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  • PE 1380: Tone & Strength Class for Women

    1.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Fall and Spring Semesters An introductory course with emphasis on improving muscle tone throughout the body. This course is offered to women who want instruction in the principles of increasing muscle tone and strength. This course is not open to varsity athletes.
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  • PE 1400: Self- Defense

    1.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Fall and Spring Semesters An introduction to martial arts self-defense and physical conditioning. The course is designed to enhance the student’s knowledge of the fundamental concept of exposure during a self-defense situation and how to avoid confrontation, if indeed possible.
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  • PE 1450: Self Protection and Self Awareness

    1.00 Credits
    Curry College

    This course is designed to empower and educate individuals in the art of self protection. The participant will learn non-verbal, verbal and physical manipulation techniques to be used to thwart off an assault. This is a practical hands-on course in which the participant will learn safe, effective techniques of control and restraint. The self defense movements are gross motor movements that provide safety - minimizing injury to self and others. The participants will also learn the laws regarding self protection and the use of reasonable and excessive force. Pre-requisite: PE 1400 or permission of instructor.
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  • PE 1500: Stress Reduction Based on Mindfulness

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Fall and Spring Semesters Teaches students to focus attention on the present moment and current tasks by using the breath as an anchor. Encourages students to learn how to take breaks of “being” in the midst of busy“doing” lives. Uses various practices to help learn attentionalawareness (or mindfulness), such as the body scan (being guided through various parts of the body with the attention), yoga, walking meditation, and sitting meditation. Conceptual learning includes discussions of stress reactivity and responsivity, effects of stress on the human body, communication patterns, and nutrition. This course will be available ONLY on a Pass/Fail basis. Signature required. Catalog 2007-08 147
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  • PE 2220: Personal Conditioning

    2.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Spring Semester An advanced course with emphasis on the implementation and evaluation of individualized conditioning programs. Prerequisite: A basic understanding of conditioning principles and permission of instructor. Signature required.
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  • PE 2500: Physical Awareness: A Wellness Approach

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Fall and Spring Semesters An opportunity to develop and initiate a wellness program tailored to individual needs and lifestyles. The following concepts are included in lecture/lab format: physical fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, nutrition, stress management, and programs of exercise.
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  • PE 2700: Athletics and Sports Medicine

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Offered Periodically Involves the assessment, evaluation, recognition, and treatment of common athletic injuries sustained by the recreational and competitive athlete. It will be presented in a lecture and lab format. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Fee.
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  • PHIL 2005: The Search for Self

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Offered Periodically Through examination of Western and Eastern philosophic and psychological theories, students will explore one of humanity’s most enduring philosophic and religious questions: what is the self? Issues addressed in this course include: the self ’s relation to consciousness, to memory, to other selves, and to ultimate reality; continuity and change in selfhood; whether the self is one or several; self as illusion or social construct; self esteem and personal self-knowledge. Through exposure to a broad spectrum of classical and contemporary theories about the reality and constituency of the self, students will have opportunity to clarify their own philosophies of selfhood. This course is excellent for students at all levels.
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  • PHIL 2010: Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    Fall and Spring Semesters Ethics is the study of human and humane activity, an inquiry into the determination of the will. This course examines major theories that describe and set norms for forming moral judgements. Questions raised will include: Are humans inherently selfish? How does one decide the correct path–by predicting the consequences of actions or by examining the actions themselves? A portion of the course is devoted to recent developments in virtue theory, and ancient tradition that examines the intentions of the moral agent rather than consequences or acts. This course is recommended for students with sophomore standing or above.
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  • PHIL 2013: The Ethics of War and Peace

    3.00 Credits
    Curry College

    "All's fair in love and war" - or is it? Do ethical duties still apply, even when you are fighting for your life? Is it different when you are fighting terrorists? This course examines major ethical issues concerning war, using contemporary philosophical approaches to ethics. We shall also consider several religious approaches to war and peace, including the pacifism of such figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Same course as REL 2013).
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