Health and Physical Education

The health and physical education teaching major program at the University of Great Falls allows the student to prepare for a career as a physical education instructor or coach in the school system.

 

Competency Objectives

Students who earn a major in Health & Physical Education will

• Determine their health-enhancing behaviors through a cognitive process.

• Compare and contrast behaviors that impact psychosocial health within their lives.

• Plan physical fitness programs to improve personal health.

• Examine a variety of strategies to become skillful, lifelong movers.

• Select and apply strategies of health literacy as a means to improve personal and community health.

• Formulate procedures to manage and evaluate health and physical education programs.

• Examine the impact of the spiritual health within their lives.

• Formulate a plan to use developmentally appropriate instruction in K through 12 education programs.

• Evaluate the overall effectiveness of K-12 health enhancement, intramurals, and extramural programs.

Course-name and number	CR
HPE 188 - Personal Health	3
HPE 201 - Safety, First Aid & CPR	2
HPE 210 - Foundation of HPE & Recreation	2
HPE 215 - PE, Recreation, Fitness Management	3
HPE 230 - Adapted PE	2
HPE 260 - Sports Psychology	2
HPE 300 - Strategies in Health Enhancement	3
HPE 312 - Methods in Individual & Team Sports	3
HPE 330 - Assessment & Testing	2
HPE 350 - Coaching Certification	2
HPE 405 - Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries	2
HPE 415 - Kinesiology & Applied Anatomy	2
HPE 485 - Physiology of Exercise	2
BIO 103 - Structure & Function of the Human Body	4
Total credits for major	34

 

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Competency Objectives

Students who earn a concentration in Health & Physical Education will

• Determine their health-enhancing behaviors through a cognitive process.

• Compare and contrast behaviors that impact psychosocial health within their lives.

• Plan physical fitness programs to improve personal health.

• Examine a variety of strategies to become skillful, lifelong movers.

• Select and apply strategies of health literacy as a means to improve personal and community health.

• Formulate procedures to manage and evaluate health and physical education programs.

• Examine the impact of the spiritual health within their lives.

• Formulate a plan to use developmentally appropriate instruction in K through 12 education programs.

Course-name and number	CR
HPE 188 - Personal Health	3
HPE 201 - Safety, First Aid & CPR	2
HPE 210 - Foundation of HPE & Recreation	2
HPE 230 - Adapted PE	2
HPE 300 - Strategies in Health Enhancement	3
HPE 312 - Methods in Individual & Team Sports	3
HPE 350 - Coaching Certification	2
HPE 415 - Kinesiology & Applied Anatomy	2
HPE 485 - Physiology of Exercise	2
BIO 103 - Structure & Function of the Human Body	4
Total credits for concentration	25

 

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HPE 103 Yoga. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 111 Self-Defense. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 112 Weight Training and Personal Fitness. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 113 Scuba Diving. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 114 Swimming. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 116 Water Aerobics. 1 credit

HPE 117 Lifeguarding. 1 credit

HPE 119 Tai Chi. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 121 Golf. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 122 Aerobic Dance. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 123 Step Aerobic Dance. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 130 Snow Skiing and Boarding. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 1 credit

HPE 131 Hiking and Caving. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 134 White Water Rafting. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 175 Therapeutic Massage. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 1 credit

HPE 180 Special Activities. 1 credit

HPE 188 Personal Health. Focuses on health issues that confront individuals, parents, and educators. Critical thinking about personal health issues is vital to this course. Some topics included are: nutrition, safety, conflict resolution, drugs, self-concept, stress, communicable disease, and physical fitness. Health issues are examined from these perspectives: mental, social, physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters: Distance Learning: Fall semesters 3 credits

HPE 201 Safety, First Aid, and CPR. This course provides the student with knowledge and practical techniques associated with safety, first aid and CPR. CPR and First Aid certification is available. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 2 credits

HPE 210 Foundations of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Historical, philosophical, and conceptual perspectives of health, physical education, recreation, and sport. Provides important and essential knowledge for students pursuing careers in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters 2 credits

HPE 215 Physical Education, Recreation, and Fitness Management. Management, planning, organization, coordination, and evaluation of sport and physical education activities are presented in this course. Topics included are: finance, facility design, scheduling, personnel management, budgeting, safety, game management, and gender equity. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 3 credits

HPE 230 Adapted Physical Education. Physical education, recreation, and exercise program development and implementation for children, senior citizens, the disabled and others with special needs.Students will examine the ways movement activity is delivered to people with special needs. Emphasis is on developing and assessing adapted physical education programs. Federal and state mandates, IEP's, LRE, inclusion, and other topics are covered. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 2 credits

HPE 260 Sports Psychology. Presents the theory and application of sports psychology. Topics covered: motivating athletes, fear of failure, imagery, dealing with anxiety, coaching the elite athlete, leadership, aggression in sport, gender and race issues, and cognitive theories. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters, even years 2 credits

HPE 300 Strategies in Health Enhancement. Focuses on the health enhancement standards for educators. Motor development, health-related physical fitness, safety, dance, nutrition, health education, educational gymnastics and developmentally appropriate learning are some of the topics included. The value of critical thinking, learning theory application, and practical teaching strategies are covered. Prerequisite: HPE 188 Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters 3 credits

HPE 312 Methods in Physical Education and Sport. Practical teaching methods for physical education and sports are emphasized. Actual or simulated K-12 teaching sessions are expected of the students. Motor skill competence in a variety of movement activities is required. The course presents a variety of teaching styles, assessments of learning, and school management styles. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters, even years 3

credits HPE 330 Assessment in Health and Physical Education. Students will learn and apply assessment techniques to health and physical education. Students will learn to apply assessment strategies to both national and Montana health enhancement standards. Some statistical procedures are included. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters, even years 2 credits

HPE 350 Coaching Certification. Students will take the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) and test for ASEP certification. Additional sport-specific coaching theories will also be examined. ASEP Certification is a required coaching qualification in many school districts. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters, even years 1 credit HPE 392 Special Topics in Physical Education. 2 credits

HPE 405 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries. Study of physical examination, bandaging and taping, massage, physio-and hydrotherapy, diet, conditioning, treatment of specific injuries, and training room procedures. Expected to be offered: Spring semesters, even years 2 credits

HPE 415 Kinesiology and Applied Anatomy. Students will apply knowledge of human anatomy and mechanical principles to human motion. Emphasis is placed upon sports related movements to increase efficiency, safety, and purposefulness. The neurological, muscular, and skeletal systems are emphasized. Prerequisite: BIO 103 Expected to be offered: Fall semesters, even years 2 credits

HPE 485 Physiology of Exercise. An overview of exercise science studying the effect of exercise on the body. Topics covered include: anaerobic and aerobic energy systems, nutrition, homeostasis, metabolism, cellular chemical reactions, and health related physical fitness. Prerequisite: BIO 103 Expected to be offered: Spring semesters, odd years 2 credits

HPE 495 Internship. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor 1-15 credits 3 credits