Exterior of HPER Department

Mission Statement

The Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department (HPER) fosters multiple roles and best practices in science-based academic and field-engaged career preparation in school health education, community health education, physical education teacher preparation, coaching certification, exercise science, corporate wellness, pre-physical therapy, parks and recreation administration, and therapeutic recreation. These majors are content rich, laboratory supported and field based, resulting in high quality, professional association-accredited and solution-focused curricula.