The course introduces students to issues in the foundations of educations. It studies the social and philosophical foundations of education, their nature and scope: Basic concepts that influence the work of the classroom teacher are also discussed. Lectures and discussions are the main mode of dissemination of the course.

This combined course aims at introducing students to basic skills in Soccer and Volleyball. It also introduces students’ tactics and techniques in the games of soccer and volleyball. The course covers the rules and technical officiating in the games. It will also introduce students to the teaching and coaching of the games.

This is a comprehensive course designed to introduce prospective teachers to the psychological influences responsible for the behaviour and learning characteristics of individual students. It includes knowledge of the forces of nature and nature as they affect the physical, psycho-social, cognitive and moral characteristics of the learner in school. It also includes knowledge on how the teacher can identify special needs in the individual as well as the principles and strategies to employ in helping and counseling learners to develop their potentials in full.

The scientific basis of physical education embracing the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive and nervous systems would be covered in this course. The structure, functions and the physiological processes of the muscles, bones, and nerves are examined from a basic standpoint and as related to physical education. The course is a prerequisite for EPH 241.   

This is an integrated course involving the science of motion of humans, the effects of extraneous variables on human motion and performance. The anatomic and physiologic fundamentals of human motion for example the skeletal framework and its movements, musculoskeletal system and neuromuscular basis of human movement will be covered. The effect of extraneous variables on human motion and performance, the application of the principles of mechanics to the problems of teaching physical education skills and activities of daily life will be covered.

The course provides opportunity for students to acquire basic theoretical and practical experience in curriculum planning, implementing, and evaluation in Health, Physical Education and Leisure. The course also exposes students to the processes of curriculum change.

The course introduces students to the nature of statistics with a description of variable, scales of measurement and the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics. Data representation is treated with emphasis on frequency distributions, histograms, polygons, gives, bars, and pie charts as well as box and whisker plots. The nature and role of the measures of location, variability and relative position are explained. Students are introduced to the concept of probability with emphasis on the addition and multiplication roles and the nature, properties and applications of the normal distribution. Measures of relations and correlation are explained and their roles in education are discussed. Basic ideas about statistical inference (sampling distributions) are treated leading to an introduction to hypothesis testing. Statistical tools such as regression analysis, chi-square, Mann-Whitney test, Wilcoxon signed rank test. One-way analysis and the Kruskall-Wallis test are mentioned briefly with emphasis on I icy can be used.

The course is designed to introduce students to the meaning and scope of testing and measuring in health, physical education and leisure. Students also acquire knowledge of the principles of evaluation in the teaching and learning process. It covers basic criteria for test selection, administration, interpretation and utilization of test results in both theory and practical Physical Education. The course further introduces students to practical basic data analysis tools such as the mean, standard deviation, t-tests and Chi-Square, using SPSS software.

The course is an advanced study of the identification and management of specific sports injuries. It deals with the application of anatomical physiological and first aid principles to various forms of injuries and traumas that occur during sports performances e.g., heatstroke, muscle cramps, sprains and strains as well as dislocations. Techniques for massaging will also be included.

This course is the application of human anatomy and physiology to movement education. The course examines the definition, importance of exercise physiology, the essentials of movement such as muscular, neurological controls and neuromuscular adaptations to resistance training. Energy for movement including metabolism, basic energy systems and metabolic adaptations to training will be covered. Cardio respiratory function and performance, physical activity for health and fitness including prescription of exercise for health and fitness will be covered. Physiological parameters such as anthropometrics, training adaptations for anaerobic and aerobic capacities, muscular strength and body composition as related to physical exercise will be discussed.

The course is intended to give students relevant experience concerning the fundamental principles guiding human movement behaviour. This experience is then applied to understanding and designing motor tasks or motor skills for learners. The course also equips students with relevant knowledge in motor development, motor control and learning. It also emphasizes performance changes that are associated with motor learning.

The course examines the scientific, sociological, psychological and physiological principles and theories of teaching skills, coaching, and sports performance. Topics to be covered include periodization, planning, training methods, and motivation needed to increase the performance of an athlete.

The course is to equip students with the basic concepts of epidemiology. Students will gain knowledge about measuring and interpreting patterns of disease occurrence; sources of data, epidemiological models of causation. Asthe study of disease patterns in society, this course will also introduce students to basic terminology in the study of human diseases occurrence and distribution. The course will cover the calculation and evaluation of basic epidemiological data, such as nativity, morbidity and mortality rates and ratios. Students will be introduced to epidemiological studies.

The course examines the concept of research and its approaches such as qualitative and quantitative designs. Students explore various ways by which data can be collected to answer simple research questions. Students are also introduced identifying research problems and basic skills of writing simple research proposal. The course will help students evaluate elementary research reports and serve as preparation for the student project (EPH 499).

The focus of the course explores administrative, leadership and organizational issues and skills in health, physical education and leisure programmes in and outside the school. Students also acquire knowledge on factors that promote or inhibit organization and administration of health and sports programmes.

This course recognizes that secondary school students need guidance to be able to attain their full potential and maximize the benefits of their educational experience. It attempts to equip the stent with information that will enable him/her to facilitate this process in a secondary school setting.At the end of the course, student should be able to show a clear understanding of the guidance concept in the context of school personnel work, examine the principles under girding guidance practice, explore the services of a given guidance programme, show how they can be addressed and examine the role of guidance personnel.

The course will introduce students to legal terminology, philosophy and practice as applied to physical education and sport. It will cover legal and ethical principles in teaching, coaching, and competitive sports.