Health & Physical Ed. Division

Core Curriculum

I. PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

All full-time students, with exception of Online-Only students, those excluded by program requirements or personal hardship cases recommended by the Chair of the Physical Education Division and approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, are required to complete four courses in physical education for graduation. Each student, unless otherwise exempt, must take a health or physical education course for each semester of attendance as a full-time student up to a maximum of four courses. NOTE! The health or physical education requirement is four (4) courses regardless of the credit awarded in the course. A student must take four courses regardless of the total number of credit hours accumulated.

Veterans of more than one year of active military service may be given credit for four (4) courses of health or physical education upon presentation of Form DD 214 to the Registrar’s Office. Veterans must make this request before enrolling in a health or physical education course.

A competency in fitness/wellness will be required of all graduates of Darton College with exception of those excluded by program requirements, special contracts, and certificate programs. The requirement may be fulfilled by satisfactory completion of one of the following courses: PHED 1105, Strength Training; PHED 1106, Walk, Jog, Run; PHED 1161, Fitness I; PHED 1162, Fitness II; PHED 1110, Deep Water Exercise; PHED 1139, Fitness Swimming; PHED 1115, Step Aerobics; PHED 1116, Step Aerobics II; PHED 1123, Aerobic Pump; or PHED 1182, Personal Conditioning; PHED 1198, Aerobic Dancing; HLTH 1163H Personal Health (Honors.)

Health and Physical Education courses may not be repeated and will not count towards the required courses needed for graduation. Classroom health courses may not be repeated. Since Darton College does not grant an exemption from physical education for health reasons, students with a physical disability may satisfy this requirement by completing four health courses which are taught in a classroom setting. Students are urged to ask their advisors or one of the physical education instructors if there are any questions regarding the strenuousness of a physical education course. It is the responsibility of each student with a physical disability who elects to take an activity physical education course to advisethe instructor of the disability so that proper accommodations can be made. A student may substitute music ensemble classes (MUSC 1152 Instrumental Ensemble and MUSC 1153 Vocal Ensemble) for up to two (2) of the physical education requirements.