PETE 507 "Teaching Games for Understanding" Approach (2:2:0)
This course is designed to acquaint physical education professionals with a practical knowledge of the "Games for Understanding" model of teaching. Learning experiences will include exploring the positive implications for using this concept of teaching.

MSES 509 Meeting Children's Needs Through Movement Activities (3:2:2)
This course is an opportunity for elementary classroom teachers, physical educators, occupational, recreational, physical and play therapist, school counselors, parents and others who work with children to gather new ideas and activities to use in meeting children's social, emotional, cognitive, as well as physical needs. Emphasis will be placed on activities that can be done within the classroom or other limited space as well as those which can be done in the gymnasium or on the playground or field. These activities are inclusive of all participants. Prerequisites: MSES 241, 341

PETE 510 Curriculum Development in Physical Education (3:3:0)
This course will emphasize the role of physical education in the context of school programs. Students will analyze concepts underlying theories of curriculum construction and understand frameworks to develop collaborative and interdisciplinary activities for K-12 students. Portfolio assessment, performance assessment and standardized tests will be discussed. National Standards and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Standards will be presented and infused into constructs to be included in school programs.

PETE 511 Movement Education: Elementary School Physical Education (3:3:0)
This course is a study of issues and concepts in movement education in contemporary perspective. Proposed theoretical structures of movement education are treated with reference to emerging views of purpose and projected development within the United States.

PETE 512 Constructing Sequential Learning to Implement a Conceptual Approach to the Teaching of Physical Education (2:2:0)
This course will develop the skills of pre-service teachers and enhance the ability of physical educators to provide sequential learning plans to implement a conceptual approach to the teaching of physical education. Students will demonstrate their creations. In seminar fashion students will discuss, evaluate, and adjust created plans. This course will simulate the work of professionals as they design sequential learning experiences (K-12).

PETE 513 Evaluation in Movement Studies and Exercise Science (3:3:0)
This course will include basic statistical techniques for analyzing and interpreting cognitive, psychomotor and affective variables in movement studies and exercise science. Use of these evaluative tools will be applied to the field of human movement.

PETE 514 Assessment and Documentation of Student Achievement (3:3:0)
This course is intended for teachers who wish to enhance their knowledge and ability related to educational measurement and evaluation. The selected learning experiences will demonstrate the role evaluation plays in the instructional process. Assessment and documentation effectiveness depend largely on the teacher's ability to construct and select tests and other evaluation instruments that provide valid measures of intended learning. Discussion and decision making related to test selection and construction will enhance teacher's knowledge and ability.

PETE 517 Analysis of Teaching Behavior in Physical Education (3:3:0)
This course focuses on the study of teaching behavior during the teaching-learning transaction. It includes the theory, application, analysis, and evaluation of behavioral concepts and their implications for teaching. Class discussion will focus on learning theories, motivational theories, the spectrum of teaching styles, structure of subject matter, personality, idiosyncratic behavior, gesture behavior, and discipline.

PETE 520 Seminar: Physical Education Literature (3:3:0)
Selected articles from the literature in physical education and related fields are critically reviewed. The student will study how to write an article and submit it for publication. Professional areas considered are: adapted, administration, athletics, culture, facilities, philosophy, psychology, sport skills, and sociology.

PETE 521 Professional Perspectives for Physical Education (3:3:0)
The course is a study of issues, trends, and persons in the profession of physical education in historical and contemporary perspective; the structure of the profession and its related fields are treated with reference to emerging views of purpose, responsibility, and projected development in the United States.

PETE 522 Advanced Theory and Techniques of Physical Education (3:3:0)
This course provides the practicing teacher-coach an opportunity to study advanced theories and techniques relative to the activities commonly included in the public school physical education program.

PETE 523 Administration: Physical Education and Sport Programs (3:3:0) This course employs a theoretical approach to the development of administrative thought as it relates to physical education and sport programs; emphasis is on the understanding of concepts and models from the social sciences, and their implications for leadership in the educational setting.

PETE 529 Motor Learning (3:3:0) Learning and motor performance are studied with emphasis on the development of motor skill and related theories of learning and behavior. It includes analysis of the learning process in relation to motor development and the role of the teacher.

PETE 561 Seminar: Adapted Physical Education (3:3:0)
The anatomic and physiologic bases for identifying and programming the handicapped child are studied. Both modified and remedial procedures are considered. Selected handicapped individuals serve as subjects for the practical aspects of the course.

