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  • PHED 121: Cardio Conditioning

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course introduces students to basic knowledge regarding developing and performing cardiorespiratory fitness programs. Students will become familiar with various activities used to develop and enhance the cardiorespiratory system, including interval and steady-state training activities, as well as, developing means of assessing individual cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively develop an individualized cardiorespiratory training program
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  • PHED 125: Weight Training I

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course introduces students to basic knowledge regarding developing and performing resistance training programs. Students will become familiar with various resistance training exercises, including free-weights, machines, and other specialized equipment, as well as, developing means of assessing individual muscle fitness. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively develop an individualized resistance training program. Also available through Online Learning.
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  • PHED 130: Fitness I

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course introduces students to the health-related components of fitness: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle fitness, flexibility, and body composition. Students will become familiar with various activities used to develop and enhance each of these fitness components, including: resistance training, cardiorespiratory fitness activities, and flexibility exercises, as well as, developing means of assessing each of the components. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively develop an individualized comprehensive fitness program. Also available through Online Learning.
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  • PHED 135: Yoga and Pilates

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course introduces students to basic knowledge of the fundamental philosophies and skills of Yoga and Pilates. Students will become familiar with basic postures and develop an understanding of Yoga and Pilates as forms of mind/body exercise. Breath and meditation postures (asanas) for relaxation will also be explored. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively develop an individualized Yoga and Pilates practice.
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  • PHED 140: Backpacking

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course is designed to instruct students in the basic skills and equipment of hiking, backpacking, wilderness camping and cooking, navigation, trip planning, safety, and first aid. Instruction will emphasize the value of backpacking as a life-long activity. Students will plan and execute an overnight trip.
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  • PHED 230: Fitness II

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course builds upon concepts learned in Fitness I to provide a deeper understanding of fitness and a more complete view of wellness. Goal setting, special exercise considerations, injury prevention, heart health, nutrition, and weight management will be examined. Students will employ these concepts to further enrich fitness programs and lead a healthier lifestyle. Medical Clearance or testament of health status is required. Only available through Online Learning. Prerequisite:    PHED 130 or Department Approval
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  • PHED 235: Personal Yoga Practice

    1.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course is designed for the student with prior experience in Yoga. Students will be introduced to more challenging variations and basic postures with a goal of deepening their personal Yoga practice designed to meet their individual lifestyle goals, such as increased flexibility, healing an injury, improved athletic performance, reducing stress and anxiety, and/or improved mind/body intelligence. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively deepen and commit to their personal Yoga practice, with an emphasis on making it a part of their lifestyle. Prerequisite:    PHED 135
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  • PHIL 111: On Death and Dying

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course provides a number of perspectives on death and how people perceived and responded to it. It offers a survey of personal, philosophical, social, and artistic aspects as well as routes for exploring grief and grieving and the relationship between death and the meaning of life. Also available through Online Learning. Core: AH, CT, D.
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  • PHIL 111G: On Death and Dying

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course provides a number of perspectives on death and how people perceived and responded to it. It offers a survey of personal, philosophical, social, and artistic aspects as well as routes for exploring grief and grieving and the relationship between death and the meaning of life. Writing intensive. Also available through Online Learning. Core: AH, D, CT, IL, WI. Prerequisite:    ENGL 101
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  • PHIL 121: World Religions

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    World-wide religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Native American spirituality), their concepts of deity, world-views, and theories on the problems and potentials of humankind; emphasis on essential ethical, metaphysical, and spiritual beliefs and practices, similarities and differences, and relations to contemporary life. Core: AH, D. Also available through Online Learning.
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