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DEPARTMENTAL GOALS
The primary focus of physical education is the study of human movement and behavior in physical activity. The Physical Education Department at Cornell College has adopted the following set of student outcome goals.
Students are expected to:
- Be able to access and utilize information and ideas from inter-related academic disciplines for the study of motor, cognitive, and affective aspects human physical activity.
- Appreciate the role that a lifetime of physical activity plays in contributing to personal health and wellness and self-awareness.
- Understand physiological concepts related to structure and functioning of the human body during physical activity.
- Appreciate the various forms of physical activity as dynamic cultural and social phenomena.
- Be able to apply basic principles and procedures for safe and healthy physical activity and the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- Understand principles of leadership and management as they apply to physical activity settings.
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