May 18, 2024  
2021-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Music

  
  • MUS 4130 - Senior Recital/Project

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is to be taken by all students who are preparing to present a senior recital, lecture recital, senior project or some combination of these, during the semester of registration.
    Pre-requisite(s): Four semesters of major applied study. Please contact the appropriate instructor to discuss your project proposal. Instructor’s signature required.
    Student Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking
    Level of knowledge this course address(es): Depth
    Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May18, 2021
    Effective Date: Fall 2021
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4130-01 - Senior Recital/Project

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is to be taken by all students who are preparing to present a senior recital, lecture recital, senior project or some combination of these, during the semester of registration. Prerequisites: Four semesters of major applied study.  Please contact the appropriate instructor to discuss your project proposal.  Instructor’s signature required.
    Pre-requisite(s): Four semesters of major applied study. Please contact the appropriate instructor to discuss your project proposal. Instructor’s signature required.
    Hours Per Week: (Two hours per week.)
  
  • MUS 4131 - University Choir

    Credits: 1 hr
    This ensemble provides an opportunity to study, rehearse, and perform a variety of choral literature. The choir performs frequently on campus and in the community, with periodic appearances out of town, on television, and with band and orchestra. Admission is by audition only. This ensemble is required of all voice majors.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4136 - Schola Cantorum

    Credits: 1 hr
    This group is open to any college student by audition. It acts as a marching unit during the football season and is thereafter reorganized as a pep band. Marching band is required of band instrument majors in the music teacher education program.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4138 - University Singers

    Credits: 1 hr
    This is a small ensemble of select voices which gives special attention to the performance of African-American sacred music, civil rights support songs, and world political awareness songs. Enrollment by audition only.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4144 - Low Brass Ensemble

    Credits: 1 hr
    The Low Brass Ensemble at Winston-Salem State University is a low brass chamber music collaborative comprised of undergraduate music majors, music minors, and students pursing various non-music degrees of study. The ensemble instrumentation incorporates trombone, euphonium, and tuba student musicians; rehearses weekly; and performs concerts on a semester basis participating in university, community, and conference performances locally as well as across the southeast. Repertoire performed consists of original compositions, transcriptions, and arrnagements from various time periods encompassing a variety of musical styles, ranging from renaissance to jazz and classical to pop culture music of today. This course is designed to provide students an outlet for chamber music performance experience and develop pedagogical techniques of playing and teaching trombone, euphonium, and tuba. The Low Brass Ensemble at Winston-Salem State Univeristy will be open to Bachelor of Arts music majors, music minors, and students desiring to study tuba, euphonium, or trombone as a secondary instrument. It will be limited in enrollment and students must first audition for the studio professor as instructor approval is required for course registration.
    Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval/Signature Required
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4146 - Jazz Ensemble

    Credits: 1 hr
    This ensemble is designed to give students an opportunity to play the works of many jazz artists and to develop an appreciation for the origin of this musical form. The ensemble is open to all students on a competitive basis and with the approval of the instructor. Audition required.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4148 - Flute Choir

    Credits: 1 hr
    The Flute Choir at Winston-Salem State University is a chamber music collaborative comprised of undergraduate music majors, music minors, and students pursuing various non-music degrees of study. The ensemble instrumentation includes Piccolo, C Flutes, Alto Flute and Bass Flute student musicians and faculty participants; rehearses weekly; and performs concerts on a semester basis participating in university, community, and conference performances. Repertoire performed consists of original compositions, transcriptions, and arrangements from various time periods encompassing a variety of musical styles, ranging from renaissance to jazz and classical to pop culture music of today. This course is designed to provide students an outlet for chamber music performance experience and develop pedagogical techniques of playing and teaching the flute. The Flute Choir at Winston-Salem State University will be open to Bachelor of Arts music majors, music minors, and students desiring to study flute and piccolo as secondary instruments. It will be limited in enrollment and students must first audition for the studio professor as instructor approval is required for course registration.
    Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval/Signature Required
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4151 - Brass Ensemble

    Credits: 1 hr
    The purpose of the Brass Ensemble is to give the student an opportunity to perform representative works in brass ensemble literature. Open to students who qual
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4164 - Applied Music

    Credits: 1 hr


    This course will provide instruction on any instrument/voice. This course will focus on the development of the fundamentals of playing/singing and include tone production, articulation, scales and literature. Literature appropriate to the students’ performance level will be assigned. Each level is progressive and determined by instructor based on student’s progress.

