Academic Catalog

PHED 11C: WATER AWARENESS

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Summer 2023
Units: 1
Hours: 3 laboratory per week (36 total per quarter)
Advisory: This course is included in the Aquatic family of activity courses.
Degree & Credit Status: Degree-Applicable Credit Course
Foothill GE: Area VII: Lifelong Learning
Transferable: CSU/UC
Grade Type: Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass)
Repeatability: Not Repeatable

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate with increased proficiency the skills necessary to feel comfortable in shallow water
  • The student will understand the basic techniques of buoyancy including floating, kicking & forward propulsion.

Description

Water awareness for non-swimmers, including basic water safety information as well as elementary swim techniques.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

  1. Explain basic water skills, including personal safety and rescue techniques
  2. Demonstrate the ability to move horizontally through the water; building confidence and decreasing fear
  3. Successfully demonstrate water exploration, floating, basic strokes, and rhythmic breathing

Course Content

  1. Exploration of water
    1. Breath holding
    2. Bobbing
    3. Opening eyes under water
    4. Floating
    5. Prone glide
    6. Back float
    7. Leveling off
    8. Mental aspects for first time swimmers
  2. Primary skills
    1. Rhythmic breathing
    2. Side breathing
    3. Combined arm strokes
    4. Turn over
    5. Front and back kick
    6. Prone glide with kick
    7. Back glide and kick
    8. Skulling
    9. Treading water

Lab Content

  1. Exploration of water
    1. Breath holding
    2. Bobbing
    3. Opening eyes under water
    4. Floating
    5. Prone glide
    6. Back float
    7. Leveling off
    8. Mental aspects for first time swimmers
  2. Primary skills
    1. Rhythmic breathing
    2. Side breathing
    3. Combined arm strokes
    4. Turn over
    5. Front and back kick
    6. Prone glide with kick
    7. Back glide and kick
    8. Skulling
    9. Treading water

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

1. Access to swimming pool.
2. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous internet and email access. Students may need to secure their own access to equipment specific to the sport.

Method(s) of Evaluation

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

Skills performance
Performance exams
Multiple choice, true/false exams
Participation

Method(s) of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:

Lecture
Discussion
Demonstration
Video analysis
Visual aid

Representative Text(s) and Other Materials

Onsgard, Eldin. Swimming Essentials, 2nd ed.. 2014.

Although this text is older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, it remains a seminal text in this area of study.

Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments

  1. Optional writing exercises based on recommended reading

Discipline(s)

Physical Education