Prerequisite: PEP 3520,12-14 hours Skill Development and Methods of Teaching Courses, Junior/Senior status and department approval. No substitutions can be made for this course. MASTER LEVEL COURSES (PEP) PEP 6010. Leadership in Physical Education (3) As Needed Designed to provide graduate students with an understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of leadership in their respective fields of study. The ultimate goal of the course is to encourage daily application of leadership concepts in the personal and professional lives of the students. PEP 6100. Current Trends in Health and Physical Education (3) As Needed A study of health and physical education perspectives with an emphasis on the changes, trends, and future prospects that will affect the profession and the needs of those they serve. PEP 6300. Advanced Biomechanics (3) As Needed Designed to expose the graduate student to appropriate research in sports biomechanics and to be involved in the analysis of movement based on sdected mechanical principles such as balance, buoyancy, leverage, force, angles of rebound, projedion and motion. PEP 6370. Exercise Management for Special Populations (2) As Needed Exercise management for populations with special conditions. Overview of each condition's unique physiology, effects of the condition on the exerdse response, effects of exercise training on the condition, and recommendations for exercise testing and programming are presented in a seleded topics format. Prerequisites: PEP 2300 and PEP 3510. PEP 6400. Advanced Exercise Physiology (3) As Needed Understanding the physiological changes associated with exercise and training and the reasons for change are the paramount directives of this course. Concurrent with the ledure component is the practicum laboratory experience of equipment operation and individual assessment of physiological parameters. PEP 6420. Curriculum in Physical Education (3) As Needed Designed to provide an understanding of the role and importance of physical education in today's society, steps involved in curriculum planning, trends and issues in curriculum and to orient the student to various ideas in curriculum design. PEP 6520. Improving Physical Education (3 ) As Needed Designed for elementary classroom teachers to provide an opportunity for the teacher to further develop teaching skills, personal performance skills, knowledge and competendes. A major goal of this course will be to help the classroom teacher gain additional confidence in teaching physical education activities. PEP 6540. Physiological Aspects of Human Performance (2) As Needed Examine, evaluate, and apply the latest physiological concepts and ideas in conditioning pradices for improving human performance. Prerequisites: PEP 2000 or PEP 2200 and 3 hours of General Education Life Sdence (LS). PEP 6830. Motor Learning (3) As Needed An in-depth study of the psychomotor domain of development. Special emphasis is given to skilled performance, learning theory, motor abilities, individual differences, developmental considerations, instructional and training procedures. Secondary school and athletic populations are considered regarding these topics. 243 RECREATION COURSES - REC REC 2890. Cooperative Work Experience (1-9) Su, F, S Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Open to all students in Recreation who meet the minimum Cooperative Work Experience requirements of the department. REC 3050. Recreation and Leisure (3) F Content, nature, extent and significance of recreation and leisure; their role in our lives, relevant service delivery agencies/organizations/businesses, leadership functions and styles, and a introdudion to team-building/adventure programming activities. REC 3600. Outdoor Adventure Recreation (3) S Outdoor recreation agendes/businesses/organizations, site visits, services delivery, environmental impacts, legal issues, management. Skills: backpacking/hiking/camping/ropes course leadership, and use of technology in leisure research and programming. Overnight Outing(s) and Field Trips required. REC 3610. Outdoor Survival (2) F Provide the necessary opportunity for a student to acquire skills needed to survive and to live off the land. One lecture and 3 hour fidd trip are required each week. REC 3810. Recreation Leadership & Management (3) S Customer/dient-based leisure services, role delineation, settings, site visits, extended "laboratory" experience, programming, pridng, pitching. Skills: Feasibility analysis, assessment. REC 3840. Therapeutic and Social Recreation (3) F Therapeutic recreation concepts & pradices, certification & licensure, individual and group games, leadership methods, team building adivities and processing, group dynamics, New Games, hands-on leadership experiences with various age groups, special populations, and multicultural perspedives. REC 4550. Outdoor Education Philosophies & Principles (2) S Provides basic concepts of outdoor education, and direct, firsthand experience with learning resources beyond the dassroom. REC 4800. Individual Projects (1-3) Su, F, S A comprehensive study of a significant problem in the field of recreation. Hours to be arranged. For seniors only. REC 4890. Cooperative Work Experience (1-6) Su, F, S A continuation of REC 2890. REC 4930. Outdoor Education Workshop (2) Su A broad inter-disciplinary approach to the methodology of outdoor education teaching techniques; experiential learning-course taught almost totally outdoors. MASTER LEVEL COURSE (REC) REC 6930. Outdoor Education Workshop (2) Su A broad interdisdplinary approach to the methodology of outdoor education teaching techniques; experiential learning-course taught almost totally outdoors. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning S Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science S Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business SEcon MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC- EDUC Health Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL SocialS Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2009 - 2010 Catalog