10/15/2025 7:59:51 PM	ATHL 14 Course Outline as of Fall 2026	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ATHL 14	Title:  WOMEN'S VAR BASKETBALL
Full Title:  Women's Varsity Basketball
Last Reviewed:10/13/2025

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	3.00			Contact DHR	52.50
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  26.25

Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  34 - 4 Enrollments Total
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  PE 75A

Catalog Description:

Students will practice for and participate in intercollegiate competition in women's basketball, emphasizing basketball skills, fundamentals, and strategies.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:
By Tryout

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Students will practice for and participation in intercollegiate competition in women's basketball, emphasizing basketball skills, fundamentals, and strategies.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:By Tryout
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:34 - 4 Enrollments Total

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Play a game of basketball demonstrating appropriate physical skills

2. Demonstrate appropriate responses to offensive and defensive strategies of an opponent

3. Display teamwork and communication skills

4. Show knowledge of rules and other basketball concepts

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, students should be ablet to:

1. Perform individual fundamental skills pertaining to basketball in relation to: agility, coordination, reaction, muscular strength, muscle and cardiovascular endurance.

2. Apply practical and general knowledge of the game of basketball and its rules.

3. Identify and analyze concepts, strategies, and personnel of opponents through film analysis and simulated game situations.

4. Demonstrate the ability to work with a team unit and develop team concepts.

5. Repeating students must demonstrate an increased depth and breadth of related skills and learning objectives.

Topics and Scope

I. Individual Fundamental Skills and Conditioning

    A. Agility

    B. Coordination

    C. Reaction

    D. Muscular strength

    E. Muscle and cardio vascular endurance

II. Practical and General Knowledge of the Game and its Rules

    A. Practice drills

    B. Game situations

III. Concepts and Strategies of Opponent

    A. Offensive scheme

    B. Defensive scheme

    C. Team personnel

IV. Team Development, Teamwork, and Goals

Assignments:

Students are expected to spend an additional one and a half hours per week completing out of class assignments as determined by instructor.

 

In-class Assignments:

1. Practice and game performance

    a. Physical training and conditioning

    b. Development and demonstration of related skills

2. Written Assignments

    a. Note taking and developing a playbook

    b. Establishing team goals

    c. Film analysis

3. Quiz(zes)

4. Out of class Assignments:

      a. Scouting reports execution

    b. Playbook application

    c. Intercollegiate competition

5.Repeating students demonstrate an increased level of performance

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 10%
Written assignments, scouting reports, playbook application
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 25 - 60%
Practice and game performance, intercollegiate competition
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 25%
Quiz(zes)
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 25 - 60%
Attendance, participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Boost Your Basketbal IQ: How to Think the Game, Be the Smartest PLayer on the Court, and Win More. Calabrese, Jason, Independently published. 2023

Instructor prepared materials

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