University of Nebraska at Kearney
1998-2000 Undergraduate CATALOG
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 - one-half or 1 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 173 - Athletic Training Practicum - 2 hours- Prereq: none
Practical experience with strength training program.
PE 173A - Intro to Athletic Training - 2 hours- Prereq: none
Practical experience working with UNK teams in athletic training capacity. Two semester hours credit may be earned per semester, with a cumulative total of eight semester hours possible.
PE 173B - Modalities in Athletic Training - 2 hours- Prereq: none
Practical experience working with UNK teams in athletic training capacity. Two semester hours credit may be earned per semester, with a cumulative total of eight semester hours possible.
PE 173C - Rehabilitation Techniques - 2 hours- Prereq: none
Practical experience working with UNK teams in athletic training capacity. Two semester hours credit may be earned per semester, with a cumulative total of eight semester hours possible.
PE 173D - Advanced Topics in Athletic Training - 2 hours- Prereq: none
Practical experience working with UNK teams in athletic training capacity. Two semester hours credit may be earned per semester, with a cumulative total of eight semester hours possible.
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 110 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 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 - Sports Injury - 2 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.
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 302 - Sports in Society - 3 hours- Prereq: none
Presents interweaving of sport in society and society in sport. Includes sport history, sport sociology, women in sport, minorities in sport, and current issues in sport.
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 211 Life Guarding or PE 328
Coaching individuals and swim teams.
PE 339 - Golf Theory - 1 hour- Prereq: none
Individual and team play for prospective coaches.
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 362 - Athletic Training I - 3 hours- Prereq: none
Medical and hygienic problems of athletics, training room techniques, treatment of athletic injuries, role of athletic trainer. Prior completion of PE 360 is recommended.
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. (Grades will be recorded as 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 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 - Athlete in Contemporary Society - 3 hours- Prereq: none
Study of psychological principles and theories of athletics.
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: none
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 Phys. Ed. - 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 - Sport Marketing and Promotion - 3 hours- Prereq: none
Marketing as it applies to promoting sport organizations on both amateur and professional sports levels. Special emphasis is placed on methods used to promote and control marketing activities within well-structured public relations program.
PE 430 - Sport Administration - 3 hours- Prereq: none
Organization and administration of athletic programs at intercollegiate and the professional levels. Emphasis on practices and policies as relate to various situations and problems relying on theoretical base to deal with these situations and problems.
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 462/862P - Athletic Training II - 3 hours- Prereq: PE 362
Diagnosis and evaluative techniques, physical therapy techniques, therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, legal aspects of sports medicine, professional procedures and ethics of athletic 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 - Sport and Fitness Physiology - 3 hours- Prereq: PE 461
Trends and situations in sport, fitness and wellness settings with practical applications from exercise physiology.
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.
