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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 Courses numbered from 101–299 are lower-division courses, primarily for freshmen and sophomores; those numbered from 300–499 are upper-division courses, primarily for juniors and seniors. The numbers 296, 396, 496, and 596 designate individual study courses and are available for registration by prior arrangement with the course instructor and approval of the department chair.

The number in parentheses following the course title indicates the amount of credit each course carries. Variable credit courses include the minimum and maximum number of the credits within parentheses.

Not all of the courses are offered every quarter. Final confirmation of courses to be offered, information on new courses and programs, as well as a list of hours, instructor, titles of courses and places of class meetings, is available online in My CWU which can be accessed through the the CWU home page, and go to www.cwu.edu/registrar/course-information

 

Physical Education (PE)

  
  • PE 118 - Climbing Wall to Rock


    Description:
    Introduction to outdoor rock climbing by ensuring proficiency in an indoor setting over 5 weeks and to be concluded with an outdoor climbing trip to utilize skills learned. Course focuses on anchor systems, rappelling, lead climbing and belaying, and trip planning. Climbing experience and a top rope belay certification required.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PE 115 or PE 116 or by permission of instructor.

    Credits: (1)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate correct lead belay and lead climbing technique
    • Identify types of equipment needed for outdoor rock climbing and the uses of each.
    • Demonstrate proficiency in belaying and climbing movement.
    • Identify the differences associated with indoor climbing and outdoor climbing.
    • Demonstrate ability to properly clean climbing gear from fixed anchors.
    • Demonstrate correct rappelling technique.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/5/2015
  
  • PE 220 - Climbing Wall Instructor


    Description:
    This course will prepare students to instruct climbing in an indoor setting. Students will learn to instruct both technical and movement climbing skills. This course will prepare students to receive a climbing wall instructor certification through the professional climbing instructors association. May be repeated up to 6 credits. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate proficiency in belaying and climbing movement.
    • Demonstrate knowledge of teaching climbing skills.
    • Demonstrate ability to perform rescue skills, including belay take-over, counter ascend, and pick-off.
    • Demonstrate ability to instruct a technical climbing lesson.
    • Demonstrate ability to instruct a movement-based climbing lesson.
  
  • PE 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 299 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PE 321 - Football Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 323 - Basketball Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 325 - Baseball Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 326 - Theory of Coaching Soccer


    Description:
    This course provides an in-depth examination of the coaching of soccer at all school age levels. May be repeated up to 6 credits.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify different systems of play.
    • Identify the difference between defensive philosophies.
    • Collect a variety of statistics during a soccer game.
    • Create practice plans.
    • Coaching and organization issues in youth soccer.
    • Describe the player positions used at various levels of play.
    • Identify specific concepts based on developmental age of players.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/21/2010
  
  • PE 330 - Volleyball Coach


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 334 - Physical Education Activities for the Elementary School


    Description:
    Selection, organization, and presentation of physical education activities in the elementary school.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and conditional or full admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 346 - Administration of Athletes


    Description:
    The course will provide the student with an overview of the role of the athletic director as the leader, manager, organizer, and director of the interscholastic and intercollegiate programs in public and private schools.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PE 365.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Express and maintain an individual philosophy of sport.
    • Identify and know leadership skills.
    • Recognize essentials and nuances of scheduling events, transportation, and meetings.
    • Recognize essentials and nuances of planning for and managing events.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PE 365 - Foundations of Coaching


    Description:
    Introduction to principles and methods of coaching sports with children and youth.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate and understanding the purpose and value of sport experiences for children and youth.
    • Recognize differences in coaching objectives and coaching styles.
    • Recognize differences in communication skills and their impact in athletic coaching environments.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of principles of motivation.
    • Demonstrate the ability to design a conditioning program for a selected sport.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of team management and risk management.
    • Qualify for certification from the American Sport Education Program (ASEP).
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    2/2/2006
  
  • PE 396 - Individual Study


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 397 - Honors


    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.

    Credits: (1-12)

  
  • PE 398 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 399 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PE 442 - Field Work in Physical Education


    Description:
    Class to be arranged by college supervisor. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 448 - Coaching and Competitive Ethics


    Description:
    This course is to enable the student to understand and apply ethical values as a practitioner (coach) in the realm of competitive sport. Course will be offered every year (Spring).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PE 365 OR declared sport management major.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Be able to identify and outline critical and ethical values that exist in coaching.
    • Be able to apply ethical decision-making in coaching situations, and justify those decisions.
    • Be able to articulate the purposes and functions of a “code of ethics,” and construct a code of ethics for an athletic team.
    • Be able to evaluate the relationship between ethics and competition.
  
  • PE 453 - Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Coaching


    Description:
    Investigation of factors affecting individual and group behavior in the coaching of interscholastic sports. Course will be offered every year (Spring).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PE 365 OR declared sport management major.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Articulate factors affecting individual and group behavior in the coaching of interscholastic sport, and devise strategies for addressing those behaviors.
    • Identify basic ideas and beliefs that constitute dominant ideologies related to sports in American society (gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity/skin color, social class, etc.), and explain their influence on interscholastic sport.
    • Articulate the different psycho-social issues involving interscholastic sport athletes, and devise strategies for addressing those issues.
    • Demonstrate the ability diagnose, and propose solutions to, the issues pertaining to recruiting and retaining student participation in sport.
  
