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                | PE 1004 - Personal Safety and Self Defense Credits: 1Hours/Week: Lecture 0.5Lab 1
 Course Description: This course covers how to empower yourself by developing the psychological and physical skills to avoid and/or escape physical assault, harassment, and dangerous situations. Equip yourself with new approaches to bystander intervention. You will practice physical techniques of basic striking and kicking, shifting, blocking, and releasing. Additional course topics include: analysis and prevention of dangerous situations, victim behavior, characteristics of attackers, domestic violence and sexual harassment/violence.
 MnTC Goals
 None
 
 Prerequisite(s): None
 Corequisite(s): None
 Recommendation: None
 
 Major Content
 
 
	Bystander interventionBasic self-defense methodsCharacteristics of abusers and of victimsDomestic abuseHarassment, sexual assault and stalkingRole of alcohol and drugsMethods of preventing and reducing risk to dangerous situationsSafe and unsafe environmentsHealthy and unhealthy relationships Learning Outcomes
 At the end of this course students will be able to:
 
	analyze personal habits and behaviors to determine vulnerability to assault.define sexual harassment, stalking and sexual assault.demonstrate self-defense techniques such as basic striking and kicking, shifting, blocking, and releasing.describe methods to prevent, avoid or reduce danger.describe the role of alcohol and drugs in creating dangerous environments and behaviors.identify characteristics of safe and unhealthy relationships.identify safe bystander interventions.list characteristics of abusers and victims.list the characteristics of a safe environment.recognize potentially dangerous situations. 
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