Department of Sports and Fitness Educational Policy

Admission Policy

The educational objectives of the Department of Sports and Fitness are to foster students to obtain the enriched personality and high level of specialized knowledge as a professional of exercise and sports for human health promotion and retention and to contribute actively to human health.
The department provides the courses for acquisition of junior high school and high school physical education teacher license and other qualifications; Health Fitness Instructor, Health Fitness Programmer,
Sports Instructor for the Disabled and other sports instructor qualifications authorized by JASA.
These courses offer the characteristic education for students to acquire the advanced knowledge about sports/exercise coaching and school/sports facility operation, moreover the applied skills for effective and scientific coaching. Therefore, following students with strong sense of purpose are desired.

1

Those who are interested in physical education in schools and competitive sports, and aspire to become a coach in the future with advanced knowledge and skills in physical education and sports, and also enriched personality.

2

Those interested in human health promotion, retention and relevant health problems, and aspire to become an expert with the specialized knowledge and practical skills regarding health fitness instruction.

3

Those who are interested in sports facility operations, equipment maintenance, media broadcasting and event planning, and also aspire to become a producer to support the exercise and sport with advanced knowledge, practical skills and enriched personality.

In sum, for learning in The Department of Sports and Fitness, we expect students to cultivate greater interest not only in the classes
and afterschool activities in high school, but health promotion, physical education, sports coaching and event operations.

Curriculum Policy

Department of Sports and Fitness systematically arranges the 9 academic disciplines on the basis of the above educational objectives and the diploma policy. For freshman and sophomore, the department offers students the courses with a small group classes to perceive their progress in learning, also the specialized seminars in order to reinforce the links between the Liberal Arts subjects and the
Specialized Subjects. Additionally, the 3 advanced courses, Sports Coaching Course, Health Exercise Course, and Sports Producing Course are available through the Department of Sports and Fitness for more specialized and effective learning of each student with their future plan.

Outline of Academic Disciplines

Health Science (All-Department)

To obtain the comprehensive knowledge of physical, mental, and social health including body changes with aging, moreover, the broad knowledge of fitness, nutrition, and refreshment for maintaining and promoting importance of health.

Health Social Studies

To gain the skills and knowledge of understanding the current social circumstance, supporting health/sports activities in field of social welfare for elderlies and handicapped, media to release information, and planning and operating health/sports competition and events.

Nutrition

To acquire the knowledge and skills of basic nutrition for health maintenance and promotion, and sports nutrition.

Health and Hygiene

To acquire the knowledge of health and hygiene for individual and group health maintenance and promotion through collecting and handling accurate scientific information about process of development and aging from child to adolescence including handicapped. Besides, adding the knowledge and skills of safety and first-aid fosters safe and effective lead on the sport of physical education and other sports activities.

Sports Science

To raise sports ethics with the sports instructing history, cultural background, roles of sports, principles and legal rules, and also, acquire the knowledge and skills of group behavior, social structure and management of sports facilities including the ones run by administration. Moreover, to enable students instruct sports activities with the knowledge of sports psychology and natural science.

Sports Medicine

To enhance the knowledge of body structures, functions, physiological reactions by exercising, medical knowledge in sports injuries and physical treatment skills.

Kinematics

To become knowledgeable in actual, efficient physical training and activity methods, also the practical coaching skills with proper understanding of “Sports Concept” and “Characteristic of each Sport” regarding competitive sports, school physical education and outdoor activities.

Physical Education and

Coaching Study

To increase pragmatic skills as a school physical education teacher, health fitness instructor in the society, outdoor activity instructor and sports coach. Moreover, it is to learn how to create and develop the coaching methods for individual athlete.

Specialized Practice and Research

In freshman and sophomore year, rise their interests and concerns in the specialized area of health and sports through the broad and variety of general practices. Meanwhile, in junior and senior year, to enhance their individual expertness and applied skills, they determine their own research field.

Others

Other courses are provided for covering new knowledge and equipment by the progress of science and the social situation, also acquisition of High School / Junior High School Physical Education Teaching License and other practical qualification through developing or complementing the knowledge they already had.

Advanced Courses

Sports Coaching Advanced Course

To accomplish the advanced, specified knowledge and skills for sports coaching career with the scientific approach.

Health and Exercise Advanced Course

To accomplish the advanced, specified knowledge and skills for lifelong health maintenance and improvement, also recent health issues solution at each age group from child to elder with proper fitness and exercise.

Sports Producer and Media Advanced Course

To accomplish the specified knowledge and skills of supporting sports activities with consideration of age group, sexuality and handicapped or not. The course is for those who aim to be a sports producer, sports facilities manager, sports media broadcaster, sports event operator.

Diploma Policy

The Department of Sports and Fitness awards students with Bachelor Degree of Arts in Sports and Fitness when the requirements of the prescribed credits and skills below have been satisfied.

1

Students those who are proficient in human body structure, functions, and health fitness, also capable of leading health exercise and sports activities scientifically.

2

Students those who understand the characteristics between age, sex, and other individual characteristics of persons, also are capable of leading health fitness and sports activities.

3

Students those who gained specialized skills of physical conditioning and care, also are capable of leading health fitness and sports activities.

4

Students those who obtained the basic method of collecting information of fitness and sports, also are capable of leading the related industries and business.

5

Students those who practically apply the methods and skills of leading certain sport event to various sporting scenes such as school physical education and health promotion.

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