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The university's physical education program seeks to ingrain in each student a fundamental respect for the role of physical activity in living.
Instruction is offered in approximately 30 different physical education activities. The activity program is uniquely characterized by a timely response to student interests in recreational opportunities available in the Pacific Northwest.
The school's professional programs prepare prospective leaders for
careers in physical education, exercise science, health & fitness
management, pre-physical therapy, pre-athletic training, and recreation.
Outstanding modern sports facilities include an all-weather 400-meter track, an Olympic-style swimming pool, six lighted tennis courts, a nine-hole golf course, two gymnasiums, racquetball and squash courts, a fitness center, and an all-purpose astro-turf field house.
Faculty: Evans, Interim Dean; Gehring, Hacker, Kerr, McConnell, Moore, Stringer, Wells; and Turner, Athletic Director; Assisted by Girrard, J. Johnson, Keim, Kreier, Loomis, McCord, Nicholson, Noren, Rigell, Thomas, Wells, Westering.
Four one-semester hour courses (PHED 100259), which must include PHED 100, are required for graduation.
No more than eight of the one-semester hour PE activity courses may be counted toward graduation. Students are encouraged to select a variety of activities at appropriate skill levels. All physical education activity courses are graded on the basis of A, Pass, or Fail and are taught on a coeducational basis.
BIOL 161, 205, 206
CHEM 105
HEED 366
MATH 128 or 140
PHED 277, 324, 326, 344, 383, 384, 478, 480, 486
PHED 495 (four semester hours required)
PHED 499 (four semester hours required)
STAT 231
BIOL 205, 206
CHEM 105
HEED 266, 366
PHED 277, 293, 324, 326, 344, 383, 384, 386, 480, 486
PHED 495 (four semester hours required)
PHED 499 (four semester hours required)
RECR 330, 483
BIOL 161, 162, 205, 206, 323 or approved alternate (four semester hours)
Two from CHEM 105, 120, 232/234 (eight to nine semester hours)
HEED 281, 382 (four semester hours)
MATH 128 or 140 (four semester hours)
PHED 277, 480, 486 (12 semester hours)
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
PHED 499 (four semester hours)
PHYS 125/126, 135/136 (ten semester hours)
PSYC 101, 320 or 415 (eight semester hours)
BIOL 161, 205, 206
CHEM 105
HEED 266, 281, 382
PHED 277, 326, 480, 486
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
PHED 499 (four semester hours)
PSYC 101
STAT 231
In addition to the requirements listed above, candidates for the BSPE degree must meet the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement.
BUSA 305 or approved alternate
COMA 336
PHED 277, 279, 324, 326, 344, 386
RECR 296, 330, 360 (two semester hours), 483
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
PHED 499 (four semester hours)
Plus two semester hours of approved electives.
In addition to the requirements listed above, students are strongly encouraged to complete a minor in a related field. Students must have a current First Aid and CPR certificate before their internship. Candidates for the BA Recreation (BARec) degree must meet the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement.
Biology 205, 206 (eight semester hours)
HEED 266, 395, 366 (12 semester hours)
PHED 275 or 298 (two semester hours)
PHED 277, 279, 293, 294, 297, (ten semester hours)
PHED 322 (four semester hours)
PHED 326, 386, 478, 480, 486, 490 (23 semester hours)
RECR 296 (two semester hours)
Additional Requirements for K-12 Teacher Certification: 35 semester hours
Initial K-12 teacher certification in Health and Fitness must meet
the requirements established by the School of Education for Teacher
Certification in addition to the above requirements for the BAPE with
certification.
ANTH 102 or 210
EDUC 390, 392
EDUC/PHED 468, 450
PSYC 101
SPED 320
WRIT 101
Plus a valid first aid card
Students receiving a BAPE with certification are not required to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirements. All courses in the major and minor fields are used for teacher certification must have grades of C or higher.
