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Active as of Fall Semester 2019
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Fitness for Life
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PHED 1594
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This is a course for students of all ages that covers all aspects of exercise and physical fitness. The focus is on self-evaluation and personal program planning. Exercise quackery, guidelines for exercise and the health benefits of exercise will be discussed. Other topics such as nutrition, stress management, and life styles for healthy living are also covered.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PHED 1594 - Fitness for Life
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PHED 1594 - Fitness for Life
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, PESS 122 Lifelong Health and Fitness, 1 cr
Ridgewater, PE 122 Wellness and Fitness, 2 cr
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 reading and listening skills |
List the benefits of good cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply fitness principles to their own lives. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Discuss in groups the relationship between stress and wellness |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify the fitness components and explain how each component plays an integral role in physical fitness;
- Describe the dimensions of wellness, explain how each specific dimension plays a valuable role in well-being;
- Identify and apply the training variables to a pesonal fitness program;
- Discuss the behavior change process as it relates to personal wellness;
- Explain how food choices affect overall health and wellness;
- Discuss the relationship between stress and wellness; and
- Examine the role fitness and wellness play in overall health and the implications on disease risk and prevention.
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 Body Composition
- Functions of fat
- Cardio Respiratory Endurance
- Defining CRE
- Measuring CRE
- Benefits of aerobic exercise
- Guidelines for CRE
- Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Defining MSE
- Measuring MSE
- Functions of muscles
- anatomy of major muscle groups
- Guidelines for MSE
- Flexibility
- Defining Flexibility
- Measuring Flexibility
- Benefits of Flexibility
- Basic understanding of yoga
- Guidelines for Flexibility
- 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
- Cancer prevention
- Stress management
- Quackery, fraud, and myths
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Fitness for Life
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PHED 1594
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This is a course for students of all ages that covers all aspects of exercise and physical fitness. The focus is on self-evaluation and personal program planning. Exercise quackery, guidelines for exercise and the health benefits of exercise will be discussed. Other topics such as nutrition, stress management, and life styles for healthy living are also covered.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PHED 1594 - Fitness for Life
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PHED 1594 - Fitness for Life
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, PESS 122 Lifelong Health and Fitness, 1 cr
Ridgewater, PE 122 Wellness and Fitness, 2 cr
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 reading and listening skills |
List the benefits of good cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply fitness principles to their own lives. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Discuss in groups the relationship between stress and wellness |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify the fitness components and explain how each component plays an integral role in physical fitness;
- Describe the dimensions of wellness, explain how each specific dimension plays a valuable role in well-being;
- Identify and apply the training variables to a pesonal fitness program;
- Discuss the behavior change process as it relates to personal wellness;
- Explain how food choices affect overall health and wellness;
- Discuss the relationship between stress and wellness; and
- Examine the role fitness and wellness play in overall health and the implications on disease risk and prevention.
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 Body Composition
- Functions of fat
- Cardio Respiratory Endurance
- Defining CRE
- Measuring CRE
- Benefits of aerobic exercise
- Guidelines for CRE
- Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Defining MSE
- Measuring MSE
- Functions of muscles
- anatomy of major muscle groups
- Guidelines for MSE
- Flexibility
- Defining Flexibility
- Measuring Flexibility
- Benefits of Flexibility
- Basic understanding of yoga
- Guidelines for Flexibility
- 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
- Cancer prevention
- Stress management
- Quackery, fraud, and myths