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Physical Education
Description: The Physical Education field encompasses personal training, fitness
appraisals, health clubs, corporate fitness programs, and teaching within the field.
Fitness professionals must stay up to date on the latest health and physical activity
research and understand the research's practical applications. Physical Education
professionals help individuals and groups in fitness, goal setting, and achievement.
Fitness professionals refer clients to physicians, physical therapists, and other health
professionals as needed.
The Associate of Science degree, with an emphasis in physical education is
articulated with Eastern Oregon University Department of Health and Physical
Education leading to a baccalaureate in Physical Education. This program has two
goals. Upon completion of the physical education curriculum, students will be prepared
to integrate allied health care with the health club industry. The program also serves as
an excellent base for those students wishing to pursue graduate work in health
education, nutrition, physical education and other health sciences.
Employment Opportunities: Physical Education career opportunities range from
fair to excellent with occupational titles that include Physical Education/Bachelor's
degree, Physical Education/Master's degree, Dietitian/Nutritionist, Health Service
Manager, Health/PE Teacher, Personal Trainer.
Program notes
Associate of Science Physical Education Emphasis
Notes:
1. Select Social Science courses from the following: ANTH101, 102, 103, 221, 222,
223, 230, 231, 232; CJ100, 101, 201, 220, 243; ECON201, 202; HDFS225, 229,
247; HS265, 266, 267; HST101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203; PS201, 202, 205;
SOC204, 205, 206.
2. One course (3 credits) from Arts and Letters or Social Science must also fulfill the
Cultural Diversity requirement listed on page 29. The credits for such course will
only be counted once toward the credits required to complete the degree.
3. PE262 and WR123 must be taken concurrently.
4. See Arts and Letters requirement lists on page 61. Students planning to transfer to
Eastern Oregon University (EOU) are recommended prefixes ENG, ART, PHL.
• This program fulfills all the undergraduate Physical Education prerequisites for
and has 2+2 articulation agreement with Eastern Oregon University and also
meets the requirements for the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE).
• This degree for transfer students works as designed if the student completes the
AS Physical Education Emphasis and the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer
(AA/OT) degrees and graduates. The AS Physical Education Emphasis degree at
Southwestern also meets all requirements for the AA/OT, so no additional courses
outside of the AS Physical Education Emphasis need to be taken in order for a
student to meet both degree requirements. Both degrees are required to ensure
the seamless transition of students to the four-year graduating institutions for
physical education. When applying for graduation at Southwestern, two separate
applications must be submitted - one for the AS Physical Education Emphasis and
one for the Associate of Art Oregon Transfer (AA/OT).
Southwestern Oregon Community College 2006-07 Catalog www.socc.edu Programs 130