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Course Descriptions



 

 

Paper Science and Engineering

  
  • PSEN 430 - Mass Transfer Operations


    Description:
    Fundamental concepts; mass transfer coefficients; mass transfer rates, gas absorption and adsorption; filtration; cooling, humidification, and air conditioning; distillation; applications; industrial processes.

    Prerequisites:
    PSEN 326  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 440 - Industrial Thermodynamics


    Description:
    Thermo-dynamic properties; energy and entropy balances; pumps, compressors, turbines, nozzles, and mixing chambers; thermodynamics of energy conversion: steam, vapor, and gas power cycles; energy recovery systems; refrigeration: heat pumps; heat engines. Classical thermodynamics and Maxwell’s relationships; engineering equations of state. Field trips.

    Prerequisites:
    CHEM 335  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 445 - Paper Coating and Converting


    Description:
    Pigment coating materials/processes; converting operations including printing, laminating, corrugating, extrusion and hot melt coating; functional coatings; presentations by staff/students/guest lecturers.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior or senior standing, and either Chemical Engineering or Paper Science and Engineering Major

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 450 - Renewable Fuels Production


    Description:
    Capstone course giving experience in converting natural materials into liquid fuels using biological and thermochemical conversion pathways. Chemical reactions, yield, and efficiency of biofuel production will be discussed.

    Prerequisites:
    Either CHEM 220  or CHEM 325  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall terms of odd years

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 452 - Renewable Fuels Laboratory


    Description:
    Laboratory class providing hands-on learning opportunities in both thermochemical and biological renewable fuel production. Laboratory experiments will focus on producing liquid fuels from biomass. Opportunity to visit industrial facilities using biological and thermochemical conversion technology to produce biofuel.

    Prerequisites:
    PSEN 450  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring terms of even years

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 460 - Process Dynamics and Control


    Description:
    Dynamic model formulation and solution, using Laplace transform, control theories, strategies, and equipment; controller tuning; applications to industrial processes. Field trips.

    Prerequisites:
    Both PSEN 385  and MATH 320  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 475 - Paper Machine Operations


    Description:
    Hydrodynamics of fibrous suspensions; dynamics of sheet formation and water removal; fundamentals of pressing; analysis of drying process in terms of heat and mass transfer; engineering calculations performed on department paper machines.

    Prerequisites:
    PSEN 326  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 484 - Senior Design Project: Paper Science and Engineering


    Description:
    Principles of process design; social and environmental impacts of engineering; ethical and professional issues in engineering. Projects focus on processes of importance to the pulp and paper industry. Design project includes project definition, equipment selection and sizing, capital and operating cost estimation, economic evaluation and justification; oral and written presentations.

    Prerequisites:
    Both PSEN 316  and PSEN 355  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 486 - Senior Design Project: Chemical Engineering


    Description:
    Principles of process design; social and environmental impacts of engineering; ethical and professional issues in engineering. Projects focus on industrial chemical manufacturing processes. Design project includes project definition, equipment selection and sizing, capital and operating cost estimation, economic evaluation and justification; oral and written presentations.

    Prerequisites:
    Both PSEN 316  and PSEN 340  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 489 - Industrial Environmental Management


    Description:
    Regulations, economic, and technical aspects of industrial waste (air, water, solid, and hazardous) generation, alternative methods of treatment, and release of treated materials to the environment, resource consumption and mathematics of growth, risk assessment. May not earn credit in both PSEN 489 and WSTE 489 .

    Prerequisites:
    Both MATH 225  and CHEM 106  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 582 - Water and Wastewater Treatment


    Description:
    Theory, practice and regulatory framework of water and wastewater treatment with a focus on control and design of physical, chemical and biological treatment processes. May earn credit in only one of PSEN 382 /PSEN 582, WATR 382 /WATR 582  and WSTE 382 /WSTE 582 . Available for undergraduate credit as PSEN 382 .

    Prerequisites:
    Either NRES 251  or PSEN 215 , or Instructor Consent

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSEN 590 - Special Topics in the Chemical Processing Industry


    Description:
    Study of concepts, problems, and issues related to the chemical processing industry. Subtitle will designate topic and credits. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as PSEN 390 .

