Academic Policies
Recreation
Beginning in their second semester, all undergraduate students are required to engage in regular dynamic physical activity and to report this activity and also to complete a health and fitness assessment every semester as part of the required course ESS 101 Health and Fitness Practicum. It is expected that students will be physically active for at least four hours each week, ideally, 30 minutes per day from Monday to Friday, and 45 minutes on Saturday and Sunday.
This activity requirement extends to every academic block in which students are registered beginning in their second semester. This fitness program is an individualized flexible program that is designed and implemented by each student. Participation in this program is a graduation requirement and is monitored with an activity sheet. At the end of every academic block, the activity sheet is returned to the office of the Director of the Undergraduate Health and Fitness Program in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. Students may also return the activity sheet by attaching it to an email and sending to fitness@mum.edu
To help students develop and implement a well-rounded fitness program, each student is given a required health-related fitness assessment at the beginning of every semester. The fitness assessment establishes a reference point that allows the student to monitor fitness changes and progress throughout the year. The faculty in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science are available to assist the students to plan and implement their individualized health and fitness program.
In addition to the daily activity requirement, all students must complete a knowledge-based graduation requirement entitled “Health-Related Fitness.” This course is required as the second forest academy of first year.
The content of this page was reviewed in January 2011.
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