Students acquire swimming proficiency and execute five basic strokes. Opportunity to complete lifeguard or water safety instructor for American Red Cross certification are provided. Field experiences are required. Students survey tests and study a variety of measurement and evaluation techniques suitable for administration in health and physical education programs. Students gain practical experiences in the administration and critique of appropriate measures of content and skill performance and how to construct a grading scheme.
Students also gain experiences in the use of research design, statistics and computer software.
Students investigate human movement with reference to mechanical and anatomical concepts as applied to joint motion and muscle actions. Students learn to assess the execution of sport skills and determine proper biomechanics movement efficiency. Students acquire knowledge of the techniques of motor skills analysis, understand curriculum development in refinement fundamental movement, know the methods and materials for planning. Students implement physical education programs for children in the elementary and middle grades. Students identify and evaluate changes throughout one's life span, first with changes in the body itself, then with changes with motor behavior, followed by a survey of factors that affect motor development.