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WE 126 - Walking for Fitness Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Instruction on fitness walking and how it can improve one’s aerobic fitness level and overall health will be discussed in this class. Transportation is required to local area trails off campus.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 127 - Yoga 1 Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course introduces the fundamental postures and breathing techniques of yoga. The aim of this course is to learn sequences that will link all aspects of the mind and body to build strength, flexibility, and develop mental focus. The physical and philosophical teachings of yoga will be presented through demonstration and discussion.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 128 - Soccer Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Beginning and intermediate techniques and skill development in soccer in a recreational structure.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 129 - Water Aerobics Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Water Aerobics is designed to increase physical fitness through water exercises for those already comfortable in the water. The benefits of swimming, proper exercise alignment, and various creative exercise techniques will be incorporated into this class. Underwater exercises will help students strengthen muscles, relax strained muscles, and improve muscle function. This course is ideal for individuals who cannot participate in high impact classes due to health concerns, or for students who want to learn the benefits of aerobic exercise through water. Wellness concepts will also be discussed in this class.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 130 - Tennis Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Fundamentals of tennis for the beginner and intermediate. Students will be exposed to game play, team concepts, and will also learn wellness concepts to build a healthier lifestyle.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 131 - Badminton Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to advance the kowledge and skill of students interested in the sport of badminton. Students will be exposed to game play, team concepts, and will also learn wellness concepts to build a healthier lifestyle.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 132 - Golf Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This class is designed to educate students on the basic skills of golf. Topics include proper etiquette and skills used and needed for the game of golf. Students will practice at the driving range and on the golf course.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 133 - Cycling Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to advance the knowledge and skill of students interested in the sport of cycling. The student will learn simple repairs, fundamental riding skills, physical conditioning and participation in and preparing for cycling trips.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 134 - Body Tone and Sculpt Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Students will receive instruction on body toning and sculpting exercises to improve muscle tone and endurance. Various types of resistance equipment as well as body weight will be used in this class. This class is designed for students who are new to resistance training as well as students who have been lifting weights but want to learn new techniques to modify their current workout program.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 135 - Yoga 2 Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course deepens the practice of yoga and encourages a transformation through the journey to one’s true self. The aim of this course is to offer the opportunity to take postures, breath techniques, and meditations to the next level to improve the mind and body, and to maintain balance and connection in our daily lives. The physical and philosophical teachings of yoga will be presented through demonstration, discussion and readings.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 137 - Mat Pilates Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Mat Pilates is a class that is designed to strengthen and lengthen the whole body with particular focus on the core muscle group. This class will help students improve their abdominal strength, core stabilization, flexibility, and also improve their posture. Each Pilates exercise is designed to oxygenate, stretch,and strengthen and lengthen a particular muscle or group of muscles. Students will benefit with a stronger body, both inside and out, as they become more proficient with Mat Pilates.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 139 - Zumba Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Zumba is a fun exercise class that incorporates dance moves to Latin, Hip Hop, and International music. Zumba integrates basic principles of aerobic , interval, and resistance training to maximize caloric output. Students will learn to combine fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body, which will achieve a balance of cardiovascular and muscular toning benefits.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 140 - Personal Defense Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is intended to increase student’s awareness and understanding of assaults and/or confrontations one may encounter. Focus will be placed on defense and avoidance against attacks that are most often directed toward women, and increasingly men. Such techniques include verbal, non-verbal, physical and psychological responses. The course will entail lecture, discussion, and practice of basic techniques of avoidance and physical confrontations.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 141 - Weight Training 1 Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is focused on the basic principles of weight training to provide a foundation of total body strength and muscle fitness. This course is intended for individuals who are unfamiliar with resistance training, designing a program, or proper lifting technique. This course provides an introduction of the bio-mechanics involved, the components of fitness, muscles used for a given exercise, and exercise program development.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 143 - Water Polo Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Water polo is a fast paced game that includes one-handed passes mixed with carefully plotted offensive strategies and strong goal tending. Since the mid-1970’s, the game has evolved into the swift-paced, high action contest expected by modern sports fans. Students will understand the history of the game, techniques and fundamentals by lectures, coaching and in-class games.
