The course emphasizse personal fitness and health issues.
Students can measure their own values on a variety of fitness tests, if they wish.
At the end of the quarter, a student can have some overall estimate of their own physical health. Students will learn to search for scientific information using the UW library system and the internet. They will learn to synthesize and simplify that information for a general audience. They will get some practical experience in public speaking or writing. This lab may be taken simultaneously with Zoology 118.