Physical Education

This course covers the changing concept of health and discusses comprehensive information about health and exercise (physical fitness, adult diseases, nutrients, stress, smoking, drinking and fatigue). Topics include personal well-being for a healthy life; nutrition and health; cardiovascular fitness and health; metabolic fitness and health; muscles, nerves, skeletal physical strength and health; exercise and healthy aging; muscle strength; and muscular endurance. 

An introduction to the principles and practice of exercise science, including common and relevant myths or misconceptions. It introduces exercise science and its disciplines (e.g., biomechanics) partly by considering common myths, misconceptions, and students' understanding of these. For example, what actually is exercise or fitness? Is exercise training necessary for fitness, and is fitness necessarily improved from training? What constitutes resistance or endurance exercise, and why do they improve fitness for health, work, or sport? Do training aids such as sports drinks really aid fitness or performance? Does practice improve skill? How much practice, and what type? How would you know such things or test them yourself? Cultural and environmental contexts are also addressed. 

Students learn to teach basic volleyball skills to middle and high school students. The course covers volleyball rules and basic strategies. Topics include volleyball configuration and basic rules, how to warm up, underhand and overhand, types of serves, defense, attack, and referee hand signals. 

This course offers a study of everything from recreational activity to competitive or high-performance sports and analyzes the impact of practicing physical activity and sports as a social and economic phenomenon. It explores the use of physical exercise as an element of prevention and therapy, as well as a vocational and work option.