SSA1801

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SSA 1801 - Mind and Body: Mental Skills and Martial Arts (2 Cr.) Intellectual Community

Division of Education (10543) MDES - Division of Education

Course description

Mental skills such as stress management, imagery, and concentration have been practiced for centuries by martial artists and more recently by elite performers in a variety of fields (e.g., athletics, artistic and dramatic performance, medicine, and business). These skills and more are introduced through readings, analyzed during discussions, emphasized via the practice of martial arts skills and techniques, and applied to students' individual needs. Readings come from current sport psychology literature as well as traditional Asian martial arts passages. Students engage in physical activity.

prereq: new college student in their first semester of enrollment at UMM

Minimum credits

2

Maximum credits

2

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

Requirements

003221

This course fulfills the following General Education requirement(s)

Intellectual Community

Fulfills the writing enriched requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Periodic Fall & Spring