Physical Education and Sports
Overview
The Department of Physical Education and Sports was opened in the academic year 1999-2000 within the departments of the Education Faculty in Mukalla, and a number of students enrolled it was (17) students, most of whom were physical education teachers in elementary and secondary schools. The first batch graduated was about (13) students obtained a bachelor’s degree in education, specializing in physical education and sports. The department celebrated on Thursday 20/10/2016 the graduation of the fourteenth batch, which was called the “Restoring Hope” batch, numbered (19) students.
Vision
The Department of Physical Education and Sports at Hadhramout University is working on improving the capabilities of its students on the scientific aspect by providing them with a distinguished and integrated scientific education, as well as from a theoretical aspect. It also seeks to supply the labor market with these competencies to be active elements in serving and building Yemen society and contributing to its scientific and sports development.
Mission
The department seeks to contribute in developing the sport aspect in Yemen, through the qualitative preparation of human cadres working in the various sports sectors. The department also seeks excellence in the field of scientific research, practical activities, and developing the competencies and skills of graduates through training programs in various fields and giving them the ability to compete in the local and Arab markets. As well as continuous cooperation with various sports and educational institutions in the local community, such as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the faculties and departments of physical education in Yemeni universities.
Objectives
- Preparing teachers of physical education and sports working in elementary and secondary schools and at all levels of education, familiar with the educational, sports and social aspects.
- Preparing teachers to work in sport clubs and institutions.
- Preparing youth leaders to work in the Ministry of Youth and Sports to develop the sports movement for all sectors of the country in cooperation with the concerned authorities.
- Preparing technical and administrative cadres to work in faculties and university activities.
- Work to raise the student’s physical, health and mental capacity to assume the responsibility entrusted to him in work, production and protect the homeland.
- Encouraging talented university students in the sport fields and preparing them to be national champions.
- Providing health and physical advice and holding sport courses for all sectors of society.
- Conducting studies to provide scientific and sports services to the sport clubs and institutions.
- Active participation with governmental and private bodies operating within the sports field by providing scientific and practical advice.
- Continuing to develop programs and curricula that cope with the latest developments and scientific & technological knowledge in the world.
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Curriculum For Physical Education and Sports Department
Master’s Program in Sports Sciences
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Description of Courses :
Curriculum for the Bachelor’s Program in Physical and Sports Education
The curriculum for the Bachelor’s Program in Physical and Sports Education consists of 149 credit hours, which students complete over eight semesters. These hours are distributed across three main requirements, as shown in the table below
| COURSES | CREDIT HOURS | % |
| University Requirements | 16 | 11 |
| Faculty Requirements | 42 | 28 |
| Department Requirements | 61 | 61 |
| TOTAL | 149 | %100 |
Course Coding and Numbering in the Curriculum of the Bachelor’s Program in Physical and Sports Education
Courses in the Physical and Sports Education program are coded with the prefix “PSE”, which stands for Physical and Sports Education. The numbering system consists of three digits, each representing the following:
- The first digit (hundreds place) indicates the academic year. For example, the number 1 refers to the first academic year.
- The second digit (tens place) indicates the semester in which the course is taught. The number 1 refers to the first semester, and 2 refers to the second semester.
- The third digit (units place) indicates the course sequence within the semester according to the curriculum.
- University Requirements:
These are mandatory courses that all university students must take, regardless of their major. They consist of 16 credit hours, representing approximately 11% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. The distribution is shown in the table below:
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Arabic Language(1) | ARAB 111 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Arabic Language(2) | ARAB 121 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ARAB 111 |
| English Language(1) | ENG 112 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| English Language(2) | ENG 122 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ENG 112 |
| Islamic Culture(1) | ISLAM 113 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Islamic Culture(2) | ISLAM 123 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ISLAM 113 |
| Computer Science | CSC 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Communication Skills | CCC 221 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| SUB-TOTAL | 15 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||
| TOTAL | 16 | 17 | ||||
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Faculty Requirements:
These are mandatory courses that all students in the Faculty of Education must take, regardless of their department. They consist of 42 credit hours, representing 28% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. The distribution is shown in the table below
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Introduction to Psychology | EDU115 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Introduction to Education | EDU124 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Developmental Psychology | EDU212 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| General Teaching Methods | EDU213 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Psychology | EDU222 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| Fundamentals of Scientific Research | EDU223 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Measurement & Evaluation | EDU311 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Curricula | EDU312 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Educational Technology | EDU321 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Educational & Psychological Counseling | EDU322 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Practicum (1) | EDU411 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| School Administration | EDU412 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Job Ethics | EDU421 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| Practicum (2) | EDU422 | 0 | 6 | – | 12 | |
| SUB-TOTAL | 34 | 8 | 34 | 14 | ||
| TOTAL | 42 | 48 | ||||
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- . Department (Specialization) Requirements:
These are courses taken by students within the department. They consist of 91 credit hours, representing 61% of the total credit hours in the curriculum. These requirements are divided into two sections:
| Course Title | Code | HOURS | Pre-course | |||
| Credit | Actual | |||||
| T | P/t | T | P/t | |||
