Course Descriptions

PER 100-129 Health Fitness Courses (1). F and S. Core: Health and Fitness; Human Movement Skills. A course in this area is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and activity requirements to maintain active lives. This course is to be used as a gateway course before students complete their two requirements in the Human Movement Skills core category. (Students take one course from this series, then one course each from the skill enhancement series and from the leisure and performance series.) The emphasis in each course is on fitness development and maintenance. Elementary education students take PE 222 -- Elementary School Health Education Program and Activities for their health fitness course. Conceptual topics related to wellness included in all courses are: 1) lifestyle commitment and Christian responsibility concerning health behaviors, 2) issues in nutrition, 3) weight management decisions, 4) addictive behaviors, and 5) principles for development of a personal active lifestyle.

PER 130-159 Leisure and Lifetime Courses (1). F, I, and S. Core: Health and Fitness; Human Movement Skills. A course in this area is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge to acquire and develop selected motor skills for a lifetime of leisure. This course is an extension of the gateway Health Fitness course previously taken by the student. Each course emphasizes both personal development in a specific activity and acquisition of basic skills needed for a lifetime of activity. All courses include the following conceptual topics: 1) skill building, 2) Reformed perspective of leisure, 3) Christian stewardship, and 4) stress management. Prerequisite: one course from the Health Fitness core section numbered 100-129. Elementary education majors may take PE 222 as a prerequisite.

PER 160-189 Skill Enhancement Courses (1). F, I, and S. Core: Health and Fitness; Human Movement Skills. A course in this area is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and activity requirements to develop and refine selected motor skills. The course is an extension of the gateway Health Fitness course previously taken by students. The emphasis in each course is on motor skill enhancement in specific activities. Elementary education students take PE 221-Elementary School Physical Education Program and Activities for the remainder of their Human Movement Skills core requirement. Conceptual topics included in all courses are 1) skill enhancement, 2) Reformed perspective of skilled movement, 3) psychological issues, and 4) procedures, techniques, and strategies germane to the specific activity. Prerequisite: one course from the Health Fitness core section numbers PER 100-129. Elementary education majors take PE 222 as their prerequisite. Students enrolling in courses labeled "II" must have one of the following prerequisites: completion of a level I course, high school competitive experience, or permission of the instructor.

PE 221 Elementary School Activities and Programs (2). F and S. Core: Health and Fitness. This course provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of physical education planning for elementary-school children. It substitutes for one course in the Skill Enhancement (160-189) subcategory of the Health and Fitness core requirement. The course is required of all elementary education students.

PE 222 Elementary School Health Education Programs and Activities (2). F and S. Core: Health and Fitness. This course provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of health education planning for elementary-school students. Particular attention is given to curriculum sequence, resource materials, and learning activities. The course is required of all elementary education students. It can substitute for one course in the Health Fitness (100-129) subcategory of the Health and Fitness core requirement.