PHYSED 1000 1 credit Fitness Assessment and Management
This lecture/lab course covers health topics and activities designed to assist students in assessing their health and fitness level and understand what lifestyle modifications are necessary to enhance personal wellness.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Physical Education-Wellness
PHYSED 1020 2 credits Criminal Justice Fitness
The class integrates the understanding of the demands placed on law enforcement officers with mental and physical self-defense measures. The course builds student knowledge, self-confidence, and physical ability in handling law enforcement related scenarios.
Components: Lecture
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1040 1 credit Canoeing, Kayaking, and/or Rafting in Wisconsin
This course will develop an appreciation for, and develop basic skills in canoeing, kayaking, and/or rafting skills to the participants and if pursued will promote a lifetime of fitness and enjoyment. This course will require a one day on campus teaching and skills instruction/training and culminate with a Friday-Sunday off campus trip to a Wisconsin river determined by the instructor based on river conditions and camping availability. (Spring, Summer)
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1100 1 credit Seasonal Activities
Seasonal lifetime recreational activities such as: inline skating, biking, ice skating, snow shoeing, cross-country skiing, weight lifting, hiking, Frisbee golf, and other current trends in lifetime fitness will be covered.
Components: Lecture
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1110 1 credit Weight Training
Physical education activity.
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1120 1 credit Aerobic Weight Training
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1130 1 credit Badminton
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1140 1 credit Basketball
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1150 1 credit Cycling
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1190 1 credit Golf
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1200 1 credit Self Defense
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1210 1 credit Golf
A continuation of 1110.
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1220 1 credit Hydroaerobics
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1230 1 credit Jogging/Walking
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1240 1 credit Racquetball
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1250 1 credit Relaxation
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1280 1 credit Personal Conditioning
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1290 1 credit Racquetball/Badminton
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1300 1 credit Personal Fitness
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1310 1 credit Scuba Diving
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1330 1 credit Cross-Country Skiing
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1340 1 credit Soccer
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1360 1 credit Canoeing
Course will explore and teach values of canoeing, rules of safety, demonstration and practice of canoeing, go on an overnight trip on the Wisconsin or Kickapoo River.
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1370 1 credit Dance Tech/Practice (Ballroom, Latin, Country)
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1380 1 credit Triathlon Training
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1390 1 credit Racquet Sports
The purpose of this activity class is to provide the student with the basic knowledge and fundamental skills for success at the beginning level of several racquet sports. Throughout the course of the semester, the student will learn how to play a variety of racquet sports to develop and maintain a health-enhancing level of personal fitness. Additionally, the rules, etiquette, and strategies of the games will be taught to enhance participation.
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1400 0.5 - 1 credits Fitness Assessment and Awareness/Activity
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1410 1 credit Swimming
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1430 1 credit Tennis
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1440 1 credit Volleyball
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1450 1 credit Wallyball/Volleyball
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1460 1 credit Yoga / Pilates
Through the course of the semester the student will learn how to use various Yoga and Pilates exercises to develop and maintain a health enhancing level of personal fitness.
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1530 1 credit Bowling
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1620 1 credit Aikido
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 1630 1 credit Self-Defense
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 1640 1 credit Downhill Skiing
Components: Laboratory
GE: Physical Education
PHYSED 1720 1 credit Intermediate Weight Training
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 2010 1 credit Aerobics/Hydroaerobics
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 2020 2 credits First Aid/Accident Prevention/Community CPR
Instruction and demonstration in the principles of first aid and accident prevention, Red Cross and CPR instruction.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2030 2 credits Health Education
To assist students toward a better understanding of personal and community health problems and of the agencies with which they may work.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2040 4 credits Methods in Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education/span>
The purpose of this class is to provide introductory content regarding health, nutrition, and physical education. Pedagogical methods and practical teaching experiences provided.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: TEACHING 1230
PHYSED 2060 1 credit Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid
This course is required by the state of Wisconsin for People who want to coach and are non-teaching majors. (Summer)
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2080 2 credits Movement Education
During this course, students will learn how to teach and spot for the basic level of gymnastics for K-12. Students will also learn how to teach musical structure and basic dance moves for a variety of folk and social dances for K-12.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2320 2 credits Introduction to Physical Education and Health Promotion
Introduction to skills basic to the teaching of physical education; career orientation; teaching, Physical education majors, minors and concentrations in athletic coaching students only.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2330 2 credits Adventure Education
This course presents the content, method, and safety of cooperative and initiative games. Teacher candidates will learn to use and implement a ropes course as a classroom for different age groups and diverse populations. Required for all PHYSED majors.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2410 2 credits Team Sports
