ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT MANUAL - SUNY Cortland

Notes for all Teacher Candidates:1. Maximum of 15 hours of activity classes may count toward graduation. Exceeding 15 hoursof activity classes will result in more than 128 credit hours for graduation.2. A minimum of 36 hours of PED/EXS prefixes are required for graduation.3. PED 308 Outdoor Education: must be completed before student teaching. Outdoor AdventureEducation Practicum is an experiential based course designed to train future educators towardincorporating methods of outdoor adventure education into the physical educationcurriculum. The course is a two week intensive session which normally occurs in the summerbetween the teacher candidate's junior & senior year. It is conducted approximately 150 milesfrom the main campus at Cortland College's outdoor education facility at Raquette Lake in theheart of the Adirondack Mountains. A fee is charged for instruction and room & board. Anyquestions should be directed toward your advisor or the current Outdoor Education PracticumDirector.4. Successful completion of fingerprinting and background check is required prior to any fieldexperience.Elective Offerings in Physical EducationActivitiesThese courses may be taken to fulfill the one-credit activity elective requirement.PED 137 Skating.5 cr. hr.PED 138 Ice Hockey.5 cr. hr.PED 150 Introduction to Archery.5 cr. hr.PED 152 Introduction to Bowling.5 cr. hr.PED 154 Introduction to Golf.5 cr. hr.PED 232 Scuba Level I1 cr. hr.PED 300 Lifeguard Training1 cr. hr.PED 301 Water Safety Instructors2 cr. hr.PED 332 Scuba Level II1 cr. hr.Coaching ClinicsClinics are designed to prepare teacher candidates to coach specific activities and are offered astheory credit. Before enrolling, teacher candidates should have commensurate knowledge regardingthe sport as determined by the instructor. Coaching clinics are 2 credit theory courses and do notcount as activity credits. Students may take EXS 230: Foundations of Coaching: Principles andTheories to fulfill their coaching course selectiveCourse OfferingsSemester OfferedPED 404 Coaching Clinic: BaseballFallPED 405 Coaching Clinic: BasketballFall and SpringPED 406 Coaching Clinic: Field HockeyFallPED 407 Coaching Clinic: FootballFallPED 409 Coaching Clinic: GymnasticsFall and SpringPED 411 Coaching Clinic: Ice HockeySpringPED 412 Coaching Clinic: LacrosseSpringPED 414 Coaching Clinic: SoccerSpringPED 415 Coaching Clinic: SoftballFallPED 416 Coaching Clinic: SwimmingSpringPED 417 Coaching Clinic: Track & FieldSpringPED 418 Coaching Clinic: VolleyballFall18