PE Courses

Offered by Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
College of Business and Technology

PE 100 - Principles of Physical Education - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Introductory course for students interested in careers in health, physical education, athletic training or coaching.

 

PE 109 or 110GS - Basic Sports - 1 hour or one-half hour

Prereq: Any full semester course, 109GS, or any combination of two eight-week courses, 110GS, below may be elected for one credit.
Aerobic Dancing, Archery, Badminton, Ballroom Dancing, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country Skiing, Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Jogging, Orienteering, Personal Defense, Pickleball, Pocket Billiards, Racquetball, Skiing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Tumbling, Volleyball, Wrestling, Yoga for Exercise.

 

PE 111 - Intercollegiate Sports - 1 hour

Prereq: Credit may be earned by participation through a complete season on a UNK team.
Participation as a member of one of UNK's varsity sports teams.

 

PE 112 - Conditioning and Weight Training - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Sports specific activities for physical conditioning.

 

PE 160GS - Healthful Living - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Personal health principles including study of life-style related ailments: cardiovascular diseases, stress, sexually transmitted diseases (emphasis on AIDS), and substance abuse. Death and dying and aging, aspects of wellness (especially proper exercise and fitness, diet and nutrition, weight management), human sexuality, family relationships are included in course content.

 

PE 161 - Adapted Activities - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Individually prescribed activities arranged in consultation with UNK physician and/or student's personal physician.

 

PE 174 Athletic Training Clinical Series

Directs students through the clinical competencies designated for the clinical level in which they are assigned. Students will be responsible for achieving demonstration of competency in a specified number of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective activities. Many of the topics addressed will be expanded in the field experience portion of the clinical education aspect of the degree program.

PE 174A - Clinical Level One A - Introduction to Athletic Training - 1 hour
Prereq: none

PE 174B - Clinical Level One B - Introduction to Athletic Training - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174A

PE 174C - Clinical Level Two A  - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174B*, PE 264*, acceptance into the ATEP

PE 174D - Clinical Level Two B - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174C*, recommendation for advancement

PE 174E - Clinical Level Three A - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174D*, recommendation for advancement

PE 174F - Clinical Level Three B - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174D * , recommendation for advancement

PE 210 - Scuba - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Background, principles and techniques of scuba diving. Certification may be awarded at the discretion of instructor. A special fee will be assessed for the course.

 

PE 211 - Advanced Sports - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Advanced instruction in Baseball, Life Guarding, Basketball, Football, Track.

 

PE 220 - Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1-2 hours

Prereq: none
Basic teaching techniques for a variety of activities which should be included in a secondary school physical education program or in a fitness management program.

 

PE 221 - Teaching Sport and Leisure Activities - 2 hours

Prereq: Completion of required PE 110GS courses
Basic teaching techniques for individual, dual, team, and racquet sports and rhythmic activities; these would include recreational activities for leisure and lifetime.

 

PE 226 - Elementary School Health Teaching - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Methods of teaching elementary school health.

 

PE 229 - Wellness Interventions - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Concepts of wellness/fitness with emphasis on stress management, smoking cessation, medical self-care, fitness programming for all ages.

 

PE 230 - Sports Officiating - 1-2 hour

Prereq: none
Sections in football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, and track and field officiating will be offered.

 

PE 240 - Non-Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Techniques of teaching perceptual-motor activities, fundamental movement skills, sports skills, low-organized and lead-up games, self-testing activities, story plays and mimetics.

 

PE 241 - Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Techniques of teaching fundamental rhythms, creative dance, singing games, rhythm band, square and folk dance, social mixers and ballroom dance.

 

PE 250 - Athletic Injury Assessment - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 174B, PE 264
A comprehensive study of the commonly accepted techniques used to clinically evaluate athletic injuries/conditions of the trunk and lower extremity, for the purpose of determining the type and severity so that appropriate injury management and referral may occur. Typical symptoms and common clinical signs associated with athletic injuries/conditions will be investigated as well as common contributing etiological factors.

 

PE 250L - Athletic Injury Assessment Lab - 0 hours

Take concurrently with PE 250.

 

PE 251 - Athletic Injury Assessment II: UE - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 174C*, PE 250*
A comprehensive study of the commonly accepted techniques used to clinically evaluate athletic injuries/conditions of the head, spine and upper extremity, for the purpose of determining the type and severity so that appropriate injury management and referral may occur. Typical symptoms and common clinical signs associated with athletic injuries/conditions will be investigated as well as common contributing etiological factors.

 

PE 251L - Athletic Injury Assessment II: UE Lab - 0 hours

Take concurrently with PE 251.

 

PE 260GS - First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours

Prereq: none
American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety. American Red Cross certificate may be earned.

 

PE 261 - Community First Aid and Safety Instructor - 2 hours

Prereq: Current American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety Certificate
Successful completion of course may qualify candidate to receive the American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety Instructor Authorization.

