HPERDS

HE 307 Community Health. This course enables students to obtain and apply concepts and theories about health care in community settings. Students examine how local, county, state, and federal health agencies relate to each other, explore how they can provide efficient and effective health services within the community, and focus on the current troubling various U.S. communities and special populations. Students are introduced to the basis of community health developed from a Reformed perspective including how the Calvin College core virtues of justice, mercy, charity, compassion, and empathy guide community health service. Evaluation is based on a variety of assignments, including presentations, papers, and readings. This course is part of the health education minor. Prerequisites: junior or senior status and interest in health-related professions. D. Bakker.

PE W10 Women’s Health. This course focuses on personal decision-making in all dimensions of women’s health. The class investigates, discusses, and shares women’s health concerns ranging from cancer to sexuality. It focuses on the unique physiology and anatomy of women as well as on healthcare use and advocacy. Community experts, women’s health videos, and a field trip to a selected agency add to the learning experience. Students are expected to make a class presentation, conduct a health interview, attend relevant January Series lectures, and write two reaction papers on journal articles relevant to women’s health issues. A. Warners.

PE W11 Teaching and Coaching in Mexico. The Mexican environment in and around Merida, Yucatán, Mexico provides an opportunity for students to teach and coach a variety of sports skills to aspiring young students (upper elementary and middle school) for three weeks. Students participating in the course live with local Christian families and conduct clinics in their specialty at local facilities. Students take side excursions to Mayan ruins and worship centers as well as attend religious and cultural events in and around Merida. Students are required to prepare teaching and coaching lessons in definite sports areas (volleyball, softball, baseball, football and basketball) and basic movement skills. Evaluation is based upon satisfactory preparation and teaching/coaching of their assigned specific sports clinic, active participation in orientation exercises and cultural visitations, a detailed daily journal, and a final reflective paper on the entire experience. The local Presbyterian seminary provides Spanish language interpreters to each student so the ability to speak Spanish is not required for this course. Fee: $1810. J. Pettinga. Off campus.

PE W12 Sport Psychology. This introductory course examines the ways in which psychological factors influence one’s sport performance. Research based topics include an examination of attentional styles, casual attributions, motivational factors, self-talk, self-concept, self-efficacy, performance related factors, mood states, and somatic and cognitive competitive anxiety. This course also examines an array of research based psychological principles and skills, which individuals can employ to enhance their motor performance. Such topics include the use of imagery, cognitive restructuring, thought-stopping techniques, methods to manage somatic and cognitive anxiety, goal setting, motivational strategies, attentional control skills, and means to enhance self-concept and self-efficacy. Students are evaluated on participation, a group or individual research project and presentation, homework assignments, observation reports, and tests. N. Van Noord.

PE W13 Ropes Course Leadership and Risk Management. This course is designed to teach concepts of leadership, by demonstrating process roles in leadership and experiencing ropes course activities as designed for the potential leaders of camps or educational institutions, which have high ropes courses and/or climbing walls. The course will cover such topics as design and element sequencing, risk management, course operations and procedures, and course set-up and inspection. Participants will be trained to work in many ropes course situations with transferable principles, not limited to individual elements or course design. Students should expect involvement through process application and intensive field experience. Evaluation will be based on course participation, attendance, individual skill improvement, written and hands-on tests relating to skills and equipment, and development of a risk management plan. Fee: $75. D. Vermilye.

PE W40 Exploring Exercise Science and Sport Management. The objective of this course is to introduce students to the disciplines of exercise science and sport management in the areas of study, technology, certification, professional associations and literature, and career opportunities. This course includes lab experiences in biomechanics, exercise stress testing, body composition assessment, strength testing, and reaction time. In addition, the course includes field trips to a corporate fitness center, a physical therapy clinic, a hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation clinic, a clinic-based sport-specialization training facility, and if possible, the management offices of a professional sports team. Methods of evaluation include chapter quizzes, professional journal article reviews, lab reports, and presentations. Fee: $50 to cover field trips. N. Meyer, J. Walton.

PER 131A Badminton I (one semester hour). K. Gall.

PER 131B Badminton I (one semester hour). J. Kim.

PER 135A Volleyball I (one semester hour). M. Christner.

PER 137A Bowling (one semester hour). Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Class meets off campus. M. Klooster.

PER 140A Swim I (one semester hour). D. Gelderloos.

PER 155A Ballet I (one semester hour). J. Genson.

PER 165A Ballet II (one semester hour). J. Genson.

PER 166A Square/Folk Dance (one semester hour). M. Klooster

PER 173A Basketball (one semester hour). J. Ross.

PER 176A Ice Skating (one semester hour). Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Class meets off campus. K. Gall.

PER 177A Downhill Skiing (one semester hour). Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Class meets off campus. D. Gelderloos.

PER 177B Downhill Skiing (one semester hour). Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Class meets off campus. D. Gelderloos.

PER 181A Badminton II (one semester hour). J. Kim.

PER 186A Gymnastics (one semester hour). Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Class meets off campus. C. Shilton.

PER 198A Scuba (one semester hour). Elective only, does not fulfill core. Fee required. Pick up information in P.E. Office. Staff.

RECR 308 Recreation Program and Facility Management. The management of recreation areas and facilities such as parks and natural resources, health clubs, entertainment complexes, and resorts is an expanding and challenging field. In this course students analyze the operations of several private and public recreation agencies through field trips and personal interviews and become involved in a variety of special projects such as feasibility studies, master planning and site acquisition, management information systems, and special event planning and coordination. Students are required to do a structured analysis of a private and a public recreation agency and a special project for a local recreation agency. M. Kline.

IDIS W28 Scuba, Sailing, and Sea Kayaking: A Cross-Cultural Panama Experience. J. Britton, R. Walter-Rooks.

IDIS W36 Dancing in the Elementary Classroom. E. Van’t Hof.

IDIS W37 An Inside Look at The January Series. R. Honderd.

IDIS W38 Sporting Literature. G. Blackwood.