In most educational systems, physical education (PE), also called physical training (PT) or gym in less progressive settings, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psycho motor domains in a play or movement exploration setting. In the United States, it is almost always mandatory for students in elementary schools, and often for students in middle schools and high schools.
The primary aim of physical education is to equip students with the knowledge, skills, capacities, and values along with the enthusiasm to maintain a healthy lifestyle into adulthood. Some schools also require physical education as a way to promote weight loss in students. Activities included in the program are designed to promote physical fitness, to develop motor skills, to instill knowledge and understanding of rules, concepts, and strategies, and to teach students to work as part of a team, or as individuals, in a wide variety of competitive activities.
Exercise science majors study the science of the human movement. They also learn how to help people live healthier lives through exercise, rehabilitation, and nutrition. Interested in science, biology, and health? If you enjoy working out, playing sports, and taking care of your body, this could be the major for you. It involves studying everything about the human body, from bones and muscles to skin and tissue, researching questions on nutrition and exercise, learning how to condition the body, examining how diet can affect the body and understanding injury and illness prevention
Health education is defined as the process by which individuals and groups of people learn to behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance or restoration of health. It is a continuing process of informing people how to achieve and maintain good health; of motivating them to do so; and of promoting environmental and lifestyle changes to facilitate their objective.
Some positions are entry level, while others require advanced degrees and experience:
| Activities Director | Cruise Recreation Director | Personal Trainer |
| Adventurer/Risk Trainer | Dance-/Aerobics Instructor | Prison Recreation Specialist |
| Aquatic Management | Emergency Medical Tech. | Recreation Specialist |
| Athletic Coach | Exercise Physiology | Rehabilitation Specialist |
| Athletic Trainer | Health/Fitness Consultant | Sporting Goods Sales |
| Cardiac Rehabilitation | SPA/Health Club Manager | Social Director |
| Cardiovascular Fitness Instructor | PE/Sport/Research Instructor | Strength-Conditioning Coach |
| Community Recreation | Occupational Exercise | Swimming Pool Manager |
| Corporate Fitness Instructor | Park Manager | Teacher; Physical Education |
| Country Club manger | Occupational Therapy Asst. | Physical Therapist |
| Camp Director | Sports Medicine | Physical Therapist Assistant |
| Dietitian | Sports Medicine | Sports-Fitness Nutritionist |
| Chiropractor | Sports Psychologist | Professional Sports Scout |
| Sports Agent | Nutrition Specialist | Professional Sports Umpire |
| Athletic Director | Commercial Recreation |
| Interest in Coaching | Interest in Teaching |
| Motor Skills | Knowledge of Proper Nutrition |
| Motivational Skills | Planning Skills |
| Discussion Skills (ie, human sexuality) | Patience |
| Oral & Visual Communication Skills | Athletically inclined |
| Demonstration Skills (physical activities) | Interest in Physical Activities |
| Interest in Health Issues | Interest & Knowledge in the mechanics and general health of human body |
Medical Fitness Association Internships
http://www.medicalfitness.org/display
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Blue Fish jobs http://www.bluefishjobs.com/
NCAA http://www.ncaa.org
Public Health Career Action Center http://www.sph.emory.edu/studentservice/Career.html
NYU Health Education Professional Resources-- job listings http://www.nyu.edu/education/hepr/jobs/jobbank/
Team Work Sports Team Jobs http://www.teamworkonline.com/
Search for all kinds of internships with professional sports teams
Health and Wellness Jobs http://www.healthandwellnessjobs.com/
North Carolina High School Athletic Association http://www.nchsaa.org/index
Human Kinetics http://www.humankinetics.com/careers/
Johnson and Johnson https://opportunities.jnj.com/index2.html
Healthcare www.healthmanagementcareers.org
Online Sports http://www.onlinesports.com/pages/CareerCenter.html
Education job listings web sites http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/education.htm
MonsterTRAK http://www.monstertrak.com
Health Care Job Bank http://www.healthcarejobbank.com/
Taz Sport Coaching Jobs http://www.tazsport.com/
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services www.hhs.gov/jobs
www.hhs.gov/careers/students.html
National Institute of Health http://www.nih.gov; internships http://www.training.nih.gov
TeamWork Online’s Sports Jobshttp://www.teamworkonline.com/
Professional Baseball Employment Opportunitieshttp://www.pbeo.com/
Jobs in Sports http://www.jobsinsports.com/
Exercise Science Careers http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/Mexercise.html
NCAA Career Coach http://ncaacareercoach.monster.com/
Get that Gig - In Sports & Fitness http://www.getthatgig.com/sports/index.html
Professional Associations Links
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
http:// www.aahperd.org/aahperd/template.cfm?template=students.html
The National Athletic Trainers Association http://www.nata.org
American Physical Therapy Association https://www.apta.org/
The American College of Sports Medicine https://www.acsm.org
Sports and Exercise Psychology - Professional Organizations http://spot.colorado.edu/~collinsj
American Association. for Health Education http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/template.cfm
UNCW Post-Graduate Survey - coming soon
Sports Media: Physical Education and Sports for everyone http://www.sports-media.org/
Physical education for elementary, middle, high school, teachers, students and parents http://www.pecentral.org/
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