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Description: This course is an alternative to a The Health Education Program is designed to aid
traditional weight lifting course. It is designed to students’ lifestyle choices and lifestyle health
help students improve their overall level of physical management. Understanding that health is a
fitness with emphasis on muscular strength and dynamic process, the course focuses on what issues
endurance. The most current exercise trends in are real and most relevant to the students. The
yoga, Pilates, Zumba, Insanity, P90X, etc will be major topics include: emotional health, stress
utilized, as well as traditional techniques in weight management, suicide, nutrition and fitness,
lifting and safety in the weight room. Students will substance abuse, human sexuality, first aid, and
establish personal fitness goals and will develop an C.P.R/AED. Also, a variety of special topics are
individual fitness training program to accomplish their discussed that include: depression, skin, breast and
goals. Information on proper nutrition and testicular cancer, organ donation, dating violence,
maintaining a healthy body composition will also be prescription drug abuse and eating disorders. The
included in this course. course is designed to help the students develop the
ability needed to make good healthy decisions.
Fee: $5.00 Homework may include a variety of weekly
assignments including health-related article
HEALTH critiques and health-related projects. Class will
include small group work, guest speakers,
(1 semester, .5 credit) discussions, lecture, and hands-on experiences.
Lab Fee: $7.00 for CPR
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