Biology 205, 206 (eight semester hours)
HEED 266, 395, 366 (12 semester hours)
PHED 275 or 298 (two semester hours)
PHED 277, 279, 293, 294, 297, (ten semester hours)
PHED 322 (four semester hours)
PHED 326, 386, 478, 480, 486, 495 (23 semester hours)
RECR 296 (two semester hours)
In addition to the requirements listed above, candidates for the BAPE degree without teacher certification must meet the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirements and a Senior Seminar (PHED 499 - 4 hours).
PHED 216, 275, 331, 344
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
RECR 483
Plus two semester hours from the following:
PHED 200-219 or 360 (two semester hours)First aid and CPR certificate required.
PHED 279, 334, 344, 361 (two semester hours), 390, 410
HEED 281
Plus two to four semester hours from the following:
PHED 308, 361 (two semester hours) or PHED 370-379, 386, 414, or 478First aid and CPR certificate required.
PHED 360 (two semester hours)
PHED 383, 384, 480, 486 (13 semester hours)
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
Designed primarily for biology majors and BAPE students. Not designed for education or BSPE majors. First aid and CPR certificate required.
HEED 266, 366, and 395
Electives: four semester hours from following:
PHED 315, 324, 362, 293
HEED 190, 281, 382, 360
or other approved by program coordinator.
PHED 293, 334, 344
PHED 360 (two semester hours)
PHED 383, 384
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
RECR 296Designed primarily for business, biology, BAPE, and BAR students. First aid and CPR certificate required.
PHED 279, 324, 334, 386 478
Select from the following (two or three semester hours):
PHED 275, 293, 294, 297, 298, 322, 326 or RECR 296
PHED 279, 344
RECR 296, 330, 483
PHED 495 (four semester hours)
First aid and CPR certificate required.
PHED 234, 386, 390
HEED 366
PSYC 310, 320, 330 (four semester hours required)
PSYC 101 is a prerequisite to 310, 320 and 330
Select from the following: (four semester hours):
HEED 262, 365,
PHED 308, 315, 324, 362, 410
PHED 344, 386
PHED 495 (eight semester hours)
RECR 483
Select from the following: (two or three hours):
PHED 326, 331, 384, 410First Aid and CPR certificate required
Designed primarily for students with a major in business communication or economics.
PHED 100: Personalized Fitness Programs PE
To stimulate student interest in functional personally designed
programs of physical activity; assessment of physical condition and
skills; recommendation of specific programs for maintaining and
improving physical health. Should be taken as a first-year student. (1)
PHED 150: Adaptive Physical Activity PE
An individualized activity program designed to meet the needs
interests, limitations, and capacities of students who have had
restrictions placed on their physical activity. (1)
PHED 151-199: Individual and Dual Activities PE
151 (Beginning Golf), 153 (Archery), 155 (Bowling), 157 (Personal
Defense), 162 (Beginning Tennis), 163 (Beginning Badminton), 164
(Pickleball), 165 (Racquetball/Squash), 166 (Racquetball/Pickleball),
167 (Roller Skating), 168 (Ice Skating), 170 (Skiing), 171 (Canoeing),
172 (Backpacking), 173 (Basic Mountaineering), 174 (Equitation), 175
(Snow-boarding), 177 (Weight Training), 178 (Body Toning), 180
(Bicycling), 182 (Low-Impact Aerobics), 183 (Power Aerobics), 184
(Water Aerobics), 186 (Step Aerobics), 191 (Intermediate Golf), 192
(Intermediate Tennis), 193 (Intermediate Badminton), 194 (Intermediate
Equitation), 195 (Intermediate Racquetball/Squash), 197 (Advanced
Weight Training). (1 each)
PHED 200-219: Aquatics PE
200 (Individualized Swim Instruction), 201 (Swimming for
Non-swimmers), 203 (Synchronized Swimming), 205 (Skin and Scuba
Diving), 207 (Basic Sailing), 210 (Intermediate Swimming), 212
(Conditioning Swimming), 214 (Advanced Swimming), 216 (Lifeguard
Training, 2 credits), 218 (Kayaking). (1 each)
PHED 220-240: Rhythms PE
220 (Movement Technique I), 221 (Tai Chi), 222 (Jazz Dance Level I),
223 (Yoga), 224 (Current Dance), 225 (Ballroom Dance), 226 (Folk and
Social Dance), 227 (Line Dance), 230 (Movement Technique II), 234 (Relaxation
Techniques), 240 (Dance Ensemble). (1 each)
PHED 241-259: Team Activities PE
241 (Basketball and Softball), 243 (Soccer and Volleyball), 244
(Co-ed Volleyball), 245 (Team Handball), 247 (Lacrosse), 250 (Directed
Sports Participation), 259 (Independent Study/Activity). (1 each)
PHED 275: Water Safety Instruction PE
The American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's course.