  • PE 484 - Legal Liability and Risk Management (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)


    Description:
    Aspects of personal law, premises liability, and risk management affecting policy, and behavior within the physical education and coaching profession. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2012. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Discuss the legal foundations and responsibilities of physical education and coaching
    • Analyze legal concepts including negligence, classification of users, contracts, human rights, labor law, ADA, property and torts as applied to the physical education and coaching field
    • Create an effective risk management plan
    • Generate a risk assessment and risk management plan for a special event
    • Apply risk reduction principles for physical education and coaching
    • Demonstrate the use of the law to reduce risk in the management of physical education and coaching assignments
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PE 491 - Workshop Clinic


    Description:
    Letter grades or S or U grades may be given at the option of the Department of Physical Education. May be repeated for credit.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 492 - Practicum


    Description:
    Practical experience working with children in physical education activities. May be repeated for credit. Four credits required in major.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: four credits in physical education major.

    Credits: (1-4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Successfully complete 30 hours working in a supervised practicum placement.
    • Demonstrate effective use of managerial and instructional routines to foster active, positive, and equitable learning experiences in the practicum.
    • Plan instructional objectives and goals that are aligned to State Essential Academic Learning Requirements and NASPE National Standards in a lesson plan.
    • Reflect about their teaching and observations in the authentic setting by writing in their daily journal and overall teaching paper.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/3/2013
  
  • PE 495 - Field Work in Sport Coaching


    Description:
    This course will provide the student with the opportunity to gain practical experience with current professionals in the field of sport coaching. By permission of instructor. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, and Spring).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PE 365 and PE 448; students must also complete CPR certification and a background check prior to registering for PE 495.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate and understand the rules associated with a specific sport.
    • Demonstrate the ability to construct and implement quality sport specific practice plans.
    • Demonstrate positive communication skills and techniques towards successfully motivating and coaching athletes.
    • Demonstrate the ability to effectively teach sport specific skills and techniques.
    • Demonstrate skills related to team operational management, risk management, and time management responsibilities.
    • Create a network with professionals in the sport coaching field, thereby increasing job prospects and career advancement possibilities.
  
  
  • PE 497 - Honors


    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.

    Credits: (1-12)

  
  • PE 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)


Physical Education and School Health (PESH)

  
  • PESH 280 - Foundations of Physical Education and School Health


    Description:
    Fundamental issues, theories, paradigms, constructs, history, and experiences necessary for an understanding of teaching Health and Physical Education as a profession and lifestyle.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify historical and contemporary influences on public school physical education and list five major historical events that have shaped health education as a profession.
    • Critique, edit, and rewrite work samples to improve the quality of content and structure.
    • Demonstrate an effectiveness in critical reflection about current issues in physical education.
    • Define key terms and concepts related to infectious and noninfectious diseases such as risk factors, common signs and symptoms, general treatment options and prevention and screening approaches.
    • Demonstrate effective presentation skills by presenting their own philosophy of health and a philosophy of teaching physical education.
    • Apply ethical principles to the practice of health education and physical education along with the principles of volunteerism.
    • Describe and discuss the determinants of health and health behavior.
    • Describe and apply the following models used in Health Education: Health Belief Model, PRECEDE/PROCEED Model, Transtheoretical Model, Theory of Reasoned Action, Adoption Diffusion Model, and others.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/28/2009
  
  • PESH 298 - Special Topics


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PESH 299 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PESH 300 - Comprehensive School Health Education


    Description:
    This course is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to teach comprehensive school health education with a major emphasis on consumer/community health, environmental health, and personal health/safety.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate mastery of the role and function of each of the eight components of the coordinated school health program.
    • Locate a variety of health curriculum resources to help teach comprehensive health education.
    • Explain the importance role modeling characteristics expected of a K-12 health/physical education teacher.
    • Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the three of the ten comprehensive school health education content areas (consumer/community, personal health/safety, and environmental).
    • Appreciate the benefits of engaging in service learning through a six-hour community volunteerism experience.
    • Deliver effective lessons and curriculum materials utilizing active learning teaching strategies related to the topics of community, consumer, environmental, and personal health & safety.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/20/2014
  
  • PESH 326 - Human Diseases


    Description:
    Introduces students to fundamental principles relating to identification, prevention, and control of non-infectious and infectious diseases in contemporary society; emphasis on physical, social, psychological, and environmental issues surrounding these diseases.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify and evaluate valid sources of information about health and physical education.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of disease prevention.
    • Foster relationships with colleagues, parents/ guardians, and community agencies to support educational growth and well- being.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of advocacy skills to promote health and fitness.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/1/2014
  
  • PESH 330 - Positive Youth Development in Physical Activity


    Description:
    Provides philosophical and practical base for working in youth development programs. Focus on programs that serve youth through physical activity with special emphasis on goals of personal and social responsibility.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Analyze various rationales and assumptions underlying youth development and positive youth development in the physical activity setting
    • Identify various models and programs in youth development
    • Incorporate and apply principles of positive youth development
    • Address the needs of youth through physical activity
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/16/2013
  
  • PESH 336 - Practicum 1


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate a knowledge of and ability to utilize the characteristics of effective teaching specific to all learners.
    • Demonstrate recognition of appropriate and inappropriate responses while teaching abroad spectrum of elementary students.
    • Demonstrate pedagogical skills and knowledge that is necessary to develop the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains of small groups of elementary students and effectively enhance their ability to be successful lifelong activity participants.
    • Demonstrate the use of formal and informal assessment techniques to assess learner performance, provide feedback, and communicate learner progress.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PESH 341 - Characteristics of Effective Physical Education Teaching


    Description:
    Examination of selected pedagogical principles and their impact on the teaching of human movement.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify and incorporate research based “best practice” pedagogical skills that are thought to comprise effective physical education teaching and the context in which these skills are learned into their lesson planning.
    • Create and implement appropriate learning/practice opportunities based on expected progressions and related to ranges of individual variations and levels of readiness.
    • Analyze and incorporate individual differences in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate physical education lessons.
    • Reflect realistically and accurately on the learning of their students and its relation to the teaching process and their role as teacher.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/16/2013
  
