About this course:

• The Physical Education and Health degree program is designed to promote the development of a healthy, physically active Christ-centered lifestyle and prepare its graduates for the teaching profession.
• This academic program will allow students to acquire the disciplinary knowledge of human movement and the requisite skills and competencies in their respective area of concentration.
• Those students completing either of the Health and Physical Education concentrations will be given the knowledge and teaching skills necessary to design and implement developmentally appropriate motor/sport skill learning experiences in school settings.

The student will be able to:

• Apply health and physical education curricular content based on sound pedagogical principles and strategies for PreK-12 students.
• Plan and assess health and physical education lessons.
• Incorporate diverse learning styles and physical skill levels into lesson plans.
• Choose, administer, and evaluation assessment instruments to measure cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.
• Demonstrate teaching (communication) skills appropriate to K-12 students in physical education classes.
• Demonstrate motor/sports skills utilized education curricula.