Course Syllabus
PE 1096 Course Syllabus
Instructor: Amy Robinson Email: jasonandamyrobinson@gmail.com
Division: Social and Behavioral Science
Department: Physical Education
Course: PE 1096
Title: Fitness and Wellness
Description:
Fitness and Wellness is a course that will help increase student awareness of the need for a lifetime fitness and wellness program. Students will develop programs and participate in activities to help them implement a lifetime commitment to fitness and wellness.
General Ed Requirements: Physical Education
This course fills the physical education general education requirement at Snow College. It is a general education class at Utah Valley University as well.
This class educates Snow College students on the importance and value of life long wellness. Obesity and related diseases are at an all-time high in the United States and the methods taught in this course give students tools to live a healthy life.
Physical Education is a discipline which emphasizes healthy lifestyles through both physical and mental contexts. This learning focuses on developing an understanding of how living a sustained healthy lifestyle will increase quality of life in the short and long term, both mentally and physically.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1) Define what it means to be fit and lead a healthy lifestyle.
Students will be able to explain the process to become physically fit. They will also understand how food affects your personal well-being and learn how to make smart choices. They will demonstrate this through personal journal keeping, class assignments, group projects, physical activities, quizzes and physical tests.
2) Define how becoming fit and leading a healthy lifestyle will improve the quality of life both mentally and physically.
Students will be able to explain how the way they live their life will affect the quality of life they lead. They will demonstrate this through personal journal keeping, class assignments, group projects, physical activities, quizzes and physical tests.
3) Develop a personal fitness routine.
Students will be able to explain this process through personal choice physical activities that will help get them to the overall semester goal they have set for themselves. They will demonstrate this through personal journal keeping, class assignments, group projects, physical activities, quizzes and physical tests.
4) Understand how to implement fitness, dietary, and mental health changes to improve fitness and wellness.
Students will have the opportunity to analyze their daily habits and understand the repercussions certain activities and/or food are having on their overall health. Through personal fitness goals set at the beginning of each semester, they will be able to track their progress and better understand how they can make the necessary changes to lead a more healthy life. They will demonstrate this through personal journal keeping, class assignments, group projects, physical activities, quizzes and physical tests.
Content:
Through a combination of lecture and physical activity, the course will cover issues of physical fitness, behavior modification, nutrition, body composition, weight management, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and stress management.
General Education Outcomes:
An important goal of this class is to understand components of personal fitness and wellness. Students will read and discuss various texts to understand how both fitness and wellness has evolved with the changes of society. The students will be placed into real life situations that are unique to them based on their personal wellness factors. Student will be required to exercise regularly, track their improvement and use that information to make life fitness goals. Regular testing will monitor increases or decreases in fitness levels. They will demonstrate this through personal journal keeping, class assignments, group project, physical activities, quizzes and physical tests.
Key Performance Indicators:
Students will be given a pre- and a post- assessment for cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, body composition and nutrition.
30-35% of grade is based on successful completion of fitness goal
30-35% of grade is based on attendance
15-20% of grade is based on lecture quizzes
10-20% of grade is based on homework assignments
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Hoeger and Hoeger. Principles and Labs for Physical Fitness. Thompson Wadsworth, (current edition)