A student practices yoga in the Campus Center gym.

Physical education

Build your physical health

Train for an endurance run. Brush up on your golf game. Learn to safely lift weights. Our physical education courses offer an effective way to improve your physical and mental health, and learn something new. When you commit to moving your body and quieting your mind for an hour or two per week, you won’t have to wait long to see positive ripple effects in your life.

All SNC physical education courses are graded pass/fail. While physical education isn’t part of SNC’s required curriculum, many students enjoy incorporating our courses into their holistic college experience.

“ If you want to learn, there’s so many people here to help that can direct you to the available resources, on campus or off. Just explore openly.
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Subash Lamichhane ’21

“ If you want to learn, there’s so many people here to help that can direct you to the available resources, on campus or off. Just explore openly.
”
Subash Lamichhane ’21

Course offerings

This course covers a different type of training regimen to develop an increased level of flexibility as well as improved power and explosion. Each student performs at a level relative to their ability and gains an appreciation for lifelong fitness.

This course gives students the basic skills and knowledge of curling. Content includes history, terminology, equipment, team composition and fundamentals.

Learning the fundamental principles required to successfully train for a 3K, 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon are the fundamental topics in this course. Aerobic and anaerobic training is conducted through track workouts and longer road runs. The goal of this course is to gain an understanding of different training programs, why they are used, and how to develop and personalize an individual plan for different road races.

This course gives students the basic skills and knowledge of bowling. Content includes history, terminology, equipment, approaches, releases, aiming and starting positions.

This course is designed for students interested in learning the proper techniques and methods involved with ice skating. The class emphasizes both forward and backward skating and covers all other aspects involved with ice skating. This class is open to all levels of ice skaters.

This course gives students an opportunity to participate in and enjoy the recreational play of team sports. Emphasis is on basic skills, knowledge of rules and strategies necessary for participation in the activities.

This course provides students with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes of golf. It includes fundamental skills such as grip, stance, swing, putting, and rules and etiquette.

This course teaches students the basic skills and knowledge of volleyball. Content includes warmups, rules, terminology, serve/receive information, basic offenses and defenses, spiking coverage, and basic skills such as serving, forearm passing, setting, blocking, spiking, diving and digging.

An introduction to the fundamentals, techniques, safety concerns and surveys of programs and concepts of weight training.

This course is designed to provide students with administrative techniques and procedures in the administration of athletic programs with a concentration on the collegiate field. Emphasis on theories and philosophies of administration, policies and practices, leadership, management, budgeting, planning, facilities, and legal liabilities.

This class provides the opportunity for students to become safe and comfortable in the water. Students develop swimming skills on their front and back. Instruction emphasizes freestyle and backstroke as well as water safety. Each student progresses toward becoming an endurance swimmer for enhanced fitness.