During this course physical education majors will develop an understanding of the teaching methods, cues and assessments used in teaching team sports to middle level and high school students, as they relate to the standards of National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). Examples of individual sports which could be covered: baseball/softball, basketball, football, floor hockey, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, water polo.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2430 3 credits Adventure Education Practicum
This practicum requires the Physical Education Teacher candidates to assist in the facilitation of groups who attend the UWP ropes and challenge course. Teacher candidates will design and facilitate a sequential experience for the participants, and become proficient in facilitating, belaying, safety, and processing techniques. This practicum will allow candidates to practice and improve their teaching techniques with a variety of populations.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 2510 2 credits Individual Sports
During this course physical education majors will develop an understanding of the teaching methods, cues and assessments used in teaching individual sports to middle level and high school students, as they relate to the standards of National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). Examples of individual sports which could be covered: badminton, bowling, golf, martial arts, racquet sports, tennis, track & field, wrestling.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3010 2 credits Technology in Health and Physical Education
This course is intended to provide students with a broad variety of educational technologies specific to the instruction of health and physical education content. General education teaching tools such as electronic grading systems, portfolio development and web page design will also be included.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 2320 and TEACHING 2010
PHYSED 3020 3 credits Physiology of Exercise
The purpose of this class is to integrate basic concepts and relevant scientific information to provide the foundation for understanding nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise and training.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: BIOLOGY 2140 or BIOLOGY 2340
PHYSED 3040 2 credits Adapted Aquatics
This course will provide instruction and service learning opportunities in the area of adapted aquatics. Activities will include: development and implementation of individualized aquatics programming, development of individualized education program (IEP) paperwork related to aquatics, individual or small group instruction, exposure to aquatics equipment and usage, assessment implementation, and self and/or instructor evaluation of teaching methods.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 3430
PHYSED 3120 2 credits Stress Management at the Worksite
Designed to educate the student in the factors affecting one's personal stress level, the components of an advantageous stress management program and the techniques of facilitating relaxation exercises.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3220 2 credits Teaching Issues Relating to Alcohol, Drugs, and Sexuality
Curriculum planning methods and teaching of sex education and alcohol and drugs education.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 2030
PHYSED 3240 2 credits Exercise Among Maturing Adults
The purpose of this course is to learn more about the adult to elderly population, and the best research supported means of starting and adhering to an exercise program. Topics to be discussed include but are not limited to: physiological developments and changes of this population, safe and recommended lifetime activities and exercise options for this population, reasons for starting an exercise program, reasons for adherence, common mental and physiological illnesses and diseases among this population, nutrition and medication needs, and their role in exercise.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 3330
PHYSED 3330 2 credits Lifetime Activities
For the physical education teacher candidate to experience, implement, and instruct lifetime activities in their physical education curriculum.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3340 2 credits Football Coaching
This course covers the theory of football coaching and the techniques for teaching the skills. The course prepares the individual for coaching football in a high school or college setting.
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 3360 1 credit Fitness Evaluation
Designed to teach the student methods for evaluating the components of health fitness in various age groups and fitness populations.
Components: Laboratory
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 3020
PHYSED 3380 2 credits Fitness Programming and Prescription
Designed to teach the student how to develop and implement fitness programs for various populations. The student will investigate the concept of exercise adherence and the factors affecting it. The student will be conducting a case study on practical implementation and development of fitness programming and exercise prescription.
Components: Laboratory
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 3360
PHYSED 3400 2 credits Outdoor Activities/Water Safety Instruction (WSI)
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3420 2 credits Health Promotion at the Worksite
This course prepares the student to plan and implement a health promotion program in a corporate or workplace setting.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3430 3 credits Teaching Children with Exceptional Abilities in Health and Physical Education
Knowledge provided regarding conditions which impede psychomotor functioning. A generic approach to adapting physical education to the needs of special populations. Information on assessment and IEP formation provided.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 3440 2 credits Elementary/Middle School Physical Education
This course explores all the elements of planning for, managing, and instructing physical education classes. Students will be given the opportunity to work directly with school-age students, and reflect upon their experiences. Students will plan lessons, evaluate in-service teachers as well as their peers, and develop a number of teaching strategies.
Components: Laboratory
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 3500 3 credits Methods in Teaching Health Education
Utilization of approved methods and materials for teaching health in grades kindergarten through 12; application of course content and procedures involved in health teaching.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education and PHYSED 2030
PHYSED 3510 2 credits Assessment and Screening in Physical Education
Knowledge provided regarding principles for selection of assessment/screening tools and administrative considerations. Practical opportunities to administer, score, and interpret a variety of tools. Production of goals and objectives based on assessment/screening results.
