Courses Offered by the Department HE101 HEALTH EDUCATION HE102 STRESS MANAGEMENT HE201 HUMAN SEXUALITY* HE301 MOTOR LEARNING PE111 MODERN DANCE PE113 JAZZ DANCE PE114 BALLET I PE116 AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE PE117 CREATIVE MOVEMENT EXPLORATION PE118 FLAMENCO DANCE PE122 BEGINNING GOLF PE131 TENNIS I PE135 BASKETBALL PE136 VOLLEYBALL PE141 FITNESS TRAINING PE143 YOGA I PE144 AEROBICS PE145 TAI CHI I PE146 KUNG FU PE147 GENTLE YOGA PE153 FENCING PE214 BALLET II PE231 TENNIS II PE243 YOGA II PE245 TAI CHI II    *Human Sexuality (HE201) no longer requires a prerequisite to register for it. If you have problems registering for this course, or for more information, please contact Dr. Ray Noonan by email or by phone, 212.217.4240. Associate degree students need to take two Health and Physical Education courses as part of their graduation requirements. Check with your advisor about your major's requirements. For the complete current course listing with faculty and their phone numbers, click the Faculty Current Course Schedules and Phones link on the navigation list on the left. For a preview of future course listings with who are currently scheduled to teach, click on the appropriate schedule on the left. (These are coming again soon.)

Faculty and Staff Renée Binzer, MA Stephanie Bird, MS Peggy Clarke, MPH Eleanor DiPalma, PhD Anne-Michele Eisenstein, MA Lawrence Galante, PhD K. Meira Goldberg, MFA, EdD Karen Allyn Gordon, MPH Sergey Isayenko, BS, BS Ted Lewis, MS Dana Manno, MA Margarita Martinez, MSEd Arlene Mehlman, MSW Raoul Nacinovich, MS Michael Nolan, MA, MFA Raymond J. Noonan, PhD Hilary Nudell, MS Lori Pantazis, MA Howard Puro, MA Leonard Rapkin, MS Edward Sheehan, MA Nicholas Skirka, PhD Carolyn Webb, MFA Amy Zaborowski, department secretary Marvin Rippy, classroom assistant Ernest Dix, technologist Web Page Editor Dr. Ray Noonan

The Mission of the Health and Physical Education Department

The mission of the Health and Physical Education Department is to bring the joys and benefits of an active and balanced lifestyle into the lives of students to complement the professional and liberal arts educational mission of the college. Using a proactive decision-making model of health and fitness, we encourage students to take an active role in achieving a balance between the demands of their educational aspirations and a health-conscious way of living encompassing the six dimensions of health--physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, and environmental. Our goals are to:

• educate students to take responsibility for the quality of their lives by giving them the knowledge, skills, and resources to achieve improved health and physical fitness in their daily lives.
• empower students to enjoy productive, competitive, and/or leisure-time activities that can be practiced now and for the remainder of their lives.
• encourage students to integrate healthy lifestyle choices and physical activity into their everyday lives to balance the effects of stress and other environmental factors.
• foster effective personal functioning through an understanding of the interrelated interactions of themselves with other people and their environment.

Many of our courses are designed to develop total fitness based on a holistic model of health. Total fitness is a positive state of well being in which a person has enough strength and energy to participate in the full, active lifestyle of one's own choice. Other courses are designed to provide fitness opportunities that draw on cultural traditions, such as various types of dance. Still others provide a venue for promoting teamwork and positive competition through sports-oriented activities. Thus, the benefits of cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, and endurance can be achieved in varying degrees in most of our physical activity (PE) courses. The Department works closely with the Athletics and Recreation program of the Office of Student Life to promote teamwork and school spirit.

In our classroom (HE) courses, students learn practical and theoretical information about a multitude of health topics, including nutrition and diet, consumer health, relationships and sexuality, and ways to reduce and manage stress. One course is designed for toy design majors to gain an understanding of the developmental aspects of children's motor skills at different ages. All of our courses can help students meet the usual and unusual demands of daily life safely and effectively without undue stress or exhaustion, as well as promote good mental health principles.

All HE and PE courses can be applied to the two-course Health and Physical Education requirement for the AAS degree, except HE301 Motor Learning.

For More Information:
Rene Mathez, M.S., Acting Chairperson
Health and Physical Education Department
27th Street and 7th Avenue, AX13
New York, NY 10001
212.217.4235
Rene_Mathez@fitnyc.edu