health, physical education and recreation

The health, physical education and recreation department is housed in Founders Hall and Burky Addition. This complex contains two playing floors, seating capacity of 2,000 and storage and office space for department faculty. In addition to courses designed for its majors, the department offers teacher licensure in physical education and health and a wellness concentration emphasizing personal and community wellness plus majors in sport management and recreation management. The department also offers a wide variety of skill courses, a strong intramural program in men’s, women’s and co-ed sports and intercollegiate athletics to help students develop a better understanding and appreciation for movement and to foster a desire for life-long physical activity.

Majors
There are three majors (health, physical education and recreation, teaching certification and multi-age license, sport management and recreation management) and four minors (coaching, wellness, physical education and recreation management) offered by the health, physical education and recreation department.

Health, Physical Education and Recreation (36 hours)
Course work is planned in consultation with a departmental adviser and focuses on the student's area of interest.

HPR 117 Team and Individual Sports 1 (3)
HPR 118 Team and Individual Sports 2 (3)
HPR 120 First Aid and CPR (1)
HPR 125 Introduction to HPR (2)
HPR 135 Personal & Community Health Concerns (3)
HPR 211 Fit for Life (2)
HPR 240 Coaching Methods (3)
HPR 270 Kinesiology (3)
HPR 271 Measurement and Evaluation of HPR (2)
HPR 281 Basic Athletic Training (2)
HPR 310 Motor Learning and Physical Activity for Special Populations (4)
HPR 325 Teaching Methods in Physical Education (2)
HPR 327 Teaching Methods for Health (2)
HPR 370 Exercise Physiology (3)
HPR 385 Internship (1)

Wellness concentration (32 hours)
Persons interested in the wellness concentration can major in health, physical education and recreation or food and nutrition. In addition to course work, the student will have the opportunity to gain valuable professional training through an internship experience.

NOTE: Students seeking a Multi-Age: Physical Education license are strongly urged to seek a Multi-age: Health AND a Multi-age: PE license.

Multi-age License: Health (31 hours + 10 LAS hours)
The multi-age provisional teacher license is valid for teaching learners from ages 3 through 21 and pre-k through 12 in the curriculum areas named in the license. Preparation in the teaching field shall constitute at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient advanced course-work in all areas to be taught as specified by the Ohio Department of Education. The multi-age license for health requires these courses:

ENG 110/120 College English (3)
LAS 342 Cross-Cultural Service/Learning Experience (4)
One Social Science Course (3)
BIO 230 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
FCS 225 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)
HPR 120 First Aid/CPR (1)
HPR 125 Introduction to HPR (2)
HPR 135 Personal and Community Health Concerns (3)
HPR 140 Human Sexuality (3)
HPR 167 Drug Education (2)
HPR 211 Fit for Life (2)
HPR 270 Kinesiology (3)
HPR 271 Measurement and Evaluation of HPR (2)
HPR 327 Teaching Methods for Health (2)
HPR 370 Exercise Physiology (3)
HPR 385 Internship (1))

Required professional education courses (30 hours)
EDU 103 Computers and Technology in Education(2)
EDU 215 Human Growth and Development (3)
EDU 200 Introduction to Teaching in a Diverse Society(3)
EDU 205 Field Experience (1)
EDU 302 Reading in the Content Areas: Middle Childhood (3) or EDU 305 Content Area Literacy/General Methods (3)
EDU 345 Multi-age Classroom Organization (2)
EDU 332 Social and Philosophical Issues in Education (3)
EDU 452 Clinical Practice- Multi-Age (10)
PSY 254 Educational Psychology and Classroom Assessment (3)

NOTE: Students seeking a multi-age: health license are strongly urged to seek a multi-age: health AND a multi-age: PE license.

