Exercise Adult Wellness Exercise or AWE- some provides an opportunity for students to work with senior adults in an exercise program designed to promote health and provide socialization. The program involves the student and the senior adult in water exercise, chair and floor exercise and walking.
Students receive valuable work experience and summer employment.
Special Physical Education Students interested in working with individuals with disabilities may pursue a concentration in special physical education. Study involves classroom and practicum work in physical education, recreation and sports with a wide variety of disabled children and adults. Students earning 11-12 semester hours of special education course work qualify for the Alabama Endorsement in adapted physical education. The Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Majors Club, or HPER as it is commonly known, has been at JSU since 1978. The club offers students with a major in these fields the chance to obtain a wide variety of information and assistance.