College of Education
Department of
HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR
FITNESS AND LEISURE STUDIES MAJOR
TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR
SPORTS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR
COURSES OFFERED BY DEPARTMENT
- Ed Scantling, Chair
- Professors: Bishop, Ed Scantling
Associate Professors: Seip
Assistant Professors: Hueser, Johnson, Kropp, Moorman, N. Unruh, S. Unruh
Lecturers/Instructors: Beidleman, Bethell, Brosamle, English, Follett, Iten, Kaczor, Larsen, McCormick, Meadows, Murray, Meier, Moorehouse,
Morris, Murphy, Renner, Eve Scantling, Stewart, Wash
Department Objectives:
- Enable students to develop sports skills which they may use for many years in enrichment
of their leisure hours;
- Offer students, through intramural participation, social and recreational enrichment
opportunities;
- Emphasize the importance of lifelong appreciation for fitness and healthful living;
- Provide schools with coaches, physical education teachers, athletic trainers and health
education teachers who possess highly developed technical skills, the zeal for educational
betterment and personal and cultural qualities which will make them respected citizens of
communities in which they teach;
- Prepare persons for professions in the leisure markets, sports administration,
recreation, fitness, and travel and tourism.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR
Six Options are available in this major:
- Physical Education Option - Bachelor of Science Degree
- Physical Education Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of Science
Degree
- Physical Education Teaching (K-6) Subject Endorsement Option
- Bachelor of Arts in Education
- Physical Education Teaching (7-12) Subject Endorsement Option
- Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree
- Health Education Teaching (7-12) Subject Endorsement Option -
Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree
- Health and Physical Education Teaching (K-12) Field Endorsement
Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
A minor in Physical Education is available for students
pursuing majors in other disciplines.
Supplemental Endorsements are offered in Adapted Physical
Education, Strength Training, Interscholastic
Coaching, and Sports Trainer.
Students who complete two Teaching Subject Endorsements or one Teaching Field
Endorsement may complete one or more Supplemental Endorsements.
FITNESS AND LEISURE STUDIES MAJOR
Three options are available in this major:
- Recreation and Park Management Option - Bachelor of Science
Degree
- Recreation and Park Management Comprehensive Option -
Bachelor of Science Degree
- Exercise Science Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of Science
Degree
A minor in Recreation and Park Management is available for
students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
A minor in Travel and Tourism is available for students
pursuing majors in other disciplines.
SPORTS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR
Two options are available in this major:
- Sports Administration Major Option - Bachelor of Science
Degree
- Sports Administration Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of
Science Degree
A minor in Sports Administration or Sports
Communication is available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
Courses with the prefixes PE and REC
are offered by the department.
16 May 2005
