Applied Fitness & Wellness (Personal Fitness)

Applied Fitness & Wellness (formerly Personal Fitness) offers students opportunities to engage in physical activities with a focus on health and wellness. The course emphasizes the importance of physical activity for overall well-being, helping students develop the ability to self-assess fitness and movement performance while improving skills through a variety of activities. Students will engage in physical activities that support lifelong personal fitness, with special attention to the five health-related components of fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Instruction also covers lifestyle-related health risk factors and the role of nutrition in wellness. Learning experiences may include classroom discussions as well as individual and team-based activities. This course may be taken more than once for credit.