| OCR Text |
Show A-PLUSI ORIENTATION • FALL 2010 • PAGE 33 Health, recreation classes always popular with students at USU The Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department at USU offers a wide variety of professional and lifetime skills courses leading to several options for students. The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in three majors: Health Education Specialist, Human Movement Science, and Parks and Recreation. HPER also offers a large number of lifetime skill courses in physical education, outdoor adventure and recreation. These classes are open to all majors. For more information, check out our website at http://www.cehs.usu.edu/hper/ or drop by the HPER office to schedule an appointment to talk to an advisor. To schedule an appointment, call 797-1495. Health Education The Health Education Specialist major prepares students for employment in a variety of areas covered by the two options of School Health and Community Health. Both options share a common core of required courses followed by professional competency courses and a variety of electives that lead to expertise in specific areas of interest. The School Health major includes classes in professional development, teaching methods, and content area. It is designed to prepare students for a career in teaching health in the secondary education program. Community Health majors find employment as health education specialists in public health departments, medical care settings, corporate wellness programs, and volunteer agencies. Employment and graduate school placement among HPER graduates is very high and the future of community health education as a career is promising. Human Movement Science The major in Human Movement Science provides three options: Physical Education Teaching, Exercise Science, and Pre-PTiysical Therapy. All three options offer a program of study leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. The Physical Education Teaching emphasis is designed to prepare students for teaching positions in grades K-12. Major requirements include classes in professional development, skill development, teaching/coaching methods, and the selection of a teaching minor. The Exercise Science emphasis is designed to prepare students to pursue a vocation in private fitness, corporate fitness or to pursue the Master of Science degree in Corporate Wellness or other exercise related fields. This is also a popular program for those pursuing a professional career in a medical LDS SERVICES Single and Pregnant? A Call for Help Explore your options. We're here to listen. We're here to help. FREE confidential services • available to all. www.itsaboutlove.org 752-5302 175 W. 1400 N., Suite A, Logan field. The Pre-Physical Therapy emphasis is designed to prepare students to enter a graduate degree program in professional physical therapy. Students in this program must complete an internship in cooperative education as part of the elective requirement. The Exercise Science and Pre-Physical Therapy options require a specified core of classes and a number oi electives. courses by choosing a minor related to their area of emphasis. The core, elective support areas and minor all culminate in a full-time internship field placement experience prior to graduation. Lifetime Skills Lifetime Skill classes are offered to USU students from any major. These classes help in the development and maintenance of fitness, provide new skills and offer advenParks and Recreation ture recreation. These classes not The Parks and Recreation only provide quality instruction Major is an accredited program by but afford an opportunity to meet the National Recreation and Parks other students with similar interests. Association. This major prepares Classes include: softball, basketball, students to become professionals volleyball, soccer, jogging, swimin public, private, commercial, and ming, weight training, body convolunteer parks and recreation setditioning, aerobic dance, dynamic tings. The educational experiences fitness, racquetball, tennis, cycling, are structured so that the emerging golf, badminton, skiing, billiards, fly professional will be a well-rounded fishing, snowshoeing, hiking, campgeneralist, capable of functioning ing, sailing, rock climbing, survival, in a variety of employment settings and recreational dance. Many of the in the Parks and Recreation field. classes are broken down into skill Coursework •j=saa=ss^ levels for ideal learning and includes a core the enjoyment of students. program plus The HPER Department a selection of is popular and unique, and T h e HPER Departcourses from sevprovides an environment eral support areas- ment is popular and for both physical and social -activities, comunique, and provides development. Check your munications, Fall Schedule for all the behavioral, human an environment for courses offered and get development and involved in the excitement both physical and health and safety. that the HPER Department social development" offers! Students supplement their core |