     
    Banner Schedule: Fall

  
  • MUS 4228 - Commercial Music Arrangement

    Credits: 2 hrs
    Techniques, methods, and materials used in arranging traditional and original music for commercial purposes are illustrated and discussed. Music arrangements prepared for professional recording sessions are studied and analyzed. The practicum includes the preparation of arrangements for studio recording.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 2102 - Sight Singing and Ear Training IV MUS 2202 - Theory IV  and MUS 3226 - Instrumentation and Orchestration   
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4228 - Commercial Music Arranging

    Credits: 2 hrs
    Techniques, methods, and materials used in arranging traditional and original music for commercial purposes are illustrated and discussed. Music arrangements prepared for professional recording sessions are studied and analyzed. The practicum includes the preparation of arrangements for studio recording.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 2102  , MUS 2202  , and MUS 3226 .
    Hours Per Week: (Two hours per week.)
  
  • MUS 4230 - Artist Management

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course deals with the role of the artist manager in the music industry. Topics of study include: The Management Contract, Employing a Support Team, Mapping Out a Career Plan, Music Publishing, Media Exposure and Getting a Record Deal.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4231 - Record Label Marketing

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course covers record label operation and business principles including the analysis of SoundScan reports, profitability, relationships with radio stations, advertising, publicity, distribution, retail, international issues, tour support and conducting marketing research.
  
  • MUS 4312 - Studio Recording Techniques I

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course will provide theoretical and practical experience in studio recording. Proper production techniques associated with the use of multi-track recording equipment and allied hardware will be applied.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 3310 - Electronic Music  and permission of the instructor.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4313 - Studio Recording Techniques II

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course is a continuation of MUS 4202. In addition to the further development of traditional recording procedures, advanced computer applications will be explored.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 4312 - Studio Recording Techniques I   
    Hours Per Week: (Three hours per week.)
  
  • MUS 4315 - Music Theory III

    Credits: 3 hrs
    In this course, the focus of study is on all other chromatic or altered harmonies and more complex Baroque and Classical forms.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 3303 - Music Theory II  
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4316 - Music Theory IV

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is a continuation of Theory III. It treats those materials studied in Theory III and includes an introduction to twentieth century harmonies, forms, and theories.
    Pre-requisite(s): MUS 4315 - Music Theory III   
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • MUS 4330 - Senior Project

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is to be taken by all students pursuing a concentration within the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music who are preparing to present a senior project during the semester of registration. The project will be determined upon consultation with the student, advisor and instructor of the course.
    Pre-requisite(s): Three semesters of major applied lessons and permission of the instructor.
    Banner Schedule: Fall

Nursing

  
  • NUR 1303 - Talking the Talk: Healthcare Today

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course will focus on the development and delivery of effective communication strategies to achieve desired outcomes for audience frequently encountered by healthcare professionals.  Students will be introduced to knowledge and concepts related to professional practice in a variety of healthcare settings. 
    Pre-requisite(s): Freshmen status
    General Education Designation: Yes
    Student Learning Outcome: Oral Communication
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 2312 - Dynamics of Professional Nursing

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to introduce the registered nurse student to concepts inherent in baccalaureate nursing education. The philosophy, conceptual framework, program purpose and objectives will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the nursing process, as well as knowledge and skills that bridge prior learning experiences with current professional nursing practice.
    Pre-requisite(s): Admission to RN-BSN or special permission
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 2313 - Introduction to Professional Nursing

    Credits: 3 hrs


    This course guides students to become literate consumers of eveidenced-based information necessary to meet the basic health needs of individuals throughout the lifespan.  Students will acquire basic and foundational knowledge needed to maintain a state of health and wellness.  Students from various disciplines will be equipped to access eveidenced-based information and to make informed, collaborative decisions in the best interest of vulnerable population, subject to comprehension and evaluation for continuous principles of healthcare.  Concepts and theories basic to the art and science of healthcare practice including therapeutic communication, professionalism, teaching/learning, critical thinking, and cultural awareness are also explored.  The ability to apply scientific, microbial, physcial, physiological and psychosocial safeties is required.