Prerequisite: swim test required. (Fulfills 1 credit towards PE GUR.) (2)
PHED 277: Foundations of Physical Education
The relationship of physical education to education; the
biological, sociological, psychological, and mechanical principles
underlying physical education and athletics. Should be the initial
professional course taken in the School of Physical Education. (2)
PHED 279: Teaching Physical Activity
Generic teaching and management strategies, design of instructional
materials and techniques for implementing them, and strategies for
working with diverse learners in physical activity settings. This
course is a prerequisite for all teaching methods courses and should be
taken prior to or in conjunction with the Education Hub. (2)
PHED 293: Teaching Methods: Fitness Activities
Overview, application and evaluation of fitness activities, such as:
aerobics (water, high- and low-impact, step, slide), weight training,
calisthenics circuits, continuous interval training. Prerequisite: PHED 279. (2)
PHED 294: Teaching Methods: Invasion Games
Games in which a team tries to invade the other team's side or
territory by putting an implement into a goal. Activities will include:
basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, and football. Prerequisite: PHED 279. (2)
PHED 297: Teaching Methods: Net Games
Players attempt to send an object into the playing area on the other
side of a net or barrier. Activities include volleyball, tennis,
badminton, pickleball, and racquetball. Prerequisite: PHED 279. (2)
PHED 298: Teaching Methods: Target and Fielding Games
Participants strike, hit, kick, or throw at targets or objects.
Activities include golf, bowling, archery, softball, kickball, and
track and field. Prerequisite: PHED 279. (2)
PHED 308: Sports Motivation
Concepts include: models of winning, closing the potential
performance gap, building winning attitudes, and setting goals.
Fulfills coaching minor requirement. (2)
PHED 310: Socioeconomic Influences on Health in America A
Examination of the culture, social environment, and pressures that
create a health vulnerability with the American population. (4)
PHED 314: Team Building for High Performance Teams
Activities designed to facilitate the development of team
camaraderie and effectiveness. Creative, fun, challenging, and applied
team building activities, combined with traditional training tools to
help create learning experiences for students to actively enhance team
cohesion and group productivity. (4)
PHED 315: Body Image A
Topics include: the connection between women and food, cultural
definitions of beauty, eating disorders, nutrition, and biosocial
factors affecting weight. (4)
PHED 319: Tramping the Tracks of New Zealand PE
Backpacking several of New Zealand's world renowned tracks and
hiking up ancient volcano craters, to glacial mountain lakes, and along
sandy ocean beaches. (Fulfills 1 credit towards PE GUR.) (4)
PHED 322: Physical Education in the Elementary School
Organization and administration of a developmental program for
grades K-6; sequential and progressive programming; large repertoire of
activities. Observation and/or practicum in public schools required. (2 or 4)
PHED 324: Physical Activity and Lifespan
The emphasis in this course will be on the role that physical
activity plays in successful aging. An understanding of the influence
of social learning on physical activity behavior through the lifespan
and effective strategies for health promotion and activity programming
with adult populations will be addressed. (4)
PHED 326: Adapted Physical Activity
Emphasizes the theory and practice of adaptation in teaching
strategies, curriculum, and service delivery for all persons with
psychomotor problems, not just those labeled disabled. (3)
PHED 331: Aquatics Management
Topics include training and supervising personnel, financing,
programming, pool maintenance and operation, swim meet management, and
safety and emergency procedures. Study of pool chemistry, filter
operations, and maintenance. Visitation to local pools. (2)
PHED 334: Scientific Basis for Training
Presents physiologic and kinesiologic applications to physical
training. Topics include the development of muscular strength and
endurance, and the relationship of nutrition, environment, sex, age,
and ergogenic aids to athletic performance. (2)
PHED 344: Legal Aspects of Physical Activity
Role of law in sport and physical activity, negligence, tort and
risk management as it relates to legal issues in school, sport, and
recreational settings. (1)
PHED 360: Professional Practicum
Students work under the supervision of a coach, teacher, recreation
supervisor, or health care provider. Prerequisite: departmental
approval. (1 or 2)
PHED 361: Coaching Practicum
Students work under the supervision of a coach. Prerequisite: departmental approval. (1 or 2)
PHED 362: Healing Arts of the Mind and Body A, PE
Designed to introduce alternative therapies of mind-body processes.
