Health, Sport & Exercise Science

(formerly Physical Education)

Curriculum HSE.PED.AS (U230A36)

Triton’s Health, Sport and Exercise Science department offers a program that is as diverse as Triton’s student body. If you want to major in Physical Education, Health or Exercise Science, want to be involved in sports or are simply interested in keeping fit, you can choose from a variety of transferable credit courses/concentrations. The schedule shown below is provided as guidance to students seeking the associate in science degree.

General Education Core2
13 courses (40-41 semester credits)

Communications: Three courses (nine semester credits)

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RHT 101◊

Freshman Rhetoric and Composition I1

3

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RHT 102◊

Freshman Rhetoric and Composition II1

3

 

SPE 101◊

Principles of Effective Speaking

3

 

 

 

9

Note: Grade of "C" or better is an IAI requirement for RHT 101◊ and RHT 102◊

Social & Behavioral Sciences: Three courses (nine semester credits) with courses selected from at least two disciplines

Recommended Social & Behavioral Sciences Courses:

 

PSY 100◊

Introduction to Psychology

3

 

SOC 100◊

Introduction to Sociology

3

 

 

Plus one course from Social & Behavioral Sciences

3

 

 

 

9

Humanities & Fine Arts2: Three courses (nine semester credits) with at least one course selected from Humanities and at least one course from Fine Arts. Graduation from an Illinois college or university requires satisfactory completion of one or more courses incorporating Human Diversity, which may be taken as a Humanities and Fine Arts or Social and Behavioral Science course. These courses are notated with an asterisk (*).

Mathematics2: Two courses (six semester credits)

Physical & Life Sciences2: Two courses with one course selected from the Life Sciences and one course from Physical Sciences.

Required Health, Sport & Exercise Science Core

 

HTH 104◊

Science of Personal Health

2

 

HTH 120◊

Principles of Nutrition

3

 

HTH 281◊

First Aid & CPR

2

 

PED 106◊

Total Fitness

1

 

PED 153◊

Foundations of Exercise

3

 

 

PED elective3

0-1

 

 

 

11-12

AREA OF CONCENTRATION COURSES (12-13 semester credits) Students will choose courses from one of the following areas:

Physical Education Teaching Concentration:
(HSE.PET.AS)

 

PED 150◊

Introduction to Physical Education

2

 

PED 159◊

Selected Team and Recreation Sports

3

 

PED 169◊

Elementary School Games

3

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EDU 207◊

Introduction to Education

3

 

PED

Team or Individual Sports elective1

1

 

 

 

12

Athletic Training Concentration:
(HSE.ATH.AS)

 

HTH 220◊

Athletic Training Techniques

3

 

HTH 221◊

Sport Specific Training and Rehabilitation

3

 

PED 200◊

Introduction to Biomechanics

3

 

PED 210◊

Exercise, Testing and Prescription

3

 

 

 

12

Coaching Concentration:
(HSE.COA.AS)

 

HTH 220◊

Athletic Training Techniques

3

 

PED 168◊

Theory & Practice of Weight Training

2

 

PED 194◊

Principles of Coaching

3

 

PED 196◊

Sport & Exercise Psychology or

 

 

PED 197◊

Sociology of Sport

3

 

PED

Team or Individual Sports elective1

1

 

 

 

12

Wellness and Nutrition Concentration:
(HSE.WNT.AS)

 

HTH 175◊

Drug and Alcohol Education

3

 

HTH 202◊

Culture and Food

3

 

HTH 210◊

Lifestyle for Wellness

3

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PSY 207◊

Health Psychology

3

 

 

 

12

(Select courses that meet the BS requirements of your transfer college.)

General education requirements: AS degree

40-41

Health, Sport & Exercise Science courses or other electives for AS degree

23-24

See PED course descriptions.

1 Grade of ‘C’ or better is an IAI requirement

2 See Associate in Science degree requirements, (ASD.AS.AS (U230A)) for a list of applicable general education courses.

3The number of required elective credit is determined by the program option completed.

Chairperson: Julianne Murphy, Ext. 3087