SUNY Potdam

The physical education experience develops the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to live a productive lifestyle leading to the successful pursuit of personal and professional goals.

There are three major goals of the physical education experience:

1. Participate in activities that develop specific skills appropriate to the area, 

2. Demonstrate a knowledge of the benefits of exercise, lifelong physical fitness, proper nutrition, stress management, and a lifestyle approach to physical activity, 

3. Develop attitudes which incorporate physical activity as part of a lifelong healthy lifestyle.

 Limitations and recommendations:

• Each student must complete four courses designated physical education courses (PE) in addition to the 120 academic semester hours required for the B.A. and B.S. or the B.M. degree.
  
• Transfer students who have not completed this requirement must take one course for every 30 semester credit hours enrolled at Potsdam up to the four course requirement.
• Participation in an intercollegiate athletic team, on the basis of one course credit given for one season of participation, may be used to fulfill a maximum of two of the four required physical education courses.
• A maximum of one-half of the requirement may be fulfilled by satisfactory completion of the same activity* twice. In another words you can take as many sections of Badminton as you want, but only two completed Badminton classes can count towards the requirement. You would have to complete two other PE designated courses.
  

*Note: In Physical Education, sports or skills such as varsity lacrosse, fitness training, and archery are different activities. In Dance, ballet, modern, and jazz dance are different activities.