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Undergraduate Calendar 2006-2007

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Course Descriptions

PO 107

The first year program is aimed at giving officer-cadets the tools to take charge of their personal fitness. Courses in that program include: theory on exercise physiology, nutrition, training principles and injury prevention. The practical contents expose officer-cadets to the different training methods commonly used in the Canadian Forces. They are also required to complete the Basic Military Swim Standard test.

PO 207

The second year program offers a variety of elective sport courses where officer-cadets select one course per term for a total of three sports. The second year program concentrates it's options on collective sports activities played within the Canadian Forces plus some other popular ones.

Among those sports, we have soccer, broomball, spinning, volleyball, basketball, squash, badminton, handball, water polo, flag football and, softball. Students also acquire basic knowledge related to organizing sports tournaments.

PO 307

The third year program is developed to expose all officer-cadets to military skills requiring physical fitness. These courses introduce activities such as various forms of unarmed combat, different obstacle courses, waterborne training as well as military rappelling.

PO 407

The fourth year program offers a variety of elective sport courses and follows the same principles as the second year program. It concentrates it's options on individual sports and activities such as canoeing, rock climbing, Rappel Master course, advance weight training, swimming and life guarding, advanced unarmed combat, pressure points control tactics and spinning leadership.

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