| Athletics(1) | PHYS116 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Physical Fitness | PHYS117 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gymnastics(1) | PHYS118 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Philosophy history and theories of physical education and sports | PHYS119 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Recket games | PHYS125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Basket ball (1) | PHYS126 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Swimming (1) | PHYS127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Workouts and sports | PHYS128 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sport psychology | PHYS214 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Hand ball(1) | PHYS215 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Motor learning | PHYS216 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Volley ball(1) | PHYS217 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Foot ball(1) | PHYS218 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sports fights | PHYS219 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Basket ball(2) | PHYS224 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anatomy | PHYS225 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Scouts Guides and Recreation | PHYS226 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gymnastics(2) | PHYS227 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Swimming(2) | PHYS228 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| and Sports Curricula and teaching mcthods of physical education | EDU 313 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Sport physiology | PHYS314 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Hand ball(2) | PHYS315 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Volley ball(2) | PHYS316 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gymnastics(3) | PHYS317 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Science of Sports Training | PHYS323 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Foot ball(2) | PHYS324 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kinetic analysis | PHYS325 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Mathematical Statistics | PHYS326 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Basket ball(3) | PHYS327 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Athletics(2) | PHYS328 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Science of Sports Training | PHYS 413 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Sports Medicine and Injuries | PHYS 414 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Foot ball (3) | PHYS 415 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Athletics(3) | PHYS 416 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Biomechanics Activity | PHYS 423 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Management and organization in physical education | PHYS 424 | 3 | – | 3 | – | |
| Hand ball(3) | PHYS 425 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Volley ball(3) | PHYS 426 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Graduation Project | PHYS 427 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| SUB-TOTAL | 66 | 25 | 66 | 50 | ||
| TOTAL | 91 | 116 | ||||
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| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Arabic Language- I | ARAB 111 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | English Language- 1 | ENG 112 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Islamic Culture- 1 | ISLAM 113 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 4 | Computer Science | CSC 114 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Introduction to Psychology | EDU115 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | Athletics(1) | PHYS116 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Physical Fitness | PHYS117 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Gymnastics(1) | PHYS118 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 9 | Philosophy history and theories of physical education and sports | PHYS119 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 16 | 8 | – | 20 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Arabic Language- 2 | ARAB 121 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | English Language- 2 | ENG 122 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Islamic Culture- 2 | ISLAM 123 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 4 | Introduction to Education | EDU124 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Recket games | PHYS125 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Basket ball (1) | PHYS126 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Swimming (1) | PHYS127 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Workouts and sports | PHYS128 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 8 | – | 17 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Developmental Psychology | EDU212 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | General Teaching Methods | EDU213 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | Sport psychology | PHYS214 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Hand ball(1) | PHYS215 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Motor learning | PHYS216 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | Volley ball(1) | PHYS217 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Foot ball(1) | PHYS218 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Sports fights | PHYS219 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | – | 19 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Communication Skills | CCC 221 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | Educational Psychology | EDU222 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Fundamentals of Scientific Research | EDU223 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Basket ball(2) | PHYS224 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Anatomy | PHYS225 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | Scouts Guides and Recreation | PHYS226 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Gymnastics(2) | PHYS227 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Swimming(2) | PHYS228 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 8 | – | 18 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Measurement & Evaluation | EDU311 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 2 | Educational Curricula | EDU321 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | and Sports Curricula and teaching mcthods of physical education | EDU 313 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Sport physiology | PHYS314 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Hand ball(2) | PHYS315 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Volley ball(2) | PHYS316 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Gymnastics(3) | PHYS317 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 6 | – | 19 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | ||||||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | |||||||
| 1 | Educational Technology | EDU321 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |||
| 2 | Educational & Psychological Counseling | EDU322 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |||
| 3 | Science of Sports Training | PHYS323 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |||
| 4 | Foot ball(2) | PHYS324 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | |||
| 5 | Kinetic analysis | PHYS325 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | |||
| 6 | Mathematical Statistics | PHYS326 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | |||
| 7 | Basket ball(3) | PHYS327 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | |||
| 8 | Athletics(2) | PHYS328 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | |||
| Total | 18 | 12 | – | ||||||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Practicum (1) | EDU411 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| 2 | School Administration | EDU412 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | Science of Sports Training(2) | PHYS 413 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Sports Medicine and Injuries | PHYS 414 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Foot ball (3) | PHYS 415 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Athletics(3) | PHYS 416 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 6 | – | 16 | ||
| Courses Titles | Code / No | Contact Hours | Credit Hours | |||
| Lecture | Practical | Tutorial | ||||
| 1 | Job Ethics | EDU421 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | Practicum (2) | EDU422 | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| 3 | Biomechanics Activity | PHYS 423 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Management and organization in physical education | PHYS 424 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Hand ball(3) | PHYS 425 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Volley ball(3) | PHYS 426 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Graduation Project | PHYS 427 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 10 | – | 20 | ||