I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Honors Fitness for Life
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PHED 1597
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
4. Course Description:
This is a course for students of all ages and fitness levels introducing the main components of wellness and of physical fitness – cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition, and nutrition. Students will focus on self-evaluation in each component and personal program planning for living a healthier life. Current topics in wellness and/or fitness will be addressed. Students will choose a capstone project which will be either a written or oral research based study, or service learning activity based project.
Courses in the Honors Program emphasize independent inquiry, informed discourse, and direct application within small, transformative, and seminar-style classes that embrace detailed examinations of the material and feature close working relationships with instructors. In addition, students learn to leverage course materials so that they can affect the world around them in positive ways.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading |
Score: |
100 |
| Other (specify test): |
ACT |
Score: |
24
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PHED 1597 - Honors Fitness for Life
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
OR permission from the instructor or Honors Coordinator, or high school GPA of 3.5 or greater.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PHED 1597 - Honors Fitness for Life
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
SCSU, HPE 407 Advanced Fitness and Conditioning, 3 credits
Century College, PE1060 Personal Fitness, 2 credits
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
- Liberal Arts Elective
- AA Degree Fitness for Life Course
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Participate in class discussions debating the value of federal food guidelines. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
List the benefits of cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength endurance, flexibility. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply fitness principles to their personal fitness program. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand the health and physical consequences of physical inactivity;
- Define wellness and list its dimensions;
- Define physical fitness and list its health related and skill related components;
- Identify the stages of change in a behavior modification model;
- Describe the main functions of nutrients (carbohydrates, fiber, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water) in the body;
- Describe various techniques to measure body composition;
- Explain the role of a lifetime exercise program as the key to a successful weight loss/maintenance program;
- Define aerobic and anaerobic exercise and give examples;
- Understand the principles of overload and specificity of training for strength development;
- Explain factors that effect muscular flexibility;
- Explain the physiology of weight loss, including setpoint theory and the effects of diet on basal metaboic rate;
- Explain the principles that govern cardio respiratory exercise prescription: intensity, mode, duration, frequency, and rate of progression; and
- Dispel common misconceptions related to physical fitness and wellness.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Overview
- Defining Health/Wellness/Fitness
- Benefits of Fitness/WEllness
- Stages of change - behavior modification
- Setting SMART goals
- The FITT principle
- Nutrition
- Sources of energy
- Food guidelines
- Energy systems
- Food labels
- Body Composition
- Defining body composition
- Measuring BC
- Functions of fat
- Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Defining MSE
- Measuring MSE
- Functions of muscles
- Anatomy of major muscle groups
- Guidelines of improvement
- Flexibility
- Defining flexibility
- Measuring flexibility
- Benefits of flexibility
- Basic understanding of yoga principles
- Guidelines for improvement
- Cardio Respiratory Endurance
- Defining CRE
- Mesuring CRE
- Benefits of aerobic exercise
- Guidelines for improvement
- Weight Management
- Set point theory
- Diet and metabolism
- Keys to weight loss
- Fitness programming
- Review setting goals
- Where to start
- How to keep a record
- Quackery, fraud, myths
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Honors Fitness for Life
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PHED 1597
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
4. Course Description:
This is a course for students of all ages and fitness levels introducing the main components of wellness and of physical fitness – cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition, and nutrition. Students will focus on self-evaluation in each component and personal program planning for living a healthier life. Current topics in wellness and/or fitness will be addressed. Students will choose a capstone project which will be either a written or oral research based study, or service learning activity based project.
Courses in the Honors Program emphasize independent inquiry, informed discourse, and direct application within small, transformative, and seminar-style classes that embrace detailed examinations of the material and feature close working relationships with instructors. In addition, students learn to leverage course materials so that they can affect the world around them in positive ways.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading |
Score: |
100 |
| Other (specify test): |
ACT |
Score: |
24
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PHED 1597 - Honors Fitness for Life
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
OR permission from the instructor or Honors Coordinator, or high school GPA of 3.5 or greater.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PHED 1597 - Honors Fitness for Life
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
SCSU, HPE 407 Advanced Fitness and Conditioning, 3 credits
Century College, PE1060 Personal Fitness, 2 credits
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
- Liberal Arts Elective
- AA Degree Fitness for Life Course
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Participate in class discussions debating the value of federal food guidelines. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
List the benefits of cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength endurance, flexibility. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply fitness principles to their personal fitness program. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand the health and physical consequences of physical inactivity;
- Define wellness and list its dimensions;
- Define physical fitness and list its health related and skill related components;
- Identify the stages of change in a behavior modification model;
- Describe the main functions of nutrients (carbohydrates, fiber, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water) in the body;
- Describe various techniques to measure body composition;
- Explain the role of a lifetime exercise program as the key to a successful weight loss/maintenance program;
- Define aerobic and anaerobic exercise and give examples;
- Understand the principles of overload and specificity of training for strength development;
- Explain factors that effect muscular flexibility;
- Explain the physiology of weight loss, including setpoint theory and the effects of diet on basal metaboic rate;
- Explain the principles that govern cardio respiratory exercise prescription: intensity, mode, duration, frequency, and rate of progression; and
- Dispel common misconceptions related to physical fitness and wellness.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Overview
- Defining Health/Wellness/Fitness
- Benefits of Fitness/WEllness
- Stages of change - behavior modification
- Setting SMART goals
- The FITT principle
- Nutrition
- Sources of energy
- Food guidelines
- Energy systems
- Food labels
- Body Composition
- Defining body composition
- Measuring BC
- Functions of fat
- Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Defining MSE
- Measuring MSE
- Functions of muscles
- Anatomy of major muscle groups
- Guidelines of improvement
- Flexibility
- Defining flexibility
- Measuring flexibility
- Benefits of flexibility
- Basic understanding of yoga principles
- Guidelines for improvement
- Cardio Respiratory Endurance
- Defining CRE
- Mesuring CRE
- Benefits of aerobic exercise
- Guidelines for improvement
- Weight Management
- Set point theory
- Diet and metabolism
- Keys to weight loss
- Fitness programming
- Review setting goals
- Where to start
- How to keep a record
- Quackery, fraud, myths