  • PESH 342 - Developmental Movement


    Description:
    Instruction in the analysis and teaching of movement concepts, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Organize developmentally appropriate progression for each of the skill themes and movement concepts.
    • Identify and provide appropriate movement tasks and instructional cues based on the observed skill level of children.
    • Accurately describe and demonstrate an appropriate progression of cues (critical elements) based on generic levels of skill proficiency.
    • Demonstrate the knowledge to create interesting challenges that motivate children to continue to practice tasks.
    • Identify critical elements for basic locomotor and stability skills and develop appropriate sequences.
    • Define and provide practical examples of skill themes, movement, and how they are taught effectively.
    • Explain the need for generic levels of skill proficiency and how they are used in conjunction with skill themes to build a developmentally appropriate physical education curriculum for children.
    • Demonstrate with competence basic locomotor and stability skills including rhythms and physical activities (sports, games, lifelong leisure activities).
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/28/2009
  
  • PESH 343 - Pedagogical Application of Teaching Styles and Systematic Reflection


    Description:
    The purpose of this course is to expand your already-developed effective teaching skills and knowledge to include styles of teaching and systematic analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and PESH 341 and PESH 342 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 344 - Applications of Technology in Teaching Fitness and Physical Activity


    Description:
    Introduces students to the plethora of technological advances being used to teach children about their health.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance. Corequisite: PESH 341.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate knowledge of the skills necessary to perform skill analysis through a technology medium.
    • Create a fitness plan within software specific tools.
    • Utilize technology to enhance student motivation and knowledge related to fitness and health in general.
    • Apply knowledge of pedometers and heart rate monitors in a physical activity setting.
    • Use technology to accommodate for individual differences in learning and fitness levels.
    • Create grades for students using a variety of Physical Education specific grading programs.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/18/2008
  
  • PESH 345 - School Health Curriculum


    Description:
    This course is designed to expose learners to current school based health education curricula, materials, and strategies necessary to effectively teach comprehensive school health education in the K-12 setting.  Formerly HED 345, students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: HED 210.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Integrate national and state health education standards into health lesson & unit plans.
    • Locate a variety of health curriculum resources necessary teach comprehensive school health education.
    • Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the seven of the ten comprehensive school health education content areas.
    • Articulate their philosophical views on the current and future trends of comprehensive school health education.
    • Deliver effective lessons and curriculum materials utilizing active learning teaching strategies related to various topics found in the scope and sequence of comprehensive school health education.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/1/2014
  
  • PESH 348 - Tactics and Skills of Striking and Net/Wall Games


    Description:
    This course will cover the content of tactics and striking skills in a variety of net/wall games (e.g. badminton, handball, pickleball, tennis, volleyball).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate proficient game performance skills in striking skills and net/wall games.
    • Identify research proven practices based on age and developmentally appropriate progressions.
    • Identify critical elements for basic manipulative striking skills and develop appropriate sequences to help students achieve proficiency.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of rules and procedures of games by applying them during game play and within more abstract settings.
    • Create and design a group sport education model portfolio in one sport.
    • Provide a clear comparison of one of the striking sport skills prior to learning to play the sport and your skills after playing the sport.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/1/2014
  
  • PESH 350 - Utilizing Tactics and Skills for Invasion Games


    Description:
    This course will cover the content of invasion games and sports (e.g., basketball, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, hockey).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate with competence basic motor skills, rhythms, physical activities, and fitness (Movement concepts, locomotor skills, non­locomotor skills, manipulative skills, specialized motor skills, game skills, and sports skills).
    • Identify research proven practices based on age and developmentally appropriate progressions in physical education.
    • Identify and evaluate valid sources of information about health and physical education.
    • Demonstrate proficient game performance skills in various invasion tactic games.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of rules and procedures of games by applying them during game play and within more abstract settings.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/1/2014
  
  • PESH 356 - Teaching Lifelong Physical Activity Pursuits


    Description:
    Introduces students to methodology related to teaching nontraditional activities in traditional and nontraditional settings.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 341, PESH 342, PESH 343 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Create a video representation and qualitative analysis on one skill activity (one week and one strong skill).
    • Write 10 developmentally appropriate lesson plans for a particular grade level.
    • Find an article that relates to the benefits of physical activity or how the activity is being used in the schools.
    • Write an abstract on the article.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/16/2013
  
  • PESH 358 - Applications of Resistance, Core, and Cardiovascular Training


    Description:
    Students will develop, using sound research practice, skills to deliver group exercise training programs to classes at the secondary level. Emphasis is placed on resistance, core, and cardiovascular physical activities.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify the components of skill related fitness and training principles and be able to link fitness knowledge content with practical application through participation in physical activity.
    • Demonstrate exercise progressions and multiple muscle group modifications.
    • Develop a combination of dynamic warm-up exercises specific to the intended workout.
    • Prepare locomotive skills or non- locomotive skills or strength training movement patterns and deliver to a group of exercise participants (class).
    • Effectively cue movement patterns pertaining to form, alignment, muscle groups, and actions.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/20/2014
  
  • PESH 396 - Individual Study


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PESH 397 - Honors


    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.

    Credits: (1-12)

  
  • PESH 398 - Special Topics


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PESH 399 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PESH 401 - International Service Learning: Civic Engagement and Youth Development


    Description:
    Provides philosophical and practical civic engagement opportunities at the international level through service-learning. Create and facilitate learning experiences with underserved youth in diverse settings. Permission by instructor. May be repeated up to 8 credits. Course will be offered every year (Summer).

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Analyze underlying youth development through service learning
    • Identify specific needs of international groups and integrate this knowledge into their service learning experiences
    • Demonstrate clear communication skills and techniques facilitating their learning experience for their youth populations.
    • Incorporate and apply principles of positive youth development through  service learning
    • Synthesize the aspects of their service learning experience
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    11/16/17
  
  • PESH 410 - Health and Physical Education for Elementary Classroom Teachers


    Description:
    This course provides integration of strategies and activities for incorporating physical education and health into the elementary school setting. Concepts and skills will be introduced for promoting a safe and healthy lifestyle. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer).

