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The study aimed at investigating the attitudes of physical fitness course students at Yarmouk University towards physical activity practicing according to some variables (gender, academic year, college). The researchers used the descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (61) students (40) males (21) females who enrolled in the course of physical fitness in the second semester of the academic year (2015) chosen randomly. Data were collect with questionnaire as an instrument for the study. The questionnaire included (37) items divided into four subscales (health aspect, social aspect, Psychological aspect and cognitive aspect).To analyze the data, means, standard deviation, percentage, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Independent Samples t-Test were used. The results indicated that student’s attitudes towards physical activities practicing were in moderate level. There were no statistical significant differences in the students attitude attributed to the (gender, academic year, college).The researchers recommended that Yarmouk University Students should participate in physical activities through physical fitness courses irrespective of their gender, academic year, college as it has a positive effects on healthy, Psychological, social, and cognitive aspects.(Published Abstract)