General Physical Education & Health (PEH)

Emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility in health and wellness. Focuses on personal decision making in cardiovascular fitness, muscular fitness, nutrition and weight control, as well as aging and health. Reinforces improvement and maintaining quality of life through health and healthy decisions. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Provides an overview of the theories and practices related to engagement in physical activity. Emphasizes motivational theories of behavior and behavioral changes as they relate to exercise and health. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Reviews health coaching and its relevance in today's health care industry. Includes information on coaching psychology, insight on weight management psychology, the physiology of obesity, techniques for lifestyle coaching, and the relationship between exercise and nutrition for weight control. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Discusses the most commonly used complementary and alternative medicine modalities in the U.S. Focuses on the five domains of complementary and alternative medicine: alternative medical systems (traditional Chinese medicine, ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy), mind-body medicine (techniques designed to facilitate the mind's capacity to affect the physical body's functions in health and illness, such as meditation and yoga), manual therapies (massage, chiropractic), energy-based therapies (biofeedback, acupuncture), and biologically-based therapies (herbal medicine, dietary supplements). Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Reviews the anatomical and physiological processes of muscle growth and development, and the effects of strength training on those processes. Introduces fundamental principles and techniques of strength training, and applies those principles toward personal fitness development and development of programs for health and performance. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Prerequisite: Minimum C- in EXS-120 or BIO-168.

Examines nutrition's effect on health and human performance, including the study of supplementation and specific diets. Focuses on the role of nutrition in disease prevention, special population activity and general performance enhancement. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Provides an overview of the theories and practices related to management and leadership in the fitness and sports industries. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Provides practical information on exercise for people with special diseases and disabilities. Discusses each unique condition, effects of the condition on the exercise response, effects of exercise training on the condition, and recommendations for exercise testing and programming. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A

Allows a qualified honors student to pursue a special concentration of study under the guidance of a faculty member. Requires completion of an honors project contract. May be taken more than once. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A; Comments: Permission of instructor and dean

Allows the student to pursue a special concentration of study under the guidance of a faculty member. Requires an independent study contract. Arts & Sciences Elective Code: A; Comments: Requires approval of supervising faculty member and dean