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• EXSC 3217: First Aid & Safety

  2.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Explores responsibilities and duties of the teacher in the development and teaching of programs in first aid and safety that are related to the student's school and community. Includes the American Red Cross Standard First Aid Course.
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• EXSC 3220: Health Promotion

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students will be introduced to the strategies used and marketing skills necessary to promote healthy living in various settings.
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• EXSC 3223: Tch Hlth & Wellness Elem Sch

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Required of all students majoring in elementary education. This class will focus on strategies for promoting the health of children both in and outside the educational setting. Students will learn the importance of both promoting a healthy lifestyle within the young and the importance of advocating for a healthy environment in which all children and adults may flourish. Students will plan learning activities that will enhance the health knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience of young children. Included are labs and field experiences in an elementary school setting. Each semester.
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• EXSC 3232: Nutrition & Fitness for Women

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides students with foundational knowledge about the unique female energy, nutrition and fitness issues compared to their male counterparts. The student will become familiar with the most common nutrition issues including the required energy to meet the demands of sport, activities of daily living, and reproduction while choosing the appropriate foods to support physical activity, building and repair of bone and muscle and overall health. Students will create meal plans, reflect on the influence of various forms of media on female body composition and nutrition choices and formulate meal plans that foster a healthy female gut microbiome. Offered spring, annually.
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• EXSC 3233: Fitness for Wellness

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Provides students with knowledge, skills, and strategies in stress management and health-related fitness. Stresses skills in psychophysiological regulation, exercise, and nutrition design. Emphasizes adherence issues of recognition, identification, and remediation. Pre-requisite: successful completion of NFSS 111 Health Education. Offered: annually, Fall.
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• EXSC 3234: Food, Fitness Wt Mgmt

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Provides students with knowledge, skills, and strategies in diet management, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Emphasizes skills in personal dietary design and assessment. Also covers dietary needs and problems of special populations. Stresses skills in psycho-physiological regulation, exercise, and nutrition design.
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• EXSC 3240: Nutrition Education

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  An overview of nutrition education that explores the settings in which nutrition education is carried out, introduces nutrition students to learning theory, and reviews techniques and resources for teaching nutrition. Students learn to assess the needs of different learner groups and select and evaluate appropriate nutrition education materials.
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• EXSC 3286: Principle of Exercise Training

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Physiological basis of long-term exercise training with special consideration of the body's morphologic and physiologic adaptation to specific forms of training. Various training and conditioning methods are examined.
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• EXSC 3314: Kinesiology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The purpose of this course is to study human movement and the physical and physiological principles upon which it depends. It analyzes human motion as based on anatomic, physiologic, and mechanical principles. This course includes laboratory experiences in selected topics.
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• EXSC 3333: Personal Training

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  In this course, students will put into practice principles of fitness assessment and exercise prescription with one or more adult clients. Students will collect health history information, conduct fitness and knowledge assessments, prescribe individualized exercise plans, supervise exercise sessions, and conduct follow-up fitness assessments. Students will adhere to national standards and guidelines for all testing procedures and exercise recommendations. Prerequisites: HPE222, Current Adult CPR/AED Certification, Current Liability Insurance, Permission of the Instructor.
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