Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas

Course Descriptions
motor and sport skills. Specific emphasis is on the commonalities
of various motor skills that apply to various sport
movements. Prerequisite: PHED 2003 and PHED 2013.
PHED2122 Coaching Baseball (SP) Discussion and
participation of preseason and in-season training methods,
skill development and administrative principles in the coaching
of baseball. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
PHED2142 Coaching Track and Field (SP)
Discussion and participation of preseason and in-season
training methods, skill development and administrative principles
in the coaching of track and field. Prerequisite: sophomore
standing.
PHED2252 Coaching of Football (SP) Discussion
and participation in preseason and off-season training methods.
PHED2272 Coaching Basketball (FA) Discussion
and participation of preseason and in-season training methods,
skill development and administrative principles in the
coaching of basketball. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
PHED3001 Practicum I (FA) All 5-year teaching option
majors serve as teaching assistants in 1 physical education
or dance education class under an experienced teacher.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
PHED3012 Teaching Games (FA) This course is
designed to provide opportunities for the student to acquire
an understanding of developmentally appropriate games and
why they should be part of a quality physical education program.
Prerequisite: PHED 2003 and PHED 2013 and junior
standing.
PHED3022 Teaching Stunts and Tumbling (SP)
Instructional strategies for teaching public school students
stunts and tumbling skills. Prerequisite: PHED 2003 and
PHED 2013 and junior standing.
PHED3032 Teaching Rhythms (SP) Designed to
teach K-12 Physical Education majors how to perform, teach,
develop and implement rhythmic activity. Prerequisite: PHED
2003 and PHED 2013 and junior standing.
PHED3042 Teaching Fitness (FA) Instructional strategies
for teaching public school students about fitness concepts.
Prerequisite: PHED 2003 and PHED 2013 and junior
standing.
PHED3203 Principles and Problems of Coaching
(FA, SP) A focus on the various aspects of coaching the
athletes in contemporary society through an examination of
research findings related to factors affecting performance.
Attention to be given to principles, problems and understanding
essential to the management of athletic contests.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
PHED3373 Methods and Materials in Physical
Education for Elementary School (FA, SP, SU)
Program planning and techniques of teaching physical education
activities to children; for early childhood and elementary
teachers, supervisors, and principals. Prerequisite: junior
standing.
PHED3903 Physical Education for Special
Populations (FA, SP) Provides fundamental concepts
and skills essential to physical education programming for
handicapped students. Deals with definitions, handicapping
conditions, developmental and remedial activities, games,
and sports. Prerequisite: junior standing.
PHED4001 Practicum II (FA, SP, SU) All 5-year
teaching option majors serve as a coaching assistant at the
K-12 level. Prerequisite: senior standing and PHED 3203.
PHED4053 Teaching Individual/Dual Sports (FA,
SP) Instructional strategies for teaching individual and dual
sport concepts to public school children. Corequisite: PHED
4063. Prerequisite: (PHED 2003 and PHED 2013 and PHED
2023) and junior standing.
PHED4063 Teaching Team Sports (FA, SP)
Instructional strategies for teaching team sport concepts to
public school children. Corequisite: PHED 4053. Prerequisite:
(PHED 2003 and PHED 2013 and PHED 2023) and junior
standing.
PHED474V Student Teaching-Elementary (1-12)
(FA, SP, SU) Involves time at an off-campus school, where
the student teacher has an opportunity under supervision to
observe, to teach, and participate in other activities involving
school and the community.
PHED475V Student Teaching-Secondary (1-6)
(FA, SP, SU) Involves time at an off-campus school, where
the student teacher has an opportunity under supervision to
observe, to teach, and participate in other activities involving
school and the community.
PHED480V Workshop (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)
PHED5011L Measurement/Research/Statistics
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Cohort 5th year course.
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Application of content, principles, and concepts needed to
become an effective evaluator/ researcher in kinesiology.
PHED5023 Class Management (FA, SP, SU) Cohort
5th year course that emphasizes class management;
includes professional ethics and school policies related to
students, faculty and programs. A major part of course time
will be field based.
PHED5031L Curriculum Design Laboratory (FA,
SP, SU) This cohort 5th year course reviews curriculum
models unique to physical education program; application of
general principles of curriculum design and specific models
as used in selected public school settings. Corequisite: CIED
5032.
PHED507V Cohort Teaching Internship (1-6) (FA,
SP, SU) May be repeated for 6 hours.
PHED5213 Philosophical Foundation (FA, SP, SU)
Presentation of philosophical approaches to the student of
physical education and human movement phenomena.
Special attention is given the development of qualitative
approaches enabling students to examine problematic issues
and practices in physical education, sport, and other movement
forms.
PHED5233 Research on Teaching in Physical
Education (FA, SP, SU) A review of contemporary
research literature informing effective teaching practices in
physical education settings. Students gain experience in critically
reviewing literature in physical education as well as
related behavioral science, education, and humanities disciplines;
emphasis is placed in incorporating research finding
into personal teaching strategies.
PHED5253 The Physical Education Program (SU)
Principles, problems, procedures, and the influence of educational
philosophy on programs in physical education and their
application in the construction of a course of study for a specific
situation.
PHED5263 Movement Education in the
Elementary School Program (SP) Movement concepts
applied to the elementary school physical education
program. Considers movement exploration techniques, locomotor,
nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills.
PHED5273 Critical Analysis of Professional
Issues (SP) A review of contemporary research literature
informing effective teaching practices in physical education
settings. Students gain experience in critically reviewing literature
and discussing current issues. Corequisite: M.A.T
cohort.
