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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CAP 092 - CAP Health & Fitness


Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
This course allows students to enhance physical fitness, develop lifelong skills through fitness activities and introduce students to assessment tools used to develop lifelong exercise habits.
Course Outcomes:
  • Demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.
  • Apply knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance.
  • Demonstrate the skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.
  • Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
  • Explain the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction.
  • Explain concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
  • Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
  • Access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
  • Use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
  • Use decision-making skills to enhance health.
  • Use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
  • Utilize health-enhancing behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • Apply techniques to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
Course Topics:
  1. Movement and motor skills
  2. Physical performance
  3. Health and ability
  4. Personal and social behavior
  5. Value of physical fitness/activity
  6. Disease prevention
  7. Interpersonal communication
  8. Goal-setting