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Examine and analyze stages of motor development in children moving.
    • Demonstrate and apply instructional cues, prompts, physical activities and feedback to facilitate the development of basic motor skills, rhythms, and fitness within the elementary classroom.
    • Identify and explain proper risk strategies, safety precautions, supervision, and legal issues relevant to children involved in different settings (i.e., recess, physical activity breaks, gymnasium, playground, field).
    • Identify and explain state and health department safety procedures and creates a classroom environment plan which enhances the physical and emotional health of children in the elementary classroom.
    • Demonstrate basic awareness of sensory needs, appropriate integration, and modifications as needed in basic motor skills and physical fitness.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of cultural competence in a comprehensive health education program.
    • Demonstrate a basic understanding of the Washington Health and Physical Education state learning standards.
    • Demonstrate general knowledge of the prevention and management of common illnesses, diseases, and personal safety.
    • Demonstrate ability to access resources for adapting curriculum to individual student needs in health and physical education.
  
  • PESH 431 - Principles of Sexual Health Education


    Description:
    Principles and content for sex education in school and community settings. Formerly HED 431, students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: by permission.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe the roles of familial and societal factors on human sexuality and reproduction.
    • Identify and discuss the importance of medically accurate, fact-based sexuality education.
    • Identify the importance of human sexuality within the broader context of health.
    • Identify and discuss HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
    • Describe the anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems.
    • Demonstrate best practices for teaching exemplary sexual health education.
    • Integrate the national sexuality education standards into health lesson & unit plans.
    • Employ a 3-lesson, pre-prepared sexuality health education curricula to K-12 students.
  
  • PESH 437 - Practicum 2


    Description:
    Physical Education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 336, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Create and administer their own rules, protocols, and positive learning environments.
    • Create lesson plans and block plans and link them together to provide units of instruction of at least four weeks.
    • Teach and manage larger groups of children in an actual physical education setting.
    • Communicate and interact with other teachers, supervisors, and administration staff in a positive respectful manner throughout the program.
    • Write a final teaching reflection paper based on their teaching experiences throughout the quarter.
    • Keep a reflective journal of their teaching and learning experience throughout the quarter.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PESH 438 - Practicum 3


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 336, and PESH 437.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify, develop, and implement instructional goals.
    • Select and implement instructional strategies based on developmental levels and different learning styles.
    • Apply the disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge you have learned in the physical education major to develop and implement safe learning environments and experiences.
    • Select and implement teaching resources and curriculum materials based on their comprehensiveness, accuracy, usefulness, and safety.
    • Develop short and long-term plans that are linked to learner needs and performance, instructional and program goals, and adapt them to ensure learner progress, motivation, and safety.
    • Reflect upon and revise practice based observation of learners, self-assessment, and problem-solving strategies.
    • Demonstrate the use of formal and informal assessment techniques to assess learner performance, provide feedback, and communicate learner progress.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PESH 439 - Practicum 4


    Description:
    This course is designed to provide physical education and school health majors the knowledge and skill needed to create and teach dynamic, school health education lessons and unit plans within the K-12 setting.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (1)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Integrate national and state health education standards into health lesson & unit plans.
    • Create & deliver effective health unit plans utilizing active learning teaching strategies related to various topics found in the scope and sequence of comprehensive school health education.
    • Reflect upon and revise practice based upon observation of learners, self-assessment, and problem solving strategies.
    • Implement and utilize research-based teaching models into lesson and unit plans.
    • Demonstrate the ability to create and implement visual aids and technology- related tools into school-based health education unit plans
    • Implement values assessment strategies into lesson and unit plans.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/20/2014
  
  • PESH 444 - Professionalism in the Schools


    Description:
    This course provides an opportunity for the learner to assess and to fine-tune student teaching and job readiness as excellent educators. To be taken one or two quarters before student teaching.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: this class requires admission to either the physical education or school health education major.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Produce a professional resume and letter of application that has excellent design and content.
    • Demonstrate excellent job interview skills.
    • Demonstrate job search knowledge and skills.
    • Demonstrate job readiness and student teaching readiness.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/15/2011
  
  • PESH 445 - Curriculum Development and Assessment in Physical Education


    Description:
    Examination of specific pedagogical principles and their impact on the teaching of human movement.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 341, PESH 342, and PESH 343.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Create interdisciplinary learning experiences that allow learners to integrate knowledge and skills from multiple subject areas.
    • Employ concepts, assumptions, and debates central to the process of inquiry in the study of physical activity.
    • Assess individual and group performance in order to design safe instruction that meets learner development al needs in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains.
    • Describe and implement strategies for building a community of learners as it relates to the overall health of k-12 students and their schools.
    • Use a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques to assess learner performance, provide feedback, and communicate learner progress.
    • Use and interpret performance data to inform instructional decisions.
    • Select and use developmentally appropriate assessment strategies and instruments congruent with physical activity learning goals.
    • Use strategies to help learners become self- motivated in their learning.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/28/2009
  
  • PESH 447 - Inclusive Strategies and Activities for Diverse Learners


    Description:
    This course will provide inclusive strategies and activities for diverse learners in physical education and school health.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate how to use developmentally appropriate adaptations and modifications that will enable success of learners with disabilities, impairments, and disorders (i.e., physical, intellectual, emotional/behavior, health-related disorders, social interaction disorders) for an inclusive physical education class.
    • Identify and describe federal and state legislation and current issues pertaining to children with disabilities and specifically to their participation in physical education, physical activity/fitness, and sport.
    • Identify and describe the planning process for creating and implementing an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for a child with a disability who is included in regular physical education.
    • Demonstrate how to make appropriate instructional accommodations for children who have a difficult time understanding directions, strategies, and rules of various sports, games, and physical activities.
    • Identify and analyze various assessment procedures and standardized assessments that can facilitate the inclusion of students with disabilities into regular physical education.
    • Demonstrate the understanding of age and developmentally appropriate practices and identify strategies that will help diverse learners become self- motivated in their participation in physical education, physical activity/fitness, and sport.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/20/2014
  
