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PHED 1100 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, RLC
Beginning Lifetime Sports Activities
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Course Description: Beginning level skills in various lifetime sports are presented as well as rules, etiquette, safety, strategy, offensive and defensive elements, conditioning activities and physical assessments where appropriate. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1114 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC
Beginning Swimming
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Course Description: This course is designed to teach a non-swimmer or a shallow water swimmer to become a safe and efficient deep water swimmer. After the development of sufficient skills to perform a modified crawl stroke, the elementary back stroke, survival floating, jumping into deep water, leveling off and changing directions, swimmers will be able to swim in deep water. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1119 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Beginning Weight Training
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Course Description: Instruction in weight training and conditioning techniques are stressed. Emphasis is placed on muscular strength and endurance. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1120 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC
Beginning Self-Defense
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Course Description: Various forms of self-defense are introduced. The history and philosophy of the martial arts are explored. The student should progress from no previous experience in self-defense to an adequate skill level covering basic self-defense situations. Both mental and physical aspects of the arts are stressed. Uniform required. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1124 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Beginning Aerobics
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Course Description: This course emphasizes the development of cardiovascular endurance by utilizing choreographed routines which may combine basic dance patterns with walking, jogging, jumping, etc. Individual fitness levels are accommodated by the intensity of the workout. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1134 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Lifetime Fitness and Wellness II
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: Basic skills and techniques of fitness-related activities are developed beyond the beginner level. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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PHED 1140 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, ECC, MVC
Intermediate Swimming
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: The correct performance of the crawl, elementary back stroke, side and breast strokes will be emphasized. Some speed and endurance swimming will be required. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1141 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Intermediate Weight Training
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: Skills and instruction in weight training techniques are developed beyond the beginner level. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1142 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC
Intermediate Self-Defense
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: Students will be introduced to intermediate forms of defense and combinations of self defense methods. Emphasis is on practical application of self defense movements. Uniform required. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1145 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC
Intermediate Aerobics
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: This course emphasizes the development of cardiovascular endurance through a combination of walking, jogging, jumping, etc. Individual fitness levels are developed beyond the beginner level. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085128
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PHED 1164 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Lifetime Fitness and Wellness I
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.
Prerequisite: DREA 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
Course Description: Students are introduced to wellness related concepts and activities for the purpose of gaining knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate personal fitness level and to develop a personal lifelong fitness program. Activities include, but are not limited to: aerobics, circuit training, muscular development, flexibility, agility exercises, weight training and body composition. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3105015223
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PHED 1338 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC
Concepts of Physical Fitness
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: Concepts and use of selected physiological variables of fitness, individual testing and consultation, and the organization of sports and fitness programs. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3105015123
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PHED 2101 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC
Beginning Yoga
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: The yoga course offers beginning yoga postures, exercises and positions. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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PHED 2103 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC
Beginning Pilates
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: Course focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the body
balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, pilates course exercises will teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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PHED 2113 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC, RLC
Beginning Cardiovascular Fitness
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: The class focuses on beginning cardiovascular exercises, its varied activities, and applications to improving cardiovascular health. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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PHED 2126 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC
Intermediate Yoga
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: The yoga course offers intermediate yoga postures, exercises and positions, also covering essential facts and information about yoga. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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PHED 2128 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC
Intermediate Pilates
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Course Description: This class emphasizes the intermediate topic of Pilates focusing on the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. Pilates course exercises will teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3601085123
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Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.
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