Spoon River College 2023-2024 Catalog

Physical Education

Participation is in various activities designed to promote physical fitness. The course is designed to acquaint the student with a basic knowledge and understanding of physical activities through fitness tests, conditioning programs, and guidance into future lifelong participation in physical activities.

A course designed to acquaint the beginner with driving, fairway shots, pitching, and putting.

Individual volleyball skills in passing, setting, serving, spiking, and blocking are stressed. Further emphasis is placed upon learning the rules and strategy.

Instruction is given in the fundamentals of ball handling, passing, shooting, theories of offense and defense. Included in the course are officiating, the rules, and the history of the game.

Instruction is given in the basic skills of the game with emphasis also placed on the rules, strategy, and history of the game.

A course designed to acquaint the distance runner with training and racing techniques, team dynamics, injury care, and improvement of individual styles of running.

Instruction is given in the basic skills of the game, with emphasis also placed on the rules, strategy, and history of the game

Spoon River College 2023-2024 Catalog

Participation is in various activities designed to promote physical fitness. Advanced participation in circuit training, weight training, conditioning, and interval physical training. This course is designed for the student to acquire the knowledge necessary to develop and implement a personal fitness routine and techniques for development in muscle building, physical fitness, and wellness. Prerequisite: PE 101 with grade of C or better.

This course is designed for the advanced golfer to improve on existing skills, to improve their overall game and to acquaint them with the skills necessary to coach others in the proper techniques to improve their golf game. Prerequisite: PE 125 with grade of C or better.

Instruction in advanced techniques and coaching strategy of fast pitch softball. This course includes coaching strategies to improve hitting, fielding, throwing, and game strategy. Prerequisite: PE 134 with grade of C or better.

This course is designed to develop coaching strategies to assist distance runners with training and racing techniques, team dynamics, injury care, and improvement of individual styles of running. Prerequisite: PE 143 with grade of C or better.

This course is designed for the experienced baseball player. Instruction includes coaching techniques in pitching, hitting, infield and outfield play, as well as game strategy. Prerequisite: PE 146 with grade of C or better.

Physics

This algebra and trigonometry based introductory physics course covers topics in Newtonian mechanics (Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, conservation laws,) fluid static and dynamics, temperature and heat, and laws of thermodynamics. (P1-900L) Prerequisite: College Algebra or MAT 125. Co-requisite: Trigonometry or MAT 126.