Our Vision
Health is essential to academic and personal success. Healthy and successful individuals are productive members of local and global communities. Through inclusive, hands-on instruction, we strive to equip students with the skill, knowledge, and disposition to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Our Mission
To provide activity-based courses that improve students' wellness literacy as a part of Appalachian State University's General Education Wellness Literacy Program.
Course Competencies/Learning Outcomes
As a result of completing each of the course requirements to criteria, students will be able to:
- Diagnose personal fitness and health risk, develop personal wellness goals, design and implement a personal wellness plan, and continually monitor personal wellness.
- Engage in exercise as part of one's personal wellness plan.
- Achieve and/or maintain a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
- Exhibit personal and social responsibility when learning and participating.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the skills, rules, tactics, etiquette, and culture necessary for participation.
- Demonstrate competency in skills/tactics needed to successfully participate.