Exercise & Wellness
EXW 101 Internship
(3 credits) PS (0,0,0,17)
This course gives students an opportunity to apply and extend academic knowledge while in an exercise and wellness setting. This four-month internship provides the students with work experience which is facilitated and monitored by the College.
Pre or Co-requisite(s): COOP WEP.
Open to students who have met the co-operative education participation requirements.
EXW 120 Lifetime Sports 1
(3 credits) F (1,0,0,3)
Hands-on, performance-based instruction leading towards teaching competencies in a variety of lifetime activities and sports. The purpose of the course is to equip students with knowledge of equipment, safety and resources plus instructional scope and sequence of kayaking, mountain biking and hiking. (T)
Prerequisite(s): "B" in Physical Education 11 or Community Recreation 12, or departmental assessment.
Students must participate in all activities and modules to pass this course.
EXW 121 Lifetime Sports 2
(3 credits) W (1,0,0,3)
Hands-on, performance based instruction leading towards teaching competencies in a variety of lifetime activities and sports. The purpose of the course is to equip students with knowledge of equipment, safety and resources plus instructional scope and sequence of cross country skiing, ice skating, water fitness and road cycling. (T)
Prerequisite(s): "B" in Physical Education 11 or Community Recreation 12, or departmental assessment.
Students must participate in all activities and modules to pass this course.
EXW 130 Life Cycle Fitness
(3 credits) W (2,0,1,0)
Applies the benefits of physical activity to program planning for people of all ages, focusing on children and senior population. Addresses the psychological and physiological similarities and differences across the age groups and between genders. Gender and cultural differences in psychological and physiological adaptations to exercise and motivational differences are presented and analyzed. (T)
Prerequisite(s): SPEX 110.
EXW 220 Lifetime Sports - Fitness Programs
(3 credits) F (1,0,0,3)
Practical instruction in a variety of facility-based activities focusing on the enhancement of cardiovascular fitness, muscular fitness, flexibility and attainment/maintenance of optimum body composition. Instruction will include, but will not be limited to, resistance training, group fitness, yoga and Pilates. Opportunity for fitness industry certification.
Prerequisite(s): "B" in Physical Education 11 or Community Recreation 12, or departmental assessment.
Students must participate in all activities and modules to pass this course.
EXW 230 Behavioural Fitness
(3 credits) F (3,0,0,0)
The effect of exercise on human behaviour, stress and mental health. Origins and prevention of hypokinetic disorders such as obesity, coronary heart disease and osteoporosis are examined. Study of exercise as a behaviour is structured around personal, activity and environmental determinants. Focus on theories of social, racial and cultural differences.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 160, BIOL 141, BIOL 142.
EXW 240 Fitness & Health Assessment
(3 credits) W (3,2,0,0)
Self, field and laboratory assessment of health and performance related tests of cardiovascular fitness, strength/muscular endurance, body composition, physical activity and related health parameters. Validity, reliability and objectivity of tests and measurements. Theoretical basis and practical application of pre-exercise screening, exercise testing, estimates of energy expenditure and interpretation of results. (T)
Prerequisite(s): SPEX 210.
EXW 270 Environmental Fitness
(3 credits) W (3,0,0,0)
This course addresses the relationship between the environmental determinants such as climate, facilities, business practices, government policies, school programs, elite sport mandates and practices, worksite expectations, transportation, and social norms on exercise adoption and adherence. It also examines how sedentary lifestyles affect the ecology, food growth industry, energy consumption and preservation, pollution and human interaction. (T)
Prerequisite(s): EXW 230.
