| ATHLETIC1 | Thriving in Athletics: Health and Wellness Concepts | Develops the understanding, self-awareness, confidence, and skills necessary for students to serve as a resource for their peers in the areas of building resilience, promoting wellbeing, and supporting emotional balance. Examines personal values, ide... |
| ATHLETIC10 | Varsity Sport Experience | Designed for the Varsity Athlete; conditioning; practice; game preparation; and weight training. Limit 2 credits per quarter with a maximum of 8 activity units may be applied towards graduation. Prerequisite: Must be a Varsity Athlete in the specific... |
| ATHLETIC11 | Athletic Team Manager | For student managers of intercollegiate teams. Limit 1 credit per quarter with a maximum of 8 credits able to be applied towards graduation. Prerequisite: consent of respective varsity team head coach. May repeat for credit. |
| ATHLETIC50 | Olympic Training | Designed for students training for Olympic competition; conditioning; practice; competition preparation; weight training; and leadership skill development. Limit 2 credits per quarter with a maximum of 8 activity units may be applied towards graduati... |
| ATHLETIC60 | CLUB - Sport Experience | This course is offered to club sport athletes who participate on credit approved Club Sports teams. Teams who are eligible to receive credit, are required to have a coach and/or administrator to supervise their class. To be eligible to receive a unit... |
| ATHLETIC62 | CLUB - Band | This course is offered to club members who participate on credit approved Club Sports teams. All members must complete 30 hours of participation during the quarter. To be eligible for credit, the club must practice 2x a week for a maximum total of 4... |
| OUTDOOR10 | Rock Climbing I: Beginning | This course is an introductory course. Students will learn skills necessary to get started exploring the world of indoor climbing. These skills include technical safety skills for bouldering and top-roped climbing, essential physical and mental skil... |
| OUTDOOR101 | Introduction to Outdoor Education | Examine outdoor adventure activties through the perspective of a trip leader. Discuss risk management, judgment and decision making, group facilitaiton, program standard operating procedures, and legal liability. |
| OUTDOOR103 | Foundations of Outdoor Education | Explore topics about adventure activity risk assessment, leadership style and values, industry standards, and wilderness equity and inlcusion through class activites, discussions, and reflections. Develop essential skills for individual and group su... |
| OUTDOOR105 | Outdoor Living Skills | Introduction to essential skills for individual and group sustainability in a backcountry setting including shelter in outdoor environments, equipment selection and use, travel techniques, water and nutrition needs, planning and preparation, and risk... |
| OUTDOOR106 | Outdoor Leadership Practicum | Outdoor education and leadership theory integration through intensive field-based experiences. During these field-based experiences, students will engage with critical self-assessment process to better understand their own levels of competence leadi... |
| OUTDOOR11 | Rock Climbing II: Intermediate | In this course students will have the opportunity to build upon basic principles associated with rock climbing. Student will further explore variations in climbing efficiency techniques, crack climbing techniques, and training methodologies to enhan... |
| OUTDOOR119 | Outdoor Educator Apprenticeship | This course provides the student an opportunity to lead a multi-day outdoor experiences in an official capacity. Experience includes: outdoor living skills, planning and logistics, leadership, risk management, environmental integration, and education... |
| OUTDOOR12 | Indoor Lead Climbing | Learn technical and safety skills pertaining to sport lead climibing. Apply specific physical and mental training principals to assist improving lead climbing performance and preventing over use injuries. |
| OUTDOOR14 | Rock Climbing: Gym to CRAG | Learn how to transition from indoor climbing facilities to outdoor rock climbing venues. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating risk, along with constructing and assessing safe anchoring systems using natural and bolted anchors. |
| OUTDOOR15 | Rock Climbing: Intermediate Anchors | Explore climbing safety systems as they apply to anchor building, self-rescue, impact forces, and belaying. Emphasis will be placed on constructing and evaluating safe traditional anchor systems as well as learning techniques for self-rescue in the s... |
| OUTDOOR198 | Directed Reading and Individual Studies: Outdoor | Translate theoretical knowledge and acquired skills into actionable projects or initiatives that make positive impact within and/or beyond the Stanford community. Students work in collaborative groups or individually under the mentorship of the cours... |
| OUTDOOR199 | Selected Topics: Outdoor | Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular quarter. May be repeated with change of content. For more information regarding specific course titles and topics... |