    Lab:  Psychomotor competencies in foundational healthcare skills are performed using evidenced-based and best practice models through laboratory experiences in simulated healthcare environments.
    Pre-requisite(s): For fall semester:  Completion of at least 2 of the 4 required prerequisite science courses with a grade of “C” or higher. Student can only be enrolled in one prerequisite science course.

    For spring semester:  Completion of at least 3 of the 4 required prerequisite science courses with a grade of “C” or higher. Student can only be enrolled in one prerequisite science course.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule

  
  • NUR 3102 - Adult Health Nursing I

    Credits: 10 hrs
    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults with selected health alterations. Emphasis is on the use of the nursing process to assist individuals and their families to adapt to these alterations. Clinical experiences are planned to allow observational activities and implementation of the nursing process.
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 2313 , NUR 3312 , NUR 3314 , NUR 3316  and Admission to Upper Division.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3117 - Clinical Reasoning

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to enhance the students’ ability to analyze questions and provide strategies for test-taking. In addition, this course will provide strategies to improve students’ critical thinking/clinical reasoning skills and their ability to problem-solve and make critical decisions in clinical. It is designed using the concept of problem-based learning to enhance clinical judgment and decision making.
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 3314  
    Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: February 19, 2013
    Effective Date: Spring 2013
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3303 - Nursing Research

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to assist students in understanding the research process. Emphasis is placed upon the nurse as a research consumer and enhancement of her/his ability to participate in the research process. Opportunities will be provided for critical appraisal of research studies, and for the design of plans for investigating nursing problems.
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 2313 , NUR 3312 , NUR 3314 , NUR 3316  and Admission to Upper Division or special permission.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3305 - Financial Management in Nursing

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to prepare the nursing professional how to develop, maintain, and forecast financial stability within a changing health care environment. A systems approach is used to analyze the financial impact of health care decisions from a clinical perspective. Economic issues relevant to nursing practice and healthcare are explored. The role of the Administrative Nurse Manager in inter-professional financial planning for quality, safety, and financial stability is addressed. Key concepts covered include principles of financial stability, value-based service, advanced financial management, interpretation of financial statements, regulatory requirements imposed by payers and accreditors, advanced budgeting and variance analysis, forecasting, and productivity management.
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 3303   and Statistics
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3307 - Global Health Nursing

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course uses a nursing perspective to explore global issues affecting personal, community, and international health and development. Using approaches from health promotion, population health, and primary health care are applied to help frame analysis. Nursing students are exposed to basic perspectives on health policy and significant world events on vulnerable populations is explored.  
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 3203 and NUR 4502  
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3312 - Health Assessment

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course focuses on the development of health assessment skills. Emphasis is on normal findings and common alterations across the life span. This course is taught in sequence with Pharmacology for Nurses and Clinical Nursing Foundations.
    Pre-requisite(s): Admission to Upper Division or special permission.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3314 - Clinical Nursing Foundation

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course will provide the student an opportunity to develop new nursing skills and integrate skills already learned in the provision of client care in selected health care settings. The course will also provide didactic learning opportunities for identified basic central core concepts that are integral to the health care settings utilizing the nursing process.
    Pre-requisite(s): Admission to Upper Division
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This planned practicum will provide the student opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills and the nursing process in the provision of client care in selected health care settings. In addition this course introduces the student to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, adverse and therapeutic responses to medications, drug classifications, and basic principles of drug calculations.
    Pre-requisite(s): Admission to Upper Division or special permission
  
  • NUR 3318 - Introduction to Pathophysiology for Nurses

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of pathophysiology and how these concepts relate to disease processes and clinical practice across the lifespan. Students will examine  phenomena that produce alterations in human physiologic function and the resulting human response.
    Pre-requisite(s): BIO 2311 , BIO 2111 , BIO 2312 , BIO 2112  and Admission to Upper Division.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  
  • NUR 3511 - Mental Health Nursing

    Credits: 5 hrs
    This course is designed to assist students in developing knowledge and skills necessary for nursing care management of mental health needs of clients and their families in structured health care settings. Focus is on the application of the nursing process in establishing and maintaining nurse-client relationships. A planned clinical practicum in selected mental health care settings will provide the opportunity for students to exercise the roles of caregiver, teacher/counselor, and client advocate. Students will begin to assume the role of collaborator as it relates to the interdisciplinary mental health team approach.
    Pre-requisite(s): NUR 2313 - Introduction to Professional Nursing , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , NUR 3314 - Clinical Nursing Foundation , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses  and Admission to Upper Division.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4000 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 to 3 hrs
  
