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I. PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
On-Campus Students
Health or Physical Education
3 courses
A fitness/wellness competency course must be one of these 3 courses
Students with the exception of those excluded by program requirements, are required to
complete three (3) courses in health or physical education. One of the three courses must
meet the fitness competency requirement.
The health or physical education requirement
is three (3) courses regardless of the credit awarded in the course. A student must
take three courses regardless of the total number of credit hours accumulated one of
the three courses must meet the fitness competency requirement.
Veterans of more
than one year of active military service may be given credit for three (3) courses of health or
physical education upon presentation of Form DD 214 to the Registrar’s Office. Veterans
must make this request before enrolling in a health or physical education course.
A competency in fitness/wellness will be required of all graduates of Darton State College
with exception of those excluded by program requirements, special contracts, and certificate
programs. The requirement may be fulfilled by satisfactory completion of one of the following
courses: PHED 1105, Strength Training; PHED 1106, Walk, Jog, Run; PHED 1161, Fitness
I; PHED 1162, Fitness II; PHED 1110, Deep Water Exercise; PHED 1139, Fitness Swimming;
PHED 1115, Step Aerobics; PHED 1116, Step Aerobics II; PHED 1123, Aerobic Pump; or
PHED 1182, Personal Conditioning; PHED 1198, Aerobic Dancing; HLTH 1163H Personal
Health (Honors.)
Health and Physical Education courses may not be repeated and will not count towards
the required courses needed for graduation. Classroom health courses may not be repeated.
Since Darton State College does not grant an exemption from physical education for health
reasons, students with a physical disability may satisfy this requirement by completing three
health courses. Students are urged to ask their advisors or one of the physical education
instructors if there are any questions regarding the strenuousness of a physical education
course. It is the responsibility of each student with a physical disability who elects to take an
activity physical education course to advise the instructor of the disability so that proper
accommodations can be made.
A student may substitute music performance classes (MUSC 1080 College Band and
MUSC 1090 College Choir) for up to two (2) of the physical education requirements.