PETE 565 Supervision in Health and Physical Education (3:3:0)
History, philosophy, and general principles are considered as basic to the development of different patterns or organizations for effective supervision. The course includes a survey of the problems confronted in supervision, and a critical analysis of the full scope of methods available for solving such problems. Emphasis is placed upon the various aspects of human relations in supervisory function. Evaluation techniques, characteristics, and areas are reviewed and analyzed.

PETE 570 Introduction to Research (3:3:0)
This course provides an orientation to graduate study and research in health education and movement studies and exercise science. This seminar is designed to acquaint the graduate student with the methods and materials of graduate study and scientific inquiry. It is required of all students in the degree program.

PETE 571 Independent Research Problem (Semester hours arranged)
This course utilizes selected research techniques to attack a specific professional or academic problem. It includes preparation and presentation of a formal report. Students must consult their adviser prior to registration. This course is required for all students in the research or project program, and it may be repeated with permission. Prerequisites: PETE 570, 574.

PETE 572 Thesis Seminar (1-3 Semester hours arranged)
This course utilizes selected research techniques to address a specific professional or academic problem. It includes preparation and presentation of a formal report. Students must consult their adviser prior to registration. This course is required for all students in the research or project program, and it may be repeated with permission. Prerequisites: MSES 570, 574.

PETE 574 Research Laboratory (1:0:3) The preparation of the research proposal including the development of the purpose and design of the proposed research problem or thesis is the focus. This course must be repeated until "satisfactory" grade is earned. Prerequisite: Completion of MSES 570 or current enrollment.

PETE 577 Independent Study in Health or Physical Education (Semester hours arranged)
Under the auspices of a qualified member of the faculty, the student pursues a pattern of readings, study, and research related to professional knowledge and understanding in health or physical education. Topics should be established prior to enrollment. Prerequisite: Permission of the faculty member and the department.

MSES 581 Analysis of Gymnastics I Workshop (3:3:0)
A critical analysis of biomechanical principles as they apply to both gross and fine gymnastic movement patterns. Additional emphasis will center about a presentation of analytic techniques specific to maximum realization of motor performance. Further research will be directed toward practical application of all research relevant to the gymnastic discipline. Both lecture-demonstration and seminar methods of instruction will be employed. (Not regularly offered)

MSES 582 Analysis of Gymnastics IIWorkshop (3:3:0)
A quantitative analysis of biomechanical principles as applied to both gross and fine gymnastic movement patterns. Additional emphasis centers about a critical review of the research relevant to the gymnastic discipline. Lecture-demonstration and similar methods of instruction are employed. (Not regularly offered)

PETE 586 Field Experience and Internship (Semester hours arranged)
This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience with a federal, state, or private organization in some related aspect of physical education and/or sports medicine. Students will coordinate their course work acquired at East Stroudsburg University with specific field experience. This program will be supervised by a member of the PETE Department. Prerequisite: Permission of the department.

Safety Course Descriptions
SFTY 505 Principles of Safety (3:3:0)
An overview of the safety field - its philosophy, disciplines, and research; an examination of the causes and extent of accidents and the principles and methods of prevention. This course will not be accepted for general education credit.

SFTY 511 Safety in Sports (3:3:0)
The philosophy of and research in sports safety are studied. Human and environmental factors and their interrelationships in sports injury and its control; risk-taking and decision-solution strategies; application of accident prevention and injury control to selected sports; and contributions of sports medicine to safety.

SFTY 515 Human Factors and accident Prevention (3:3:0)
This course is a study of personal factors related to safe and unsafe living and driving; the effect of attitudes, emotions, motivations, and adjustments on behavior; research on accident causation; investigation of principles and methods employed in identifying, understanding, and modifying unsatisfactory attitudes and behavior; accident preventions.

SFTY 521 Methods and Materials in Traffic Safety (3:3:0)
This is a course in the survey of and research in the accepted methods of instruction, including lab work in simulation, range, and multimedia teaching, as well as an examination of various literature dealing with safety.

SFTY 531 Traffic Safety (3:2:3)
This course focuses on basic teacher preparation coverage of the standard thirty and six high school courses; it includes all facets of classroom instruction and research, as well as behind-the-wheel-teaching progression and techniques.