  • NUR 4103 - Adult Health Nursing II

    Credits: 10 hrs
    This course builds upon concepts, principles, and skills presented in NUR 3102. Emphasis is on utilizing the nursing process in meeting the needs of adult clients with complex health alterations in: oxygenation of body cells, fluid and electrolyte balance, digestive and metabolic functions, neuro-sensory perceptual functions, mobility and coordination, immunity, cellular growth and integrity, and sexual and reproductive functions. This course also expands the student’s knowledge of major drug classifications and the nurse’s responsibility in the therapeutic use of drugs in adults with complex illnesses. Clinical experiences are planned to allow observational activities, implementation of the nursing process, including patient teaching. Nursing roles assume a greater dimension as students gain experiences through observation and caring for clients at more critical levels of the health and illness continuum.
    Pre-requisite(s): Completion of junior level nursing courses.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4121 - Adult Health II

    Credits: 12 hrs
    This course builds upon concepts, principles, and skills presented in NUR 3102. Emphasis is on utilizing the nursing process in meeting the needs of adult clients with complex health alterations in: oxygenation of body cells, fluid and electrolyte balance, digestive and metabolic functions, neuro-sensory perceptual functions, mobility and coordination, cellular growth and integrity, and sexual and reproductive functions. Nursing roles assume a greater dimension as students gain experiences through observation and caring for clients at more critical levels of the continuum.
    Pre-requisite(s): junior level courses or by special permission.
  
  • NUR 4201 - Content Synthesis for Nursing Practice I

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course provides the students an opportunity to synthesize previously learned nursing concepts and integrate these using clinical scenarios to enhance clinical judgment and decision making. The course will emphasize critical thinking using problem-based learning.
    Pre-requisite(s): Completion of junior level nursing courses
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4202 - Content Synthesis for Nursing Practice II

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course provides the opportunity for students to enhance their analytical thinking skills by using simulation and testing to master the management of simple and complex patient care situations. This course will emphasize performance on NCLEX style testing and the students’ ability to critically analyze patient care situations as evidence of their proficiency in clinical judgment.
    Pre-requisite(s): Completions of junior level nursing courses (course is to be taken the semester the student is scheduled to graduate).
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4203 - Care of the Older Adult

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course focuses on principles and concepts related to gerontological nursing. Emphasis is on roles and functions of the nurse in meeting the needs of elderly clients who are well and those with functional pathological health alterations. Social, economic, legal, and ethical issues in maintaining and promoting wellness and safety are examined.
    Pre-requisite(s): Admission to Upper Division and completion of junior level nursing courses.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4304 - Leadership and Management of Care

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to examine the role of nurse managers and nurse leaders. Students will examine how ethical, financial, and health policy issues and concerns are linked in the health care delivery system. The course will address the role of the nurse manager or leader in developing a professional ethical framework, understanding the economic implications of health care, and shaping and formulating health policy. Emphasis is on legal and ethical considerations for responsible decision making. In addition, the course presents an overview of the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services. Students will explore relevant research in nursing management and leadership as it relates to health policy, finances, and ethics in the health care system. 
    Pre-requisite(s): Completion of junior level nursing courses.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4502 - Community Health Nursing

    Credits: 5 hrs
    This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to develop a holistic view of the biopsychosocial needs of individuals and multiproblem families in the community. Emphasis is on meeting the health needs of clients at different environmental settings.
    Pre-requisite(s): Completion of all junior-level nursing courses.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule
  
  • NUR 4511 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing

    Credits: 5 hrs
    This course focuses on the utilization of the nursing process in the care of the childbearing woman and family during the complete maternity cycle. Emphasis is on nursing roles, concepts and skills relative to the promotion and maintenance of health in the childbearing woman and family. Alterations in the childbearing process are considered. A planned clinical practicum will provide opportunities for the student to demonstrate the roles of caregiver, teacher/counselor, client advocate, leader-manager, and research consumer in selected health care settings.
    Pre-requisite(s): Completion of all junior-level courses or by special permission.
    Banner Schedule: Fall Schedule

