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GENERAL INFORMATION
 Middle
East Technical University Physical Education was established in 1982.
Currently department offers Master of Science and Philosophy of Doctorate
degrees in physical education and sport. Exercise physiology, learning and
teaching in physical education and sports (motor learning, curriculum and
instruction), sports management and sports psychology are the specialization
areas of the
faculty.
Department also
offers elective courses to the students of other departments to broaden their
knowledge and understanding of sports sciences in
general.
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MISSION
 METU
Physical Education and Sports (P.E.S.) Department aims at total education
through the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of
people in order to bring up healthier, happier, and more successful people to
the public. The Department mainly functions in education, teaching, research
and public service areas.
P.E.S.
Department raises physical education and sport teachers, trainers, and sport
specialists via its undergraduate program. Besides, P.E.S. department also
raises researchers and academic staff members by means of its graduate
program.
Academic staff
conducts researches and studies which produce solutions and bring novelties to
the physical education field in order to serve those information to the usage
of public.
P.E.S.
department offers graduate programs in the fields of exercise physiology,
learning and teaching in physical education and sports (motor learning,
curriculum and instruction), sports management and sports psychology. By means
of master and doctoral thesis and researches, P.E.S. department produces
solutions to the problems occurring in those fields. Produced information is
then transferred to the public. In addition, our department uses its qualified
human potential as an effective and efficient resource via educational
seminars, certificate programs, in-service education programs, and internet
based distance education.
Furthermore,
P.E.S. department supplies the necessary environment to its academic staff
members to possess the specialties like; being effective communicator, honest,
dynamic, persuasive, flexible and quick thinker, respectful to ethical issues,
being able to work in a team environment efficiently, and protection of
individual and public values. The Department also encourages academic staff
members to produce high quality investigations, services, and education
programs via disciplinary and interdisciplinary work groups.
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VISION
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In a
period of five years, METU Physical Education and Sports (P.E.S.) Department
will broaden, enhance, and develop its teaching, education, search, and
service activities which are now proper and equal to norms and standards of
European Union universities. In this respect, P.E.S. department will have
qualified academic staff members and students both of whom will be capable of
using the advanced educational technology. Thus, the department will be an
outstanding institution in providing academic staff members for other
universities’ physical education and sports departments.
At the same
time, the continuing educational programs’, which are exercise physiology,
training, sport management, motor learning, teaching and program developing,
search and thesis topics will be organized according to Turkey’s existing
problems and necessities. Then, the department will produce academic solutions
to those problems and necessities so as to serve the produced information in
favor of the people of
Turkey.
Besides, P.E.S.
department will more effectively use its expert human potential as an
efficient source via educational seminars, certificate and in-service
educational programs, and internet based distance education. By all means of
this potential, the department will collaborate with the national institutions
like Youth and Sport General Administration, National Olympic Committee, sport
clubs, and sport federations so as to prepare Turkey to host big and
international organizations. In this respect, necessary projects will be
produced and personal, information and service support will be supplied by the
P.E.S. department in the execution of those projects.
HISTORY OF THE
DEPARTMENT
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