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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Course Descriptions

 

Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESP)
  
  

  • PESP 025 - Fitness for Life

    Semester Hours: 2
    Fall, Spring
    An activity course designed to improve one’s fitness and to gain knowledge regarding aerobic fitness and weight control. Improvement of fitness is gained through activities including walking, jogging, resistive and exercise machines. Gaining of information regarding body percent fat, weight control, consumer nutrition, exercise prescription and stress reduction are included.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be taken up to two times for credit.



  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 042 - Lifeguard Training

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a Year
    The purpose of this course is to focus attention on the skills and knowledge required for an individual to assume the responsibilities of a lifeguard at a swimming pool or a protected (nonsurf) open-water beach. Upon completion of this course, students may be eligible for certification from the American Red Cross in lifeguard training, standard first aid and adult CPR.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be taken up to two times for credit.
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 047 - Ballroom Dancing

    Semester Hours: 2
    Fall, Spring
    This course is designed to develop the student’s ability to perform basic ballroom dance steps with an emphasis on proper ballroom dance technique, posture, dance frame, and communication through body movement (lead/follow). Students will be introduced to ballroom dance concepts and skills while engaging the body in aerobic activity, and developing discipline and self-confidence. This class will work on developing proper posture, dance frame, technique, and lead/follow skills while introducing students to basic dance figures within the three American dance categories: smooth, Latin, and rhythm. The curriculum includes the following American dance styles: waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, salsa/mambo, swing and hustle. Additional concepts will include timing, alignment and dance position, and an introduction to styling.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be taken up to two times for credit.
  

  • PESP 050 - Introduction to Technology in Physical Education

    Semester Hours: 1
    Fall, Spring
    Introduction to use of technology in physical education, including: information retrieval, using the Internet for teaching, communication data management, desktop publishing, presentations, use of digital still and video technology, use of PDA/pocket PC for teaching, administration and assessment.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Required for majors .
  

  • PESP 053 - Foundations of Physical Education

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Provides physical education teacher candidates with a broad overview of the field of physical education including: introduction to the physical education profession, NASPE Physical Education Outcomes and Standards for Beginning Physical Education Teachers, NYS Learning Standards, historical and philosophical perspectives, and current and emerging trends.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Recommended for majors .
  

  • PESP 080 - Programming Fitness Activities

    Semester Hours: 1
    Spring
    Designed to help the preservice physical education teacher gain knowledge and skills to effectively implement developmentally appropriate fitness programs in the schools. Includes consideration of assessment, content, curriculum planning, use of technology, and influence of gender, multicultural issues, and socioeconomic factors on fitness programming for PreK-12 students.
  

  • PESP 099 - Understanding Your Fitness and Health

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    The process of selecting life-long activities and practices that would achieve a healthful living style. Through specific academic and seminar experiences, students understand the many dimensions of well-being inherent in the ability to reach their own individual health potential. Topics include stress management, weight control, basic nutrition, sports injuries, etc.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be taken up to two times for credit.



  

  • PESP 100 - Swim for Fitness

    Semester Hours: 2
    Fall, Spring
    Improvement of overall physical conditioning through swimming. Introduction to the fundamental principles of physical conditioning and their application to swimming. Under the instructor’s direction and utilizing both traditional and novel aquatic activities, individualized programs of conditioning will be set up to meet the student’s personal needs.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be taken up to two times for credit. Restricted to intermediate and advanced swimmers.
  

  • PESP 103 - Methods and Materials for Teaching at the Elementary Level

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Designed to help preservice physical education teachers gain knowledge and skills to effectively teach developmentally appropriate physical education in the elementary school. Includes consideration of content, curriculum planning, safety, teaching styles, class management and organization, positive discipline, assessment, use of technology in teaching, literacy skills development, and influence of gender, multicultural issues, and socioeconomic factors on the teaching-learning process.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PESP 135 , 136 ; 2.5 GPA or above. Recommended for majors .
  
  

  • PESP 104 - Methods and Materials for Teaching at the Secondary Level

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Designed to help preservice physical education teachers gain knowledge and skills to effectively teach developmentally appropriate physical education in the middle and secondary schools. Includes consideration of content, curriculum planning, safety, teaching styles, class management and organization, positive discipline, assessment, use of technology in teaching, literacy skills development, and influence of gender, multicultural issues, and socioeconomic factors on the teaching learning process.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PESP 135 , 136 ; 2.5 GPA or above. Recommended for majors .
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 121 - Scuba Certification

    Semester Hours: 2
    Fall, Spring
    A continuation of basic scuba (PESP 021 ). Students are given the opportunity to use the skills developed in basic scuba in actual diving. Course consists of a series of dives done in local Long Island area, in the Florida Keys and on an island in the Caribbean. Upon successful completion of the course, the student is registered and certified with the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). A wet suit, weight belt, weights and a buoyancy compensator must be supplied by each student (may be rented).

