Po UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
is LAWRENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The newly organized Department of Physical Education in
the School of Education at the University of Kansas, offering a
four-year major course, is now in its second year, end we feel that
much progress has been madee We feel that we have been slowly
fitting ourselves to meet the needs and demands of the stetee Our
primal purpose is to serve the high schools of Kansas in this spece
ialized field.

Graduate Work

Graduate work in physical education was begum last fall,
and now the following courses have been approved which give gradu-
ate credits

100. Principles of Commmity Recreation, 3 hours

176. Tests and Measurements, 3 hours

200. Theory and Practice of athletic Training, 3 hours
201. Advanced Basketball, 3 hours

202.4 Administration of Physical Education, 3 hours
M294. Content and Method of Physical Education, 3 hours
500. Special Problems in Physical Education, 24 hours
$12. Seminar in Physical Education, 3 hours.

It is our aim to establish a well-planned program that will
_ lead to a combined Master's degree in Education and Physical Educatione

Baccalaureate Degree

 

Kansas is conspicuous by being one of ten states that does
not have state legislation providing for physical education, and one
of twenty-five not having a state director of physical education. In
our endeavor to train young men and women to fill the teaching and
coaching needs of the high schools of Kansas, en undergraduate curri-
culum for a major in physical education is being followed, leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Science in the School of Educatione We are
enclosing a copy of this course of study, with instructions to students