  • PESH 456 - Facilitating and Leading Adventure Activities in the Schools


    Description:
    Identify critical components of selected outdoor pursuits and circus arts activities.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 341, PESH 342, PESH 343, PESH 350, and PESH 356 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Create an instructional digital resource using the Dartfish software.
    • Perform a routine of circus arts on video.
    • Collect a log documenting every practice time relating to the performance components of the skills and/or activities.
    • Keep a journal with reflection on each of the activities taught in class. Students will be encouraged to include photographs in the journal.
    • Create a community resource notebook to use as a teaching guide.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    5/16/2013
  
  • PESH 458 - Diagnosis and Analysis of Human Movement


    Description:
    Designed to teach the student applied principles of human movement diagnosis including basic motor control, motor learning sport movements, and applied biomechanical principles.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify the qualities inherent in the interdisciplinary nature of qualitative movement diagnosis (QMD)
    • Differentiate the 6 differing models of QMD
    • Identify the differing roles of the senses and perception in QMD
    • Analyze and proscribe intervention strategies to improve performance based on current biomechanical theory and practice, motor learning research and trends
    • Identify and apply the techniques of a qualitative movement diagnosis to self and peer movements based on current biomechanical and motor learning research
    • Observe movement patterns of self (video) and peers (live) during an execution of a sport skill. Apply the concepts of systematic biomechanical observational strategies
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    3/20/2014
  
  • PESH 496 - Individual Study


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PESH 497 - Honors


    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.

    Credits: (1-12)

  
  • PESH 498 - Special Topics


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PESH 499 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)


Physics (PHYS)

  
  • PHYS 101 - Introductory Astronomy I


    Description:
    An inquiry-based introduction to celestial motions, celestial objects, observational astronomy and the physics associated with each. Emphasis on stars and planets. NS-Patterns and Connections Natural World (L). Course will be offered every year (Fall).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: eligible to enroll in MATH 101. Student must have received at least a 500 on the SAT, or a 19 on the ACT or a score of 50-Pre-Algebra or 26-Algebra or 31-College Algebra or 31-Trigonometry on the Compass test or completed MATH 100B or a higher level math class.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Use a star chart, planisphere, computer program, or app to predict motions and positions of celestial objects.
    • Describe how we know certain characteristics (e.g., distances, compositions) of celestial objects.
    • Describe and explain, using words and pictures, fundamental celestial motions and phenomena.
    • Apply important astronomical relationships to solve for or infer an unknown quantity.
    • Compare and contrast the formation and evolution of important celestial objects such as stars and planets.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    10/19/2017
  
  • PHYS 102 - Introduction to Astronomy


    Description:
    An introduction to the physics of the bodies in our solar system with an emphasis on planets and the Sun. This course will include an emphasis how we observe the planets and Sun, current and past planetary missions, and the comparative evolution of bodies in our solar system. NS-Patterns and Connections Natural World (L).

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe the history of the solar system; the most important features of the surface, atmospheres, and orbits of the bodies in the solar system; and the physical processes that determine them.
    • Describe the history of planetary missions in our solar system.
    • Explain why Mars, Venus, and Earth have evolved into very different planetary bodies, including how this relates to global change.
    • Learn to interpret simple planetary data (such as spectral data) to determine the properties of a planetary body.
    • Learn about the scientific process.
    • Calculate basic astronomical quantities like the flux of light at the top of an atmosphere or the force of gravity on the surface of a planet.
    • Describe the motion of the Earth in the solar system including the cause of seasons.
    • Estimate the properties of a given planet with a given mass and composition around a given star.
    • How to read, evaluate, and prepare presentations on current planetary science topics.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    4/2/2015
  
  • PHYS 103 - Physics of Musical Sound


    Description:
    Basic principles of acoustics applied to the production of sound by musical instruments and the human voice. Related topics include musical scales, human hearing, sound synthesis, and recording technology. Class format emphasizes active learning. NS-Applications Natural Science  (L) (W). Course will be offered every year (Winter).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: eligible to enroll in MATH 101.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Analyze and compare sounds using waveforms, spectrums, and spectrograms.
    • Describe and explain the structure of musical scales and the perception of harmony in terms of mathematical relationships
    • Collaboratively apply acoustics concepts and quantitative reasoning towards the design of a musical instrument or a scientific investigation.
    • Describe and explain how musical instruments produce their characteristic sounds in terms of basic physical mechanisms
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/7/17
  
  • PHYS 106 - Physics Inquiry


    Description:
    An introduction to fundamental physics topics highlighting applications to the world around us. There will be an emphasis on learning by inquiry and on designing and critiquing solutions to real world issues. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter). NS-Fund Disc Phys and Biological Sciences (L).

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe and explain fundamental physics concepts in areas such as motion, forces, electricity, sound, and light.
    • Rigorously describe and analyze fundamental physics processes in areas such as motion, forces, electricity, sound, and light.
    • Use scientific investigative techniques such as generating and testing hypotheses to answer questions about relevant physics concepts.
    • Employ a quantitative and qualitative problem solving approach to describing and analyzing physics concepts.
    • Apply appropriate physics principles to assess and address a community safety issue and an energy management issue.
    • Describe how the methods of inquiry in physics contribute to society.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/7/17
  
  • PHYS 108 - Light and Color


    Description:
    An introduction to topics in light and color with applications to technology in the arts. NS-Applications Natural Science (L).

