啦啦操是面向西北农林科技大学本科生所开设的一、二年级体育必修课。啦啦操原名cheer leading。啦啦操是体育运动中的一个新兴项目，起源于美国，至今已经有100多年的历史。啦啦操包括：舞蹈啦啦操和技巧啦啦操。其中舞蹈啦啦操包括：花球啦啦操、爵士啦啦操、街舞啦啦操。
本课程的理论部分主要包括啦啦操的起源、发展、风格特点及视频欣赏等；实践部分包括：校园花球啦啦操、校园爵士啦啦操及大学生花球啦啦操的学习与练习。
本课程的重点是掌握花球啦啦操和爵士啦啦操的技术动作，在此基础上，提高学生的身体的柔韧、灵敏以及协调性；提高学生音乐感受能力；提高学生啦啦操动作的编排能力、表演能力以及学生的审美能力等。
The Course Description of Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a required course of PE for freshman and sophomore of undergraduate student of Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University. It is a new sport originated in the United States that can trace back to 100 years ago. Cheer leading includes dance cheerleading and technique cheerleading, and dance cheerleading consists of flower-ball cheerleading, jazz cheerleading and hip-pop cheerleading.
The theoretical part of this course mainly includes the origin, development, style and some videos of cheerleading. And the practice part consists of the learning and practice of campus flower-ball cheerleading and jazz cheerleading.
The key point of the course is to grasp the technical movement of flower-ball cheerleading and jazz cheerleading that can develop the flexibility, agility and coordination of students. It refines the ability to feel music culture and improve students' ability of the arrangement cheerleading moves, and perfect the ability of performance and aesthetic judgment.