DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Syllabi for Open Course
(with effect from 2015 admissions)
Board of Studies in Physical Education
1. Mr Moby Thomas (Chairman)
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physical Education, SB College,
Changanassery
2. Dr Manoj T I, Professor and Deputy DSW, Kerala, Agriculture University
3. Dr Binu George Varghese, Director, School of Physical Education and Sports
Sciences, MG University, Kottayam
4. Dr Tony Daniel, Chairman, Technical Committee, Athletics Federation of India
5. Mr T C Mathew, President, Kerala Cricket Association, Vice President BCCI
6. Dr Reginold Varghese, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physical
Education, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla
7. Dr Roy M Mathew, Chairman and Managing Director, Muthoot Mini
8. Mr Siju Kuriakose, Manager, South Indian Bank, Edathua
9. Mr Soji Joseph, Department of Physical Education, SB College, Changanassery
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Evaluation of the Courses 1. Evaluation
The evaluation of each course shall contain two parts.
i Internal or In-Semester Assessment (ISA)
ii External or End-Semester Assessment (ESA)
Both ISA and ESA shall be carried out using indirect grading. The ISA:ESA ratio shall
be 1:4. There shall be a maximum of eighty (80) marks for external evaluation and
twenty (20) marks for internal evaluation.
1.1 In-semester assessment
There are three components for ISA, which include attendance,
assignment/seminar/viva-voce and in-semester examination. All the three components
of the internal assessment are mandatory.
Components of ISA Marks
Attendance 5
Assignment/Seminar/Viva-Voce 5
In-semester examination (2×5 = 10) 10
Total 20
Marks for attendance
% of Attendance Marks
90 and above 5
85 - 89 4
80 - 84 3
76 - 79 2
75 1
(Decimals shall be rounded off to the next higher whole number)
1.2 Assignments
Assignments shall be submitted for every course. At least one assignment for each
course shall be submitted in each semester.
1.3 In-semester examination
Every student shall undergo at least two in-semester examinations as class test as an
internal component for every course.
1.4 To ensure transparency of the evaluation process, the ISA mark awarded to the students
in each course in a semester shall be published on the notice board according to the
schedule in the academic calendar published by the College. There shall not be any
chance for improvement for ISA. The course teacher and the faculty mentor shall
maintain the academic record of each student registered for the course which shall be
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forwarded to the office of the Controller of Examinations through the Head of the
Department and a copy should be kept in the office of the Head of the Department for at
least two years for verification.
1.5 A student who has not secured minimum marks in internal examinations can redo the
same before the end semester examination of the semester concerned.
1.6 End-semester assessment
The end-semester examination in theory courses shall be conducted by the College.
1.7 The end-semester examinations shall be conducted at the end of each semester. There
shall be one end-semester examination of three (3) hours duration in each lecture based
course.
1.8 The question paper should be strictly on the basis of model question paper set by Board
of Studies.
1.9 A question paper may contain short answer type/annotation, short essay type questions
and long essay type questions.
Section Type of Questions
Number of
Questions to be
answered
Marks Total
Marks
A Very short answer type 10 out of 10 1 10
B Short answer type 8 out of 12 2 16
C Short essay/problem solving type 6 out of 9 4 24
D Essay type 2 out of 4 15 30
26 out of 35 - 80
1.10 Photocopies of the answer scripts of the external examination shall be made available to
the students for scrutiny as per the regulations in the examination manual.
1.11 For all courses an indirect grading system based on a ten (10) point scale according to
the percentage of marks (ISA + ESA) is used to evaluate the performance of the student
in that course. The percentage shall be rounded mathematically to the nearest whole
number.
