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 Department:    PE

 Course #:    105

 Credits:    1

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    1.5

 CIP:    310501

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2019

 Course Description  

Simple water safety techniques for the non-swimmer. Development of confidence, floating and elementary strokes will be taught.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 0

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Get safely from deep water using basic swimming skills
2. Strategize diverse ways of surviving in the water

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Major skills
   • Front crawl
   • Elementary back stroke
   • Side stroke
   • Breast stroke
   • Feet first dive
   • Front dive
2. Minor skills
   • Face float and glide
   • Bobbing
   • Rhythmical breathing
   • Tuck float
   • Back float
   • Flutter kick
   • Treading water
   • Inverted frog kick
   • Changing directions
   • Frog kick
   • Scissor kick