Health and Physical Education (HPE)

Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters

Course examines the past, present and future trends in human wellness in order to gain an understanding of what motivates people to take care of their health. Offered in an experiential and interactive format students taking the course will be asked to participate in, and observe, health enhancing activities as well as reflect on these experiences from a physical, psychological, sociological, aesthetic, and ethical perspective. Age old questions, the individual’s relationship with the environment will be examined to enhance the students’ understanding of the mind/body relationship.

Course examines the past, present and future trends in human wellness in order to gain an understanding of what motivates people to take care of their health. Offered in an experiential and interactive format students taking the course will be asked to participate in, and observe, health enhancing activities as well as reflect on these experiences from a physical, psychological, sociological, aesthetic, and ethical perspective. Age old questions, the individual’s relationship with the environment will be examined to enhance the students’ understanding of the mind/body relationship.

Students will learn the basic kicks, blocks, and strikes of CHA-3 Kenpo, basic forms, practical self defense techniques using empty hands, and the Kubotan Self Defense Keychain as well as preventive self defense measures.

Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters

Students will learn the Yang short form of T’ai Chi Chuan.Topics include an overview of the history and philosophy underlying the development of this martial art, the classic 24 step form, and techniques for meditation and relaxation.

Expected to be offered: Fall semester

Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters

Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters

Expected to be offered: Spring semesters

A practical introduction to outdoor recreation opportunities-visits to prominent geologic features that are accessed by foot trail to the Dome Room in Lick Creek Cave. Emphasis placed on proper and safe practices for hiking and spelunking. Local features are discussed and explained. In the 3-fold classification scheme of difficulty (easy, moderately strenuous, and strenuous), these trips are moderately strenuous. (These trips can be completed by most Middle School students, senior citizens in their 70's who are fit, and people in between.)

Expected to be offered: Fall semesters

Expected to be offered: Fall semesters

Focuses on health issues that confront individuals, parents, and educators. Critical thinking about personal health issues is vital to this course. Some topics included are: nutrition, safety, conflict resolution, drugs, self concept, stress, communicable disease, and physical fitness. Health issues are examined from these perspectives: mental, society, physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental.

Expected to be offered: Sufficient demand

Historical, philosophical, and conceptual perspectives of health, physical education, recreation, and sport. Provides Practical teaching methods for physical education and sports are emphasized. Actual or simulated K-12 teaching sessions are expected of the students. Motor skill competence in a variety of movement activities is required. The course presents a variety of teaching styles, assessments of learning, and school management styles.

Management, planning, organization, coordination, and evaluation of sport and physical education activities are presented in this course. Topics included are: finance, facility design, scheduling, personnel management, budgeting, safety, game management, and gender equity.

Physical education, recreation and exercise program development and implementation for children, senior citizens, the disabled and others with special needs. Students will examine the ways movement activity is developed to people with special needs. Emphasis is on developing and assessing adapted physical education programs. Federal and state mandates, IEP’s, LRE, inclusion, and other topics are covered.

Students will have an opportunity to learn how to officiate a variety of sports. This instruction will be given by MOA certified officials and be overseen by the course instructor (s). Students will be qualified to work Junior High and Sub-Varsity Games for pay during the semester.

Focuses on the health enhancement standards for educators. Motor development, health-related physical fitness, safety, dance, nutrition, health education, educational gymnastics and developmentally appropriate learning are some of the topics included. The value of critical thinking, learning theory application, and practical teaching strategies are covered.

Approaches to curriculum planning, with the purpose of knowing how schools can meet state and national standards in health education, is examined and applied through class projects and assignments. Functional knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention concepts, related to alcohol and other drugs, injury prevention, nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, tobacco, mental health, suicide prevention, personal and consumer health, including goal settings, interpersonal communication, and decision skills that enhance health and community and environmental health, are emphasized. Students completing HPE 305 will be able to develop scope and sequence plans that align with state and national standards.

Practical teaching methods for physical education and sports are emphasized. Actual or simulated K-12 teaching sessions are expected of the students. Motor skill competence in a variety of teaching styles, assessments of learning, and school management styles.

Students will apply knowledge of human anatomy and mechanical principles to human motion. Emphasis is placed upon sports related movements to increase ef¬ficiency, safety, and purposefulness. The neurological, muscular, and skeletal systems are emphasized.

Students will learn and apply assessment techniques to health and physical education. Students will learn to apply assessment strategies to both national and Montana health enhancement standards. Students will learn to conduct research, including framing research question, literature review, hypotheses formulation, HPE data collection methods and tools, and ethical issues. In addition, this course will provide preparation in statistical practices, including descriptive statistics, correlation, t-testing, and analysis of variance.

Expected to be offered: Sufficient demand

Study of physical examination, bandaging and taping, massage, physio and hydrotherapy, diet, conditioning, treatment of specific injuries, and training room procedures.

An overview of exercise science studying the effect of exercise on the body. Topics covered include: anaerobic and aerobic energy systems, nutrition, homeostasis, metabolism, cellular chemical reactions, and health related physical fitness.

Consent of instructor required.