Bulletin--Positive Health, Fitness, & Leisure Program

Positive Health, Fitness, and Leisure

College of Health and Human Services
Dean: Gail Whitaker (Interim)

Director: Mary Beth Love
GYM 306
415-338-1413

Faculty
Professor—Evans, Michaelis

Associate Professor—Love

Program
Minor in Positive Health, Fitness, and Leisure

Program Scope
The Minor in Positive Health, Fitness, and Leisure provides students with the knowledge and skills which will enable them to maximize potential for high level wellness for themselves and others. Positive or "high level" wellness is not just health or the absence of disease. It is a philosophy of life which promotes awareness of all things which affect our health, in combination with a program of positive action for self-improvement. Upon completion of the minor students will be able to demonstrate an understanding and integration of important principles and practices of (1) positive health, (2) fitness, (3) leisure as vital elements of a proactive healthy lifestyle.

The minor is an interdepartmental one, within the College of Health and Human Services. It is suitable for all majors who are interested in high-level wellness. It provides the awareness, knowledge, skills, strategies and resources that will not only enhance their personal and professional lives, but also provide exposure to the wide variety of career opportunities in the wellness and helping professions.

Career Outlook
A Minor in Positive Health, Fitness, and Leisure may contribute to a career in health promotion, psychology, counseling, coaching, or a number of other professions that deal with improving human health and well being.

MINOR IN POSITIVE HEALTH, FITNESS, AND LEISURE

Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (see course discipline listing in the Announcement of Courses section).

Students will be expected to complete an eleven-unit core of courses and nine units of electives, totaling twenty (20) units.

Core Courses					Units
HED 290	Promoting Positive Health		 3
REC 220	Leisure Lifestyle Development		 3
KIN 124	Fitness and Conditioning 		 2
KIN 331	Peak Performance			 3
		Total for core			11
Electives
Electives are to be selected, with the help of 
an adviser, from the following list of courses. 
No more than six units may be selected from one 
department. Additionally, a student may elect 
no more than three one-unit courses and no more 
than three units of activity courses.		 9
		Total for minor			20
Health Education 
312	Consumer Health
315	Drugs and Society
320	Contemporary Sexuality
370	Current Health Issues
414	Women's Health—Problems and Issues
Kinesiology and Dance 
Any one-unit physical activity course with a 
KIN or DANC prefix (1).
DANC 205	African Haitian Dance III (2)
DANC 206	Ballet III (2)
DANC 207	Dance in Cultural Context (2)
DANC 208	Modern Dance III (2)
DANC 209	Modern Jazz Dance III (2)
KIN 275		Intermediate/Advanced Tai-Chi 
		Chuan (1)
KIN 482		Exercise Physiology
KIN 487		Motor Development
KIN 501		Women and Sport
KIN 502		Sport and Social Issues
Recreation-Leisure Studies 
123	Ski Tour and Winter Trekking (2)
128	Downhill Skiing (2)
152	Small Boat Sailing (1)
160	Recreation and Leisure Alternative 
	Activities (1)
184	Small Boat Maintenance (1)
210	Introduction to Camping (2)
330	Arts and Crafts for Leisure
340	Conference and Event Planning and 
	Management
380	Developmental Play Processes
420	Leisure & Contemporary Society
430	Ecology of Outdoor Recreation
445	Recreation Therapy and the Expressive 
	Arts
560	Current Practices in Parks, Recreation, 
	and Leisure Services (1-3)
Consumer and Family Studies/Dietetics 
252	Nutrition
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last modified August 2, 1995