Living in Balance:
Physical Activity
Quality Enhancement Plan
University Senate
November 14, 2011
QEP Working Committee Team
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Patti Anderson, Mathematics Department
Michael Dant, School of Computing
Leslie Evenson, Wellness Institute Director
Tyson Hall, SACS Leadership / School of Computing
Hollis James, Institutional Research
Harold Mayer, School of Physical Education, Health & Wellness
Marge Seifert, Public Services Librarian
Judy Sloan, QEP chair / PEHW
• Southern Adventist University Mission:
– Southern Adventist University as a learning
community nurtures Christ-likeness and
encourages the pursuit of truth, wholeness, and a
life of service.
• General Education Student Learning Goal for
Physical Development:
– Take responsibility for their own well-being
through a health-promoting lifestyle.
Quality Enhancement Plan Purpose:
The purpose of the Living in Balance: Physical
Activity QEP is to enhance student learning in the
psychomotor domain by incorporating intentional
program and course-specific changes.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will be able to write a personalized fitness plan to
improve or maintain a physically active lifestyle.
2. Students will be able to analyze their fitness plan
implementation and set new goals annually.
3. Students will be able to achieve or maintain a level 3 cardio
respiratory fitness rank while at Southern Adventist
University.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of
Biblical principles and Seventh-day Adventist health
teachings in regard to physical activity.
Current Program: Physical Development (4-5 hours)
• P-1 Physical Activity
a. PEAC 225 Fitness for Life – required course
b. Choose one PEAC, ADAC, OLAC course (P-1-b)
• P-2 Health Science
– HLED 173 Health for Life (2 hours)
– HLNT 135 Nutrition for Life (3 hours)
– NRNT 125 Nutrition (3 hours) [Nursing & Allied Health majors]
Sequence
– Courses can be completed in any sequence
Cohort Group: All bachelor degree students
Track over time: Must be able to track cohort over time and demonstrate
SLO’s are being achieved
• First Year: Complete PEAC 225 Fitness for Life (redesigned) required course
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Health-related assessments (pre-post course)
Record fitness activity
Write fitness plan – college plan/goals
Physical fitness and activity knowledge and values assessment (pre-post
course)
• Second Year: Complete any PEAC, ADAC & OLAC approved activity course
– Required to complete mid-semester fitness assessment during campus-wide
fitness assessment week
– Evaluate fitness plan
– Write new/adjusted fitness plan
• Third Year: Complete any PEAC, ADAC & OLAC approved activity course
– Required to complete mid-semester fitness assessment during campus-wide
fitness assessment week
– Evaluate fitness plan
– Write new/adjusted fitness plan
• Fourth Year: Complete PEAC 425 Fit for Hire required course
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Health-related assessments (pre-post course and pre-post program)
Record fitness activity (pre-post program)
Evaluate fitness plan – review all fitness plan from college experience
Write new/adjusted fitness plan – include post-college fitness plan
Physical fitness and activity knowledge and values assessment (pre-post
course and pre-post program)
• Plan for AS degree students:
– First Year: Complete PEAC 225 Fitness for Life (redesigned) required course
– Second Year: Complete any PEAC, ADAC & OLAC approved activity course
• Plan for transfer students:
– Must take PEAC 125 and 425
• Activity courses may transfer in to fulfill 2nd and 3rd year requirements
– Transfer as a sophomore; need one additional activity course
– Transfer as a junior/senior; no additional activity courses needed
– Seniors must take PEAC 225 fall semester and PEAC 425 winter semester
Implementation plan – additional notes
• Timeline – 2 year roll out of the plan
• No charge for students taking an activity
course as their 17th credit hour
• Students will need to take one activity course
per year
• A computer system will be developed for
students to enter their personalized fitness
plan and can revisit it anytime
“And those who would be workers together with
God must strive for perfection of every organ of
the body and quality of the mind. True education
is the preparation of the physical, mental, and
moral powers for the performance of every duty;
it is the training of body, mind, and soul for divine
service. This is the education that will endure
unto eternal life.”
Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 330