Unit Code: PHT620

Unit Name: Fitness in Health & Disease 1

Description: This unit offers learners the opportunity to actively learn, understand and apply exercise for health purposes. This course will examine the use of exercise to achieve wellness and fitness as a strategy to promote health and prevent chronic diseases. It will focus on components and principles of fitness, exercise and fitness assessment, fundamental of exercise prescription and developing fitness programme for a healthy population.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to: 1. Discuss concepts of fitness and wellness and its application to health 2. Implement exercise and fitness assessment and interpretation 3. Explain fundamental principles of exercise prescription 4. List components of and develop a fitness programme

Prerequisite: PHT510, PHT511, PHT514, PHT515 & PHT520

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1