| OUTDOOR25 | Introduction to Whitewater Kayaking | Instructs paddlers in whitewater kayaking techniques. Emphasizes basic skills needed for paddling class II, II whitewater rivers including paddle strokes, boat control, and essential whitewater safety information. Students will have to pass a swimmin... |
| OUTDOOR30 | Sea Kayaking I: Introduction to Sea Kayaking | Learn the fundamental skills and safety pracices for coastal sea kayaking. Topics include essential gear, strokes and maneuvering, rescues and recoveries, and understanding tides and currents. This course will consist of several trips to Half Moon... |
| OUTDOOR43 | Strength & Conditioning for Climbing | This course is for the intermediate to advanced climber looking to increase their climbing fitness. Students will be exposed to both general and climbing specific training principles to help improve climbing fitness and prevent common overuse injuri... |
| OUTDOOR5 | Winter Camping and Travel | Learn basic skills for winter camping and travel including thermoregulation, avalanche awareness, proper winter weather clothing and equipment, common cold weather medical issues, and LNT for camping and travel. Field experience includes practicing t... |
| OUTDOOR70 | SCUBA Diving Open Water: Beginner | Acquire knowledge and skills to safely enjoy and gain limited experience in the diving environment under normal open water diving conditions. This course prepares students for Open Water SCUBA Diving PADI Certification. Topics include diving equipmen... |
| OUTDOOR71 | SCUBA Diving Open Water: Advanced | Develop a diver who is confident, safe, relaxed, aware, and more able to enjoy the underwater world. Skills include: confidence to dive to deeper depths; night diving experience; boat diving techniques; river diving; ocean diving, currents, and marin... |
| OUTDOOR72 | SCUBA Diving Open Water: Rescue | Acquire knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform diver rescues and assists, manage diving accident situations, and render proper first aid. Prerequisites: Outdoor 70, Outdoor 71, EMED 110, EMED 224, or Instructor Permission. |
| PHYSWELL1 | Indoor Cycling | This course is designed to teach students basic concepts associated with indoor cycling as well as build cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility through structured individually paced indoor cycling workouts. Instructors motiv... |
| PHYSWELL101 | Fitness for Life | Learn about the essential concepts related to fitness and exercise (i.e. biomechanics, exercise nutrition, setting SMART goals, injury prevention, flexibility, stress management, cardiovascular health, lower back care and principles of weight trainin... |
| PHYSWELL102 | Nutrition for Lifelong Physical Activity | Understanding the bodies' nutritional needs in all capacities of human movement and daily physical activity is fundamental in achieving health and overall well-being. Learn how to nourish their body to build and maintain their health and well-being t... |
| PHYSWELL103 | Foundations of Health and Performance Psychology | Drawing upon research and models of sport and exercise psychology, this course examines the personal and social psychology of health and performance, in what ways they are interdependent, and how we can utilize mental skills techniques to boost perfo... |
| PHYSWELL104 | Designing Personalized Workouts | Students will learn how to design safe, effective, exercise programs based on their individual needs and interest. Through class discussions, assignments and participation, students will learn all the health-related and skill-related components of fi... |
| PHYSWELL105 | Physical Activity and Exercise: Injury Awareness, Treatment and Management | Introduces common injuries associated with physical activity as well as methods for injury prevention and management. The fundamental biological processes related to healing of the human body and injury nomenclature will also be examined. Furthermor... |
| PHYSWELL12 | Weight Training: Beginning | This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of weight training, including equipment use, exercise technique and safety procedures. By the end of the course, students should be able to safely demonstrate a variety of exercise techniques, as well... |
| PHYSWELL13 | Weight Training: Intermediate | This course will allow students to expand upon skills learned in Beginning Weight Training. Students will learn to design and develop a balanced weight training program to meet their goals. This course also provides an opportunity to develop skills i... |
| PHYSWELL14 | FUNctional Fitness Training | Students will learn how to increase their cardiorespiratory fitness level, boost muscular strength and endurance, and improve flexibility. Class sessions incorporate different modes of activities that focus on core strength and endurance, balance, s... |
| PHYSWELL15 | Fundamentals of Resistance Training | Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of resistance training and will learn how to properly use a wide variety of exercise equipment such as free-weights, machines, TRX, stability and medicine balls and more. Proper technique, st... |
