University Bulletin (2011-2012)

PE 5a First Aid and Community CPR
[ pe-1 ]
An instruction in the American Red Cross standard First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and AED (automated external defibrillator). Upon course completion, certificates will be given to students who successfully complete the skills test and pass the written test with scores of 80 percent or better. Usually offered every semester.
Ms. Johnson and Ms. Rybko

PE 9a Volleyball
[ pe-1 ]
An introduction to the fundamentals of volleyball--scoring, rotation, rules, and the basic skills of passing, serving, hitting, and setting. Methodology includes lectures, demonstrations, drills, but mostly play. Course is intended to be fun through active participation. Usually offered every fall.
Staff

PE 10a Basketball
[ pe-1 ]
Structured to meet needs of students with an overview of offensive and defensive skills. Methods used are lecture, demonstrations, drills, and play. Usually offered every semester.
Staff

PE 11a Nautilus/Free Weights
[ pe-1 ]
Instruction of proper use of Nautilus, Body Master, and free-weight training. Classes also include aerobic activity such as use of Lifecycles and Tru-Climb 450. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Coven

PE 14a Yoga
[ pe-1 ]
Hatha yoga is physical in nature and is based on proper body alignment and is distinctive in its use of props such as belts, walls, and blankets. Classes start with gentle stretches and work toward more challenging poses. Usually offered every semester.
Ms. Dallamora

PE 16a Golf
[ pe-1 ]
A beginning golf group instructional course. Techniques such as grip, set-up, swing, chipping, pitching, and putting are covered. Some discussion on golf rules and etiquette is introduced. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Varney

PE 17a Beginner's Fencing
[ pe-1 ]
Covers basic mobility, offensive and defensive strategy, and tactics. Competitive bouting is done, with a class tournament scheduled for the end of the semester. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Shipman

PE 18b Intermediate Fencing
[ pe-1 ]
Prerequisite: PE 17a.
Basic mobility and blade actions are reviewed, with advanced attacks and tactics, strategy, and more bouting included. Introduction to saber and epee. Usually offered every spring semester.
Mr. Shipman

PE 20a Intermediate Tennis
[ pe-1 ]
Prerequisite: prior tennis experience.
Designed for the student who already possesses the fundamental tennis skills and knows how to play the game. Emphasis is on match play tactics and the integration of footwork, conditioning, and shot selection into a complete game. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Lamanna

PE 21a Tennis
[ pe-1 ]
Students must provide their own racquet.
An overview of grips, ground strokes, serve, return of serve, and net play. Basic singles and doubles strategy, rules, and scoring of the game are introduced. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Lamanna

PE 22a Squash
[ pe-1 ]
Students must provide their own racquet and protective eyewear.
Covers rules for squash. The serve, return of serve, grip, forehand, backhand, and other basic strokes are introduced. Strategy and play will be emphasized. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Lamanna and Mr. Varney

PE 27a Keeping Stress in Check
[ pe-1 ]
Designed to help students achieve wellness through exercise, nutrition, and health education. Students are taught to recognize components of their lifestyles that are detrimental to their health while developing a personal fitness program. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Zotz

PE 33a Walking for Fitness
[ pe-1 ]
Designed to improve your overall fitness level through walking. Emphasis is on improving cardiovascular endurance level. Instruction is given on how to develop a personal fitness program. Usually offered every semester.
Staff

PE 35a Power Walking
[ pe-1 ]
Designed to help increase the fitness level of students through a high-intensity, low-impact workout. The workout consists of walking with hand-held weights. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. McKoy

PE 38a Indoor Soccer
[ pe-1 ]
An introduction to the fundamentals of soccer--skill development, dribbling, passing, shooting, offense, and defense. Intended to be fun through participation in elementary games and exercises. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Reytblat

PE 41a Pilates
[ pe-1 ]
A series of exercises designed to strengthen the abdominals and back muscles. These core exercises are combined with some yoga stretches to enhance flexibility and well-being. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Zotz

PE 43a Dance Dance Revolution
[ pe-1 ]
Students play a video game that requires them to use their feet instead of their thumbs. Following the lighted arrows with their feet, Dance Dance Revolution is aerobic in nature and can burn as many calories as a Stairmaster or jogging. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Evans

PE 44a The First-Year Experience: Spirit, Mind, and Body
[ pe-1 ]
Open only to first-year students.
Students will develop and utilize their interpersonal skills through experiential and community engaged learning. They are exposed to core values including: citizenship, integrity, respect, civility, lifelong learning and embracing diversity. Topics covered in the course include: values clarification, health and safety, time and stress management, skills for academic success including approaching faculty. Usually offered every semester.
Staff

