Fitness and Wellness Syllabus

Unit

Readings

Graded Assignments

Learning
Objectives

1. Physical
Activity and
Lifestyle
Changes

Required:
Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 1,
Physical Fitness
and Wellness
Chapter 2,
Behavior
Modification

1.1 Quiz
1.2 Journal
1.3 Personal Fitness Report

1.2, 1.3, 1.4,

2.1, 2.2

2. Nutrition,
Body
Composition,
and Weight
Management

Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 3,
Nutrition for
Wellness
Chapter 4, Body
Composition
Chapter 5, Weight
Management
Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 6,
Cardiorespiratory
Endurance
Chapter 7,
Muscular
Strength and
Endurance
Chapter 8,
Muscular
Flexibility
Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 10,
Preventing
Cardiovascular
Disease
Chapter 11,
Cancer
Prevention
Chapter 14,

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Personal Fitness Report

Journal
Discussion
Quiz

3.5, 4.1, 4.2,

4.3, 4.4

3.1 Personal Fitness Report

3.2 Quiz
3.3 Discussion

3.1, 3.2, 3.3,

6.2, 6.3

4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4

1.3, 5.2, 5.3,

5.4

3. HealthRelated
Fitness

4. Preventive
Measures for
Diseases

Journal
Journal
Written Assignment
Quiz

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5. Stress and
Addiction

6. Personal
Fitness
Planning and
Lifetime
Fitness and
Wellness

Preventing
Sexually
Transmitted
Infections
Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 12,
Stress
Management
Chapter 13,
Addictive
Behavior
Lifetime Physical
Fitness and Wellness:
A Personalized
Program
Chapter 9,
Comprehensive
Fitness
Programming
Chapter 15,
Lifetime Fitness
and Wellness

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4

Personal Wellness Report

Written Assignment
Discussion
Quiz

6.1 Discussion
6.2 Journal
6.3 Personal Fitness Report

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3.4, 5.1, 6.4

1.1, 6.1, 6.5,

6.6