    Credits: 1-3


Peace Studies

  
  • PAX 200 - Dilemmas of War and Peace: An Introduction to Peace Studies


    Description:
    Examine history of warfare and conditions of peace; role of cultural and political institutions; development of international conflict resolution and systems of peace.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: GA

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • PAX 390 - Internship or Practicum


    Description:
    Under instructor supervision, work with organizations striving to advance peace and social justice. Research paper required. Credits set by instructor. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    PAX 200 , 3 credits toward interest area, and Coordinator Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PAX 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass students may arrange for independent study with consent of the instructor. Credit based on scope of project.

    Prerequisites:
    PAX 200  and Coordinator Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PAX 490 - Seminar


    Description:
    Contemporary problems and “classic” texts in peace studies; research and analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    PAX 200  and 9 credits toward interest area

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PAX 491 - Senior Thesis


    Description:
    Research and analysis of a topic reviewed by faculty from at least two disciplines.

    Prerequisites:
    PAX 200 , 9 credits toward interest area, and Coordinator Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3


Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy


    Description:
    Survey of important problems in philosophy such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and value.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Ethics in Society


    Description:
    A philosophical examination of current ethical and social issues by applying methods of critical reflection.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 102 - Science and Society


    Description:
    Examine the nature of scientific knowledge, the role of values in science, and the proper place of science in society.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 104 - The Ways of Philosophy: Searching for a Worthwhile Life


    Description:
    Introduction to eastern and western ways of philosophy that have guided people throughout history.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 105 - Philosophy and Religion of India and China


    Description:
    Introduction to origin and development of Indian and Chinese thought and religion, with emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: GA, HU
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 108 - Introduction to Environmental Philosophy


    Description:
    Introduction to major themes of environmental philosophy and the ideas that have shaped contemporary attitudes towards nature.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 121 - Critical Thinking


    Description:
    Fundamental principles of reasoning including recognition, analysis, and evaluation of arguments.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: CT
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 199 - Reading in the Discipline


    Description:
    Improve critical reading and thinking skills. Taken in conjunction with designated sections of philosophy courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1 pass/fail

  
  • PHIL 230 - Philosophy of Human Nature: Eastern and Western


    Description:
    Introduction to Eastern and Western theories about human nature, the human condition, and their ethical implications.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 270 - Liberalism, Conservatism and Democracy


    Description:
    Examine central ideologies in American politics through classic and contemporary texts. Philosophical foundations and practical applications in critical perspective. May not earn credit in both PHIL 270 and POLI 170.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 301 - Philosophy in a Popular Mode


    Description:
    Interpret and discuss selected popular works of philosophic interest. Subtitle will designate topic.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 302 - Ethics and Medicine


    Description:
    Critical examination of ethical issues in medicine and health care. Available for graduate credit as PHIL 502 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 303 - Philosophy of Art


    Description:
    Examine traditional and contemporary theories about nature and function of art, processes of artistic creation and appreciation, and philosophical problems in art criticism.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 304 - Ethics in Business and Economics


    Description:
    Apply ethical concepts from selected readings and case studies to business management, economic policy, and the organization of work.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 305 - Ethics


    Description:
    Critical examination of moral concepts and representative ethical systems. Available for graduate credit as PHIL 505 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 306 - Philosophy of Science


    Description:
    Examine scientific inquiry, including theory formation, justification and change.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 308 - Technology, Values, and Society


    Description:
    Examines the philosophical issues that emerge from the world of technology. Topics may include freedom, censorship, privacy, equality, democratic participation, intellectual property, education, law enforcement, institutional change, and work.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 310 - Metaphysics


    Description:
    Philosophical theories of reality. May include personal identity, the nature of mind, substance, causation.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 312 - Epistemology


    Description:
    Study of nature, limits, and bases of human knowledge.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 315 - Philosophy of Law


    Description:
    Examine central legal concepts including natural law, and structure of legal reasoning. Available for graduate credit as PHIL 515 .

