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Physical Fitness and Wellness

"Fit Body, Fit Mind"

Physical Fitness & Wellness
Health & Wellness Education

A complete guide of health & wellness education courses are
listed below.
*** Clicking on each course will take you directly to the online course listing and registration pages***

HOW TO REGISTER FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS EDUCATION COURSES:

1) Click on the course link.
2) Choose the term during which you would like to take the
    class (Summer '09, Fall '09, Spring '10)
3) Scroll through the "Subject" options until you find
    Phys Fitn: Health/Fitn Wlns, and highlight with curser.
4) Click the Get Courses button.
5) Find the call and course numbers of the class you want and
    click the lab or lab/lecture highlighted link.
6) You must then enter secured login by clicking on the
    secured login highlighted link and following the prompts.

COURSES:

PFHW 100 - Health and Wellness Seminar
            This course introduces the student to 8 hours of various
            topics related to health awareness, wellness, and/or
            prevention of lifestyle-related illness.

PFHW 105 - Medical Alternatives for Health & Wellness
            This course discusses alternatives in maintaining
            health and correcting illness. The students will examine
            the six major medical systems, as well as many alternative
            therapies from around the world.

PFHW 123 - Human Nutrition
            An introductory course in human nutrition. Topics include
            digestion, absorption, metabolism, and biological functions
            of nutrients; nutrition needs throughout the life cycle;
            relationship of nutrition and eating patterns to health and
            disease; individual and societal influences on food choices;
            and the role of government in food safety and security.

PFHW 133 - Therapeutic Touch and Yoga
            This course will combine the theories and practices of yoga
            and Therapeutic Touch. The foundation of TT is yoga
            meditation. Classes provide practice in Energy Theory
            as it applies to individual learners and as an agent of
            healing. Balanced with TT will be breathing and relevant
            research and theory.

PFHW 163 - Healthy Lifestyles
            This course introduces the student to lifestyle skills that lead
            to better health. The student will learn healthy nutritional
            habits, basic fitness concepts, positive stress reduction, and
            development of a personalized healthy lifestyle plan.
            Assessment skills and wellness concepts will be put into
            practice.

PFHW 164 - Fire Science Healthy Lifestyle
            This course introduces students to lifestyle skills that lead to
            better health. The student will learn healthy nutritional habits,
            fitness concepts, stress reduction, coping skills for the
            physical and mental challenges of fire science and
            develop a personalized healthy lifestyle plan. Fitness and
            wellness concepts will be demonstrated and practiced.

PFHW 181 - Stress Management
            This course helps students understand the basic
            components of the stress response and how they limit our
            physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Students learn
            and apply basic principles that help to resolve stressful
            situations and lead to greater sense of ease and pleasure
            in life, work, and relationships.

PFHW 190 - Wilderness Survival Tech
            This course provides basic outdoor survival skills and
            techniques to campers, outdoor enthusiasts, and group
            leaders. Among the topics are shelter, fire, water, signals,
            orienteering, food procurement, hot/cold stress
            management, toxic bites, edible plants of the world, and
            survival at sea. Optional three-day field trip exercise.

PFHW 191 - Wild Food Plants
            This course introduces 77 kinds of edible wild plants and
            their toxic look-a-likes from Michigan and adjoining states.
            The students learn to distinguish on the basis of observed
            plant characteristics. The material is illustrated in slides and
            handouts. Several outdoor experiences are provided.
            Conservation stressed.

*** Clicking on each course will take you directly to the online course listing and registration pages***



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