 

PE 262 - Community Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - 1 hour

Prereq: none
American Red Cross CPR and emergency techniques are taught.

 

PE 263 - Community Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instructor - 1 hour

Prereq: none
American Red Cross sanctioned instruction for persons desiring instructor status in cardiopulmonary-resuscitation.

 

PE 264 - Foundation of Athletic Training - 2, 4 hours

Prereq: BIOL 215, Concurrent enrollment in PE 174A or PE 174B
American Red Cross designed course providing methods of providing emergency first aid care and injury prevention techniques. Geared mainly to sports and fitness populations.

 

PE 264L - Foundation of Athletic Training Lab - 0 hours

Take concurrently with PE 264.

 

PE 265 - Advanced First Aid & Critical Care - 2 hours

Prereq: none
This course is designed to offer students information and skills that will prepare them for providing basic first aid and life support to individuals suffering from illness or injury. Successful completion of each aspect of the course will qualify each student to be certified by the American Red Cross in Automated External Defibrillator, Professional Rescuer CPR for the Child, Infant and Adult, Oxygen Administration, and Preventing Disease Transmission.

 

PE 270 - Laboratory Experience in Intramurals - 1-3 hours

Prereq: permission of instructor
Students will be assigned to officiate in the intramural program.

 

PE 275 - Travel and Tourism Field Study - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Tourism related study in a foreign country or tourist impacted area of the United States.

 

PE 324 - Curriculum and Administration of Physical Education - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Curriculum organization and administrative procedures for a secondary school physical education program. Student should have completed basic sports requirement prior to enrollment.

 

PE 325 - Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Course will address changes in motor behavior over life span with emphasis on childhood through adolescence. Learning of motor skills addressed with particular emphasis on factors of instruction that can be manipulated to ensure acquisition of motor skills.

 

PE 328 - Swimming Pool Management and Water Safety Instructor - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 211 (life guarding or Red Cross Senior Life Guarding Certificate currently in force)
Preparation in management and maintenance of swimming pools and methods of swim instruction. Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certificate may be awarded at the discretion of instructor.

 

PE 330 - Volleyball Theory - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches. Fall semester.

 

PE 331 - Football Theory - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Offenses and defenses for a high school team. Administration of a complete season of practices and games. Fall semester.

 

PE 332 - Soccer Theory - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Theory for soccer coaching, individual, team, strategies of play.

 

PE 333 - Basketball Theory - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches.

 

PE 334 - Track Theory - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Techniques, form and training schedules for track and field events, including administration of track meets.

 

PE 335 - Tennis Theory - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Preparatory course for prospective coaches.

 

PE 336 - Wrestling Theory - 2 hours

Prereq: PE 110GS Wrestling (or concurrently)
Conditioning, maneuvers, and management of high school team.

 

PE 337 - Baseball/Softball Theory - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Skills, strategies, and problems of coaching a high school team. Spring Semester.

 

PE 338 - Swimming Theory - 2 hours

Prereq:  PE 328 or Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certificate currently in force
Coaching individuals and swim teams.

 

PE 339 - Golf Theory - 1 hour

Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches.

 

PE 350 - Modalities in Athletic Training - 4 hours

Prereq:  PE 174C*, PE 250*
Training in the practice and use of a variety of therapeutic modalities in the treatment of athletic injuries will be presented. Typical symptoms and common clinical signs associated with athletic injuries/conditions will be investigated as well as common contributing etiological factors.

 

PE 350L - Modalities in Athletic Training Laboratory - 0 hours

Take concurrently with PE 350.

 

PE 360 - Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours

Prereq: none
Structure and function of the human skeleton, muscles and joints, analysis of human movement as applied to sports and physical education.

 

PE 369 - Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 2-3 hours

Prereq: none
Study of physical, mental and emotional impairments which limit human performance. Treatment of injuries and disabilities through remedial exercises. Prior completion of PE 360 is recommended.

 

PE 370 - Administration of Intramurals - 1-3 hours

Prereq: permission of instructor
Student will perform administrative responsibility for the intramural program.

 

PE 373 - Field Experience in Secondary School Physical Education - 2 hours

Prereq: permission of instructor
Student will be assigned as an assistant teacher or coach in an area secondary school. (Credit/No Credit.)

 

PE 374 - Field Experience in University Physical Education - 1-3 hours

Prereq: permission of instructor
Student will be assigned to assist a UNK instructor with a physical education activity.

 

PE 375 - Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training - 4 hours

Prereq:  PE 174D* PE 350*
An examination of the basic components of a comprehensive rehabilitation and reconditioning program. Subjects to be covered include: determining therapeutic goals and objectives, methods of evaluating and recording rehabilitation progress, creation and implementation of therapeutic exercise protocol for common athletic injuries and the development of criteria for progression and return to competition.

