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Physical Education and Exercise ScienceDepartment Chairperson: Tobey, CharlesDeputy Chairperson (CLAS): Hipscher, Michael Location: 428 West Quad Phone: 718-951-5514 Fax: 718-951-4541 
The Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science offers two degree programs: a bachelor of science in physical education, with three focus areas, physical education, exercise science, and recreation, and a bachelor of science for physical education teacher (all grades). The department also offers a minor in physical education or in exercise science. The adaptive physical education program prepares students to work with people who are physically, emotionally, or mentally challenged. Students learn how to adapt physical education activities for these special populations. They spend one semester participating and observing behavior in a setting outside the College community. Students in exercise science have many opportunities for practical hands-on experience with laboratory equipment and in testing and measuring in our human physiology labs. This focus area provides a good background for individuals preparing for graduate work in exercise physiology, medicine, physical and occupational therapy, or to become a physician's assistant, or enter other health-related professions. Individuals completing the exercise science program must meet the educational eligibility requirements of the American College of Sports Medicine for certification as a health/fitness instructor, health/fitness director, and preventive and rehabilitative exercise specialist. Our undergraduate teacher candidates are required to take a number of education courses and a wide range of sport and physical activity courses in addition to theoretical and exercise science classes. They must also serve as an assistant teacher to one of our faculty members for a semester during their junior year. In their senior year, they must complete two semesters of student teaching, one at the elementary school level and one at secondary school. In collaboration with the School of Education, we design our program in cooperation with the liberal arts and sciences faculties and in consultation with local schools so that our students may develop the knowledge and proficiencies needed to work with New York City's racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse student population. Graduates of our physical education teacher education program are assistant principals in many of the public schools in Brooklyn and make up a large percentage of the faculty in the borough's physical education departments. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's programs offered by this department.
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