Foundations of Sports and Health Sciences

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This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of Sports and Health Sciences including basic principles in exercise science, health, wellness, fitness, and coaching studies. The student will focus on clarification of the wellness continuum including physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal, and environmental wellness while implementing the methods of the health-related components of physical wellness – cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition to promote lifelong physical fitness, disease prevention, and health and wellness.