Department Chair: Decker
Professors: Decker
Assistant Professor: Cucuzzo
Endorsements: Movement Sciences K-12, Wellness, Coaching. Both a non-teaching and a teacher-training program of professional preparation are available. Non-teaching majors and minors may select any of the areas listed above or sports medicine without taking professional education courses.
The courses offered in the disciplines of Wellness and Movement Sciences are designed to provide an activity-service program for all students and to provide a professional teacher-training program.
The objectives of the activity-service program are to develop: (1) physical well-being, (2) healthy skills needed for contemporary living, and (3) desirable attitudes toward physical activity. The professional teacher-training program courses are designed to provide: (1) academic preparation and/or the specific skills needed for teaching (2) appreciation of the place of physical activity in American society, and (3) foundation for graduate study.
Only 100 level courses will count toward the satisfaction of the general education activity requirement for bachelors degrees. Students who have lettered in a high school or college sport, who are on a scholarship, or who are trying out for a sport may not receive credit for an activity class in that sport. Students enrolling in an improper course level will be reassigned to a more appropriate class.
All majors and minors must successfully complete department student outcomes assessment.
MOVEMENT SCIENCES K-12 MAJOR
Block 1
MVSC 213 First Aid 2
MVSC 240 Anatomical & Physiological Kinesiology 4
Block 2
MVSC 227 Pedagogy in Movement Sciences I 3
MVSC 245 History & Philosophy in Movement Sciences 2
Block 3
MVSC 302 Teaching Outdoor & Initiative Activities 2
MVSC 303 Teaching Team Sports 2
MVSC 305 Teaching Individual Sports I 2
MVSC 341 Exercise Physiology 4
Block 4
MVSC 306 Teaching Individual Sports II 2
MVSC 307 Teaching Rhythms & Fitness Activities 2
MVSC 327 Pedagogy in Movement Sciences II 3
MVSC 343 Biomechanics 3
Block 5
MVSC 402 Adapted Movement Sciences 3
MVSC 425 P-12 Movement Sciences Curriculum 6*
Block 6
MVSC 408 Assessment in Movement Sciences 3
MVSC 400 Motor Behavior 3
MVSC 427 Developing Teaching Skills in Movement Sciences 3*
(45 hrs)
*These courses are required professional education courses.
MVSC 100 is a prerequisite to all movement sciences courses. MVSC 141, Intermediate Swimming, and MVSC 240, Anatomical & Physiological Kinesiology, are required General Education Courses.
Blocks must be completed in order. The prerequisite for each block is completion of the block numerically preceding it.
Most courses will be taught only every other year.
Sample Schedule
Bachelor of Science, Movement Sciences K-12
| Fall | Cr. Hrs. | Spring | CR. Hrs. |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | ||
| ENGL 101 Comp & Rhet I (GE) | 3 | ENGL 102 Comp & Rhet II (GE) | 3 |
| BIOL 101 Biology I (GE) | 4 | BIOL 102 Biology II (GE) | 4 |
| COMM 110 Public Speaking (GE) | 3 | HIST 111 World Civ I (GE) | 3 |
| CMPS 110 Computer Literacy (GE) | 3 | MATH 111 Interm. Algebra (GE) | 3 |
| MVSC 100 Concepts of MS (GE) | 2 | MVSC140 Beginning Swim. (GE) | 1 |
| 15 | PSY 102 General Psychology (GE) | 3 | |
| 17 |
| Fall | Cr. Hrs. | Spring | CR. Hrs. |
| Year 2 | Year 2 | ||
| ENGL 201 Intro to Literature (GE) | 3 | CMPS 260 Computer Applications (GE) | 3 |
| HIST201 American Hist (GE) | 3 | HIST 112 World Civ II (GE) | 3 |
