Health and Physical Education Minor
Description. The minor in Health and Physical Education provides coursework that students may use to improve their personal health and physical fitness in conjunction with career preparation. It is designed to promote healthy lifestyle habits through the study and application of the wellness principles of nutrition, physical fitness, and stress management, as well as the acquisition of physical activity skills.
Rationale. This program combined with other general education areas of study fosters an understanding of the need to maintain healthy lifestyles. By combining interdisciplinary studies with health and physical education principles, this minor prepares students for healthy lifestyles within their career choices.
Learning Outcomes. Students will:
- Understand and discuss the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing premature disease and in promoting wellness.
- Understand and discuss the roles of exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle modification as effective strategies for weight control.
- Understand and discuss risk factors for obesity, health problems related to obesity, methods for assessing body composition, strategies for risk reduction, and the impact of advertising on the obesity epidemic.
- Understand and discuss the need for the improvement and maintenance of healthy lifestyle practices and their application to career choices.
- Understand and discuss the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol in the United States, financial consequences, and its impact on college campuses and the workplace.
- Understand and discuss how physical fitness assists in meeting the ordinary and the extraordinary demands of daily life effectively without being exhausted and with energy to spare for recreational activities and emergencies.
- Understand and discuss the potential impact of stress and coping techniques for health, relationships, and success in college and beyond.
- Understand and discuss job opportunities in commercial fitness facilities, hospitals, sports medicine clinics, sports complexes, public health facilities, and police and fire department fitness programs.
Credits. 18
Minor coordinator. Professors Sadie Huang (shuang@jjay.cuny.edu) and Cary Sanchez, Department of Counseling and Human Services (212.237.8147, csanchez@jjay.cuny.edu)
Requirements. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.
Note: Students can declare this minor starting Spring 2021 and thereafter.
Part One. Required Courses
| PED 103 | Personal Physical Fitness and Dynamic Health | 3 |
| PED 110 | Personal and Public Health: Social Contexts, Private Choices | 3 |
| PED 300 | Community Programs for Health, Wellness and Physical Activity | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
Part Two. Activity Courses
Select three
Students can only apply 1 aquatics course and 1 defensive tactics course to Part Two.
Credits earned by participating in intercollegiate athletics may apply to Part Two (i.e. PED 120 - PED 130).
Total Credit Hours: 3
Part Three. Electives
Select two
Total Credit Hours: 6
Total Credit Hours: 18