PHED5383 Movement Experiences for
Elementary School Children (FA, SP, SU) This
cohort 5th year course includes taxonomies of physical education,
descriptive techniques of teaching effectiveness and
of student behavior, evaluation of elementary level programs
and students, and field trips to selected public schools.
PHED5413 Adapted Physical Education (FA, SU)
Methods, techniques and special groups of physical education
for the atypical child.
PHED560V Workshop (1-3) (FA, SP, SU)
PHED5693 Practicum in Teaching (FA, SP, SU)
Scheduled practical field experience applying knowledge
gained in PHED 5011 (Meas/Research/Stat Lab), PHED
5031 (Curr. Lab), and KINS 5643 (Motor Learning).
PHED574V Internship (1-6) (SP)
PHED5793 Effective Teaching in Physical
Education (FA) This cohort fifth-year course focuses on
the skills necessary to develop and maintain an effective
physical education learning environment. Special attention is
given to the development of effective units of instruction
throughout the K-12 curriculum. Corequisite: M.A.T. cohort.
PHED6353 Systematic observation Research in
Physical Education (FA, SP, SU) This course will help
students understand systematic observation as a tool for
studying teaching, coaching, learning; to develop skills in systematic
observation techniques; and to collect data on behaviors
in physical education and sport.
PHED6363 Supervision in Physical Education
(FA, SP, SU) The focus of this course is instructional
supervision as a set of complex processes in which the
supervisor works within accepted guidelines and functions to
effectively supervise a teacher’s pedagogical development.
The Physical Education Instructional Supervision (PEIS)
Model will be used to help facilitate this process.
(PHIL) PHILOSOPHY
PHIL1203 Reflective Thinking (FA, SP) Helping students
acquire basic reasoning skills. Degree credit may not
be earned for both 1203 and 2203.
PHIL2003 Introduction to Philosophy (FA, SP, SU)
An examination of such basic philosophical topics as the
existence of God, the nature of the human mind, the relationship
between appearance and reality, the forms and limits of
human knowledge, freedom of the will, and standards of right
and wrong. Includes both historical and contemporary readings.
UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
PHIL2003C Introduction to Philosophy (FA, SP)
An examination of such basic philosophical topics as the
existence of God, the nature of the human mind, the relationship
between appearance and reality, the forms and limits of
human knowledge, freedom of the will, and standards of right
and wrong. Includes both historical and contemporary readings.
Corequisite: PHIL 2000D. UNIVERSITY CORE
COURSE
PHIL2003H Honors Introduction to Philosophy
(FA, SP, SU) An examination of such basic philosophical
topics as the existence of God, the nature of the human
mind, the relationship between appearance and reality, the
forms and limits of human knowledge, freedom of the will,
and standards of right and wrong. Includes both historical
and contemporary readings. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
PHIL2000D Introduction to Philosophy Drill (FA,
SP) Corequisite: PHIL 2003C. UNIVERSITY CORE
COURSE
PHIL2103 Introduction to Ethics (FA, SP, SU)
Basic concepts of moral philosophy, including historical and
contemporary literature concerned with such issues as ethical
relativism vs. objectivism, duty, happiness, freedom of the
will and responsibility, facts and values, individual liberty and
society. Application of theories to substantive questions. UNI-
VERSITY CORE COURSE
PHIL2203 Logic (FA, SP, SU) Traditional and modern
methods of deductive and inductive inference. Degree credit
may not be earned for both PHIL 1203 and 2203. UNIVERSI-
TY CORE COURSE
PHIL3103 Ethics and the Professions (FA, SP,
SU) After a survey of the standard theories of moral obligation,
justice, and rights, the course focuses on specific moral
problems that arise within engineering, business, and the
professions. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
PHIL3203 Philosophy and the Christian Faith (IR)
This course will deal with philosophical issues that arise in
Christian theology. Topics to be discussed may include the
doctrines of the Incarnation, the Trinity, Atonement, and Hell,
as well as the nature of God and the relationship between
faith and reason.
PHIL390V Readings (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)
PHIL3923H Honors Colloquium (FA, SP, SU)
Treats a special topic of issue offered as part of the honors
program. May be repeated. Prerequisite: honors candidacy
(not restricted to candidacy in philosophy).
PHIL3933 Special Studies (IR) A course (not independent
study) which covers a topic or a philosopher not
usually presented indepth in regular courses. May be repeated.
PHIL3943 Philosophy and Physics (IR)
Examination of the metaphysical and epistemological implications
of specific physical theories with an emphasis on twentieth-century
physics. Topics covered may include the nature
of space and time (particularly as described in relativity theory),
the nature of the quantum mechanical world, and the
temporal asymmetries found in thermodynamics and other
areas of physics. Prerequisite: PHIL 2003.
PHIL399VH Honors Course (1-6) (FA, SP, SU) May
be repeated for 12 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing.
PHIL4003 Ancient Greek Philosophy (FA) Pre-
Socratics, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Prerequisite: 3 hours
of philosophy.
PHIL4013 Platonism & Origin of Christian
Theology (SP) The study of Plato, Middle Platonism, and
Neoplatonism, including Philo, Plotinus, and Proclus, and the
influence of Platonism on the Greek church fathers of the
2nd-5th centuries, principally Origen and Gregory of Nyssa
and also Psuedo-Dionysius. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
PHIL4023 Medieval Philosophy (FA) Includes
Augustine, Bonventure, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham.
PHIL4033 Modern Philosophy-17th and 18th
Centuries (SP) British and Continental philosophy, including
Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Liebniz, Hobbes, Locke,
Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
PHIL4043 Nineteenth Century Continental
Philosophy (FA) Study of major Continental European
philosophers of the 19th century including Hegel, Marx,
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