DEPARTMENT Grounded in all the proud traditions that multi-faceted physical education curricula have historically embraced, the Department in 2002 changed its name to the Department of Health, Human Performance and Leisure Studies to more accurately reflect the sophistication and breadth of its teaching and research. Emerging health issues, the connection of a healthy mind and a healthy body, the important roles of teaching and coaching in education, the phillosophy of a lifetime of healthy activities, the increasing complexity of the business of sports, and the Aristotelean concept about the necessity of a relationship between thiking and movement are all the ficus of learning and research in the Department. As a result, a whole range and level of opportunities not thought of before are opened up as possibilities for students. It is in this context that the Department offers four programs of rigorous and challenging study. The Department also offers minors in sports administration, and community and school health education. |