Exercise is Medicine

Catalog description

Exercise is Medicine® On Campus is a project-based, service-learning course. Immersion in to the concept of physical activity (PA) as a therapeutic modality to prevent and treat chronic disease and discovery that exercise and PA are a cost-effective intervention. Additionally, learn to appreciate the concept of and implications of health disparities as they relate to exercise, physical activity and health. Students are challenged to think creatively to: 1) produce education materials, 2) develop an e-media informational presentation, 3) host an event themed around EIM and 4) propose a change in policy and/or culture. Marquette University and the surrounding Near West Side neighborhoods are the target communities. Fulfills the Theory Elective in the EXPH major.