Philosophy

  
  • PHI 2301 - Introduction to Philosophy

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is a critical examination of some of the classical questions of Western philosophy. Readings include excerpts from major philosophers, for instance: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Marx and Nietzsche. The course will cover traditional issues in ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy or religion, and political philosophy. The emphasis of the course will be on developing critical and analytical thinking skills.
    Student Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking
    Area of Knowledge: Social/Behavioral Science
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PHI 2302 - Contemporary Moral Problems

    Credits: 3 hrs
    Philosophical views and discussions of contemporary moral issues, for instance: abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, racial and sexual discrimination, sexual morality, and the morality of nuclear armament.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PHI 2303 - Introduction to Logic

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is a study of the basic principles of deductive reasoning. Focus will be on developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These skills are vital for success in any of the post-graduate standardized tests, such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
    Student Learning Outcome: Quantitative Literacy
    Area of Knowledge: Social/Behavioral Science
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PHI 3044 - Studies in Philosophy

    Credits: 3 hrs
    In this course, a single philosopher, area of philosophy or philosophic problem will be studied in depth. This course is to be offered when there is sufficient interest in an area of philosophy of a particular philosopher and may be repeated for credit. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  or PHI 2303  
  
  • PHI 3302 - Philosophy of Science

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course examines the nature of science, explanations in science, the scientific world view, the social sciences as a science, truth and knowledge in a scientific context, the verification of theories, the social role of the scientist, values and ethics in science
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  or PHI 2303  
  
  • PHI 3305 - Ethical Theory

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course examines theories of ethics including virtue theory, utilitarianism, deontological ethics and divine command theory, along with these theories’ implicit accounts of human nature and the good life. Topics to be addressed include: implications and criticisms of the differing ethical theories, meta-ethical issues, and differing versions of realist and anti-realist ethical theories.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  
  
  • PHI 3307 - Philosophy of Religion

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course will examine some of the central problems in the philosophy of religion. Issues to be addressed include; the origin and nature of religion and religious experience, the relationship between faith and reason, justifications and critiques of religious belief and naturalism and naturalistic explanation. The course will also address some major issues in western philosophy of religion such as arguments for and against the extensive of God, miracles, and the attributes of God.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  
  
  • PHI 3310 - History of Philosophy

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course covers the major periods in the history of Philosophy from Greek antiquity to medieval and modern philosophy, Kant and German Idealism, as well as American and 20th Century European Philosophy. The course will enable students to understand how central concerns of each period in philosophy from the nature of reality, justice, knowledge, and the self, were framed differently through study of the primary sources of the major philosophers of the period.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  
  
  • PHI 3312 - Introduction to Political Philosophy

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course examines different theories of justice and the state. Approaches and concepts to be addressed include, differing accounts of political liberty, the basis for our obligation to follow the law, differing accounts of human nature and the state, rights and duties, social contract theory, civil disobedience, liberty and equality, and criticisms of democracy. This course will draw from classic and contemporary philosophers such as Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Marx, Rawls, and Nozick. The course is equivalent to POS 1302  . Students may not receive credit for both POS 1302  and PHI 3312.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHI 2301  

Physical Education

  
  • PED 1100 - Team Sports

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed for student athletes and cheerleaders who participate in the institution’s intercollegiate sports program. Participation in a varsity sport or cheerleading is required.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 1101 - Atypical Physical Education

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course offers special activities for students who are unable for health reasons to participate in regular physical education classes. The student will work with a Physical Education faculty member to design a program of fitness activities appropriate to meet the needs of the individual. The course may be taken to meet physical education activity requirements. Requirement: A doctor’s statement indicating the reason the student is unable to participate in regular physical education classes and determination by department chair that student cannot participate safely in an existing course.
  
  • PED 1105 - Self Defense

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is offered in collaboration with the Winston-Salem State University Police Department and will provide instruction and participation in the areas of crime victimization and basis defensive measures. The course is based on the RAD System, which educates women, children, men and seniors about defensive strategies using simple and effective tactics and a unique teaching methodology. The RAD system provided a comprehensive self-defense program of defensive tactics, techniques, and education. 
  
  • PED 1107 - Soccer

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of soccer. The student will be introduced to basic skills, terminology, rules and game strategy.
  