Multi-age License: Health and Physical Education (47 hours + 10 LAS hours)
The multi-age provisional teacher license is valid for teaching learners from ages 3 through 21 and pre-k through 12 in the curriculum areas named in the license. Preparation in the teaching field shall constitute at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient advanced coursework in all areas to be taught as specified by the Ohio Department of Education. The multi-age license for health and physical education requires these courses:

ENG 110/120 College English (3)
LAS 342 Cross-Cultural Service/Learning Experience (4)
One Social Science Course (3)
BIO 230 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
FCS 225 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)
HPR 117 Team and Individual Sports (3)
HPR 118 Team and Individual Sports (3)
HPR 120 First Aid/CPR (1)
HPR 125 Introduction to HPR (2)
HPR 135 Personal and Community Health Concerns (4)
HPR 140 Human Sexuality (3)
HPR 167 Drug Education (2)
HPR 211 Fit for Life (2)
HPR 240 Coaching Methods (3)
HPR 270 Kinesiology (3)
HPR 271 Measurement and Evaluation of HPR (2)
HPR 281 Basic Athletic Training (2)
HPR 310 Motor Learning and Physical Activities for Special Populations (4)
HPR 325 Teaching Methods in Physical Education (2)
HPR 327 Teaching Methods for Health (2)
HPR 370 Exercise Physiology (3)
HPR 385 Internship (1)

Required professional education courses (30 hours)
EDU 103 Computers and Technology in Education(2)
EDU 215 Human Growth and Development (3)
EDU 200 Introduction to Teaching in a Diverse Society(3)
EDU 205 Field Experience (1)
EDU 302 Reading in the Content Areas: Middle Childhood (3) or EDU 305 Content Area Literacy/General Methods (3)
EDU 345 Multi-age Classroom Organization (2)
EDU 332 Social and Philosophical Issues in Education (3)
EDU 452 Clinical Practice- Multi-Age (10)
PSY 254 Educational Psychology and Classroom Assessment (3)

Sport Management (45 hours)
The expansion of public interest and participation in sport and physical fitness has created a need for qualified leadership in these areas. Graduates will be prepared for careers as athletic administrators, in YMCA/YWCA work, in sporting goods companies, as sports information personnel and in other related areas.

Students majoring in sport management are required to take 27 hours in core courses and 3 hours of internship (9 hours may be taken). Twelve hours of classes are taken from either a sport communication core or from a sport organization core.

Required: (30 hours)
HPR 125 Introduction to HPR (2)
HPR 170 Sport and Society (2)
HPR 211 Fit for Life (2)
HPR 225 Sport Psychology (3)
HPR 330 Sport and Administration Management Practices (3)
HPR 240 Coaching Methods (3)
HPR 385 Internship (3)
COM 185 Public Speaking (3) or
COM 195 Interpersonal Communication (3)
EBA 141 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
EBA 142 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
EBA 151 Principles of Accounting (3)
EBA 354 Principles of Management (3)
EBA 356 Principles of Marketing (3)

Sport Communication Concentration (9 hours)
COM 105 Introduction to Journalism (3)
COM 240 Mass Media (3)
COM 305 Writing for the Media (3)
COM 277 Public Relations (3)

Sport Organization Concentration (9 hours)
EBA 360 Sales (3)
EBA 362 Advertising (3)
EBA 364 Human Resource Management (3)
EBA 358 Consumer Behavior (3)
EBA 359 Entrepreneurship (3)

Recreation Management (42 hours)
Career options include work in such areas as church recreation, parks, playgrounds, recreation in business and industry, hospitals, health care centers, camps, resorts, hotels, cruise ships, youth organizations, zoos and environmental centers. The program meets the standards of the National Recreation Parks Association.

Required: (42 hours)
REC 117 Introduction to Recreation (3)
REC 125 Recreation Games and Social Recreation (3)
REC 130 Recreation Arts and Crafts (3)
REC 215 Commercial Recreation (3)
REC 225 Recreation Leadership and Program (3)
REC 260 Outdoor Recreation (3)
REC 310 Recreation and the Aging Process (3)
REC 325 Therapeutic Recreation (3)
REC 327 Facilities Planning and Construction (3)
REC 335 Aquatics (3)
REC 337 Camping Administration (3)
REC 350 Trends, Issues and Legislation in Recreation (3)
REC 380 Internship (3)
REC 380 Internship (3)

Electives:
REC 110 Adventures in Outdoor Recreation (1-2)