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 316 - Philosophy of Death


    Description:
    An exploration of the central philosophical issues related to death and dying. Possible questions include: What does it mean to die? Is death good, bad, or neutral? Is it appropriate to fear death? What happens after death?

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 317 - Philosophy of Love and Sex


    Description:
    Explores the central philosophical questions concerning love and sex with reference to classical and contemporary sources.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 320 - Philosophy of Religion


    Description:
    Basic problems of the philosophy of religion such as the existence of God, the problem of evil, religious language, and immortality.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 321 - Food Ethics


    Description:
    Examines the ethical dimensions of contemporary food systems, including the environmental consequences of acriculture, ethical concerns regarding farmed animals, human health, and global hunger and food security.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ER, HU
    Associate: SER

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 322 - Symbolic Logic


    Description:
    Introduction to symbolic logic including truth functions, propositional logic, and introductory predicate logic.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 323 - Critical Thinking: Biases and Heuristics of Thought


    Description:
    Examines innate patterns of thinking that sometimes lead to faulty reasoning. Identifies biases and heuristics that arise from our perception, cognition, and memory, and offer strategies to counteract such pitfalls.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 325 - Ancient Greek Philosophy


    Description:
    Major philosophical movements and figures from classical Greece.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 326 - 17th and 18th Century Philosophy


    Description:
    Major philosophic movements and figures from the Renaissance through Immanuel Kant.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 327 - 19th and 20th Century Philosophy


    Description:
    Major philosophic movements and figures in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 330 - Existential Philosophy


    Description:
    Phenomenology and the philosophy of human existence from Kierkegaard to Sartre.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 332 - Advanced Biomedical Ethics


    Description:
    Study of specific ethical issues in medicine, healthcare, and bioscience.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 335 - Ethics of War


    Description:
    Critical examination of ethical issues in war.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 336 - Social and Political Philosophy


    Description:
    Historical and contemporary analyses of fundamental concepts of social and political theory including the state, law and rights, and political obligation.

    Prerequisites:
    Sophomore standing

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 345 - Philosophy of Nature


    Description:
    Examine classical and contemporary theories of nature, including intersection of natural philosophy and environmental ethics.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 350 - Feminist Philosophy


    Description:
    Surveys and analyzes the history of and contemporary directions in feminist philosophy.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 351 - Ecofeminism


    Description:
    Examination of the original contributions of feminist thought to environmental philosophy and the ethics of human-nature relations.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 360 - Animal Ethics


    Description:
    Examination of the ethical dimensions of human-animal relationships, including animals in domesticated, captive, and wild contexts.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics


    Description:
    Philosophical, religious, and scientific concepts and values that have structured human attitudes toward the natural environment.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ER, HU
    Associate: SER

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies


    Description:
    Examine the worldviews, environmental attitudes, and ethics of American Indians.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: HU, USD
    Associate: DUS

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 392 - Philosophy Internship


    Description:
    Intern provides small group writing and reading assistance in selected philosophy courses. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1 pass/fail

  
  • PHIL 395 - Philosophical Problems


    Description:
    Significant philosophical problem and related literature. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PHIL 396 - Special Topics Through Study Abroad


    Description:
    Advanced study of Philosophy during UW-Stevens Point semester abroad or study tour. Subject varies by destination and resources. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PHIL 399 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Independent study of a philosophical problem, theme, thinker, or period with consent of the instructor and chair. Credit based on scope of project. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PHIL 480 - Advanced Environmental Ethics


    Description:
    Advanced study of ethical relationships between humans and the nonhuman world. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as PHIL 680 .