Components: Laboratory
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education and PHYSED 3430
PHYSED 3610 1 credit Coaching Basketball
Designed to cover the basics of coaching basketball in a competitive setting. Anyone interested in coaching basketball is eligible to take this course. This course does not satisfy the General Education requirement for a physical activity course.
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 3720 3 credits Kinesiology
The science of human motion and its application to physical education activities.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education and (BIOLOGY 2140 or BIOLOGY 2340)
PHYSED 3830 2 credits Perceptual Motor Learning and Motor Development
An analysis of how we gain an awareness of the external world by the organization of sensory data. The traditional problems of perception are explored along with theoretical approaches to these problems.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 3850 2 credits Nutrition
Food nutrients and their relationships to health of children; integration of nutrition into the elementary school curriculum.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 3920 2 credits Emotional Health
The influence of emotional health on the total education of the school age child as a basis for a healthy personality.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 4020 2 credits Psychology of Coaching
The principles and techniques applicable to coaching interschool activities.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 4230 3 credits Methods in Middle/Secondary Physical Education
This course explores all the elements of planning for, managing, and instructing physical education classes. Students will be given the opportunity to work directly with school-age students, and reflect upon their experiences. Students will plan lessons, evaluate in-service teachers as well as their peers, and develop a number of teaching strategies.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 4320 2 credits Consumer Health
A survey and analysis of today's public health problems. An overview describing the relationship between the health of consumers and the use of products and services.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 4330 4 credits Organization, Administration, and Curriculum of Physical Education and Health
Examination of the basic personal leadership and administrative skills necessary to manage physical education, fitness and sport-athletic programs.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 4370 1 credit Lifeguard Training
The purpose of this class is to provide the student with knowledge and skills of lifeguarding. Includes Red Cross certification.
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 4380 1 credit Water Safety Instructor
Instruction in teaching Red Cross swimming lessons and water safety courses. Red Cross certification as water safety instructor.
Components: Laboratory
PHYSED 4410 3 credits Seminar in Health Promotion
This course will be a forum to discuss current issues in all content standards of health education and the relationship to the UWP Health Promotion Standards. The content area of community health will be stressed. The remaining content areas will be linked to community outreach. This seminar course is ideally designed to be student driven, and only favilitated by the instructor.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 3500
PHYSED 4420 1 - 2 credits Practicum in Athletic Coaching
Actual experience related to the coaching of an athletic team under the leadership of an experienced coach and teacher.
Components: Field Studies
PHYSED 4430 1 - 3 credits Current Issues in Health and Physical Education
Study of current topics in health and physical education.
Components: Lecture
PHYSED 4520 2 credits Injury Prevention and Treatment
Athletic training will consist of instruction in taping techniques for athletic injuries. It will also include recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries and instruction in the use of protective sports equipment.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: BIOLOGY 2140 or BIOLOGY 2340
PHYSED 4530 3 credits Practicum in Adapted Physical Education
Students are provided the opportunity to work with children with disabilities in an educational setting.
Components: Field Studies
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education and PHYSED 3430 and PHYSED 3510 and TEACHING 3320
PHYSED 4620 2 credits Advanced Athletic Training
Deals with sport specific injuries, their prevention and treatment, and rehabilitation. The course also includes evaluation of injuries and the use of modalities in treatment.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 4520
PHYSED 4840 1 - 4 credits Athletic Training/Rehabilitation Internship
An internship under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer.
Components: Field Studies
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PHYSED 4620
PHYSED 4850 3 credits Level I Wellness-Fitness Internship
Level I is served in the Health and Physical Education Fitness Lab. Expected outcomes are competencies in the use and maintenance of testing equipment, ability to analyze test data and the use of computer software.
Components: Field Studies
PHYSED 4860 3 credits Level II Wellness-Fitness Internship
Level II involves experience in a wide variety of situations, including classroom and small groups instruction, testing of students and non-students in the PE Fitness Lab, demonstration and individual counseling of 2-3 students as their personal trainer.
Components: Field Studies
PHYSED 4870 8 - 12 credits Level III Wellness-Fitness Internship
Off-Campus Internship at a Fitness Club, a Corporate Fitness Program, A YMCA/YWCA or Health related facility with PE department approval of site.
Components: Field Studies
PHYSED 4940 3 credits Seminar in Community and Environmental Health Education
Problems in health education. Devised to meet needs of the individual student in regard to health service, environment and instruction.
Components: Seminar
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: admission to the School of Education
PHYSED 4960 1 - 3 credits Independent Study in Physical Education
Components: Independent Study
PHYSED 4990 1 - 3 credits Independent Study in Health Education
Components: Independent Study