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  • PE 131: Foundations of Leadership in Physical Activity

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to introduce the student majoring in Leadership in Physical Activity to the history, philosophies, professional organizations, important concepts, careers and trends in physical activity leadership.
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  • PE 133: Tai Chi Chuan: Chinese Classical Exercise

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    An introduction to the Chinese Classical Exercise System inspired by the Chinese "Book of Changes.Tai Chi Chuan concentrates on relaxed movement, proper breathing and attention to posture. Any age or physical performance level may participate. This is a Wellness and Lifetime Activity Course (offered to all students).
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  • PE 139: Foundations of Academic Discovery

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    Foundations of Academic Discovery serves as the entry point to the Rock Integrated Studies Program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and computer skills needed for academic success. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world.
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  • PE 140: Downhill Snow Skiing I

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course students to acquire a basic knowledge and appreciation of skiing as a sport and as a life-time leisure activity. Safety procedures and skiing etiquette also are discussed. Instruction takes place at Peek N' Peak Ski Resort. This is a Wellness and Lifetime Activity Course (offered to all students).
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  • PE 141: Personal Physical Fitness

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides students the opportunity for individual assessment and exercise programs to improve and/or maintain physical fitness and weight control. Principles involved with the maintenance of physical fitness, weight control, diets, and the aging process will be provided through lecture. This is a Wellness and Lifetime Activity Course (offered to all students).
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  • PE 146: Beginning Swimming

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to provide the novice or non-swimmer with the opportunity to learn elementary back stroke, water safety skills, diving and adjustment to water. This is a Wellness and Lifetime Activity Course (offered to all students).
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  • PE 149: Tennis

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course teaches basic fundamentals. The rules, regulations, and history of tennis also will be covered, along with strategies of the single and double games. This is a Wellness and Lifetime Activity Course (offered to all students).
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  • PE 152: Principles of School Wellness I

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course is an orientation to the art and the science of teaching physical education at the K-12 levels. Framed within the Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health: Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, students will study this latest collaborative approach to learning and health which is reflective of a local community and anchored in schools. Required school observations in diverse settings will provide students with the experience to observe and reflect upon class climate, responsibilities for fostering a positive learning environment and high quality teaching. The study of health trends in youth will envelop the latest model of how schools are promoting a comprehensive school-based physical activity model and the role physical education teacher play in it. Schools central to professional development including a writing assessment, resume development and starting a professional portfolio are used as artifacts of reflective practice at this initial state of teacher education. This is a Theory course (open to Physical Education majors only).
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  • PE 166: Coaching Practicum

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    The coaching practicum is designed to provide the student with a realistic experience at a level and in a setting similar to that in which he/she wishes to obtain employment. The practicum experience is a 50-hour learning opportunity in which the student assists in all phases of the operation of an athletic program. The student may not be the head coach, unless a direct supervisor is present. The student may not be a current participating athlete on the team. The student may not work with the same team twice. Each experience must be at a different level if working with the same sport. A minimum of two different sports must be included in the practicum experiences. (For example: HS baseball, Little League baseball, HS football). Each student must complete a contract with the athletic program and submit the contract to the coaching practicum coordinator (University supervisor) for approval. The coordinator will then contact the athletic program for verification of the learning experience, dates of the experiences and details of evaluation procedures.
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  • PE 168: Physical Activity and Wellbeing in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces students to inquiry techniques and strategies used to study human behavior in the social sciences. Also reviewed are patterns of social behavior as they relate to physical activity and well-being. Students will examine why physical activity behaviors have changed over time, and the effects these changes have had on humans and society. Students will analyze physical activity trends and initiatives throughout the world, and using a social-ecological approach will design a solution for how communities, businesses, schools and workplaces can re-engineer physical activity back into society.
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