity. Course
examples focus on safety and security on a college campus.
Provides the student with an opportunity for concentrated planning and research
in a topic area of physical education, sport, or dance. Requires student to
submit outline of proposed study.
Attempts to prepare the untrained and inexperienced volunteer to better relate
to young athletes, ages 814. Addresses developing a coaching philosophy,
teaching developmentally appropriate motor skills and strategies to young
athletes, reinforcing youngsters positively, planning practices, safety
implications, and liability concerns. Stresses providing youngsters with an
experience that values sportsmanship and citizenship; teaching young athletes
respect for self and others; keeping unwanted behavior out of the program; and
training athletes first, winning second.
To be added to any course in the program when approved. Once approved, the
adjunct information is forwarded to the honors office for dissemination to the
honors membership. Allows enrollment an unlimited number of times as an adjunct
to any physical education and dance course at different times during a given
academic year.
Dance
Introduces modern dance technique and style.
Continues PED1153, with progression to more complex modern dance techniques and
combinations. Prereq. PED1153 or equivalent.
Continues PED1154, with progression into the expressive and choreographic use
of modern dance techniques. Prereq. PED1154 or equivalent.
Introduces ballet fundamentals, with emphasis on alignment.
Continues PED1156, with emphasis on developing lyrical style. Prereq. PED1156
or equivalent.
Introduces the fundamentals of jazz dance, with emphasis on alignment. A
variety of jazz styles and routines are explored.
Continues techniques introduced in PED1159, with emphasis
on developing jazz dance style. Prereq. PED1159 or equivalent.
Introduces traditional and contemporary partner dancing.
Continues PED1163 with progression into more complex dance steps, partnering
techniques, and amalgamations. Expands upon dances taught in PED1163 and
introduces additional ballroom dances. Prereq. PED1163.
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PED 1325
Choreography and Performance 1
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1 QH |
Gives students an opportunity to explore the choreographic process and perform
choreography drawn from modern, ballet, and jazz dance repertory. Prereq.
Permission of instructor. Some previous dance training required.
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PED 1326
Choreography and Performance 2
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1 QH |
Continues PED1325, with progression into more complex dance repertory.
Introduces criteria used in the critical evaluation
of choreography and addresses aspects of dance history. Prereq. PED1325.
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