MOVEMENT SCIENCE 240/P.E. 265 Fall '06
Introduction to Fitness and Health
Introduces fundamental theories, applications and personal experiences necessary for a comprehensive understanding of relationships between fitness and physical activity to overall health and wellbeing throughout the lifespan. This course is designed to equip students for lifelong understanding of themselves as integrated physiological, psychological, and sociological entities. Students who successfully complete this course will demonstrate:
- An understanding of the importance of lifetime fitness and wellness.Improved critical thinking skills related to fitness, wellness and health.An understanding of the differences between health-related and sport-related physical fitness.An understanding of the interaction between exercise and health.
- A desire to want to learn more about fitness and health.
Extra Credit
Professor
Victor
Katch
Professor, Kinesiology; Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Office: 3734 CCRB; 647-2704
Office Hours: MW 10:30 AM-11:00 PM: TTh 2:40 AM-3:00 PM
email: vkass@umich.edu
WEB: http://www.umich.edu/~vkass/vlk/vkatch.resume/vlk.p1.html
Lectures
Mon - Wed 1:00 - 2:30 PM, Bickner Aud. CCRB
Lectures on the WEB
Text #1
Fahey, TD, Insel PM, and Roth WT. Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness. Seventh Edition. McGraw Hill Publisher. 2007. ISBN:978-0-07-302908-5. (Available exclusively at Ulrichs Bookstore)
Text #2
Katch VL, and Katch FI. Active Learning Workbook for Fit & Well (Seventh Edition). Fitness Technologies Press. 2006. ISBN: 0-9742965-8-9 (Available exclusively at Ulrichs Bookstore)