    Prerequisites:
    PHIL 380  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 490 - Seminar


    Description:
    Intensive study of a major philosophic figure or topic. Subtitle will designate topic. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as PHIL 690 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 499 - Independent Study Capstone


    Description:
    Capstone project involving independent study of a philosophical problem, theme, thinker, subject, or period with consent of the instructor and chair.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 502 - Ethics and Medicine


    Description:
    Critical examination of ethical issues in medicine and health care. Available for undergraduate credit as PHIL 302 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 505 - Ethics


    Description:
    Critical examination of moral concepts and representative ethical systems. Available for undergraduate credit as PHIL 305 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 515 - Philosophy of Law


    Description:
    Examine central legal concepts including natural law, and structure of legal reasoning. Available for undergraduate credit as PHIL 315 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 680 - Advanced Environmental Ethics


    Description:
    Advanced study of ethical relationships between humans and the nonhuman world. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as PHIL 480 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHIL 690 - Seminar


    Description:
    Intensive study of a major philosophic figure or topic. Subtitle will designate topic. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as PHIL 490 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Credits: 3


Physical Education

  
  • PHED 100 - Activity in Sport and Recreation


    Description:
    Develop skills and knowledge in a specific sport or recreational activity. Subtitle will designate sport or activity. Elective course. Does not apply to GEP requirements. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 101 - Topics in Health Education


    Description:
    Develop skills and knowledge in areas specific to personal wellness and health. Subtitle will designate topic. Elective course. Does not apply to GEP requirements. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 105 - Introduction to Physical Education Teacher Preparation


    Description:
    Introduction to K-12 Physical Education teaching content leading to teacher licensure in Wisconsin. Topics include enrollment policies, teaching standards, beginning electronic portfolio, career and professional development, and best teaching practices.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 150 - Foundations of Teaching pK-12 Physical Education


    Description:
    Introduction to pK-12 Physical Education teaching content leading to teacher licensure in Wisconsin. Topics include teaching standards, career and professional development, best teaching practices, physical fitness in educational settings, instruction and assessment of fitness activities.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: WLN
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 151 - Stress and Wellness


    Description:
    An exploration of the relationship between stress and the 7 Dimensions of Wellness.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: WLN

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 199 - Independent Study


    Description:
    You may arrange for work not available through regular courses. Must file statement with the Education  chair before beginning. Wellness substitutions may be approved.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • PHED 200 - Professional Teaching Skills I


    Description:
    Participation and skill development in current PreK-12 activities. Activities may include but are not limited to the following: swimming, team, individual, and dual sports; strength and conditioning; multicultural sports and games; and racquet and disc sports.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major and PHED 150  (or concurrent registration)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 201 - Professional Teaching Skills II


    Description:
    Participation and skill development in current PreK-12 physical education activities, while emphasizing best practices supported by SHAPE America in their grade level outcomes for K-12 Physical Education. Activities may include but are not limited to the following: winter recreation; team, individual and dual sports; dance; elementary activities and games; gymnastics and tumbling; cooperative games; strength and conditioning; multicultural sports and games; and net games.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major and PHED 150  (or concurrent registration)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 5

  
  • PHED 205 - Fundamental Swim Skills for Physical Education


    Description:
    Swimming skills and water safety instruction necessary for teaching physical education.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 215 - Rhythmic Fundamentals


    Description:
    Methods, materials, and fundamental principles for teaching basic gymnastics/tumbling, dance including folk, square, and ballroom in K-12 physical education programs.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 216 - Tumbling and Trampoline


    Description:
    Fundamentals of teaching gymnastics on floor and trampoline.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 220 - Lifespan Motor Development


    Description:
    Motor behavior changes over the lifespan including underlying processes and factors. Relationships among growth, maturation, motor performance and the person’s context. How interaction among motor, cognitive and affective domains impact motor development. Developmental considerations for planning and directing movement experiences across the lifespan.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major and PHED 150  (or concurrent registration)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 231 - Physical Education for Early Childhood/Elementary Teacher


    Description:
    Acquaints early childhood and elementary school classroom teacher certification majors with organizational skills and instructional materials needed to integrate movement concepts, physical skills and brain-based activities into classroom experiences.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 232 - Physical Education for Elementary Grades 4-6


    Description:
    Continuation of PHED 231  for grades four through six. Lectures, collateral reading, research, and field trips. Required of all students in the intermediate-upper elementary education curriculum. Three hrs per wk plus field work.

