Students study the effects of muscular activity on the body. Topical areas include energy transfer in the body, neuromuscular concepts, cardiorespiratory considerations, environmental aspects of exercise, and body composition assessment and control. Students investigate the anatomical and mechanical factors which influence human motion and perform analyses of complex human motions with the goal of optimizing human movement performance. Adaptive Physical Education. Implementation and analysis of instruction for adaptive physical education students.
Emphasis is on instruction for intact classes of students with special needs.
Practicum in Teaching Health and Physical Education. Instructional design for health or physical education, leading to the implementation and assessment of an intact unit of instruction. Needs Assessment and Action Planning for Comprehensive School Health Education. Explores the eight components of comprehensive school health, with an emphasis on the application of needs assessment and action planning skills in the development of comprehensive P-12 school health education. Problems in School Health.