Departments

HEALTH & EXERCISE

What are the most important knowledge, skills and abilities for your students to have upon completion of your program?

• Understudying of value of exercise
• Value of health habits
• How much alcohol did you drink this week?
• How much exercise did you do this week?
• Health Risk Assessments
• Pre and post class
• The knowledge that these are habits of lifelong application
• Seven week Behavior Change project

Fitness Center:

• Cardiovascular fitness
• Circuit training
• Development of Muscle Strength
• Muscle Endurance
• Flexibility
• Body Composition

Favorite Assignments in HEALTH

• Nutritional and Food: having groups bring in food and present on the dish. This shares and develops cultural pride and enhances knowledge of nutritional facts.
• Behavior Change Contracts
• Coopers Walk Test
• Symposium Participation (April 26, 2006)
• Current event topics for extra credit
• Real Life examples of what is being studied
• Individual presentations
• How Sex Sells in Advertising
• Global Topics—establishing email contact and the challenge inherent in that
• Starting a conversation with a stranger and learning that comes from   top initiating that contact with a person unknown to you, and the many personal and societal benefits of doing this.

Favorite Assignments in FITNESS CENTER
 

• Crunch Club

• Physio Balls for stretching

• Visit commercial center

• Lecture component—demos on equipment
  
  
  Frustrations in HEALTH:
   

• Lack of technology

• Lack of student's remedial skills

• Lack of interest or participation

• Physical classroom location that is not near fitness facilities
  
  
  FITNESS CENTER Frustrations:
   

• Census

• Have outgrown the facility