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PESP 021  or permission of instructor. Lab fee additional.
  
  

  • PESP 130A - Student Teaching

    Semester Hours: 4.5
    Fall, Spring
    Sixteen weeks of student teaching including four and one-half days per week in the school and participation in the afterschool program. A seminar is conducted in conjunction with student teaching. Student teaching is done in the elementary school for eight weeks.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Hofstra students must complete 130B  in order to receive credit for 130A. Recommended for majors . Admission by application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for succeeding fall semester, and interview.
  

  • PESP 130B - Student Teaching

    Semester Hours: 4.5
    Fall, Spring
    Sixteen weeks of student teaching including four and one-half days per week in the school and participation in the afterschool program. A seminar is conducted in conjunction with student teaching. Student teaching is done in the secondary school for eight weeks.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Hofstra students must complete 130B in order to receive credit for 130A . Recommended for majors . Admission by application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for succeeding fall semester, and interview.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 150 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Project

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This is an individualized course designed to meet special interests of undergraduate physical education, athletic training education, and exercise science students and to fill gaps in their understanding of applied practice in the field of kinesiology. This course is designed to allow for research and writing of a substantial paper in the fields of physical education, sports medicine, exercise science, athletic performance, injury prevention, and related fields of study through development and execution of an original experiment.
     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Students will secure, prior to registration, the written permission of the instructor who will supervise the essay or project. HPR 196  is a co- or prerequisite course for athletic training and exercise science majors.
  
  
  

  • PESP 151 - Readings

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Fall, January, Spring, Summer
    Individualized course designed to meet special interests of the student and to fill gaps in the student’s understanding of physical education and recreation.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Ordinarily open only to juniors and seniors who are capable of independent study. Written consent of chairperson of department and of instructor who will serve as tutor.
  

  • PESP 152 - Readings

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Fall, January, Spring, Summer
    Individualized course designed to meet special interests of the student and to fill gaps in the student’s understanding of physical education and recreation. Ordinarily open only to juniors and seniors who are capable of independent study.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Ordinarily open only to juniors and seniors who are capable of independent study. Written consent of chairperson of department and of instructor who will serve as tutor.
  

  • PESP 154 - Preschool and Elementary Physical Education Content

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course is designed to help the preservice physical education teacher acquire the knowledge about preschool and elementary physical education content and methods that will enable him/her to create innovative, developmentally appropriate physical education learning experiences and help children achieve the New York State Learning Standards and NASPE Outcomes for physically educated persons.
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 159 - Sport and Physical Education in Cross-Cultural Context

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a Year
    The nature and significance of sport and physical education within selected nations. With consideration to the principal approaches utilized in cross-cultural study, the student focuses upon the identification and systematic analysis of persistent problems in American sport and physical education. Through comparing strategies adopted by nations which reflect contrasting social, political and economic value systems, the student endeavors to formulate plans for domestic change.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be applied toward liberal arts credit.
  
  
  
  
  

  • PESP 180 to 189 A-Z - Special Topics

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Fall, Spring
    Specific courses designed to explore emerging topics in physical education and sport. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number.  Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.

Physician Assistant Studies (PHA)
  
  

  • PHA 102 - Physician Assistant Seminar II

    Semester Hours: 1
    Spring
    This course will provide an introduction to the communication skills essential for the physician assistant (PA) to develop in order to successfully interact with patients, their families, and other members of the health care team. Emphasis will be placed on effective interviewing techniques and examining the boundaries of the patient encounter. The course will also focus on developing useful strategies for conflict resolution.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PHA 101 . This course can only be taken by students enrolled in the Direct Entry Dual Physician Assistant Program .
  

  • PHA 103 - Physician Assistant Seminar III

    Semester Hours: 1
    Spring
    This course is designed to provide the pre-physician assistant student with a basic understanding of clinical symptoms involved in the evaluation of common disease processes. Emphasis is placed on illness by symptom, rather than by disease. This unique approach will provide the student with the foundation necessary to progress from symptoms to a differential diagnosis to treatment decisions in the professional phase of the program.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PHA 101 , 102 . This course can only be taken by students enrolled in the Direct Entry Physician Assistant program .

Physics (PHYS)
  

  • PHYS 001A - (NS) Elementary Physics

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    First semester of algebra-based elementary physics, intended for non-physical science majors, and recommended for pre-medical and pre-dental students whose majors do not require the calculus-based sequence. Topics covered include the fundamental laws and principles of motion, energy, momentum, fluids, heat and thermodynamics. Students should take the laboratory component PHYS 001B  concurrently, unless credit has already been received for the equivalent. Note that all students must pass this course with a C- or better to advance to PHYS 002A .

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    1 unit high school algebra, 1 unit plane geometry. Students with AP Physics Exam transfer credits should seek advice from the Department of Physics and Astronomy  before registering. No credit given for this course if taken after PHYS 011A . PHYS 001A applies toward the natural science (NS) distribution requirement only upon successful completion of the corresponding laboratory course PHYS 001B .
  
