PED 111 Aquatics I: Beginner Swimming

2 hours 

Introduction to the fundamental swimming skills of floating, gliding and front crawl with instruction in basic water skills, safety and land rescue. Progression to more advanced skills such as treading water and standing front dive. Award of appropriate National Red Cross Aquatics Certificate level on completion of all skills requirements. This is an activity course. Students may apply no more than 4 credits of activity courses toward their degree requirements. There is no restriction on the number of 3-credit physical education courses that can be used to fulfill elective requirements.