Recommended Skills: Students should be able to swim and tread water.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 144 - Beginning Swimming Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Fundamentals in swimming and life-long fitness and wellness.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 145 - Intermediate Swimming Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Instruction, varying from fundamentals to advanced training techniques in swimming, will be taught to promote swimming as a life-long way to remain fit and active. Students will participate in a variety of training methods and performance tests to enhance their ability as a swimmer and improve their overall health.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 146 - Advanced Swimming and Lifeguarding Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Participants will learn advanced swimming techniques through intense training while earning certification as an American Red Cross Lifeguard.
Recommended Skills: Be 15 years of age by the last day of the course
Swim 300 yards continuously using the following strokes:
100 yards of the front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing propellant kick
100 yards of the breaststroke
100 yards of the front crawl and/or the breaststroke
Swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 12 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, and swim 20 yards back to the starting point in under 1 minute 40 seconds.
Tread water for two minutes only using your legs.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 152 - Bowling Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to allow students to refine and improve their basic bowling skills, while developing technique, form and strategies. This course will also focus on bowling rules and etiquette, spare targeting and conversions, spot or pin bowling and league playing.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 155 - Weight Training 2 Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is focused on building upon the principles of body mechanics, muscular fitness, and exercise program design. This course is intended for students who have a basic knowledge of resistance training and proper lifting techniques. Students will create and apply their own exercise programs through the duration of the course.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 156 - First Aid Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to meet the requirements of the American Red Cross. Two possible ARC certifications are available upon successful completion of the requirements for (1) First Aid (2) Professional Rescuer. First Aid is designed to facilitate learning and understanding of the knowledge and actions necessary when confronted by possible medical emergencies including breathing and cardiac emergencies as well as various first aid emergencies. Skill and written exams are administered.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 157 - Elementary Games & Rhythms Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: An activity course designed to present a systematic method of teaching physical education in elementary school settings. This course gives students classroom management techniques, teaching methodology, evaluation strategies, wellness concepts and safety guidelines related to elementary physical education.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 165 - Dynamics of Fitness Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Acquaints students with fitness methods and techniques to develop lifelong wellness. Topics include aerobic fitness, nutrition, flexibility, body toning and strengthening, ideal weight, stress, and the six dimensions of wellness. This is a foundational course to learn the dynamics of fitness.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 166 - Individual Aerobic Conditioning Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Are you a self-motivated exercise participant looking for a class to challenge your personal drive and your cardiovascular fitness goals? This personalized course offers optional lectures that are available to enhance the student’s knowledge of the benefits of a lifetime fitness program. This course requires an initial orientation/assessment, following the assessment the class becomes an open-lab format by arrangement.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 189 - Healthy Living Credits: 2
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: This class is designed to teach students the concepts of how to stay healthy and prevent disease. Students will learn about different health topics such as blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, stress, sleep problems, substance abuse and misuse, principles of physical fitness, dimensions of wellness, weight management, nutrition, and cancer. Healthy Living is designed to motivate students to take their health seriously. This course will help students understand why they should make healthy choices and how they can change unhealthy patterns. This course will use Blackboard extensively.
Recommended Skills: Blackboard knowledge. Student must have access to a computer as all assignments will be turned in online.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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WE 192 - Camping and Canoeing Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description: Basic elements of camping skills are taught and explored in this class. Equipment selection and use are reviewed, as well as learning how to cook with few utensils. Basic water and camping safety, as well as basic canoeing strokes will be learned and practiced. Two day canoe trip down a Michigan river with one overnight camp out.
Department Consent: Wellness
General Education Distribution Category Met: Wellness
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Wellness Elective - (min. of 1) Credits:
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
College Level Prerequisites: None
Description:
Department Consent: None
General Education Distribution Category Met: None
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