Health & Leisure
Health, Nutrition & Wellness Courses
UWF Continuing Education provides Healthcare, fitness and other wellness courses and programs. These offerings are designed to allow you to explore personal creativity, innovation, and expression. Realize new skills, pursue individual special interests, and learn fun and constructive ways to spend your leisure time.Face to Face Featured Courses:
Zumba Dance Fitness
Improve personal fitness through the Zumba dance fitness program. Zumba is a fun, invigorating cardio dance-fitness course that uses Latin and International music and dance moves to create easy to follow dance routines. The routines are performed using Interval training components where fast and slow rhythms are combined with resistance training to tone and sculpt the body while burning fat.
| Time: Friday, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM; 10 sessions starting September 18, 2009, ending November 20, 2009 |
| Cost: $50 |
| Instructor: TBA |
| Location: UWF Building 72 - HLES Facility |
| Enroll in Zumba Dance Now » |
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 Lose Weight and Keep It Off [320071] Do you want to lose weight and keep it off? Now you can! In this course, you''ll discover how to establish a healthy approach to successful weight loss and weight maintenance for a lifetime. You''ll master how to set and achieve weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals that make sense for you. You''ll also receive practical tips you can use immediately to develop healthier eating and exercise habits. Requirements Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader). Enroll now » |
Professional Health, Nutrition and Wellness Featured Online Courses:
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HIPAA Compliance [320067]
Would you like to make healthy meals that are fast, easy, and so good that your whole family enjoys them without realizing they?re healthy? If so, then this is the cooking class for you! You?ll find out just how simple it can be to prepare meals that are both delicious and nutritious. You?ll learn the well-kept secrets of making lowered-fat recipes taste terrific. You?ll see how you can get in and out of the kitchen quicker, and you?ll explore a dietitian''s tricks of the trade for getting reluctant family members to eat more healthfully. Get ready to discover over 50 exciting and easy lowered-fat recipes for tasty entrees, side dishes, desserts, and garnishes!
Demystify the complexities of HIPAA! If you''re a health care professional, it''s mandatory that you know the ins and outs of HIPAA compliance. This course focuses on the Administrative Simplification portion of HIPAA. We''ll cover transactions, code sets, and identifiers; the Privacy Rule; and the Security Rule. By the end of the course, you''ll feel confident in your ability to bring your organization into compliance with HIPAA''s requirements.
Requirements
Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Enroll now »
Human Anatomy and Physiology [320033]
Human Anatomy and Physiology focuses on the structure and function of the human body. In this course, you''ll gain an understanding of basic chemistry, the human cell, and the anatomy of the body''s organ systems and the jobs that they do. You''ll also learn how our organ systems work together to allow us to process sensations, think, communicate, grow, move, reproduce, and stay alive. In addition, we''ll talk about different disorders, recent advances in medicine, and ways to take care of our bodies.
Requirements
Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Enroll now »