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College Catalog 2014-2015 
    
College Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physical Education


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Full Time Staff: Kim Chandler (Director of Athletics), Vanessa Seljeskog (Associate Director/PE Chair),Ian Barker, Tom Cross, Jordan Cushing, Matt Haugen, Tony Jennison, Curt Kietzer, Dan Larson, John Leaney, Marshall Mullenbach, Paula Natvig, Matt Parrington, Martin Peper, Steph Schleuder, Ellen Thompson

The department of physical education provides students with the opportunity to develop or improve skills in activity classes and/or compete in a wide range of recreational, intramural, club and intercollegiate sports.

The varsity athletic teams are members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, (NCAA Division III). Varsity sports for men include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Varsity sports for women include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, water polo, and volleyball.

Club sports include: M/W crew, M/W Climbing, M/W ice hockey, M/W Nordic skiing, M/W rugby, M/W ultimate Frisbee, co-ed volleyball, men’s water polo and women’s lacrosse.

Intramural competition is available in a wide variety of sport activities throughout the school year. Team sports have men’s, women’s and co-ed schedules. Individual sports have men’s and women’s singles, doubles and co-ed doubles tournaments.

Activity Courses

A variety of activity classes are offered through the department of physical education. Students may earn a maximum of four credits toward graduation for participating in four different physical education activity classes. Each class is one credit and all activity classes are graded S/NC. Some activity classes may have a participation fee.

Water Activities                               
   
PE 01 - Swimming I  PE 31 - Scuba Diving 
PE 11 - Swimming II  PE 41 - Lifeguard Training 
PE 21 - Swim for Fitness  PE 51 - Aqua Aerobics 
   
Lifetime Activities  
   
PE 02 - Tennis I  PE 15 - Fencing II 
PE 03 - Beginning Social Dance  PE 16 - Yoga II 
PE 04 - Karate I   
PE 05 - Fencing I  PE 18 - Pilates 
PE 06 - Yoga I  PE 19 - Conditioning II 
PE 07 - Personal Health and Wellness  PE 20 - Weight Training 
PE 08 - Step Aerobics  PE 22 - Badminton 
PE 09 - Conditioning   
PE 10 - Racquetball I  PE 25 - Triathlon Training 
PE 26 - Tai Chi Chuan 
PE 12 - Tennis II  PE 27 - Cardio Fitness 
PE 13 - Intermediate Social Dance  PE 28 - Pilates II 
PE 14 - Karate II  PE 30 - Golf 
PE 33 - Salsa Dance 
PE 40 - Self Defense 
PE 43 - Salsa II 
PE 50 - Tae Kwon Do 
PE 61 - Water Polo 
Miscellaneous  
   
PE 90 - Independent Study —Students with instructor sponsorship may design their own activity course.

 

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