| PHYSWELL16 | Skills and Drills | Students will engage in exercises focused on the skill-related components of physical fitness including: speed, agility, power, coordination, balance, reaction and movement time. Proper form and technique will be emphasized to execute drills such as... |
| PHYSWELL17 | Total Body Training | Students will learn a variety of exercises that focuses on the body as a whole. This class allows you to move, stretch and strengthen the entire body. A variety of equipment will be used to target all major muscle groups. This course will utilize cla... |
| PHYSWELL198 | Directed Reading and Individual Studies: PE | Translate theoretical knowledge and acquired skills into actionable projects or initiatives that make positive impact within and/or beyond the Stanford community. Students work in collaborative groups or individually under the mentorship of the cours... |
| PHYSWELL199 | Selected Topics: PE | Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular quarter. May be repeated with change of content. For more information regarding specific course titles and topics... |
| PHYSWELL2 | Cross-training | Students will be introduced to full-body conditioning training that targets the health-related components of physical fitness including: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. A variety of mode of exerci... |
| PHYSWELL20 | Badminton: Beginning | This course is designed to teach the basic skills necessary to play the game of badminton. Fitness and training principles will be discussed as well as singles and doubles strategy. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and s... |
| PHYSWELL21 | Badminton: Intermediate | TThis course will introduce the student to more advanced skills and strategies of the game of badminton. Emphasis will be placed on conditioning, shot selection, court positioning, and singles and doubles play. This course will utilize class discuss... |
| PHYSWELL24 | Pickleball: Beginning | Students will learn and develop the essential stroke techniques with emphasis on posture and control. This course will also cover the biomechanics associated with pickleball, as well as the rules and etiquette. This course will utilize class discussi... |
| PHYSWELL25 | Squash: Beginning | Students will learn skills necessary to play the game of squash. Skills that will be covered include the serve, forehand and backhand drives, volleys, lob and boast shots. Fundamental strategies, techniques, and rules will be covered. Fitness and t... |
| PHYSWELL26 | Tennis: Beginning | Students will learn and develop the essential stroke techniques with emphasis on control. This course will also incorporate rules, etiquette, and basic play. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and student participation to... |
| PHYSWELL27 | Tennis: Advanced Beginning | Students will review and strengthen stroke techniques with emphasis on control, depth, and direction. This course will also incorporate rules, etiquette, and basic strategy and tactics. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments a... |
| PHYSWELL28 | Tennis: Intermediate | Students will review and strengthen stroke techniques with more emphasis on depth, direction, and spin. This course will also incorporate basic to advance strategies and tactics with performance enhancing cooperative and competitive drills. This cour... |
| PHYSWELL29 | Tennis: Advanced | Students will refine stroke techniques with more emphasis on spin, power, and variety. This course will also incorporate advance strategies and tactics with performance enhancing competitive drills. This course will utilize class discussions, class... |
| PHYSWELL3 | Keep Calm, Jog On | Students will learn proper running mechanics (posture and gait), and how to condition and pace themselves throughout a variety of workouts such as tempo runs, easy runs, interval training (speed and hills) and other training methods. At the end of th... |
| PHYSWELL33 | Golf: Beginning | This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of the golf swing; putting, chipping, and sand play. We will also cover golf etiquette and rules. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and student participation to enable stud... |
| PHYSWELL34 | Golf: Advanced Beginning | This course allows students to further develop their golf swing and short game. This course will also review golf concepts, rules and etiquette. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and student participation to enable student... |
| PHYSWELL35 | Golf: Intermediate | This course allows students to further develop their golf game by engaging in various golf drills and the opportunity to practice on all facets of golf. Students will learn how to lower scores and manage the game on the course. This course will utili... |
| PHYSWELL36 | Golf: Advanced | This course is designed to refine the golf swing and increase power, distance, and accuracy. This course will also cover topics such as: course management, mental preparation and visualization techniques. This course will utilize class discussions, c... |