  

  • PHYS 002A - (NS) Elementary Physics

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Second semester of algebra-based elementary physics, intended for non-physical science majors, and recommended for pre-medical and pre-dental students whose majors do not require the calculus-based sequence. Topics covered include the fundamental laws and principles of waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, circuits, light and optics. Students should take the laboratory component PHYS 002B  concurrently, unless credit has already been received for the equivalent

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 001A  with a grade of C- or better. Students with AP Physics Exam transfer credits should seek advice from the Department of Physics and Astronomy  before registering. No credit given for this course if taken after PHYS 012A . PHYS 002A applies toward the natural science (NS) distribution requirement only upon successful completion of the corresponding laboratory course PHYS 002B .
  
  

  • PHYS 004 - (NS) Conceptual Physics

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    The seven fundamental laws of classical physics – Newton’s three laws of motion, and the four laws of electricity and magnetism are examined in the context of the history of ideas and development of modern science and technology. The objective is to illustrate the universality of these laws in explaining all nonrelativistic, macroscopic phenomena and to provide perspective on the traditional search by physicists for universal laws. (4 hours lecture/laboratory weekly.)
  

  • PHYS 005 - (NS) Light

    Semester Hours: 3
    Spring
    A study of the principles of reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, polarization, emission and amplification of light. Topics include the kaleidoscope, the rainbow, diamonds, human vision, the science of color, black light, the color of sunsets, lasers and holography. For nonscience majors. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory.)

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    1 unit high school algebra; 1 unit plane geometry.
  
  
  
  

  • PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics

    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    First semester of calculus-based general physics, intended for physical science and STEM majors. Topics covered include the fundamental laws and principles of motion, energy, momentum, fluids, heat and thermodynamics. Students should take the laboratory component PHYS 011B  concurrently, unless credit has already been received for the equivalent. Note that all students must pass this course and MATH 071  with a grade of C- or better to advance to PHYS 012A .

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Pre- or corequisites: MATH 071  with a grade of C- or better. Students with AP Physics Exam transfer credits should seek advice from the Department of Physics and Astronomy  before registering. PHYS 011A applies toward the natural science (NS) distribution requirement only upon successful completion of the corresponding laboratory course 011B . This course may be taken for full credit by students who already have credit for PHYS 001A ; see the Department of Physics and Astronomy  for advisement.
  
  
  

  • PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics

    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    Second semester of calculus-based general physics, intended for physical science and STEM majors. Topics covered include the fundamental laws and principles of waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, circuits, light and optics. Students should take the laboratory component PHYS 012B  concurrently, unless credit has already been received for the equivalent.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 011A  and MATH 071 , both with a grade of C- or better. Pre- or corequisites: MATH 072  with a grade of C- or better. Students with AP Physics Exam transfer credits should seek advice from the Department of Physics and Astronomy  before registering. PHYS 012A applies toward the natural science (NS) distribution requirement only upon successful completion of the corresponding laboratory course PHYS 012B . This course may be taken for full credit by students who already have credit for PHYS 002A ; see the Department of Physics and Astronomy  for advisement.
  
  
  
  

  • PHYS 014F - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • PHYS 014S - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Spring
    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • PHYS 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Research

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Research into a physical problem — either experimental, theoretical or computational — in physics, applied physics or astrophysics.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to senior physics majors  who are eligible for and desire to graduate with departmental honors. Students make a written and oral presentation to department faculty. Interested students must secure, before registration, written permission of the chairperson and instructor who will supervise the investigation. (Formerly Honors Program.)
  
  
  
  

  • PHYS 118B - Modern Physics Laboratory I

    Semester Hours: 1
    Once a Year
    Measurement of the atomic constants; atomic spectra; X-ray diffraction; mass spectroscopy; electron paramagnetic resonance; Rutherford scattering; vacuum deposition and thin films; nuclear physics including counting techniques, alpha, beta and gamma spectra, neuron cross sections and activation analysis. (3 hours laboratory exercises to accompany PHYS 118A .) Students will make an oral presentation of their results.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Corequisite: PHYS 118A . Satisfies the intermediate/advanced laboratory requirement. It is strongly recommended to take PHYS 118A  concurrently.
  

  • PHYS 118C - Modern Physics Laboratory I

    Semester Hours: 1
    Once a Year
    Measurement of the atomic constants; atomic spectra; X-ray diffraction; mass spectroscopy; electron paramagnetic resonance; Rutherford scattering; vacuum deposition and thin films; nuclear physics including counting techniques, alpha, beta and gamma spectra, neuron cross sections and activation analysis. (3 hours laboratory exercises to accompany PHYS 118A .) Students will make an oral presentation of their results. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    PHYS 118A . Satisfies the intermediate/advanced laboratory requirement.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

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