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The Sojourn of Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at CIA, TSCW, and TWU
| 1903 |
Girls Industrial College (GIC) All students enrolled in Physical Culture classes. |
| 1903-10 | Department of Education, Physical Culture, and Music |
| 1905 | College of Industrial Arts (CIA) |
| 1910-14 |
Department of Music and Expression Classes: exercise, gymnastics, rudimentary dance activities to: cultivate correct poise and good presence, health and beauty, and grace and care of manners |
| 1914 | Department of Physical Training. First full-time director/faculty |
| 1916 |
Department of Physical Education The broader and more enlightened concept of Physical Education as fundamental medium of the total education of the individual through physical and motor activities as opposed to the narrow concept of the physical training of the individual was so well established that the title of the department was changed |
| 1916-26 | 1st and 2nd year students required to select four activities from: field hockey, basketball, tennis, cross-country, walks, athletic games, indoor baseball, calisthenics, apparatus work, villeyball, aesthetic dance, swimming and diving, an tether tennis. |
| 1921 | Academic credit given for the above-mentioned courses. Any student excused from physical education by the college physician was rquired to earn additional hours of credit in English, history, mathematics, or science. |
| 1921 | Old Gym completed (contained swimming pool and track). First in state college/university. Added corrective/adapted physical education classes. |
| 1924 | Health exams and posture exams administered. Special reading assignment. |
| 1925-26 | Practical Health Eduation courses. No exemptions... adapted courses required where needed. |
| 1934 | Texas State College for Women (TSCW) |
| 1936-73 | Dr. Anne Schley Duggan came to TSCW as Department Head, later the first Dean of College of HPER. |
| 1937-64 | Units of Health Instruction required in all required classes |
| 1957 | Texas Woman's University (TWU) |
Organization
| 1910 | Department of Education, Physical Culture, and Music |
| 1914 | Department of Physical Training |
| 1916 | Department of Physical Education |
| 1927 | Department of Health and Physical Education |
| Late 1930s | Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER) |
| 1954 | College of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation |
| 1976 | Departmentalization (Undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physical Education) |
| 1982 | Added Dance to title of College - Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance |
| 1989 |
Department of Kinesiology in College of Health Sciences Health Education to Department of Health Studies in College of Health Sciences Dance to Dance Program in Department of Performing Arts in College of Arts and Sciences Recreation to College of Education but eliminated two years later |
Degrees
| 1916 | Professional Education for prospective teachers |
| 1921 | Two year diploma (could then teach and supervise playgrounds) |
| 1922 | Began first Bachelors degree. Mary Roberts first to graduate with BS. |
| 1942 | MA in Health and Physical Education |
| 1954 | PhD and EdD (HPER) (First time available in University - 1953) |
| 1980 | Undergraduate without teaching certification |
| 1992 | MS degree in Kinesiology (MA degree eliminated) |
Deans of the College of HPER(D)
| Anne Schley Dggan | 1954-73 | Appointed Director of HPER in 1936 |
| Aileen Lockhart | 1973-78 | |
| Marilyn Hinson | 1978-82 | |
| Jane Mott | 1982-83 | Acting Dean during search for Dean |
| Ann Uhlir | 1983-89 | Became Dean of College of Health Sciences in 1989 |
Deans of the College of Health Sciences
| Ann Uhlir | 1989-96 | |
| Jean Pyfer | 1996-96 | Interim Dean |
| Jean Pyfer | 1997-2004 | |
| Sally Schultz | 2005 | Interim Dean |
| Jmmy Ishee | 2005-Present |
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