| PHYSWELL4 | Walk 'N Roll | Students will engage in a variety of campus walks that will help improve their overall physical, mental and emotional wellbeing by engaging in a variety of workouts such as easy walks, power walking, intervals (speed and hills), and other training me... |
| PHYSWELL42 | Strength & Power | Provides students with a framework to develop a balanced strength, power and endurance program specific to their needs. Topics addressed will include mobility and stability training, posture awareness, designing strength and power programs, and injur... |
| PHYSWELL43 | F.I.T (Fun, Integrated, Training) | Incorporates multiple modes of physical activity to allow students to learn how to integrate assessments and programming to facilitate adherence and behavior change, while also improving posture, movement techniques, flexibility, balance, core functi... |
| PHYSWELL46 | Sailing: Beginning | Students will learn skills, theories, and techniques to enable beginners to sail with confidence in small centerboard boats. This class utilization of class discussions, assignments and student participation will enable students to: (1) Understand ba... |
| PHYSWELL47 | Sailing: Advanced Beginning | Students will have the opportunity to further development their sailing skills and techniques. This class utilization of class discussions, assignments and student participation will enable students to: (1) Understand basic components of health-relat... |
| PHYSWELL48 | Sailing: Intermediate | Students will have the opportunity to refine their sailing skills Students will also be introduced to racing. This class utilization of class discussions, assignments and student participation will enable students to: (1) Understand basic components... |
| PHYSWELL5 | Fundamentals of TRX | Students will learn a variety of exercises that focuses on total body resistance exercise. This class allows you to move, stretch and strengthen the entire body. Exercising on the TRX utilizes gravity and movement to generate neuromuscular responses... |
| PHYSWELL50 | Swimming: Beginning | This class is for first time swimmers and for individuals who have fear, anxiety or discomfort in water. This class is also designed for individuals who have previously taken beginning swim courses and have had little/no success or who struggle to mo... |
| PHYSWELL51 | Swimming: Advanced Beginning | In this class you will learn how to relax in the water, breath effectively, float and tread, swim 4-5 strokes (freestyle, backstroke, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, and breaststroke, time permitting), jump in the water from the deck, use swimming... |
| PHYSWELL52 | Swimming: Intermediate | This class is for those who can swim across a 50-yard pool. In this class you will learn how to: breathe effectively, tread water, dive in from the edge and use swimming equipment (kick boards, pull buoys, hand paddles, fins). You will be introduce... |
| PHYSWELL53 | Swimming: Advanced | This class is for those who can swim 100 yards freestyle continuously and have had an introduction to backstroke and breaststroke. In this class you will learn: refinement of the 4 competitive swimming strokes: freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, b... |
| PHYSWELL54 | Swimming: Stroke Refinement | Review and fine tune the 4 competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke), with a primary emphasis on improving freestyle stroke efficiency. Flipturn refinement. Drill and technique work will be heavily emphasized. On av... |
| PHYSWELL55 | Swim Conditioning | The primary focus of this course is to enable swimmers to improve their overall cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength and endurance by engaging in both drill and techniques of the four competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, a... |
| PHYSWELL56 | Aqua Fitness Training | Students will improve their overall health and fitness levels (cardiovascular, muscular endurance, and flexibility) through a variety of structured water workouts. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and student participatio... |
| PHYSWELL6 | Barre Fusion | Students will learn a mix of Barre exercises, Pilates exercises, Yoga poses and stretching specifically designed to increase strength and muscle tone in the entire body and overall flexibility. We focus on proper alignment and improving posture. T... |
| PHYSWELL65 | Introduction to Horsemanship | Students will learn how horses communicate and interact with the world in a way completely different than us and how we can communicate and work with them. Emphasis is placed on safety and a proper understanding of equine communication and behavior.... |
| PHYSWELL66 | Beginning Horsemanship | Students will learn how to work with and communicate with horses, despite differences. Riders will develop this understanding and work with horses in new and more advanced ways. Emphasis is placed on safety and a proper understanding of equine commun... |