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Apply scientific investigative techniques to answer questions about light and color.
    • Describe nature of color.
    • Apply a quantitative approach to describing and analyzing simple optical systems.
    • Apply a quantitative approach to describing and analyzing complex optical systems.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    2/5/2015
  
  • PHYS 110 - Math for Introductory Physics


    Description:
    Computational, algebraic, and trigonometric skills will be applied in physical situations. The skills and concepts covered are necessary for success in algebra-based introductory physics courses.  Course will be offered every year. Fall and Summer and course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: MATH 100C or milestone for MATH 153. Co-requisite: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121.

    Credits: (1)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Use calculators to correctly evaluate expressions in typical physics problems.
    • Manipulate algebraic expressions describing physical systems expressed only in variables to solve for unknowns in terms of knowns.
    • Solve for the roots of quadratic equations to solve for an unknown.
    • Solve physics problems with up to three equations and three unknowns.
    • Apply principles of geometry to analyze angles associated with typical physics problems.
    • Apply the Pythagorean Theorem, and trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions to analyze physical systems.
  
  • PHYS 111 - Introductory Physics I with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics including kinematics and dynamics. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation. NS-Fund Disc Phys and Biological Sciences (L). Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, and Summer).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 110 OR eligible to enroll in MATH 172 OR successful completion of a comprehensive year-long high school pre-calculus course, or equivalent, the year prior to enrollment in PHYS 111. Co-requisite: PHYS 110 OR concurrent enrollment in a comprehensive year-long high school pre-calculus course, or equivalent.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly describe and explain key physics topics in kinematics and dynamics such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, and Newton’s laws as well as key components of those main concepts.   
    • Demonstrate an ability to solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Demonstrate enhanced quantitative reasoning skills and mathematical analysis skills.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
  
  • PHYS 112 - Introductory Physics II with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in rotational dynamics, wave mechanics, and conservation principles. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 111.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly describe and explain key physics topics such as linear & angular momentum, energy, torque, simple harmonic motion, and oscillations as well as key components of those main concepts.   
    • Demonstrate an ability to solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Demonstrate enhanced quantitative reasoning skills and mathematical analysis skills.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
  
  • PHYS 113 - Introductory Physics III with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in electricity, magnetism, and optics. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 111.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly describe and explain key physics topics in electricity, magnetism, and optics as well as key components of those main concepts.   
    • Demonstrate an ability to solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Demonstrate enhanced quantitative reasoning skills and mathematical analysis skills.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
  
  • PHYS 121 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering kinematics and dynamics with emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 181.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 110 or eligible to enroll in MATH 172.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Apply quantitative reasoning and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world.
    • Demonstrate understanding of the process of scientific inquiry, and explain how scientific knowledge is discovered and validated.
    • Demonstrate knowledge of basic physical principles and their applications to the understanding of living systems.
  
  • PHYS 122 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences II


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering conservation principles, thermodynamics, wave mechanics and sound with an emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each. Course will be offered every year (Winter).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Apply quantitative reasoning and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world.
    • Analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
    • Demonstrate knowledge of basic physical principles and their applications to the understanding of living systems.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    10/4/18
  
  • PHYS 123 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences III


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering electricity and magnetism and optics with an emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each. Course will be offered every year (Spring).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Apply quantitative reasoning and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world.
    • Analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
    • Demonstrate knowledge of basic physical principles and their applications to the understanding of living systems.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    10/4/18
  
  • PHYS 181 - General Physics I with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics including kinematics and dynamics. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra, trigonometry, and calculus along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.  Formerly PHYS 211, students may not receive credit for both. NS-Fund Disc Phys and Biological Sciences (L). Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, Summer).

    Prerequisites:
    Co- or pre-requisite: MATH 172.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe and explain key physics topics in kinematics and dynamics such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, and Newton’s laws as well as key components of those main concepts
    • Explain and interpret information from basic physical systems when presented in a variety of mathematical forms such as equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, and basic statistical measures.
    • Solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques by converting the information into relevant mathematical forms.
    • Apply the appropriate science and engineering practices to model, test, and analyze the data from physical systems to draw conclusions about the underlying physics.
    • Analyze and critique claims in physics problems and physics investigations involving quantitative information.
    • Perform college-level arithmetical, trigonometric, and calculus to solve physics problems and analyze data from physics investigations.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/7/17
  
  • PHYS 182 - General Physics II with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in rotational dynamics, wave mechanics, and conservation principles. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra, trigonometry, and calculus along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.  Formerly PHYS 212, students may not receive credit for both. 

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 181 and MATH 173. Corequisite: MATH 173.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly describe and explain key physics topics such as linear & angular momentum, energy, torque, simple harmonic motion, and oscillations as well as key components of those main concepts.   
    • Demonstrate an ability to solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Demonstrate enhanced quantitative reasoning skills and mathematical analysis skills.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
  
  • PHYS 183 - General Physics III with Laboratory


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in electricity and magnetism. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra, trigonometry, and calculus along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.  Formerly PHYS 213, students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 181 and MATH 173. Corequisite: MATH 173.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly describe and explain key physics topics in electricity and magnetism as well as key components of those main concepts.
    • Demonstrate an ability to solve problems in kinematics and dynamics using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Demonstrate enhanced quantitative reasoning skills and mathematical analysis skills.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
  
