Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

PETE 4910 - Internship in Physical Activity and Sport Coaching


This course is designed to provide students with a supervised experience in a professional physical activity and sport coaching organization/agency. This course is taken concurrently with the seminar course (i.e., PETE 4960).

Requisites: Sr and Physical Activity and Sport Coaching major and PETE 4960 concurrent
Credit Hours: 12
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 40.0 internship
Grades: Eligible Grades: F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to articulate how their internship relates to their professional goals.
  • Students will be able to compile selected work over the course of the internship that will be used for assessing performance and professional progress (eg. weekly journal entry & portfolio).
  • Students will be able to create and organize physical activity programs specific to their professional goals.
  • Students will be able to describe and perform professional behaviors as it relates to their internship site.
  • Students will be demonstrate writing and presentation skills at the internship workplace.
  • Students will engage in full-time continuing experience in one appropriate professional physical activity and sport coaching organizations/agency for at least 40 contact hours per week over an extended period of time, not less than 15 weeks.


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