Health, Physical Education & Sports Sciences

Department of Health, Physical Education & Sports Sciences

Faculty of Science

Physical Education is education by means of physical movement — the Department works towards a program of teaching and research meeting Pakistan's needs in Physical Education and Sports Sciences.

* PHYSICAL EDUCATION * Faculty of Science

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Physical Education

Core discipline linking physical fitness with health and human development.

Sports Sciences

Applied training and sports organization management.

Semester System

Teaching and assessment under University of Karachi semester rules.

Experts consider exercise as important as food — while food provides necessary energy, exercise tones the human organism to use that energy better. Since a healthy body is necessary for a healthy mind, physical education is intimately concerned with human development, and its importance is recognized across all levels of education in advanced countries.

Careers

Career Opportunities

Graduates play a significant role in generating human resources for society, contributing to educational institutions and sports organizations related to health and physical education.

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Overview & History

Introduction

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Basit Ansari

Physical Education is a way of education by means of physical movement. From Molecular Biology to Material Sciences nothing of value can be expected from a society if the teaching and research in Health and physical education is ignored or if it is relegate to a secondary status. Being a natural phenomenon, movement is the essence of life and the entire mechanism of human body is geared to it. Experts believe that exercise is also as important as food. While food provides necessary energy for the body, exercise tones up the human organism so that it can utilize this energy in a better way. Since a healthy body is necessary for a healthy mind, physical education as a discipline is more intimately concerned with human development than educational disciplines.

Physical fitness is not only a concept but it reflects a practical approach to human betterment in terms of health. The survival of a nation is undoubtedly dependent on physical fitness which ensures general proficiency in all walks of life, and is inevitably linked with better economic growth. It is needless to emphasize the importance of physical education as a discipline as it already stands recognized at the university level. All the advanced countries, realizing its virtues and benefits, have included this subject as an essential part of curriculum at all levels of education.

The Department has been working strenuously towards a program of teaching and research to meet the needs of the country in Physical Education & Sports Sciences.

Teaching and Assessment

The teaching and assessment is done under the Semester System as per Karachi University rules.

Career Opportunities

The Graduate having a degree of Health and Physical education will be able to play a significant role and positive contribute to generate human resources and to serve various sector of society in general, related to such program in particular, render to educational institutions and sports organizations.

Academic Staff & Researchers

Faculty

S.No	Name	Designation	Qualification
1.	Prof. Dr. Basit Ansari	Professor	Ph.D
2.	Dr. Mazahir Zia Shaikh-PT	Assistant Professor	M.Phil
3.	Ms. Shazia Tabussum	Assistant Professor	M.Phil
4.	Dr. Humayun Imran Azeemi-PT	Assistant Professor	M.Phil
5.	Mr. Wasif Nasir	Lecturer	M.Sc.

Departmental Research Committee.

Prof. Dr. Basit Ansari
Prof. Dr. Anila Amber Malik
Prof. Dr. Shah Ali ul Qadr
Dr. Sadaf Ahmed
Dr. Faizan Mirza
Dr. Arifa Savanur
Dr. Mazahir Zia Shaikh
Ms. Shazia Tabussum
Dr. Humayun Imran Azeemi

Degree Offerings

Programs

Degree Programs Available:

B.S in Health, Physical Education and Sports Sciences
Five Years Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (D.P.T)

Post Graduate Program Available:
M.Phil & PhD in Health, Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Vision & Mission

Objectives

To create opportunities for higher learning, in the subject of Health and Physical Education at post graduate level.
To inculcate the observance of law and dignity of labor in the students through health and physical education.
To integrate health and physical education with the general educational set-up of the university.
To promote physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual growth of the youth in a suitable environment.
To inculcate a sense of self-awareness, self-confidence and self reliance in the youth.
To encourage the students to make purposeful beneficial use of their surplus energies and leisure.
To develop such qualities as to make an individual a patriotic, responsible, disciplined, competent and productive citizen.
To develop in the students the capacity for intelligent self-direction in matters of health and recreation.
To encourage personal hygiene and good living for fitness and well being.
To offer activities leading to character building, development of cooperative attitudes, behavioral adjustments and qualities of leadership and sportsmanship.
To offer programmes leading to the learning of skills and techniques of various games and sports.
To highlight the significance and importance of Islamic rituals with reference to movement.

Infrastructure & Laboratories

Facilities

Gymnasium Hall for multipurpose activities e.g. Basket Ball, Badminton, Table Tennis, other indoors games
Football field Hockey fields
Athletic track
Badminton court
Tennis Courts
Squash Courts
Volleyball, shooting ball Courts.
Cricket ground with stadium
Gymnastics and weight lifting facilities