  • PHYS 201 - Operation and Research Techniques for Small Observatories


    Description:
    Students are trained to operate a small observatory, and to use CCD cameras to collect stellar photometry data.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 101, and either MATH 153 with a grade of C or higher or eligible for MATH 154 based on Math Placement Test.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Identify bright stars, asterisms & other celestial objects; apply an understanding of the celestial sphere model and the right ascension & declination coordinate system as appropriate to be effective at using small telescopes.
    • Set up and operate a small telescope and the associated equipment and software for both visual observation and acquisition of astronomical CCD images.
    • Obtain scientifically useful data using a telescope and CCD camera, including image acquisition, calibration frames, and image reduction.
    • Effectively operate a small observatory. Specifically, students will be able to operate the mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer, and software systems of a small observatory.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/1/2011
  
  • PHYS 292 - Exploring Physics Teaching


    Description:
    Inquiry-based learning course that provides preparation for teaching physics using pedagogies that have been guided by physics education research.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 113, PHYS 123, or PHYS 183.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Develop skills listening and responding to physics conceptions in a classroom.
    • Use effective strategies for explaining physics skills and concepts.
    • Effectively self-assess and reflect on teaching practice.
    • Develop pedagogical content knowledge in physics.
  
  
  • PHYS 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PHYS 299 - Seminar


    Description:
    May be repeated if subject is different.

    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PHYS 301 - Stellar Astrophysics I


    Description:
    Introduction to and application of physical principles, including; relativity, quantum theory, and classical physics associated with the characterization of astrophysical systems.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 101, PHYS 183, and MATH 173.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe (quantitatively and qualitatively) how astronomers observe the basic properties (size, mass, distance) of stars.
    • Apply what is learned from studying the light from stars. 
    • Make supportable inferences about what can be learned from the movement of binary stars.
    • Describe and use the stellar classification scheme.
    • Explain the physical processes that occur on the surface and in the interior of stars, including our Sun.
  
  • PHYS 302 - Stellar Astrophysics II


    Description:
    Application of physical principles including relativity, quantum theory, classical electromagnetic fields, and classical mechanics to astrophysical processes and the evolution of astrophysical systems.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 301.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate the application of classical and modern physics principles to characterize and analyze astrophysical systems and phenomena.
    • Demonstrate the application of classical and modern physics principles to astrophysical processes and the evolution of astrophysical systems of simple and intermediate complexity.
    • Demonstrate quantitative and physical reasoning and mathematical analysis appropriate for astrophysical systems of simple and intermediate complexity. Students will either develop or employ a computational model for an astrophysical phenomenon or process.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/1/2011
  
  • PHYS 304 - Astrobiology: Origins and Search for Life in the Universe


    Description:
    This is an online interdisciplinary course focusing on life’s origins and the potential for life in our solar system and beyond.  It will be taught at a level suitable for non-science and non-math majors. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Develop a personal definition of life.
    • Describe why Earth is habitable for advanced life.
    • Describe the history of life on Earth and the scientific evidence that supports that history.
    • Understand current research of astrobiologist.
    • Describe how the study of extreme life on Earth has broadened our understanding of what habitability means.
    • Describe how past, current, and future space missions contribute to our understanding of habitable zones on our solar system and beyond.
    • Formulate theories on how humanity would react to the discovery or contact with extraterrestrial life based on past historical events and popular fiction.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/21/17
  
  • PHYS 306 - Gateway to Space


    Description:
    Students will get a hands-on introduction to the Earth’s atmosphere and space instrumentation by building a high-altitude balloon experiment.  One-day field trip to launch and recover balloon payload is required. Open to all majors, no previous electronic experience required. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121 or PHYS 181 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate knowledge of the layers of the atmosphere and the relevant physical processes therein.
    • Demonstrate knowledge of essential aspects of atmospheric and space mission planning and design.
    • Apply the scientific method by developing an experimental question and hypothesis.
    • Employ basic engineering principles and technical skills (design, soldering, electronics assembly).
    • Analyze results of an experiment.
    • Document the results of an experiment in verbal and written formats.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    10/4/18
  
  • PHYS 317 - Modern Physics I


    Description:
    Topics in physics including relativity, particle physics, and history of modern physics. Analyzing physical systems using calculus, algebra, and trigonometry.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: MATH 173 and either PHYS 113, or PHYS 123, or PHYS 183.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Describe and apply the fundamental concepts, principles, and theories of modern physics (with an emphasis on theories and concepts that primarily developed near the turn of the 20th century).
    • Explain these developments in their historical context, and to be able to describe the seminal experiments and theoretical insights that gave rise to major changes in our understanding of fundamental physics. 
    • Develop critical thinking, mathematical problem-solving and analytical skills.
    • Connect abstract concepts of modern physics with concrete objects and phenomena.
    • Develop scientific communication skills.
  
  • PHYS 318 - Modern Physics II


    Description:
    Topics in physics including quantum physics and atomic structure. Analyzing physical systems using calculus, algebra, and trigonometry.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 317.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Solve quantum physics problems using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Solve atomic structure problems using the appropriate physical principles and techniques.
    • Apply the principles of quantum mechanics to analyze physical systems.
    • Use the appropriate calculus, algebraic, and trigonometric principles to analyze physical systems.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    2/1/2007
  
  • PHYS 320 - Electrical Circuits I


    Description:
    Application of fundamental concepts of electrical science in linear circuit analysis and the use of mathematical models in the analysis of electric components and circuits.

    Prerequisites:
    Co-requisites: MATH 376 and PHYS 321. Prerequisites: PHYS 183.

    Credits: (5)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Analyze linear circuits using important concepts from linear systems theory including transfer function, impulse response, and stability.
    • Use Laplace transforms and differential equations to analyze linear circuits and characterize linear circuits.
    • Analyze complex dc and ac linear circuits both analytically and with computer simulations.
  
  • PHYS 321 - Electrical Circuits I Laboratory


    Description:
    This laboratory course will cover topics in electrical instruments, laboratory applications of electric laws, and transient and steady-state responses of electrical signals.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 183. Co-requisite: MATH 376 and PHYS 320.