| PHYSWELL67 | Horsemanship: Intermediate Riding | Students will focus on furthering their riding and horsemanship skills. Emphasis will be placed on safety and proper understanding of equine communication both in and out of the saddle. The mounted portion of each class will focus on each rider's ind... |
| PHYSWELL68 | Horsemanship: Student Assistant | Students will assist the primary instructor for PE 65 Horsemanship: Beginning Riding, PE 66 Horsemanship: Advanced Beginning Riding, and PE 67 Horsemanship: Intermediate Riding. Students will have the opportunity to assist other students with regards... |
| PHYSWELL7 | Core Training | Learn and practice methods and techniques to improve body mechanics, stability, and overall core (abdominals, lower back and pelvis) strength. A strong torso is an essential component in posture, performance (sports, leisure activities, or hobbies),... |
| PHYSWELL70 | Introduction to Martial Arts | This course will focus on techniques, training methods, history, and culture of Asian martial arts. Throughout the quarter, students will learn proper warm-ups, fundamental techniques, basic application, and conditioning. This course will focus on th... |
| PHYSWELL71 | Taiji Quan (Tai Chi) | Tai Chi (Taiji Quan) is a slow meditative Chinese exercise designed for relaxation, and to improve balance, and health. This course will focus on the development of (1) motor Tai chi skills for physical fitness and positive exercise experience, (2) k... |
| PHYSWELL75 | Self-Defense | Develop fundamental self-defense awareness, knowledge, and strategies for handling violent crimes under a variety of conditions. Improve physical self-defense skills on different types of common physical attacks and applications via hands-on experien... |
| PHYSWELL8 | CardioFit | Students will engage in a variety of cardiovascular exercises that will improve overall performance in sports and leisure activities. This course will utilize class discussions, assignments and student participation to enable students to: (1) Underst... |
| PHYSWELL80 | Yoga for Stress Management | Students will have the opportunity to learn ancient yoga/health practices for managing daily stressors. Students will learn to identify signs and symptoms of stress, how anxiety manifests in the body and mind, and yoga techniques for relief. The focu... |
| PHYSWELL81 | Yoga: Beginning | Students will learn basic yoga poses and how to reduce tension, increase energy levels, move efficiently, reconnect to self-awareness, and learn about the body. The poses are adaptable and can be personalized for any level of fitness. The emphasis... |
| PHYSWELL82 | Stretch, Release, Relax | Learn how to increase flexibility by performing proper stretching exercises and techniques as well as utilizing myofascial release (foam rolling) techniques to decrease mental stress and muscular tension; stimulate blood circulation; and improve flex... |
| PHYSWELL83 | Flow Yoga | This course is for students who have a basic understanding and practice of yoga asanas (poses). Students will learn to control their breath to smoothly `flow' through a series of poses with inner awareness to postural alignment. This course will uti... |
| PHYSWELL84 | Yoga/Pilates Fusion | This class will focus on practicing yoga poses and Pilates exercises to enhance one's sense of proprioception, mind-body awareness, and muscular strength and endurance. This course will utilize class instruction, assignments, and student participati... |
| PHYSWELL85 | Yoga: Intermediate | This course is designed for students who already possess an ongoing yoga practice. Students will practice holding basic yoga poses for a longer period of time while focusing on pranayama (controlled breathing). Intermediate yoga will provide student... |
| PHYSWELL86 | Power Yoga | Power yoga combines dynamic breathing and flowing sequences of asanas that focus on strengthening the entire body. Core muscle activation and stabilization is emphasized to ensure safe body mechanics. Power yoga will provide students with informatio... |
| PHYSWELL87 | Essentials of Pilates | Students will focus on developing core strength, joint flexibility, and body awareness by engaging in a variety of exercises that integrate the principles of Pilates (concentration, control, center, flow, precision, and breathing). This course will... |
| PHYSWELL88 | Pilates Mat: Intermediate | Students will focus on developing core strength and endurance by engaging in a variety of exercises that integrate the principles of Pilates (concentration, control, center, flow, precision, and breathing). Postural joint alignment and awareness will... |
| PHYSWELL97 | Lifeguard Training | This course allows students to learn lifeguard characteristics and responsibilities, recognize hazards and emergencies, patron and facility surveillance, interaction with the public, and rescue skills. Students will also learn first aid and CPR/AED f... |
| PHYSWELL98 | Coaching Corps | This course is designed to build practical and educational foundations to prepare students to be instructional leaders (coaches) in sports activities. Students will have the opportunity to make a valuable contribution to youth while developing pract... |