I was helping my son plan his spring schedule and while looking at his core curriculum requirements I noticed that he needs 2 hours of PE to graduate. I called an asst. to the academic adviser and she verified that this is the case, even for athletes at the college. I asked if he could get credit from playing baseball and she said no. I was quite surprised! Is this typical at other colleges? If so, what type of PE do the players take and at what time of year? Sure seems like overkill to me.

My boys have had to earn PE credits as well - small DIIIs. They took things like swimming or sports specific weight training.

#1 got talked into yoga by a girl... lasted about 10 minutes! #2 took ballroom dancing - but only because they served cookies and punch after every class!

They both took more than the required # of hours - they actually enjoyed the break from the rigors of the classroom. Other classes they took included badminton and volleyball - basically intramurals, but lots of fun.

At my sons JC they sign up for an actual baseball class and then they sign up for weight lifting class as well. They get PE for the weight lifting.

Thanks for the responses. My son will not be taking P.E. this spring, but we will have to figure out what to do for next fall. Right now, the team is doing organized weight-lifting 4-5 days a week, and I'm not sure it would be wise for my son to pile on even more weight-lifting than that. (However, I'm also not sure that he'd be interested in taking tennis, golf, or volleyball.) No ballroom dancing at his school - drat!

You should email the athletic director, they should be able to create a class for weight lifting, that seems ridiculous with all his baseball and conditioning that you have to add a PE class. its hard enough to fit in their classes with all the weight liftng, baseball, travel etc. Just seems ridiculous.

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You should email the athletic director, they should be able to create a class for weight lifting

Definitely worth a try -- thanks for the suggestion!

Infield08 - my son has the same requirement despite playing D1 baseball and all the weight and speed training. He took racquetball this fall and will take tennis in the spring. He said it's not tough - taught by a coach who sometimes lets them go get breakfast! Just a college graduation requirement.