Fitness and Health Education (EPH_T101)
Course basic information
Course title: Fitness and Health Education
Credit hours: 3 hours
Course Pre-requisites: Non
Course Level: Non
Course Number and code: EPH T101
Medium of Instruction: Arabic
Credit hours: 1 hour
Course Description
The course focuses on the health and physical aspects of self-development skills and the associated personal, nutritional, sports, preventive, psychological and reproductive health and first aid skills. It also focuses on various life situations, with the aim of raising students' interest and motivation for learning through the overall framework, standards and controls of the course. As for the fitness, its role is to do physical exercises using modern equipment to maintain health. The course involves leisure-based learning and sports activities.
Course Major Goal
This course aims to improve the health of the individual and society by giving students the opportunity to acquire knowledge, information, skills and learn about trends in fitness and health education so as to be able to understand and apply health developments and conditions in university life.
| Course Learning Outcomes | Associated Program Learning Outcome code | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowledge | |
| 1.1 | Learn the behaviors to be followed to maintain personal health | 1.1 |
| 1.2 | Acquire the basic principles and sound food habits that help build and shape a healthy lifestyle | 1.2 |
| 1.3 | Acquire background information about the various sports activities | 1.3 |
| 1.4 | Acquire the skills necessary for dealing with injuries | 1.4 |
| 1.5 | Recognize mental health behaviors and manifestations | 1.5 |
| 1.6 | Identify the reproductive health problems | 1.6 |
| 1.7 | Acquire the necessary preventive skills to guard him/her against smoking, alcohol and drugs | 1.7 |
| 1.8 | Acquire the skills to evaluate health information and its sources | 1.8 |
| 1.9 | Acquire necessary practices for healthy sleep | 1.9 |
| 1.10 | Recognize the role of physical activity in the prevention of obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, osteoporosis, asthma, coronary heart disease | 1.10 |
| 2 | Skills | |
| 2.1 | Improve some of the various physical fitness aspects of students by applying the physical activity recipe | 2.1 |
| 2.2 | Use tools and devices involved in the process of physical measurements | 2.2 |
| 3 | Competencies | |
| 3.1 | Interactive participation via the online platform | 3.1 |
| 3.2 | Choosing one of the following projects: Khatwati Program or First Aid | 3.2 |
Course Syllabus
Course Assessment
| Code | Learning outcome(s) | Teaching Strategies | Assessment Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Knowledge | ||
| 1.1 | Learn the behaviors to be exercised to maintain personal health | Distance Learning | Midterm Exam |
| 1.2 | Acquire the basic principles and sound food habits that help build and shape a healthy lifestyle | Distance Learning | Midterm Exam |
| 1.3 | Acquire background information about the various sports activities | Distance Learning | Midterm Exam |
| 1.4 | Acquire the skills needed for dealing with injuries | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.5 | Recognize the behaviors and manifestations of the mental health | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.6 | Identify the reproductive health problems | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.7 | Acquire the necessary preventive skills to guard him/her against smoking, alcohol and drugs | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.8 | Acquire the skills to evaluate health information and its sources | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.9 | Acquire necessary practices and skills for healthy sleep | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 1.10 | Recognize obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, osteoporosis, asthma, coronary heart disease and the role of physical activity in their prevention | Distance Learning | Final Exam |
| 2.0 | Skills | ||
| 2.1 | Improve some of the various physical fitness aspects of students by applying the physical activity recipe | Verbal explanation of the rubric | Physical measurements |
| 2.2 | Use tools and devices involved in the process of physical measurements | Rubric | physical measurements |
| 3.0 | Competencies | ||
| 3.1 | Interaction via the online platform | Distance Learning | Activities & Assignments |
| 3.2 | Participating in Khatwati Program - First Aid | Explanation & Application | Performance level |
Students’ Assessment
The following section explains the ENT101 approved assessment mechanism. It is as follows:
| Exams | Midterm Exam | · It includes various types of questions: 15 multiple choice and 5 true or false questions with half a mark for each item. The test covers lectures 1- 4. | 10 Marks |
| Final Exam | · It includes various types of questions: 35 multiple choice and 15 true or false questions with one mark for each item. The test covers the whole course content. | 50 Marks | |
| Semester Work | The physical activity recipe | 15 Marks | |
| Project | 10 Marks | ||
| Interactive participation through the online platform | 15 Marks | ||
| Total | 100 Marks | ||
Description of Semester Works
First: Physical Fitness Description (15 Marks)
An individual activity in which the student recognizes his physical fitness through:
| Implementation Mechanism | Assessment Criteria | Mark | Submission Date |
· The student performs field tests to measure their physical fitness level
· The student applies a program with the purpose of improving and developing his fitness under the supervision of his coach.
· Tracking progress to increase the student’s improvement percentage via regular measurement of the health physical fitness aspects | Pre-measurement of physical fitness | 2 | Week 1 |
| Setting goals | 2 | Week 1 | |
| Applying the program | 4 | Week 2 - 8 | |
| Post-measurement of physical fitness | 2 | Week 10 | |
| improvement percentage | 3 | ||
| Activity report preparation | 2 |
Second: A project (10 Marks)
The student chooses one the following projects in the second week and commits himself to applying the criteria of the selected project.
| Project | Implementation Mechanism | Assessment Criteria | Mark | Submission Date |
1. 1. First Aid (10 M) | · Student enrolls in the project · Student follows the accredited bodies organizing courses (Common First Year, Red Crescent Society, American Medical Society, College of Applied Medical Sciences). · Attending the course and uploading the certificate to the electronic system | Passing the course and obtaining a recognized certificate during the current academic year | 10 | Week 6 - 8 |
| 2. Khatwati Program (10 M) | · Student’s enrolls in the project · The daily average of steps is calculated for three days in a week and continues for (6) weeks starting from the fourth week. · The daily average of steps = number of steps in a week ÷ 3 days · Final mark = sum of marks obtained in the 6 weeks ÷ 3 · Using their Step Meter App, the student has to upload three pictures for three different days weekly showing him calculating the steps. He has to record the date and number of steps he has performed weekly on the electronic system. | Distributing the marks on the daily average of the number of steps | Week 9 - 10 | |
‹ 5000 steps
| 0 | |||
5001 – 5500 steps
| 1 | |||
| 5501 – 6000 steps | 2 | |||
6001 – 6500 steps
| 3 | |||
| More than 6501 steps | 4 | |||
· Using their Step Meter App, the student has to upload three pictures for three different days weekly showing them calculating the steps. They have to record the date and number of steps they have performed weekly on the electronic system. · On completion of Khatwati, the whole project is uploaded with proper cover. | 2 |
Third: Interactive participation via the electronic platform (15 M)
| Implementation Mechanism | Assessment Criteria | Mark (15 M) |
· Students are required to interact and perform the required activities · Observing the student’s interaction and participation in the course | Interactive participation in the synchronous lectures | 5 |
| Participation in all activities within the asynchronous training session, half a mark is deduced in case of non-participation in an activity | 7 | |
| Participation in forums (minimum 3 participations) | 3 |
