A basic understanding of rule interpretations and management of sporting events. Laboratory experience will be provided in the intramural program. A comprehensive study of relevant health issues with consideration given to their physical, emotional, social and intellectual dimensions. Topics to be studied include emotional health, stress management, physical, fitness, sexuality, nutrition, weight management, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and infectious diseases. A study of intramurals in relation to age, objectives and setting.
Consideration is given to supervision, budgeting and common problems.
Each student will study and analyze motor development theories as they apply to human performance from birth to old age. The application of this knowledge to the field of physical education will also be emphasized. Constructing an elementary physical education program based on developmental theory will be emphasized. Each student will apply these principles in a practicum situation in local schools. Morphology and physiology of the normal human body with emphasis on cells, tissues, organs, and systems.