  • PED 1109 - Swim Conditioning

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to increase or maintain physical fitness through distance swimming.
    Pre-requisite(s): Permission of instructor and appropriate swimming skills.
  
  • PED 1110 - Aerobics

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to provide physical fitness through aerobic exercise. An emphasis will be placed on aerobic dance.
  
  • PED 1111 - Weight Training

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to acquaint the student with the necessary knowledge to train muscles effectively with the use of weights. The course can accommodate beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 1173 - Water Aerobics

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to help students to acquire or maintain adequate levels of physical fitness through conditioning and aerobic activities in the water. All activities will be performed in shallow water.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 1175 - Water Awareness

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed for students with little to no experience in the water. The course will work to help students conquer their fear of swimming and feel comfortable in the water. The course will include an introduction of the basic concepts of stroke technique and water safety.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2000 - Midpoint Assessment

    Credits: 0
    This is a non-credit course, which addresses assessment of academic progress, fitness, and sport skills.  All Physical Education Majors must pass the course as soon as possible after earning 48 semester hours and before earning 80 semester hours.  Students who have earned 80 semester hours without completing this course may not be allowed to register for specific courses.  This is a pass fail course and no credit will be awarded.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2101 - Weight Control

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to help the student develop eating and exercise habits which will lead to life-long weight management.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2102 - Basic Athletic Training and Taping Clinical Lab

    Credits: 1 hr
    This is a course that will provide basic skills needed to function as an entry-level Student Athletic Trainer (SAT).   The course has a lab component.  This laboratory will provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate and apply entry level preventative taping techniques along with specific joint protection appliances.
    Note(s): *** This class will be taken concurrently with PED 4000.***
  
  • PED 2103 - Professional Preparation in Physical Education

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to prepare physical education (PED) majors for entry into the PED profession.  Specifically, this course addresses the following topics:  introduction to professionalsm, self-analysis, goal setting, resume writing, relevant practicum/volunteer experiences, and ethics.  This course is designed to be taken immediately after students have completed 45 hours in the general education.
  
  • PED 2104 - Introduction to Dance

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course provides an elementary dance foundation in modern, ballet, jazz, hip hop and world dance forms.  This class incorporates floor and standing work to increase joint mobility, efficient movement patterns, core strength, and proper support for dance movement and develop upper/lower connectivity.  It explores space, time and energy and emphasizes individual and group dance experience.  This course is for students with no dance training or those who wish to develop beyond the beginning level.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2105 - Beginning Swimming

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic skills of swimming and develop skills in the basic or standard swimming strokes. Students who complete this course will meet standards set by the American Red Cross for beginning and advanced beginning swimming.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2106 - Intermediate Swimming

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic skills of swimming and develop skills in the standard swimming strokes. Students who complete this course will meet the standards set by the American Red Cross for intermediate swimming.
    Pre-requisite(s): PED 2105 - Beginning Swimming  or permission of instructor.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2107 - Water Sports

    Credits: 1 hr
    The student will be introduced to a variety of games which can be played in the water. Emphasis will be placed on skill development and enjoyment of the water.
  
  • PED 2108 - Advanced Swimming

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to meet standards set by the American Red Cross for the regular and advanced swimming courses. Physical education majors must achieve the ARC certification for Advanced Swimming in order to meet the competency requirement.
    Pre-requisite(s): PED 2106   or permission of instructor.
  
  • PED 2109 - Water Walking

    Credits: 1 hr
    Water Walking is a low-impact, low-intensity workout that uses the natural resistance of the water to strengthen core musculature and increase balance, coordination, and flexibility. The class will participate in movements that are forward, backward, and side-to-side. Students will participate in water walking with the assistance of flotation vests or belts and will learn shallow water walking as well as how to tread water.
  
  • PED 2111 - Swing Dances: An Exploration of Lindy Hop!

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course will teach the fundamentals of this flashy, athletic, and high-energy dance, introducing fundamental footwork, lead-and-follow technique, and Lindy Hop’s signature style. This is a beginner level class. The class has a progressive format which means we review and build upon previous weeks’ material each class. The course will also cover the history of The Lindy Hop which is an American dance that was born in the African American communities in Harlem, New York City and how it has evolved since then.
  