History, roots, practice, and cultural significances of several
therapies and practices. (Fulfills 1 semester hour towards PE GUR.) (4)
PHED 370-378: Coaching Theory
Techniques, systems, training methods, strategy, and psychology of
coaching; PHED 370 (Basketball), 371 (Football), 372 (Cross Country/Track
and Field), 374 (Soccer), 378 (Softball/Baseball). (2 each)
PHED 383: Exercise Testing and Prescription
Provides students involved in the promotion of physical activity
with the basic knowledge necessary to safely conduct exercise, health
and fitness assessments in a variety of community settings. Topics will
include: history of assessment and its role in physical activity
promotion; purpose and methods for pre-evaluation and screening;
assessment and evaluation techniques; prescriptive program development
for health and fitness; bio-psycho-social implications of assessment
and evaluation. (3)
PHED 384: Foundations of Health and Fitness Management
Provides students involved in the promotion of physical activity
with the basic knowledge necessary to understand how health and fitness
are managed in a variety of community settings. Topics will include:
historical and philosophical basis of community-based health and
fitness management; organizational assessment and evaluation issues;
strategies for behavioral change; strategies for program development,
implementation and marketing; specific examples of different
community-based health and fitness management programs. (3)
PHED 386: Social Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
Questions of how social psychological variables influence motor
behavior and how physical activity affects the psychological make up of
an individual will be explored. (3)
PHED 390: Applied Exercise and Sport Psychology
A practical, individually-oriented course designed to teach
athletes, trainers, coaches, and teachers a comprehensive variety of
skills and techniques aimed at enhancing sport performance.
Psychological topics include: managing anxiety, imagery, goal setting,
self-confidence, attention control, injury interventions, self-talk
strategies, and team building. (4)
PHED 401: Workshop
Workshops in special fields for varying periods. (14)
PHED 410: Coachingthe Person and the Profession
Personal and professional requisites of successful sports programs. (2)
PHED 462: Dance Production
An advanced choreography course combining choreography, costume
design, staging, and publicity techniques for producing a major dance
concert. (2)
PHED 478: Motor Learning and Human Performance
Provides basic theories, research, and practical implications for
motor learning, motor control, and variables affecting skill
acquisition. (4)
PHED 480: Exercise Physiology
Scientific basis for training and physiological effect of exercise
on the human body. Lab required. Prerequisite: BIOL 205, 206. (4)
PHED 486: Applied Biomechanics/Kinesiology
Opportunity to increase knowledge and understanding about the human
body and how the basic laws of mechanics are integrated in efficient
motor performance. (3)
PHED 490: Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction
An integrated and instructionally aligned approach to curriculum
design, assessment, development and implementing instructional
strategies consistent with Washington Essential Academic Learning
Requirements. Intended as the final course prior to a culminating
internship, a practicum in the school setting is required in conjunction
with this six-semester hour course. (6)
PHED 491: Independent Studies
Prerequisite: consent of the dean. (14)
PHED 495: Internship SR
Pre-professional experiences closely related to student's career and
academic interests. Prerequisites: declaration of major, junior
status, and ten hours in the major. (28)
PHED 499: Capstone: Senior Seminar SR (2-4)
PHED 501: Workshops (14)
PHED 560: Practicum (1 or 2)
PHED 591: Independent Studies (14)
PHED 595: Internship (14)