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Majors and Courses of InstructionHealth and Human Kineticsthe concepts, methods, and ethics of qualitative research in both a theoretical and applied way.Prerequisite: junior or senior status or consent.300.4 Feminist Perspectives in Health, Sport and Physical Education (Knop)The purpose of this course is to critically examine the impact sport as a “male preserve” (Dunning,1985; Theberge, 1985) has had on girls’ and women’s participation in sport, physical education,and physical activity in the past and present. Feminist theories will be applied to sport and physicaleducation. Past and current policies and practices in sport and physical education will be examinedfrom a gendered perspective. As this is a writing course, students will engage in extensive writingopportunities throughout the semester. Also see WGS 300.1. Prerequisite: junior or senior status orconsent.300.7 Advanced Issues in Management of Physical Activity and Sport (Martin)This course introduces the student to issues and concerns specific to physical activity and sport.The course will examine content areas considered by NASPE-NASSM Sport ManagementReview Council to be essential to the professional preparation of sport and physical activitymanagers. These areas include the sociocultural dimensions of sport (race, gender, disability, etc.),management and leadership, ethics, sport marketing, communication and sport governance.Attention will be paid to both national (i.e., NCAA, professional sports, etc.) and international(Fifa, Uefa, Olympics, etc.) sport. Upon completion of the course student will have a fundamentalknowledge of sport and physical activity management at all levels. Prerequisite: PE 200.2 or consentof instructor, and junior or senior status. S.300.8 Health Program Planning (0.5 unit; Fink)(Alternate years. Not offered 2011-2012)Planning of health promotion and education programs occurs at many levels, and is drivenby assessment. Students will be asked to examine the epidemiology of key health issues on alocal, state, regional, national, and global level. Subsequently, students will identify behavioral,environmental, and genetic risk factors for these health issues, as well as the associated predisposing,reinforcing and enabling factors. Discussion of health behavior models and theories will beapproached from both a historical and applied perspective. This information will be synthesized ina culminating project where students will plan a behavioral intervention for an assigned healthissue. Prerequisite: PE 300.8.300.9 Health Instructional Strategies (0.5 unit; Knop)(Alternate years. May be offered 2011-2012)The goal of this course is to support continued growth toward becoming a competent andcommitted health educators capable of planning and delivering quality and meaningful healtheducation for all students in school & community settings. In class students will be guided throughthe process of generating appropriate instructional strategies for K-6, middle school, and highschool and adult learners. Students will use knowledge gained and content created in PE 300.8,Health Programming Planning, as a starting point. Students will then plan appropriate andprogressive units to reach health education goals consistent with the National Health EducationStandards (NHES) for K-adult learners within several content areas. Throughout the course,students will develop, receive feedback, and self-reflect on planning and delivery effectiveness.Prerequisite: PE 114 or consent; junior or senior status. F.220