  • PED 2111 - Swing Dances: An Exploration of Lindy Hop!

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course will teach the fundamentals of this flashy, athletic, and high-energy dance, introducing fundamental footwork, lead-and-follow technique, and Lindy Hop’s signature style. This is a beginner level class. The class has a progressive format which means we review and build upon previous weeks’ material each class. The course will also cover the history of The Lindy Hop which is an American dance that was born in the African American communities in Harlem, New York City and how it has evolved since then.
  
  • PED 2112 - Net Games

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to acquaint the student with knowledge, fundamental skills and strategies of net games including tennis, badminton, table tennis, and volleyball.
  
  • PED 2113 - Aerobic Conditioning

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to improve or maintain students’ levels of physical fitness through flexibility, muscular endurance, and cardiovascular activities. The major form of aerobic activity will be walking/jogging.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2114 - Beginning Racquetball

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces the fundamentals of racquetball. Emphasis is placed on rules, fundamentals, and strategies of beginning racquetball. This course will provide a basic understanding of the skills and knowledge necessary for the enjoyment of racquetball as lifetime activity. Upon completion, students should be able to play recreational racquetball.
  
  • PED 2115 - Walking for Fitness

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces fitness through walking. Emphasis is placed on stretching, conditioning exercises, proper clothing, fluid needs, and injury prevention. Upon completion, students should be able to participate in a recreational walking program.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2116 - African Dance

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces students to the fundamentals of cultural dance forms which are traditional and contemporary with a focus on dance alignment, coordination, conditioning, and musicality.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2117 - Yoga


    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2125 - Fencing

    Credits: 1 hr
    The skills, knowledge and simple strategies essential to the enjoyment of this ancient form of swordplay will be presented in this course. Students will gain experience as competitors and officials. The history and etiquette of fencing will be emphasized.
  
  • PED 2126 - Recreational Activities

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces the student to such activities as crafts, archery, croquet, angling, quiet games, shuffleboard, table tennis, horseshoes, and deck tennis.
  
  • PED 2128 - Outdoor Leisure Pursuits

    Credits: 1 hr
    An introduction to outdoor skills and adventure education activities will be presented in this course. Students will be exposed to activities such as hiking, backpacking, camping, orienteering, nature studies, ropes courses, and rock climbing.
  
  • PED 2130 - Water Ballet

    Credits: 1
    Water ballet is a hybrid form of swimming, dancing, and gymnastics designed to increase fitness while having fun in the water. Course will include instruction on kicking, pattern swimming, and breathing, while treading water; thereby improving flexibility, speed, endurance, and comfort in the water.
  
  • PED 2132 - Rhythm and Educational Gymnastics

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course offers a foundational knowledge of rhythm, which is essential for the development of skilled movement. The course also introduces the student to educational gymnastics, including stunts, tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics, and apparatus activities.
  
  • PED 2133 - Beginning Tennis

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course offers instruction in the fundamentals of tennis, such as forehand and backhand drives, service, rules, court play and etiquette. Students with intermediate or advanced skills will not be permitted to take this class.
  
  • PED 2134 - Golf

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course gives instruction and practice in basic skills, the rules of golf and the selection and care of equipment.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2142 - Analysis of Teaching Team Sports

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces the student to essential concepts for teaching team sports such as softball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Teaching methods, fundamentals, and officiating for each activity are presented.
  
  • PED 2143 - Analysis of Teaching Individual and Dual Sports

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course introduces the student to essential concepts for teaching individual and dual activities such as gymnastics, tennis, bowling, golf, track and field, and wrestling. Teaching methods, fundamentals, and officiating for each activity are presented.
  
  • PED 2145 - Perceptual Motor Development Laboratory

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is to be taken in conjunction with PED 2240: Perceptual Motor Development. It allows students to gain practical experience working with preschool children from birth to kindergarten in instructional programs such as those located in public and private schools, and day care centers. Under the direction of the course instructor, students will observe, design, and implement movement activities that are developmentally appropriate for children, birth to kindergarten. Learning experiences for students include observations, planning, teaching, lesson evaluation, monitoring a reflective journal, writing reaction papers, and reflecting on the various types of decisions made in each environment. Practicum will consist of 50 hours during the semester.
  