Percentage of
Marks Grade Performance Grade Point
90 and above A+ Outstanding 10
80 - 89 A Excellent 9
70 - 79 B Very Good 8
60 - 69 C Good 7
50 - 59 D Satisfactory 6
40 - 49 E Adequate 5
Below 40 F Failure -
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AOPE501: PHYSICAL, HEALTH AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION
Contact hours: 72
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
The course is intended to familiarize the students towards the concepts of health and Physical
Education and the relative contribution of Physical Education and sports for the skill
development
Objectives of the course:
1. To provide students a general concept of physical education and fitness
2. To provide knowledge and understanding regarding health and nutrition
3. To familiarize the students regarding safety education and health promotive measures
for day to day life
4. To provide an understanding of the value of sports for life skill development
Course Outline:
Module I: Physical Education and Physical Fitness
Concept of Physical Education
Meaning, Definition, Aims and objectives of Physical Education
Need and importance of Physical Education
Physical Education & its relevance in inter disciplinary context
Physical Fitness Components
Types of fitness:
Health related Physical Fitness
Performance related Physical Fitness
Activities for developing Physical Fitness components
Module II: Health concepts of Physical Education
Definition and meaning of Health
Dimensions and determinants of Health
Physical activity and Health benefits
Effect of exercise on body systems
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Circulatory, Respiratory, Endocrine, Skeletal and Muscular
Role of Physical Education programme on community health promotion
(Individual, family and society)
Module III: Nutrition and Health
Concept of Food and Nutrition
Balanced Diet
Vitamins- Malnutrition - Deficiency Diseases
Determining Caloric intake and expenditure
Obesity, Causes and preventing measures - Role of Diet and exercise
Module IV: Safety Education and Health promotion
Principles of accident prevention
Health and Safety in daily life
Health and Safety at work
First Aid and Emergency care
Common injuries and their management
Modern Life Style and Hypo- Kinetic diseases – Prevention and management
Module V: Sports and Life Skills Education
Sports and socialization
Physical activity and Sports- Emotional adjustment and wellbeing
Drug abuse among youth – Preventive measures and Remediation
Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation
Sports and character building
Values in Sports
Sports for world peace and International Understanding
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Suggested Reading:
AAPHERD. ‘Health Related Physical Fitness Test Manual’. 1980. Published by
Association drive Reston Virginia.
ACSM Fitness Book, Leisure Press Campaign, Illinois, 1996, Leisure Press, Canada
http://www.pitt.edu/-gsphhome
ACSM’s ‘Health related physical fitness assessment manual’ Lippincott Williams
and Wilkins USA,2005
B.C. Rai ‘Health Education and Hygiene’ Published by Prakashan Kendra,
Lucknow.
Bucher, C.A., (1979). ‘Foundation of Physical Education’ (5th ed.). Missouri: C.V.
Mosby co.
Corbin, Charles B.et.al, C.A., (2004). ‘Concepts of Fitness and Wellness’ , Boston:
McGraw Hill
Fashey, Tomas D, Insel, Paul M, and Roth, Walton T (2005) ‘Fit and Well’ New
York: McGraw Hill Inc.
Frank A.M. (2003). ‘Sports & Education’. CA: ABC-CLIO
Greenberg, Jerold S and Dintiman George B (l997) Wellness – ‘Creating a Life of
Health and Fitness’ London: Allym and Bacon Inc.
Les Snowdan, Maggie Humphrey's ‘Fitness Walking’, Maggie Humphery Orient
Paper Backs 2002 New Delhi.
Norman Bezzant Help ‘First Aid for everyday emergencies’, Jaico publishing House
Bombay, Delhi
Puri, K, Chandra. S S, (2005). ‘Health and Physical Education’. New Delhi: Surjeet
Publications
Ralph S. Paffer Barger, Jr. and Eric Leolson, ‘Life Fit’, 1999 Human Kinetics USA
Rob James, Graham Thompson, Nesta Wiggins -James complete ‘A-Z Physical
Education Hand book’ 2nd edition, 2003 Hodder and Stoughton England
Siedentop, D, (1994) ‘Introduction to Physical Education and sports’ (2nd ed.).
California: Mayfield Publishing Company
Ziegler, E.F. (2007). ‘An Introduction to Sports & Phy.Edu. Philosophy’. Delhi: Sp.
Educational Technology.