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Knowledge and methods to deal with the problems of use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in elementary and secondary schools. Meets requirement for Education Law, Section 804, 804a, and 805. Limited to Education majors only.

Identifies the mechanisms that generate the human stress response and their physical and psychological effects on the body and mind. The course also introduces the student to developing personal strategies for effective stress management.

The development of knowledge and skills necessary to become personally responsible for fitness and nutrition. Contents will be used as a basis for assessment of personal fitness and nutritional status and necessary personal behavior modification. Investigation of basic fitness and nutritional facts, energy balance, obesity, dieting, and nutrition as related to disease, for personal goal setting.

Study of prevention and recognition of injuries commonly associated with athletic competition. Includes the study of anatomy and physiology involved in injuries. One of several courses designed to meet state mandate for interscholastic coaching.

Develops the basic competencies of students interested in athletic training. Areas included in the internship will include preventive taping, injury prevention, the basics of rehabilitation, coverage of home events, and basic functioning of a training room. Athletic Trainer required.

The course provides students with a basic understanding of the effects of legal and illegal drugs on physiological and psychological functioning, and how drugs influence personal and social behavior.

The course emphasizes wellness as a positive approach to health promotion. The course explores ways of establishing effective health strategies that affect the physical, emotional and social self, use the mind constructively, channel stress energies positively, express emotions effectively, and enable the individual to interact with others.