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PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION

PED 103 (1 CR.)

AEROBIC FITNESS I

Develops cardiovascular fitness through activities designed to elevate and sustain heart rates appropriate to age and physical condition. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 105 (1 CR.)

AEROBIC DANCE I

Focuses on physical fitness through dance exercises. Emphasizes the development of cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, and flexibility. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 107 (1 CR.)

EXERCISE AND NUTRITION

Provides the student with a full body workout through flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular endurance exercises. Includes fitness evaluation, nutrition analysis, and weight control. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 109 (1 CR.)

YOGA

Focuses on the forms of yoga training emphasizing flexibility. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 111 (1 CR.)

WEIGHT TRAINING I

Focuses on muscular strength and endurance training through individualized workout programs. Teaches appropriate use of weight training equipment. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 113 (1 CR.)

LIFETIME ACTIVITIES

Presents lifetime sports and activities. Teaches skills and methods of lifetime sports and activities appropriate to the local season and facilities available. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 116 (1-2 CR.)

LIFETIME FITNESS AND WELLNESS

Provides a study of fitness and wellness and their relationship to a healthy lifestyle. Defines fitness and wellness, evaluates the student's level of fitness and wellness, and motivates the student to incorporate physical fitness and wellness into daily living. A personal fitness/wellness plan is required for the 2-credit course. For PED 116 - 1 credit. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week. For PED 116 - 2 credits. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 1-2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.

PED 121 (1 CR.)

RACQUETBALL I

Teaches racquetball skills and strategies for team and individual play. Includes terminology, scoring, etiquette, equipment selection, and safety. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 123 (1 CR.)

TENNIS I

Teaches tennis skills with emphasis on stroke development and strategies for individual and team play. Includes rules, scoring, terminology, and etiquette. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 125 (1 CR.)

BADMINTON

Introduces skills, techniques, strategies, rules, and scoring. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 126 (1 CR.)

ARCHERY

Teaches skills and techniques of target archery. Focuses on use and maintenance of equipment, terminology, and safety. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 127 (1 CR.)

CYCLING

Introduces cycling techniques, equipment selection, care and maintenance, safety, and physical conditioning. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 129 (1 CR.)

SELF-DEFENSE

Examines history, techniques, and movements associated with self-defense. Introduces the skills and methods of self-defense emphasizing mental and physical discipline. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 131 (1 CR.)

FENCING I

Presents the skills and techniques of foil fencing emphasizing footwork, terminology, rules, and strategies of offensive and defensive movements. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 133-134 (1 CR.) (1 CR.)

GOLF I-II

Prerequisite for PED 134 is PED 133 or instructor's permission. Teaches basic skills of golf, rules, etiquette, scoring, terminology, equipment selection and use, and strategy. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 135 (1 CR.) BOWLING I

Teaches basic bowling skills and techniques, scoring, rules, etiquette, and terminology. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 137-138 (1 CR.) (1 CR.)

MARTIAL ARTS I-II

Emphasizes forms, styles, and techniques of body control, physical and mental discipline, and physical fitness. Presents a brief history of development of martial arts theory and practice. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 139 (1 CR.)

ICE SKATING

Introduces the skills of figure skating with emphasis on form. Includes equipment selection and safety. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 141-142 (1 CR.) (1 CR.)

SWIMMING I-II

Prerequisite for PED 142 is PED 141 or instructor's permission. Introduces skills and methods of swimming strokes. Focuses on safety and physical conditioning. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 144 (2 CR.)

SKIN AND SCUBA DIVING

Prerequisite is strong swimming skills. Emphasizes skills and methods of skin and scuba diving. Includes training with underwater breathing apparatus and focuses on safety procedures and selection, and use of equipment. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.

PED 150 (1 CR.)

SOCCER

Emphasizes soccer skills and techniques, strategies, rules, equipment, and physical conditioning. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 152 (1 CR.)

BASKETBALL

Introduces basketball skills, techniques, rules, and strategies. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 154 (1 CR.)

VOLLEYBALL

Introduces skills, techniques, strategies, rules, and scoring. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 160 (1 CR.)

MODERN DANCE

Teaches the basic techniques of creative dance. Skills include self-expression, contemporary routines, dance forms, and basic choreography. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 161 (1 CR.)

DANCE PRODUCTION I

Focuses on creating a dance performance. Teaches the basic skills in creating and producing a dance. Includes lighting, costumes, music, and choreography. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 163 (1 CR.)

JAZZ I

Introduces dance through contemporary jazz movements. Includes floor stretches, isolations, dance patterns, and locomotor movements. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 166 (1 CR.)

BALLET

Teaches ballet as a discipline with correct alignment and ballet form. Expresses movement through traditional dance form with choreographic emphasis. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 171 (1 CR.)

BALLROOM DANCE I

Presents the basic step patterns, rhythmic patterns, and positions in ballroom dance. Includes techniques based upon traditional steps with basic choreographic patterns. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 174 (1 CR.)

SHOOTING AND FIREARM SAFETY

Teaches the basic techniques of shooting and firearm safety for both hunting and sport shooting. Emphasizes the selection and care of equipment, proper shooting forms, and personal safety. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 181-182 (1 CR.) (1 CR.)

DOWNHILL SKIING I-II

Prerequisite for PED 182 is PED 181 or instructor's permission. Teaches basic skills of downhill skiing; selection and use of equipment; terminology and safety rules. Includes field experience. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 1 hour. Total 2 hours per week.

PED 183 (2 CR.)

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES I

Introduces outdoor adventure activities with emphasis on basic skills, preparation, personal and group safety, equipment selection and use, ecology, and field experience. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.

PED 220 (2-3 CR.)

ADULT HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Provides direct application of the theories of aging and physical activity. Teaches techniques for developing appropriate individualized fitness and activity programs for older adults. Focuses on physical, social, and mental well being. Includes assessment and evaluation of physical fitness principles, role of exercise in disease prevention, leadership skills, and communication strategies. Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.

PED 190 (1-5 CR.)

COORDINATED INTERNSHIP

PED 195 (1-5 CR.)

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PED 245 (2 CR.)

LIFEGUARD TRAINING

Prerequisites are ability to: (1) swim continuously for 500 yards for a minimum of 100 yards each of crawl/freestyle, breaststroke, and sidestroke; (2) submerge to a minimum of 7 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object and return it to the surface; (3) tread water for 2 minutes using legs only; and (4) be 15 years of age by the first class. Introduces basic swimming and non-swimming rescues, swimming approaches and carries, water survival, and first aid and safety practices. Focuses on preparation for the American Red Cross Lifeguard Certificate. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.

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