KINE 170
OPEN WATER SCUBA DIVING
I. KINE
170. Scuba Diving, 1 lec. credit
II. Spring
2004, Ronald S. Caldwell, office hours posted, CMRC ext. 6227, email: rcaldwell@lmunet.edu
III. Prerequisites: Competent swimmer
IV. Course
Description: This course will teach the
necessary theory and techniques to
practice safe scuba diving through the Open Water Certification of the
Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC). Upon completion of the course, divers will be
certified to engage in diving to a depth of 60 feet in all types of open water
environments including boat dives.
Divers can eventually engage in diving activities to the maximum safe
depth of 130 feet with increased post-certification experience.
Course Goals: Divers will
be introduced to essential equipment, the principles of dive physiology such as
buoyancy, pressure, gas volume and density, and how this affects the
diver. Divers will be taught safe
descent and ascent practices and become aware of some of the serious problems
that could arise from unsafe practices, and how to avoid or react to these
problems. Also
techniques such as snorkeling, mask clearing, regulator recovery,
neutral buoyancy, and how to handle out of air emergencies or equipment failure
will be taught.
V. Tennessee
Matrix Relationship: This course has no
relationship to the Tennessee Matrix.
VI. Text: Calhoun, Fred. 1996.
The PDIC Diving Manual.
VII. Course
Objectives: To train divers in safe
diving techniques and practices.
VIII. Units
of Instruction: Diving environment,
scuba equipment, buoyancy, gas volume/pressure/density relationships, mask
clearing, dive communications, buddy system, dive planning, confined open water
training, entries, descents/ascents, dive tables, boat diving, open water
training, continued education opportunities.
IX.
X. Suggested
XI. Methods
of Instruction: Lectures over material
in assigned text.
XII. Course
Requirements/Methods of Assessment/Evaluation:
Attendance: students are
expected to attend every lecture and training session.
Workbook assignments will be made and occasionally extra homework
material may be handed out. Workbook
material will be discussed in class.
Tests: One final will be administered. This will be multiple choice.
Students must have an 85 percent or better to receive open
water certification. Lecture credit may
still be earned WITHOUT
certification based on the following scale
A = 90% and above
B = 89 - 80%
C = 79 - 70%
D = 69 -60%
F = below 60%
XIII. Laboratory Experience: Confined water and open water experiences.
XIV. Date
of Revision: 1 January 2004.