  • PED 2150 - Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine I

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course will provide supervised clinical experiences in the application of Athletic Training techniques. This course allows the students to gain 50 documented clinical hours with a National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board Certified Athletic Trainer. Students will be required to complete a minimum of 225 hours between the three clinical courses. This course can be taken concurrently with PED 3310 Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries, PED 3323 Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries, PED 2102 Basic Athletic Training and Taping Clinical Lab.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2209 - Beginning Scuba

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course is designed to equip the student with basic scuba diving skills and knowledge to make students safe while scuba diving or snorkeling in, on, or about the water.
  
  • PED 2302 - Sports in American Society

    Credits: 3 hrs


    PED 2302 offers a critical intellectual engagement with social structures, social spaces, social desires, and social oppression through which our understanding and experiences with bodies and physical activities are constituted. The course is meant to challenge assumptions about bodies as solely physical entities. A significant goal of this course is to advance thinking beyond the physical, toward a professional practice informed by social and cultural knowledge of sporting bodies, sporting identities and sporting spaces. We will work toward a radical contextualization of human movement and will consistently question the role of sport in constructing yet contesting identities, borders, and social hierarchies. As a social and behavioral marker course PED 2302 is intentionally NOT a study of individual, physical performance, but rather a study of sporting bodies, sporting identities and sporting spaces that inhabit them.

     
    General Education Designation: Yes
    Student Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking
    Level of knowledge this course address(es): Foundation
    Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: December 15, 2020
    Effective Date: Fall 2021
    Banner Schedule: Fall

  
  • PED 2310 - Introduction to Sports Medicine

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course will serve as an introduction to the profession of sports medicine. The daily responsibilities and occupational opportunities in sports medicine will be discussed. Laboratory experiences will include basic skills needed to function as an entry-level student athletic trainer.
    Pre-requisite(s): None.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2321 - Physiological Basis for Human Movement

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to help students understand human physiology in the conceptual framework of human movement. Special attention will be placed on the nervous, muscular, circulatory and respiratory systems.  This serves as a basis and pre-requisites for PED 3411  and PED 3321  .
    Pre-requisite(s): Lower level biology course
    Student Learning Outcome: Scientific Literacy
    Area of Knowledge: Natural Science
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2325 - Teaching Fitness to Young Children

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course is designed to introduce the fundamental principles of cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and strength development, to elementary age students, as well as to assist each individual in designing and implementing their own personal fitness program based on individual needs. Emphasis will also be placed on developing and implementing student assessment protocols to determine if students are getting enough MVPA during PE and achieving language objectives and standards. Students will explore resources for and methods of teaching the principles of fitness in the secondary school setting. This is a required course for the physical education major and the physical education/coaching minor.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 2340 - Motor Development

    Credits: 3 hrs
    This course explores the development of the perceptual and motor systems of the body and relates this information to the acquisition of motor skills beginning at the pre- school level. The student will learn developmental sequences, assessment techniques, and facilitation activities.
    Note(s): This course replaces: PED 2240.
    Pre-requisite(s): Practicum required.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 3120 - Effective Coaching

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course is designed to teach students effective coaching skills and is designed for both physical education and non-physical education majors. Experience with sports activities is required. Practicum required.
    Banner Schedule: Fall
  
  • PED 3122 - Service Learning Project in Youth Development-Practicum

    Credits: 1 hr
    Students will complete a service-learning project working directly with a community youth development program.  This is a practicum course which will be completed in an after-school and/or sport setting.
  
  • PED 3144 - Practicum

    Credits: 1 hr
    This course allows the student to gain practical experience working with elementary school children in physical educucation settings under the direct supervision of an exercise professional. Students, in conjunction with their university supervisor, the student will select an elementarty site where they participate in a field experience for a minimum of 4o hours during the semster. Progress will be monitored by the university supervisor.
  
  • PED 3204 - Elementary Physical Education

    Credits: 2 hrs
    Curricular models and movement activities appropriate for the elementary level of physical education will be presented. The student will also learn methods of teaching and be involved in a practicum with elementary children. Lab required.
    Pre-requisite(s): PED 2340   for physical education majors.
  
  • PED 3208 - Lifeguarding

    Credits: 2 hrs
    This course is designed to provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize, and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency services personnel take over. 
    Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: October 22, 2019
    Banner Schedule: Fall
 

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