Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:45am-12:35pm
MWF
Woodruff PE Center- Atrium
Elizabeth Noell. PPF. 113510 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Fall, spring. Development of specific fitness components, utilizing routing participation in jogging and/or running on WPEC indoor and outdoor tracks. Local street and/or Lullwater Park jogging routes will be encouraged, dependent upon instructor preference and weather conditions.

Semester Details:

First class meeting in WPEC, 1st Floor, Atrium

Content: Course Objectives: To improve and/or maintain cardiovascular and muscular endurance, to enhance the students practical and cognitive knowledge in fitness and nutrition concepts, and to establish a sound, individual exercise program that may be maintained throughout life. The main activity component of this class will be jogging. Jogging routes will include established campus paths, indoor and outdoor tracks.

 

Particulars: Fulfills Principles of Physical Fitness requirement. Two written quizzes. Pre and post physical fitness assessment. Textbook required. This class is for students who would like to begin a jogging exercise program as well as for those students who currently participate in a jogging and/or running program. Other forms of cardiovascular and strength activities will be incorporated throughout the semester.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Fahey et al. Mayfield Publishers, 8th ed. Fit and Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness.

The schedule of courses on O.P.U.S. is the official listing of courses, including days and times they meet and the General Education Requirements they satisfy. Students should use course descriptions as general guidelines. Course requirements, grading details, book lists, and syllabi are subject to change.