General Education Component - Health and Physical Fitness

Student Goals

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to develop a personal program for physical activities, exercise, and related skills.

2. Students will demonstrate the ability to describe the relationship between care of the body and well-being.

3. Students will demonstrate the ability to exercise the body and participate in physical activities.

4. Students will demonstrate the ability to develop habits of exercise and physical activity that could be maintained over a lifetime.

Requirement

Commencing in the fall of 2007, first-year students must complete PHED 101 Introduction to Wellness (2 credits) and one PHED activity course (1 credit). Students who participate in an intercollegiate sport at Messiah College may substitute one year of athletic participation for the PHED activity course requirement (appropriate form must be completed and submitted to the Registrar's Office at the completion of the respective sport season).

During the transition period to the new requirement, the College will allow students who entered before Fall 2007 to fulfill either the old or new requirements. Students who meet this criteria have three options to fulfill this requirement:

• The first option is to fulfill the old requirement: PHED 101 Life Fitness (1 credit) and two PHED activities courses (1 credit each) for a total of 3 credit hours.
• The second option is to fulfill the new requirement: PHED 101 Introduction to Wellness (2 credits) and one PHED activities course (1 credit) for a total of 3 credit hours.
• The third option is to ensure that no student is disadvantaged by the change in curriculum. The College will allow students to fulfill the old Life Fitness requirement via a 1 credit version of the new Introduction to Wellness course: PHED 101 Introduction to Wellness (i credit) and two PHED activities courses (1 credit each) for a total of 3 credit hours.

Note: During the 2007-2008 academic year, students will be able to register for any section of PHED 101 INtroduction to Wellness for either one hour (attending only two of the three class periods each week) or two hours (attending all three class periods each week).

General Education PHED Activity Courses

ADED  114     Canoeing (1)

ADED  137     Ropes and Initiatives Course (1)

ADED  181     Caving (1)

ADED  182     Rock Climbing (1)

PHED  101     Introduction to Wellness (2)

PHED  102     Intercollegiate Sports (1)

PHED  103     Adapted Physical Education (1)

PHED  104     Swimming for the Non-Swimmer (1)

PHED  106     Aquatic Aerobics (1)

PHED  107     Beginning Racquetball (1)

PHED  109     Beginning Volleyball (1)

PHED  112     Beginning Tennis (1)

PHED  114     Square Dance (1)

PHED  115     Beginning Skiing and Snowboarding (1)

PHED  117     Self-Defense (1)

PHED  118     Expressive, Creative Movement (1)

PHED  119     Aerobics (1)

PHED  120     Golf, Badminton (1)

PHED  121     Soccer, Softball (1)

PHED  122     Flag Football, Basketball (1)

PHED  123     Strength Training and Conditioning (1)

PHED  124     Safety and R.A.D. Systems for Women (1)

PHED  125     Equestrian Skills (1)

The following courses require beginning level skills:

PHED  105     Intermediate Swimming (1)

PHED  108     Intermediate Racquetball (1)

PHED  110     Intermediate Volleyball (1)

PHED  113     Intermediate Tennis (1)

PHED  116     Skiing and Snowboarding II (1)

The following course requires intermediate level skills:

PHED  111     Advanced Volleyball (1)