PE Courses
Offered by Department of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Leisure Studies
College of Education
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 112 - Conditioning and Weight Training - 1 hour
- Prereq: none
Sports specific activities for physical conditioning.
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- PE 121 -
Sports Skills for Physical Education - 2 hours
- Prereq: none
Understanding, analysis and performance of team, racquet
and lifetime sports.
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- 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.
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- PE 161 - Adapted Activities - 1 hour
- Prereq: none
Individually prescribed activities arranged in consultation with UNK physician and/or
student's personal physician.
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- 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 - 1 hour
Prereq: admission into the Athletic Training Program
PE 174B - Clinical Level One B
- 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174A
PE 174C - Clinical Level Two A - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174B*
PE 174D - Clinical Level Two B - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174C*
PE 174E - Clinical Level Three A - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174D*
PE 174F - Clinical Level Three B - 1 hour
Prereq: PE 174E*
- 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.
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- PE 211 - Advanced Sports - 1 hour
- Prereq: none
Advanced instruction in Baseball, Life Guarding, Basketball, Football, Track.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 226 - Elementary School Health Teaching - 1 hour
- Prereq: PE 160GS
Methods of teaching elementary school health.
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- 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.
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- PE 230 - Sports Officiating - 1-2 hour
- Prereq: none
Sections in football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, and track and field officiating
will be offered.
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- PE 240 - Non-Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours
- Prereq: Completion of required PE 110GS courses
Techniques of teaching perceptual-motor activities, fundamental movement skills, sports
skills, low-organized and lead-up games, self-testing activities, story plays and
mimetics.
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- PE 241 - Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours
- Prereq: Completion of required PE 110GS courses
Techniques of teaching fundamental rhythms, creative dance, singing games, rhythm band,
square and folk dance, social mixers and ballroom dance.
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- PE 250 - Athletic Injury Assessment I:
LE - 3 hours
- Prereq: 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.
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- PE 251 - Athletic Injury Assessment II: UE - 4 hours
- Prereq: PE 174A*, 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 262 - Community Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - 1 hour
- Prereq: none
American Red Cross CPR and emergency techniques are taught.
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- PE 264 - Foundation of Athletic Training - 2, 4 hours
- Prereq: none
American Red Cross designed course providing methods of providing emergency first aid care
and injury prevention techniques. Geared mainly to sports and fitness populations.
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- PE 264L - Foundation of Athletic Training Lab - 0 hours
- Take concurrently with PE 264.
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- 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.
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- PE 270 - Laboratory Experience in Intramurals - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: permission of instructor
Students will be assigned to officiate in the intramural program.
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- PE 310 -
Introduction to Human Physiology of Exercise
- 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Provides a foundation of scientific basis for
understanding the body's anatomical structures and physiologic responses to
acute exercise, as well as its adaptations to chronic exercise. Prior
coursework in chemistry is recommended, but fundamentals in these areas will
be reviewed when necessary. Lecture and lab format.
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- 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.
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- PE 328 - 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.
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- PE 330 - Volleyball Theory - 2 hours
- Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches. Fall semester.
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- 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.
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- PE 333 - Basketball Theory - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches.
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- PE 334 - Track Theory - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Techniques, form and training schedules for track and field events, including
administration of track meets.
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- PE 337 - Baseball/Softball Theory - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Skills, strategies, and problems of coaching a high school team. Spring Semester.
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- PE 340 - Non-Rhythmic Physical Education - 1
hour
- Prereq: none
Techniques of teaching: Fundamental movement skills,
sport skills, low organized games, physical fitness, rope jumping, creative
movement.
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- PE 350 - Therapeutic Modalities in Athletic Training - 4 hours
- Prereq: PE 174A*, 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.
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- PE 350L - Modalities in Athletic Training Laboratory - 0 hours
- Take concurrently with PE 350.
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- 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.
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- PE 361 -
Integrating Movement and Dance - 1 hour
- Prereq: none
This course is about the integration of movement and
dance across the pre-school through grade six curriculum.
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- 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.
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- PE 370 - Administration of Intramurals - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: permission of instructor
Student will perform administrative responsibility for the intramural program.
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- 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.)
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- 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.
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- PE 375 - Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training - 4 hours
- Prereq: PE 174B*
PE 251*,
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.
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- PE 375L - Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training Laboratory -
0 hours
- Take concurrently with PE 250.
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- 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.
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- PE 401/801P - Psychology of Sport - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Study of psychological principles and theories of athletics.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 422 - Administration of Strength Programs - 2 hours
- Prereq: none
Principles and procedures for administering a strength program at the high school level.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 428/828P - Secondary School Physical Education - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Program and techniques for teaching secondary school physical education.
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- PE 429 - Marketing in Sport, Recreation and Tourism - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Principles, applications and techniques of marketing, promotions, corporate sponsorships,
and fundraising.
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- 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.
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- PE 441/841P - Physical Education for Elementary Schools - 3 hours
- Prereq: PE 240,
PE 241
Teaching and organization activities and methods for elementary grades. Includes
consideration of the exceptional child and early childhood education.
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- PE 450/831P - Curriculum and Assessment
for Physical Education - 3
hours
- Prereq: PE 100 or PE 221
Curriculum organization and administrative procedures for a secondary school physical
education program. Student should have completed basic sports requirement prior to
enrollment.
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- 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.
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- PE 461/861P - Physiology of Exercise -
4 hours
- Prereq: PE 310 or BIOL 215 or BIOL 226
Physiological processes of body as pertain to physical activity. How trained and untrained
individuals differ, and importance of training.
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- PE 463/863P - Elementary School Health - 3 hours
- Prereq: PE 160GS
Curriculum development, teaching methods and selection of learning materials for health
instruction in the elementary school.
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- PE 464/864P - Secondary School Health - 3 hours
- Prereq: PE 160GS
Developing a curriculum in secondary school health. Health services and environment for
health in the secondary school are discussed.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PE 469/866P - Nutrition for Health and Sport - 3 hours
- Prereq: C or higher in FSID 110 and
PE 461
Metabolism and metabolic regulation, the influence of dietary practices on health and human
performance, and mechanisms and consequences of weight loss and gain.
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- PE 471 - Field Experience in Health
& Physical Education - 2
hours
- Prereq: PE 420
or
PE 441 or PE
464
Co-Requisite: TE
319
Supervised practical experiences in elementary school physical education. Offered Fall
Semester.
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- 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.
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- 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 174E*, 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.
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* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is
required prior to this immediate prerequisite.
