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Macalester College Catalog 2007-2008

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Physical Education

Full Time Staff: Travis Feezell (Director), Vanessa Seljeskog (Associate Director), Glenn Caruso, Tom Cross, Jordan Cushing, Paula Henrie, Curt Kietzer, John Leaney, Matt Parrington, Bob Pearson, Martin Peper, Steph Schleuder, Ellen Thompson, Travis Walsh

The department of physical education provides students the opportunity to develop or improve skills in activity classes and/or compete in a wide range of recreational, intramural, club and intercollegiate sports.

The varsity athletic teams are members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, (NCAA Division III). Varsity sports for men include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Varsity sports for women include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, water polo, and volleyball.

Club sports include: M/W crew, M/W ice hockey, M/W Nordic skiing, M/W rugby, M/W ultimate frisbee, men's volleyball, men's water polo and women's lacrosse.

Intramural competition is available in a wide variety of sport activities throughout the school year. Team sports have men's, women's and co-ed schedules. Individual sports have men's and women's singles, doubles tournaments and co-ed doubles tournaments.

Activity Courses

A variety of activity classes are offered through the department of physical education. Students may earn a maximum of four credits toward graduation for participating in four different physical education activity classes. Each class is one credit and all activity classes are graded S/NC. Some activity classes may incur a participation fee.

Water Activities

01 Swimming I
11 Swimming II
21 Swim for Fitness
31 Scuba Diving
41 Lifeguard Training

Lifetime Activities

02 Tennis I
03 Beginning Social Dance
04 Karate I
05 Fencing I
06 Yoga I
07 Personal Health and Wellness
08 Step Aerobics
09 Conditioning
10 Racquetball I
11 Racquet sports
12 Tennis II
13 Intermediate Social Dance
14 Karate II
15 Fencing II
16 Yoga II
17 Running
20 Weight Training
23 Beginning Competitive Sport Dance
30 Golf
40 Self Defense
50 Tae Kwon Do

Miscellaneous

90 Independent Study—Students with instructor sponsorship may design their own activity course.


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