Our graduate faculty interact with 149 students enrolled in our Health and Physical Education graduate programs The Department provided the leadership for the development and opening of a state of the art Physical Fitness Center in the Panzer building ,Montclair State University. Mission of the Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies Department The Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies is to provide significant, carefully developed programs and appropriate academic offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels, offered in concert with the fundamental mission of Montclair State University. The basic goal of our baccalaureate degree programs is the development of well-educated professionals, capable of contributing within the context of their chosen specialty, to the quality of Education and Human Services in our society. The fundamental thrust of our graduate program is to enhance the academic and professional capabilities of educators serving the wellness needs of our communities and schools, as well as those in the business and industrial sectors. Students are educated for careers in the health care industry, in public and corporate education, and in the sports, recreation, hospitality, and tourism industries.
Students are also well prepared for graduate-level education.
All programs provide a combination of broad studies in the liberal arts with in-depth education in a professional field. All programs emphasize clinical and field experience. The curricula provides students with structure in a discipline as well as flexibility to elect courses in areas other than the academic major. Although the career goals of majors are varied, there are certain common threads. Students tend to be people-oriented, concerned with lifelong activity, and interested in general fitness, wellness and business concepts.