May 17, 2021
After a year of creative adaptation for in-home learning, Hartnell College’s fitness and other physical activity courses will once again be taught in-person starting this summer.
Summer course offerings include yoga, strength conditioning, self-defense, tennis, golf and swim fitness. Classes will be held in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols, including fewer students for physical distancing and regular sanitization of equipment. The summer session runs from June 7 to July 31.
These summer courses provide one (1) unit of course credit toward a degree. They are also open to community members who simply want affordable access to fitness and wellness training. Those individuals can also repeat the cost as often as they want by paying a low audit fee.
Both the fitness center and swimming pool on Main Campus will reopen for students, including members of the public who are only taking a fitness-related class.
"Our faculty are very excited to work with students in person again," said Dan Teresa, dean of academic affairs for athletics, physical education and health. "They were extremely creative in adapting to online instruction, and the students stepped up as well. But now we are able to provide classes like tennis and swimming that we had to suspend during the pandemic."
For summer fitness-activity classes, the per-course cost is $46 plus a $10 student activity fee. Students who wish to repeat a course without receiving credit – known as “auditing” the class – only have to pay $25. That compares to fitness centers, which typically cost $40 or more every month.
The course names, numbers and any off-campus locations for the Summer 2021 term are:
- PEAC-50-3006 — Powerlifting, Mon.-Thu., 2 -3:10 p.m.
- PEAC-36-3017 — Yoga, Tues. and Thu., 5:30-6:55 p.m.
- PEAC-36-3018 — Yoga Mon. and Wed., 8 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
- PEAC-47-3021 — Strength Conditioning Lab/Fitness Center Open Lab, Mon.-Thurs., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m.
- PEAC-56-3015 — Self-Defense-Martial Arts, Mon. and Wed., 5:30-6:55 p.m.
- PEAC-59-3023 — Intermediate Tennis, Sat., 8-11:10 a.m.
- PEAC-64-3019 — Beginning Golf, Mon. and Wed., 5:30-6:55 p.m. (Salinas Fairway Golf Course, 45 Skyway Blvd., Salinas)
- PEAC-68-3022 — Swim Fitness Hours (Swim Fitness Open Lab): 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon.–Thu. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Thu.
To learn more about physical activity courses or kinesiology classes available during the Summer and Fall 2021 terms, email Joanne Venegas (jvenegas@hartnell.edu) or Cristina Westfall (cwestfall@hartnell.edu) on the physical education staff.
To register, visit www.hartnell.edu.