HPE 156 - Health And Physical Education

Institution:

Westmoreland County Community College

Subject:

Health & Phsyical Ed

Description:

Lectures deal with wellness, exercise, nutrition, tension control and mental health, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV prevention, cancer and heart disease prevention, date rape awareness, alcohol and drugs, and injury treatment as they relate to a preventative medicine lifestyle. Concepts stressed are flexibility, strength, aerobic exercise, heart and cancer disease and risk factors, proper nutrition, stress management techniques, STD and HIV prevention. In the lab, a pre- and post-fitness evaluation is performed. An individually prescribed exercise program is performed twice a week.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.westmoreland.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 925-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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