    Prerequisites:
    Sophomore standing

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 250 - Health and Physical Education Concepts for the Elementary Teacher


    Description:
    Content, methods, and assessment techniques for infusing health and physical education concepts into elementary lessons.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 252 - Standard First Aid, Personal Safety, and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation


    Description:
    American Red Cross first aid and CPR training, with certificate issued on satisfactory completion of course.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 253 - Standard First Aid and CPR Instructors


    Description:
    Medical self-help and CPR training and preparation for teaching as prescribed by the American Red Cross; certificate of authorization granted on satisfactory completion of course.

    Prerequisites:
    Valid standard first aid and infant, child and adult CPR certificates

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 254 - Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care


    Description:
    American Red Cross advanced training; certificate issued on satisfactory completion of course to those over 18 years of age.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 260 - Pedagogy in Physical Education


    Description:
    Clinical field experience with secondary and elementary placement/observation; 30 hrs practicum experience.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 302 - Teaching Adventure Education


    Description:
    Gain knowledge, skills and awareness of principles related to the pedagogical aspects of adventure education. Participate and facilitate adventure based activities through various field experiences.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major and both PHED 150  and PHED 220  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 331 - Teaching Methods in Elementary Physical Education


    Description:
    Reflective approach to teaching developmental elementary physical education with an emphasis on 4K through grade five. Become more proficient in current knowledge, use of instructional strategies, and integration of state and national standards into teaching in an elementary physical education program.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program and concurrent registration in PHED 332 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 332 - Teaching Experience in Elementary Physical Education


    Description:
    Teach K-3 students and work with area teachers co-teaching grades 4-5 while developing lesson plans, assessments and parent progress reports. Practice instructional strategies and integrate state and national standards into a developmentally appropriate elementary program.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program and concurrent registration in PHED 331  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 353 - Advanced First Aid Instructors


    Description:
    Preparation for teaching advanced first aid prescribed by American Red Cross; certificate granted on satisfactory course completion.

    Prerequisites:
    Valid advanced first aid certificate

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 360 - Exercise Physiology Concepts for the Physical Education Teacher


    Description:
    Fundamental exercise physiology concepts needed to teach physical education to school age children. Energy systems, substrate utilization, muscular and organ systems, basic testing for aerobic and anaerobic capacity.

    Prerequisites:
    Physical Education Major and either BIOL 287  or HS 371  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Summer

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 362 - Optimal Performance in Sport and Activity


    Description:
    Concepts and application of performance enhancement, exercise prescription, and sport nutrition in the active population.

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following: HS 371 , COAC 200 , or BIOL 387  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 2

  
  • PHED 370 - Curriculum Design and Implementation in PreK-12 Physical Education


    Description:
    Study of school physical education program content. Classification, philosophy, scope and sequences of educational content for selecting and organizing PreK-12 learning experiences. Curricular themes and models compared and aligned with national and state content standards. Administration of curriculum models through the context of managing behavior.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 380 - Assessment and Technology in Physical Education


    Description:
    Construct and analyze assessment instruments in the cognitive, health-related fitness, and psychomotor domains. Integrate technology for evaluation of PreK-12 student performance and behaviors. Utilization of technology and investigation of strategies for grading and assessment purposes.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 391 - Organization and Administration of Physical Education and Athletics


    Description:
    Physical education, intramural and interscholastic K-12 athletic programs. Philosophy, mission and objectives, purchase and care of equipment, budgeting and fund raising, legal issues, public relations, leadership/supervision, professional standards and certification for teacher/coaches.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education Program, senior standing in Coaching Minor, and Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 3

  
  • PHED 395 - Seminar in Physical Education, Health, and Recreation


    Description:
    Current developments in physical education, health, and recreation.

    Prerequisites:
    Senior standing for Physical Education Majors

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • PHED 397 - Workshop in Physical Education


    Description:
    Participate in special experiences related to phy ed major. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. Available for graduate credit as PHED 597 .

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 1-6

  
  • PHED 398 - Student Teaching in Physical Education


    Description:
    Observation and teaching physical education under guidance of cooperating teachers and university faculty. Sections offered at elementary and secondary levels. May be repeated for credit.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 1-12 pass/fail

  
  • PHED 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass physical education and wellness majors may arrange for independent study with consent of the instructor and coordinator. Must have statement on file with Education chair before beginning. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

 

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