This course meets for only half the semester. This course concentrates on the fundamentals of handling and navigating medium-size sailboats equipped with keels. Emphasis is on recreational use and water safety. A knowledge of the basics of sailing is assumed. The knowledge and skills designed to save one's own life or the life of another.
Major emphasis is on self-rescue skills and extension rescue.
This course may be repeated for credit. An overview of sports in the United States and their impact on the individual and society. Emphasizes changes that are occurring in the world of sports today, with special attention to personal and societal implications. Not open to students who have received credit for PHEC 300. This course consists of an independent creative or research project designed by the student and supervised by a faculty member.