PE 45a Stability Ball Class
The stability ball, a large round ball which provides a unstable surface, is used to strengthen the body as a unit. A combination of exercises with the ball builds core strength, as well as enhances balance, power, and flexibility. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Dallamora

PE 46a Body Sculpture
[ pe-1 ]
Full body workout using free weights for muscular endurance, stability ball for core strength, and the step to tone the body. Usually offered every semester.
Staff

PE 47a Total Body Training
[ pe-1 ]
Open to all abilities.
Do you want to be a better athlete? Athleticism is a combination of strength, power, coordination, flexibility, balance, agility, and reaction. Includes dynamic stretching, pliometrics, core workout, and confidence-building exercises in a fast-paced hour. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Lamanna

PE 48a Cardio Workout
[ pe-1 ]
Offers instruction of proper use of cardio equipment including elliptical machines, treadmills, rowers, and stationary bikes. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. McCoy

PE 49a Tennis and Squash
[ pe-1 ]
Covers tennis over the first half of the semester and squash for the second half. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Lamanna

PE 50a Beginner's Fitness
Instruction on all of the components of physical fitness. Students will be instructed on the use and application of weight training, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, core strengthening, and body mass index. Usually offered every semester.
Ms. DeNicola

PE 54a Senior Year Experience: Future Forward
[ pe-1 ]
Examines the challenges one faces post graduation. Utilizes text, articles, and guest speakers in a framework designed to enhance or build new knowledge and life skills for students preparing to enter the work force or graduate school. Discusses issues such as health, maintaining a fitness routine, housing, etiquette, and legalities. Usually offered every semester.
Ms. Lamarre

These count as activity courses toward the physical education requirement.

THA 23a Movement for the Stage I
[ ca pe-1 ]
May not be taken for credit by students who took THA 9a in prior years. This is an experiential learning course. Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement.
The actor's job is to create action out of meaning and meaning out of action. Exercises designed to lead students into their imaginations in order to bring courage and responsiveness into the body. Focus on building necessary tools to create the balance between free form and free expression and an artistic and intelligent relationship to theater. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 109b Movement for the Stage II
[ ca pe-1 ]
Prerequisite: One semester of movement or dance. Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement. May not be taken for credit by students who took THA 9b in prior years.
Work on economy, precision, control of movement, and the link between feeling and expression. Course focuses on energy states, the four elements, Rudolf Laban's movement theory, and neutral mask. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 110a Moving Women/Women Moving
[ ca pe-1 ]
Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement.
Among the influential women leaders in America are choreographers who shaped the history of modern dance in the twentieth century. This course will focus on the work and lives of these women. Students will learn dance techniques and investigate the twists and turns in the lives of these extraordinary artists. Usually offered every third year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 110b Modern Dance and Movement
[ ca pe-1 ]
Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement.
A course designed to explore modern dance at an intermediate level. Students will learn combinations and complete dances with the style and techniques of Martha Graham, José Limón, and Merce Cunningham as a background for the class. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 111b Stage Combat
[ ca pe-1 ]
Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement. May not be taken for credit by students who took THA 10b in prior years.
The course's purpose is to teach the basic skills necessary for the creation of effective and safe stage combat. At the completion of the semester, student competency will be tested by means of a choreographed "fight" utilizing compulsory moves and safety techniques. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Walsh

THA 120a Dance in Time
[ ca ]
Focuses on how life cycles, nature and the elements, rhythm and structure in traditional dance forms and rituals, poetry, social events, and human behavior, for example, can all contribute to the understanding of dance and its place in the history of the world. Students are given the opportunity to explore these ideas as well as learn about and practice the creative process by using a variety of sources that inspire and inform the human being who participates in dance of all kinds. Usually offered every second year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 120b Movement and Dance Theater Composition
[ ca pe-1 ]
Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement.
A studio course designed to teach the art of making dances and movement theater. Explores the use of space, theme, rhythm, repetition, and music and their relationship to the process of creating original work for the stage. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Dibble

THA 130a Suzuki
[ ca nw pe-1 ]
This is an experiential learning course. Counts as one activity course toward the physical education requirement. Undergraduates may repeat this course twice for credit, once with each instructor.
Developed by the Japanese theater artist Tadashi Suzuki, the Suzuki method of acting training develops physical strength, stamina, and agility while engaging the imagination and will of the actor. Through a series of walks, statues, and marches, students are taught to breathe and move from the core of their bodies. This training allows students to act from physical impulse, resulting in a deep and personal experience of language and the world of play. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Hill and Ms. Krstansky