PCADA 097 Advanced Fitness and Wellness (ABE) (5 credits)
Prerequisite None or enrollment in PCAD Program
Course Description
An independent fitness course designed to promote and implement the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to adapt, improve and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Course Content
A. Goal-setting
B. Personal fitness assessments: aerobic, muscular strength and muscular endurance
C. Dietary Analysis
D. Exercise prescription impementation to improve cardiorespiratory fitness
E. Exercise prescription implementation to improve muscular strength, muscular endurance and muscular flexibility.
F. Barriers to change and motivational strategy implementation
G. Stress Management
H. Sleep analysis
I. Reassessment and analysis of goals
Student Outcomes
1. Reflect on one’s personal wellness and define personal wellness goals and precise strategies for achievement of these goals.
2. Analyze the results of one’s personal fitness assessments to develop goals and strategies to improve the components of fitness.
3. Implement a personal fitness program based on personal goals.
4. Utilize safety precautions for individualized exercise to monitor and track the details of one’s progress.
5. Implement realistic strategies to manage stress, available resources, and motivation.
Degree Outcomes
Gobal Citizenship Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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