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Overview
The mission of the Health and Physical Education Department strives to provide all students with the ability to develop a lifetime of fitness and good health. The department affords all students the opportunity to incorporate knowledge, skills, attitude, self-awareness, and self-determination while enhancing the principles of wellness. The departmental emphasis is on the multidimensional components of the ongoing process to maintain a lifetime of wellness. All programs are open to all divisions of the college. Many concentrations have the opportunity to sit for national exams for certification if students meet the criteria.
Fitness
Minor in Coaching
The Coaching Minor program prepares students to take a leadership role within sports.The courses within the minor are modeled on the National Standards for Coaching.These standards emphasize theory, practice, safety and professionalism. The New Jersey School Independent Athletic Association is now requiring all coaches to take professional coaching courses before the will be allowed to coach in New Jersey.
Requirements
- PE 201 Professional First Aid/CPR/AED
- PE 301 Exercise Physiology & Kinesiology
- PE 210 Components of Coaching
- PE 250 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
- PE 207 Strength Training & Conditioning
- PE 395 Selected Activities
Sports Specialties
- Students choose two specialties:
- Team Sports
- Individual Sports
- Lifetime Sports
- Water Sports
- PE 400: Internship in Coaching
Minor in Dance
The Dance Minor offers students an opportunity to learn or build on previous experiences within the genres of Modern, Jazz and Ballet as the fundamentals of the discipline. Further options exist for students to elect courses which will satisfy the New Jersey Department of Education requirement for Dance Teacher K-6 certification eligibility.
Requirements
- PE 215 Fundamentals of Dance
- PE 225 Modern Dance I
- PE 220 Jazz Dance I
- PE 240 Ballet I
- PE 305 Choreography and Improvisation
- PE 230 Dance Appreciation
Electives in Dance Minor
Choose one:
- PE 227 Modern Dance II
- PE 222 Jazz Dance II
- PE 243 Ballet II
- PE 280 Theories of Dance Education K-6
Students who choose to elect PE 310 and have an education major and have completed student teaching may apply to the New Jersey Department of Education for certification in Dance Education K-6.
Minor in Personal Fitness Training
The Personal Fitness Minor offers students the opportunity to pursue the National Certification in Strength and Conditioning after completion of the minor.Other certificates may also be available from other organizations upon completion of the minor and passing of national certification examinations.The Personal Fitness minor is also a certificate program offered in the Graduate Foods and Nutrition Department which provides stimulating exchanges and challenges for all participants.
Requirements
- PE 201 Professional First Aid/CPR/AED
- FN 510 Exercise Physiology & Kinesiology
- FN 515 Professional Fitness and Training Assessment
- PE 207 Strength Training & Conditioning
- FN 505 Introduction to the Fitness Industry
Related Requirement for Personal Fitness Training Minor:
- BIO 117 Human Physiology
* FN courses are offered in conjunction with the Graduate Nutrition Certificate Program.
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