MS Courses and Descriptions

MS in Physical Education Program

PE 707 - Applied Psychology in HPER - (3 hours)

PE 738 - Advanced Technology in HPER (3 hours)

PE 768 - Advanced Exercise Physiology in HPER (3 hours)

PE 801 - Directed Readings (3 hours)

PE 858 - Ethics in HPER (3 hours)

PE 859 - Issues and Trends in HPER (3 hours)

PE 865 - Design and Assessment in HPER (3 hours)

PE 868 - Final Research Project (3 hours) (Prerequisite PE 801)

ER 752 - Analysis of Research (3 hours) or accepted substitute

8 hours of Electives

Total Hours - 35 hours

Recommended Course Sequence

 

Fall - Year 1	Spring - Year 1	Summer - Year 1
PE 859	PE 707	PE 768
PE 738	3 hour elective	3 hour elective
Fall - Year 2	Spring - Year 2	Summer - Year 2
PE 858	PE 865	PE 868 (PE 801 is a prereq for this class)
2 hour elective	PE 801	ER 752 or approved elective

Recommended Electives

PE 700 Science of Coaching - 2 hours

PE 715 History of Sport and Politics - 3 hours

PE 740 Legal Issues in HPER - 3 hours

PE 745 Leadership in HPER - 3 hours

PE 762 Analysis of Teaching/Coaching - 3 hours

PE 862 Instructional Innovations - 3 hours

PE 864 Sociology of Sport - 3 hours

Course Descriptions

Listed below are the list of MS Program in Physical Education classes.

PE 707 APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH, SPORT, AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE 3 HRS. Course is designed to study the psychology of the athlete under competitive conditions, as well as the non-competitive training individuals.

 

PE 715 HISTORY OF SPORT AND POLITICS - 2 HRS. This course is a study into the aspects in which politics have historically influenced sports. 

 

PE 738 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN HPER 3 HRS. This course is designed to provide students with knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively implement technology in health, sport, and recreation. This course will include computer basics, using general productivity software for physical education tasks, physical education specific software programs, and exercise equipment technology.

 

PE 740 LEGAL ISSUES IN HPER - 3 HRS. This course is designed to expand, deepen and enhance one’s knowledge and comprehension of the law and its legal and ethical implications on professionals in physical education, wellness, fitness, and leisure.  It includes, but is not limited to a review and examination of legal terminology, concepts, negligence and practices as they relate to such issues as programming, personnel, participants, spectators, facilities, equipment, accessibility, culture, environment, and risk management. 

 

PE 745 LEADERSHIP IN HPER - 3 HRS. The course Leadership in HPER is designed to expand, deepen and enhance one’s knowledge and comprehension of the science and art of leadership principles, theories, characteristics, styles, values, skill application, effectiveness, and assessment.  Leadership will be considered and probed as it applies to individuals, groups and organizations.  This course has a strong wellness, physical education, sport and fitness orientation.

 

PE 762 ANALYSIS OF TEACHING/COACHING 3 HRS. This course is designed to provide the students with the knowledge, skills and tools to effectively evaluate the teaching/learning process in physical education and coaching. Specifically, the course will examine the need for and process of systematic observation and analysis of instruction.

 

PE 768 ADVANCED EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 3 HRS. (Prerequisites, graduate status and completion of HPER entrance examination or permission of instructor.) The purpose of this course is to provide coaches, physical educators, and others who are concerned with the human body’s response to exercise with experiences and opportunities to gain advanced knowledge of selected physiological principles.

 

PE 801 DIRECTED READINGS 1-3 HRS. (Prerequisite, 12 hours of graduate work and admitted to degree candidacy). Course is a supervised intensive review of pertinent literature on a selected topic in physical education. Written report with documentation is required. Oral presentation may be required.

 

PE 803 MOTOR LEARNING 3 HRS. Course is designed to acquaint students with research findings and empirical evidence regarding the psychological and physiological implications of motor skills, learning theories and other individual differences as they influence physical activity.

 

PE 858 ETHICS IN HEALTH, SPORT AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, graduate status.) A foundational course designed to introduce the graduate student to critical thinking, careful writing and clear speaking in regard to the nature and significance of health, physical education and recreation. This course will include study of major periods in the history of physical education as they have affected contemporary philosophy.

 

PE 859 ISSUE AND TRENDS IN HEALTH, SPORTS, AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, graduate status.) Identification and analysis of current issues and trends as presented in published research and related to programs in health, sports and movement sciences.

 

PE 862 INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION 3 HRS. Examination and discussion of the total health and physical education curriculum, as well as innovations in teaching methods for physical education and strategies for health and recreational program.

 

PE 864 SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, graduate status.) A course designed to study the sociological aspects of contemporary sport. The reading, writing and purposeful dialogue on the community of sport will provide some insight into the natures and significance of both sociology and sport.

 

PE 865 DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH, SPORT AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE 3 HRS. This course is for a review of the basic statistics, discussion of evaluation concepts, analysis of tools available for use in evaluation of human performance, discussion of and practice in test construction and administration and interpretation of results.

 

PE 868 RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION 3 HRS.(Prerequisite, PE 801). A course designed to allow the graduate student to pursue a well defined and significant problem in any aspect of health, physical education, recreation and athletics. Culminates in a bound research paper presenting possible solutions.