| MATH 123 College Algebra (GE) | 3 | MVSC 141 Intermed. Swim. (GE) | 1 |
| MVSC 213 First Aid | 2 | MVSC 227 Pedagogy in MS I | 3 |
| MVSC 240 Anatomy & Physiology (GE) | 4 | MVSC 245 Hist & Phil in MS | 3 |
| MUSC or ART elective (GE) | 3 | SOC 101 General Sociology (GE) | 3 |
| 18 | MUSC 111 or ART 211 (GE) | 3 | |
| 19 |
| Fall | Cr. Hrs. | Spring | CR. Hrs. |
| Year 3 | Year 3 | ||
| ENGL 225 Short Story (GE) | 3 | EDUC 311 School, Self & Society | 3 |
| HIST 300 Hist. of New Mexico (GE) | 3 | EDUC 305/307 Exploratory Field | 3 |
| MVSC 302 Teaching Outdoor & IA | 2 | MVSC 306 Teaching Indiv. Sports II | 2 |
| MVSC 303 Teaching Team Sports | 2 | MVSC 307 Teaching Rhy. & Fit. Act. | 2 |
| MVSC 305 Teaching Individual Sports I | 2 | MVSC 327 Pedagogy in MS II | 3 |
| MVSC 341 Exercise Physiology | 4 | MVSC 343 Biomechanics | 3 |
| 16 | 16 |
| Fall | Cr. Hrs. | Spring | CR. Hrs. |
| Year 4 | Year 4 | ||
| EDUC 402 Comp Classroom | 3 | EDUC 436 Interactions & Strat | 3 |
| MVSCS 402 Adapted Move. Sci. | 3 | MVSC 400 Motor Behavior | 3 |
| MVSC 425 P-12 M.S. Curriculum | 6 | MVSC 408 Assessment in M.S. | 3 |
| PSY 301 Developmental Psy | 3 | MVSC427 Dev. Teaching Skills in M.S. | 3 |
| 15 | PSY 302 Educational Psy | 3 | |
| 15 |
| Fall | Cr. Hrs. |
| Year 5 | |
| EDUC 494 Practicing Teaching | 9 |
| 9 |
MS NON-TEACHING MAJOR
The non-teaching major is the same as the teaching major minus MVSC 425 and MVSC 427.
MS Non-Teaching Minor (25 credit hours)
MVSC 302 Teaching Outdoor & Initiative Activities 2
MVSC 303 Teaching Team Sports 2
MVSC 305 Teaching Individual Sports I 2
MVSC 306 Teaching Individual Sports II 2
MVSC 307 Teaching Rhythms & Fitness Activities 2
MVSC 341 Physiology of Exercise 2
MVSC 343 Biomechanics 3
MVSC 400 Motor Behavior 3
MVSC 402 Adapted Movement Sciences 3
Total credit hours 21
Coaching Minor (24 credit hours)
MVSC 212 Basic Prevention and Treatment of Athletic Injuries 3
MVSC 213 First Aid 2
MVSC 218 Introduction to Coaching 3
MVSC 341 Physiology of Exercise 4
MVSC 343 Biomechanics 3
MVSC 400 Motor Behavior 3
MVSC 406 Sports Psychology 3
MVSC 445 Sport in American Culture 3
Total credit hours 24
Sports Medicine Minor (25 credit hours)
MVSC 212 Basic Prevention & Treatment of Athletic Injuries 3
MVSC 213 First Aid 2
MVSC 240 Anatomical & Physiological Kinesiology 4
MVSC 311 Advanced Athletic Training 3
MVSC 341 Physiology of Exercise 4
MVSC 343 Biomechanics 3
MVSC 481 Internship - Sports Medicine 3
Choice of
WELL 300 Nutrition/Diet Therapy OR
WELL 464 Substance Use/Abuse 3
Total: 25
Wellness Endorsement (24 credit hours)
WELL 162 Personal and Community Wellness Education 3
WELL 262 Introduction to Wellness Education 3
WELL 300 Nutrition/Diet Therapy 3
WELL 361 Introduction to Community Wellness 3
WELL 362 Curriculum in Wellness Education 3
WELL 450 Wellness Education Methods and Materials 3
WELL 460 Wellness Program Planning and Evaluation 3
WELL 464 Substance Use/Abuse 3
WELL 465 Wellness of the Aging 3
WELL 470 Human Sexuality 3
MVSC 213 First Aid 2
MVSC 240 Anatomical and Physiological Kinesiology 4
Choose 24 of the above credits 24
Professional Education Courses - K-12
PSY 301 Developmental Psychology 3
PSY 302 Educational Psychology 3
EDUC 311 School, Self and Society 3
EDUC 402 Computers in the Classroom 3
EDUC 305/307 Exploratory Field Experience 3
MVSC 425 P-12 Movement Sciences Curriculum 6
MVSC 427 Developing Teaching Skills in Movement Sciences 3
EDUC 436 Classroom Interactions and Strategies 3
EDUC 493 Practice Teaching-K-12 3-9
Total: 36