<p>is a phys. ed. course required at every university in the country???</p>
<p>No.........</p>
<p>Depends on the university and the degree. But I do know that not every university requires every degree to have Kinesiology credit.</p>
<p>It should be but no, more often than not it isn't.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree that there should be PE. And maybe a class on nutrition also since America is home of the obese.</p>
<p>ee_stu, I agree with you. Every HS and college should have mandatory PE all four years. very few actually do however.</p>
<p>we have 2 full credits of PE required in hs, but only 1 college i know of has anything like that - and it's a CC</p>
<p>Oh, and I'm not advocating that everyone should strive to lose weight and look ideal. I'm extremely underweight myself and am working on putting on healthy weight. It's just that for those who would like to lose weight, just one intro class to nutrition will provide you with more insight and useful basic knowledge than a book on the next diet fad. Out of my 3 years' worth of GE, math and science classes, the nutrition class was most beneficial so far in terms of value per class unit.</p>
<p>haha yeah, actually, @ MIT.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Although some colleges require PE or nutrition, the idea is ridiculous. It isn't middle school; people eventually need to exercise personal responsibility over health, exercise, and nutrition.</p>
<p>Not at CMU but for computer science majors they require you to do things like watch a movie or go out and take a walk.</p>
<p>Like all requirements, it depends on the school.</p>
<p>I had to take 4 years of (state-wide required) PE in high school and then a semester in college. It was a total waste of time. If you're going to get fit, it needs to be your own choice and on your own time. You aren't going to have the state (or school) forcing you to work out 45 minutes a day when you're 50, are you?</p>
<p>You're missing the point. PE courses, if required in college, are usually integrated into to the GE curriculum to broaden a student's education. It's to raise awareness and is no different, than say, Intercultural Studies.</p>
<p>we had to take 2 full credits of PE in college... whatever coures you wanted. You could take volleyball for 1/2 a credit, or softball for 1/2 a credit... etc.. i took a "concepts of physical fitness" which was sort of like a health/nutrition plus we did some activities like running and stuff.. that was a full credit, and i took bowling for my other full credit.</p>
<p>Me too, I took s nutrition course to fulfill the GE requirement rather than taking the actual PE activity courses. The showers were broken and I didn't want to stink up my classes afterwards, lol.</p>
<p>back in the early 90's it was mandatory at FIU</p>
<p>I think that they have to take swimming the freshman year at Howard University</p>
<p>at penn state everyone must take 2 1.5 credit classes of some kind of physical activity or health, but there are tons of options. From Ballroom dancing (USC is not to only school with this one) to scuba diving, skiing, golf, flag football, ect.</p>
<p>At Brandeis, 2 courses are required methinks. However, you can take classes like yoga, DDR, walking, fencing, ballroom dancing, or CPR/First aid. I'm all for that. I'd do it on my own anyway.</p>
<p>My college requires that we take 4 classes of PE. We can take the same activity up to twice. So to graduate we need like 4-6 credits of Phys Ed.</p>