 

PE 375L - Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training Laboratory - 0 hours

Take concurrently with PE 250.

 

PE 380 - Diagnostic-Prescriptive Techniques for Adapted Physical Education - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Evaluation instruments utilized in adapted physical education will be described and critically analyzed. Students will acquire competencies related to administration of these instruments, interpretation of results, and prescription of remedial or developmental activities.

 

PE 401/801P - Psychology of Sport - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Study of psychological principles and theories of athletics.

 

PE 402/804P - Sociology of Sport - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Background in sport history/philosophy, sport sociology, sport in society, minorities and women in sport, as sport has evolved in American society.

 

PE 403 - Sports Economics - 3 hours

Prereq: none
In-depth examination of economic impact organized intercollegiate and professional athletics and sports play in lives of individuals communities, institutions and nations. Comprehensive investigation of financial inputs and values into nation's economy from sport and leisure industry and potential for growth.

 

PE 420 - Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3 hours

Prereq: admission to Teacher Education
Applies principles of teaching elementary and/or secondary school physical education and health.

 

PE 421 - Administration of High School Athletics - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Administrative practices with which the high school coach needs to be familiar. Includes regulations of Nebraska School Activities Association.

 

PE 422 - Administration of Strength Programs - 2 hours

Prereq: none
Principles and procedures for administering a strength program at the high school level.

 

PE 424 - Practicum in Dance - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Techniques of teaching and practical presentation of rhythmic and dance activities suitable for educational and/or recreational settings.

 

PE 425 - Legal Aspects of Sport and Recreation - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Comprehensive examination of legal issues which influence formulation and modification of policies controlling operations of athletics/physical education programs at collegiate level recreation programs, and professional sports programs.

 

PE 426 - Instructional Strategies in Adapted Physical Education - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Detailed study of effective strategies for integration of handicapped students into activities of the regular class, strategies for individualizing instruction and procedures for implementation of objective-based instruction.

 

PE 428/828P - Secondary School Physical Education - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Program and techniques for teaching secondary school physical education.

 

PE 429 - Marketing in Sport, Recreation and Tourism - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Principles, applications and techniques of marketing, promotions, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising.

 

PE 430 - Organization and Administration in Recreation, Sport and Tourism - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Management, leadership, organizational development, communication, budget administration principles and legal aspects needed for a recreation, sport or tourism administrator.

 

PE 441/841P - Physical Education for Elementary Schools - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Teaching and organization activities and methods for elementary grades. Includes consideration of the exceptional child and early childhood education.

 

PE 460/860P - Gross Anatomy of Movement - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 360, or BIOL 225* and BIOL 226*
Designed for in-depth understanding of anatomy as it relates to movement or work. Student will utilize and assist in dissection of human cadavers.

 

PE 461/861P - Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Physiological processes of body as pertain to physical activity. How trained and untrained individuals differ, and importance of training.

 

PE 463/863P - Elementary School Health - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Curriculum development, teaching methods and selection of learning materials for health instruction in the elementary school.

 

PE 464/864P - Secondary School Health - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Developing a curriculum in secondary school health. Health services and environment for health in the secondary school are discussed.

 

PE 467/867P - Fitness Testing - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 461
Techniques and theory of testing for personal fitness. Measures include vital capacity, body density, stress testing, aerobic and anaerobic fitness.

 

PE 468 - Public Health Aspects of Physical Activity - 3 hours

Prereq: PE 461
Trends and situations in sport, fitness and wellness settings with practical applications from exercise physiology.

 

PE 469/866P - Energy Balance and Weight Control - 3 hours

Prereq: FCSC 110
Control of metabolism, bases for obesity, mechanisms and consequences of weight loss and gain, clinical programs for weight loss and gain.

 

PE 471 - Field Experience in Elementary School Physical Education - 2 hours

Prereq: PE 441, conference with instructor
Supervised practical experiences in elementary school physical education. Offered Fall Semester.

 

PE 472 - Field Experience in Elementary School Physical Education - 2 hours

Prereq: PE 441, conference with instructor
Experiences similar to PE 471 but at different grade level. Offered Spring Semester.

 

PE 476 - Seminar and Practicum in Adapted Phys. Ed. - 3 hours

Prereq: none
Culminating course in adapted physical education program providing program delivery methods and practicum experiences.

 

PE 498 - Special Topics - 1-3 hours

Prereq: none
Topics are studied which are not assigned or covered in other courses in the department. The format of this course will vary depending on the topic, instructor, and the needs of the student.

PE 499 - Senior Seminar in Athletic Training - 1 hour

Prereq: PE 174F*,  PE 375*
Designed to provide the students in their final completion of the degree Option in Athletic Training with a review of all program studies to prepare for the NATABOC certification examination. Specific assigned readings and projects will be conducted in order to reach a level of pre-test readiness.

 

* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is required prior to this immediate prerequisite.

11 May 2006
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