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HPED - Health and Physical Education

Alfred State courses are grouped into the following sections:

  • HPED 1031 - Volleyball
    To develop the skills of passing, serving, spiking, and blocking.
  • HPED 1111 - Health & Wellness

    To provide students with a better understanding of the human body, and concepts, attitudes and practices concerning personal health.

  • HPED 1121 - Basketball
    This course is designed to expose the student to the many basketball skills and types of playing.


  • HPED 1131 - Indoor Soccer
    To develop skills, knowledge, and proper fitness levels pertaining to soccer.


  • HPED 1171 - Aerobics
    Aerobics to music where the student will learn sound lifetime habits of fitness.


  • HPED 1211 - Cross Country Skiing
    To develop the skills necessary to cross-country ski on a variety of terrains and appreciation for the outdoors.


  • HPED 1221 - Power Volleyball
    To develop the skills of passing, serving, spiking, and blocking.

  • HPED 1251 - Women's Fitness
    High-impact aerobics to music where the student will learn sound lifetime habits of fitness.


  • HPED 1341 - Softball
    To provide the students with the softball skills necessary to participate in the game recreationally.


  • HPED 1603 - Principles of Organization: Physical Education & Athletics
    A course to provide each student with a workable frame of reference concerning the principles, organization, and philosophical aspects of physical education and athletics.


  • HPED 2141 - Tennis
    Learning various techniques in tennis as well as different strokes (forehand, backhand, volley). Knowing the rules of the game.


  • HPED 2603 - Physical Fitness & Condition
    This course provides the student with a general frame of reference concerning physical fitness, health-related fitness and motor skill-related fitness, as it relates to individual needs and interest.


  • HPED 2703 - Introduction to Recreation
    This course provides the student with an introduction to the history, theory, and philosophy of the recreation movement and its relation to individuals and groups in our changing society. Emphasis will be placed on orienting students to recreation leadership as a vocation within the structure of community recreation (public, private, commercial).


  • HPED 2900 - Directed Study
    A student may contract for one to four credit hours of independent study through an arrangement with an instructor who agrees to direct such a study. The student will submit a plan acceptable to the instructor and to the department chair. The instructor and student will confer regularly regarding the process of the study.


  • HPED 3061 - Physical Fitness
    To learn the basic principles of conditioning. The student will be provided an individualized fitness program designed to improve muscular strength and endurance, cardio-vascular wellness, flexibility, and body composition.


  • HPED 4103 - Personal Health
    This course provides students the opportunity to develop sound concepts in health and health-related areas in order to better understand the environment in which they live. Strong emphasis will be placed on current health issues in the area of human sexuality, mental and emotional health, drug and substance abuse, and the development of sound health practices for the individual in today's society.
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