2012-2013 CGC Catalog.indd - The Citadel
2012-2013 CGC Catalog.indd - The Citadel
2012-2013 CGC Catalog.indd - The Citadel
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Course Requirements:<br />
Transcripts will be evaluated against the following list of required<br />
courses in physical education. Guidelines from the National<br />
Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) are used<br />
to determine courses that students take in either graduate or<br />
undergraduate school. <strong>The</strong> M.A.T. in Physical Education will require<br />
forty-two (42) hours. Each student is assigned an advisor from the<br />
School of Education and from <strong>The</strong> Department of Health, Exercise,<br />
& Sport Science. Both advisors will examine transcripts and develop<br />
a program of study for each student.<br />
Required Education and Physical Education Courses - 42 hours<br />
EDUC-536 Educational Psychology<br />
EDUC-512 Data Collection & Analysis<br />
HESS-505 Motor Development and Motor Learning*<br />
HESS-525 Scientific Principles of Physical Education and<br />
Health, Exercise, & Sport Science*<br />
HESS-527 Content and Methods of Teaching Health<br />
Education and Health-Related Aspects of<br />
Physical Fitness<br />
HESS-528 Content and Methods of Teaching Rhythmic<br />
Activities and Movement Education<br />
HESS-533 Content and Methods of Teaching Elementary<br />
School Physical Education<br />
HESS-534 Accommodating Persons with Disabilities in<br />
Sport & Physical Activity<br />
HESS-535 History, Philosophy, and Curriculum of<br />
Physical Education*<br />
HESS-550 Instructional Aspects of Teaching Physical<br />
Education<br />
HESS-551 Content & Methods of Teaching Seondary<br />
Physical Education<br />
HESS-561 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation in<br />
Physical Education*<br />
HESS-620 Professional Internship (6 hours)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Professional Internship requires that a minimum of sixty (60) full<br />
days be spent in the schools, and during the Professional Internship,<br />
it will not be possible for the teacher candidate to take any additional<br />
courses.<br />
*Undergraduate and graduate transcripts may be evaluated for application<br />
to coursework in the program.<br />
Field Experiences:<br />
Many education courses require field experiences that vary from<br />
course to course and are related to specific course objectives. All<br />
field experiences provide opportunities for Master’s candidates to<br />
develop pedagogical knowledge and skills. At a minimum, teacher<br />
candidates are expected to successfully complete 75 hours of field<br />
experiences prior to the Professional Internship that is an additional<br />
sixty (60) days.<br />
Course Descriptions:<br />
HESS-505—Motor Development and Motor Learning<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course provides the study of appropriate learning and<br />
development theories, and heredity and environmental factors that<br />
influence human performance.<br />
HESS-525—Scientific Principles of Physical Education, Health,<br />
Exercise, & Sport Science<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course introduces students to the study of effects of exercise,<br />
physical activity, and work on various physical fitness components, as<br />
well as analysis of the human body in motion, sports objects in motion,<br />
and forces acting upon animate and inanimate objects/bodies.<br />
Prerequisite: A biology, chemistry, or physics course and two human<br />
anatomy and/or physiology courses.<br />
HESS-527—Content & Methods of Teaching School Health<br />
Education & Health-Related Aspects of Physical Fitness<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course updates content knowledge and prepares students in<br />
teaching styles, methodologies, and assessment techniques for health<br />
education curricula in K-12 schools.<br />
Prerequisite: A health and wellness course or passing a departmental<br />
competency exam.<br />
HESS-528—Content & Methods of Teaching Rhythmic<br />
Activities & Movement Education<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course teaches content and prepares students in teaching<br />
methodologies for fundamental rhythmic activities and movement<br />
education in grades K-12, including basic locomotor skills, creative<br />
rhythmic activities, dances (traditional, folk, square, social, line),<br />
and aerobics. Additional emphasis is placed on candidate skill<br />
development in dance and basic gymnastics.<br />
Prerequisite: HESS 550 or permission of the instructor.<br />
HESS-533—Content & Methods of Teaching Elementary School<br />
Physical Education<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course teaches content and theoretical and practical study of<br />
teaching progressively graded programs of activities for elementary<br />
school students, grades K-5.<br />
Prerequisite: HESS 550 or permission of the instructor.<br />
HESS-534—Accommodating Persons with Disabilities in Sport<br />
& Physical Activity<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course provides the study of legal, ethical, and practical<br />
definitions of involving people with disabilities in physical activity,<br />
physical education, and sport settings.<br />
HESS-535—History, Philosophy, and Curriculum of Physical<br />
Education<br />
Three Credit Hours<br />
This course introduces students to the historical and philosophical<br />
roots of physical education and examines the degree to which<br />
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