    Credits: (2)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Design amp circuits to achieve specified functionality.
    • Design and construct appropriate lab setups to test theoretical predictions obtained by circuit analysis.
    • Design and implement a procedure to determine the electrical characteristics of an unknown circuit element.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    2/1/2013
  
  • PHYS 322 - Molecular Biophysics


    Description:
    Introduction to biophysics on the molecular and cellular scales. Analyzing biological systems using classical mechanics, electrostatics and statistical mechanics. Course will be offered on even numbered years (Winter).

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: (PHYS 123 or PHYS 183 or PHYS 113) and MATH 173.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Summarize and critique current biophysics review articles, to demonstrate knowledge of biophysical principles.
    • Apply principles of classical physics to describe the physical mechanisms involved in biological systems.
    • Develop familiarity and facility with some commonly used analytical tools for biophysical problems: calculus techniques, computational simulations, statistical analysis of data.
    • Communicate about a specialized interdisciplinary topic to an audience from a variety of backgrounds, including physics, biology, health sciences, and chemistry
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    12/7/17
  
  • PHYS 323 - Experimental Biophysics


    Description:
    Introduction to techniques in experimental biophysics. Topics include fluorescence microscopy, image processing, computational modeling, and statistical mechanics. 

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 322.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Design biophysics experiments, following the steps of the traditional scientific method.
    • Develop an original research proposal for a project to be carried out with available biophysics equipment.
    • Apply research methodology such as fluorescence microscopy to characterize and analyze biophysical systems.
    • Summarize and critique current biophysics research articles, to demonstrate knowledge of modern experimental biophysics techniques and their applications to research.
  
  • PHYS 331 - Laboratory Practices and Techniques


    Description:
    Topics in experimental techniques with emphasis in electronic systems. One class meeting and six hours laboratory per week.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 183.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate the ability to design, construct, analyze, and understand electronic circuits and electronic signals of intermediate complexity.
    • Demonstrate an ability to apply electronic signals and circuits in investigating physical systems.
    • Demonstrate the ability to apply physical and mathematical theory to explain electronic systems of intermediate complexity.
    • Demonstrate an ability to conduct and write about independent experimental investigations using appropriate scientific procedures.
  
  • PHYS 333 - Experimental Physics I


    Description:
    Topics in experimental techniques used in physics. One class meeting and six hours laboratory per week.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 331.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate the ability to design, construct, analyze, and understand fundamental physical systems of intermediate and advanced complexity by applying the scientific process.
    • Demonstrate an ability to write about group experimental investigations using appropriate scientific procedures.
    • Demonstrate an ability to properly analyze and interpret data and experimental uncertainty in order to make meaningful comparisons between experimental measurements or observation and theory.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/31/2008
  
  • PHYS 334 - Experimental Physics II


    Description:
    Topics in experimental techniques used in physics. One class meeting and six hours laboratory per week.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 333.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate an ability to conduct and write about experimental investigations using appropriate scientific procedures.
    • Demonstrate an ability to use computational tools in analyzing and reporting experimental data.
    • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts in experimental physics.
    Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
    1/31/2008
  
  • PHYS 342 - Thermodynamics


    Description:
    The laws of thermodynamics and its application to macroscopic systems.

    Prerequisites:
    Co- or prerequisite: PHYS 318.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PHYS 351 - Analytical Mechanics I


    Description:
    Introduction to advanced physical concepts and mathematical techniques associated with dynamic systems including conservation laws, mpm-conservative forces, oscillating systems, non-inertial reference frames, and central-force motion.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 113 or PHYS 123 or PHYS 183. Pre- or co-requisites: MATH 273 and MATH 376.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Determine the physical principles that govern a given problem
    • Formulate problems mathematically
    • Identify useful approximations and simplifications
    • Recognize a general or useful form that a solution might take
    • Use appropriate mathematical techniques needed to solve the problem
    • Interpret mathematical solutions in terms of the relevant physics
  
  • PHYS 352 - Analytical Mechanics II


    Description:
    Further study of dynamic systems. Introduction to coordinate transformations, variational principles, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods, and nonlinear systems.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 351.

    Credits: (3)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Correctly apply Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations to the analysis of appropriate mechanical systems.
    • Analyze and predict the behavior of nonlinear systems using phase-space diagrams and logistic maps.
    • Perform coordinate transformations, making use of rotation matrices, invariants, and matrix operations.
  
  • PHYS 361 - Computational Physics


    Description:
    Numerical methods of studying physical properties of realistic systems. FORTRAN, IMSL/MATH Library, and MATHEMATICA will be introduced. MATH 265 may be taken as a pre- or co-requisite.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 113 or PHYS 123 or PHYS 183. Co- or pre- requisite: MATH 265.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Effectively use programming packages Mathematica and MATLAB (requiring an understanding of what is under the hood of these programs)
    • Translate real-life physics problems into mathematical statements that a computer can solve
    • Implement simple algorithms and procedures in a structured programming language
    • Evaluate computational errors and understand their origins and behavior
    • Effectively display data and computational results
  
  • PHYS 363 - Optics


    Description:
    The mathematics of wave motion, electromagnetic theory, propagation of light, geometrical optics, and physical optics. Includes the experimental investigation of optical phenomena. Three class meetings and two hours laboratory per week.

    Prerequisites:
    Prerequisites: MATH 173 and PHYS 113, or PHYS 123, or PHYS 183.

    Credits: (4)

    Learner Outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    • Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of geometrical and physical optics.
    • Apply concepts and principles, together with physical intuition and mathematical methods, to solve problems in optics. 
    • Identify quantities that characterize optical systems and their components, as well as how they are measured.
    • Develop some basic skills in experimental techniques and scientific working practices to measure optical quantities, and to analyze and interpret data.
 

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