This course is a study of the basic structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, roots, and general rules and guidelines. Emphasis is placed on pronunciation, spelling, and application of general rules for translation and composition of medical terms. Commonly used medical terms are presented for each body system. This course also provides the basic knowledge and skills necessary to obtain a detailed health assessment of individuals across the age continuum. Emphasis is placed on obtaining a systematic health history and physical exam using the techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included. This course may be repeated for credit.
Provides information regarding the components of physical fitness: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. In addition, nutrition, disease control, stress management, proper diet and exercise procedures are emphasized. Pre-selected physical activities will be conducted during many of the class sessions to allow the application of principles taught in the lecture sessions. Students are expected to design and implement a wellness plan during the class.
Students will study the various areas of kinesiology and will learn basic information concerning each discipline studied. Students will also study the history and philosophy of kinesiology, and will develop their own philosophy or goals regarding the kinesiology field. Field trips, guest speakers, class projects, and lectures are utilized to highlight the different fields such as exercise science, teaching, coaching, sports psychology and sociology, and sports media.
Introductory course in the area of measurement and evaluation in kinesiology. Fundamental statistics and practical experiences of administering and taking physical education skills tests are included. Students also learn how to construct knowledge tests.
Methods and materials are provided in the areas of teaching team and individual activities to elementary and secondary students, church recreation programs, or summer recreation programs. A variety of activities will be presented such as archery, golf, horseshoes, table tennis, bowling, pickleball, and badminton to name a few. Students will also be required to develop an activity and teach it to the class as well as take tests, and learn the rules of the sport activities that are taught.
An overview of strategies and principles involved in coaching are emphasized. In addition, organization and administration of practices and games is discussed. The student will learn to develop drills and teach students in the proper developmental sequences appropriate for both junior and senior high school age students.
Health Psychology is an introductory course dealing with the major content areas of health psychology. Topics include an overview of the field of health psychology, major body systems, important theoretical models for explaining, promoting, and changing health behaviors, moderators for stress and coping, and an introduction to health services including patient provider relations. The psychosocial aspects of pain, coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions will be introduced. (Offered also as PSYC 2340.)
Basic instruction in the prevention, care, and evaluation of athletic injuries through lectures, discussions, and laboratories, for the future trainer, coach, or physical education instructor.
A course designed to study foods and their effects upon health, development, and performance of the individual. The student will be introduced to concepts of nutrition for optimal health, sports nutrition, and basic essential nutrient dietary needs.
An upper level required class designed to teach students how to use the concepts of periodization in order to develop training plans for athletes of various skill levels. Planning will include assessing fitness levels using field and laboratory tests and equipment, creating training objectives, and organizing training schedules throughout a training year.
Course material will cover anatomical and physiological differences of special populations, including but not limited to children, pregnant, elderly, and obese populations. Students will learn to prescribe healthy nutrition and exercise programs for special population based on national standards and recommendations.
This course will introduce students to the history of physical therapy (PT) and the various roles and settings where PT’s serve within the health care system. Learners will develop competency in the understanding of the practical and clinical reasoning skills required to successfully rehabilitate injured athletes. Students will understand exercise techniques, biomechanics, and specific rehabilitative programs to excel in designing and implementing rehab programs. An understanding of the concepts of range of motion, strength, power, endurance, and return to activity will be obtained in this course.
Students will learn leadership, management, communication, and motivation skills necessary for dealing with sports and kinesiology programs. In addition, the course will cover human resource issues, public relation opportunities, how to develop partnerships and market wellness and sport programs. Other areas also covered are risk management, facility management, finances, transportation, and law issues.
This course examines the anatomy and function of the heart and the role of electrocardiogram testing for measuring and quantifying heart health.
This internship course provides students with real world experience in the area of sport management. Students are placed based on internship site availability.
A course concerning human physiology and its relationship to exercise. All systems in the body are studied with regard to how each system reacts and adapts to the stress of exercise.
Muscles of the human body and their functions in relation to movement will be studied. Simple examples and analyses of human motion will be studied in an effort to acquaint the student with the reasons for teaching specific sport movements.
The class emphasizes the dimensions of wellness and how to teach school age children (K-12) and or adults. Areas that will be covered involve the health components (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition), proper hygiene, sex education, disease prevention, drug use prevention, mental health stability, environmental health management, and stress management. In addition to learning details about the health components, students will learn how to teach, develop, and present health lessons to a class of students of individual with whom a student is developing a wellness program.
A course structured around the basics of human movement and motor performance. Subject matter includes perceptual-motor foundations of physical education with emphasis on the state of the performer and his ability to learn motor skills.
This course is designed to introduce the kinesiology major to practical concepts and programs that are presently being taught in elementary, junior high, and secondary physical education programs. The course includes information on daily and unit lesson plan preparation, class organization, classroom management, and field experience. A big part of this class is devoted to what is going on in the schools, as well as what is effective and valuable in a modern physical education curriculum. (12-hour practicum included)
A field experience in kinesiology involving supervised experiences working in either an on-campus or off-campus setting that must be approved by the Department of Kinesiology. Students will be required to complete150 field experience hours. In addition, students will complete a portfolio of work assigned by the profession.
This course will focus on elements of planning, design and management related to maintenance, operations, security, and marketing for successful facility and event management of high school, collegiate, professional and recreational facilities and events. During the semester, students will get hands-on experience through the planning of their own event, and upon completion of the course, students will then be prepared to design, run, and evaluate a key event.
The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity to reflect on and discuss ethical and media concerns in athletics. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to examine the concepts of ethics throughout sport without being limited to just considering those competing on the field or court. Topics will include ergogenic aids, exploitation, cheating, genetic enhancement, violence and spectatorship, as well as broadcast and social media.
This course is designed to enable students to expand their knowledge on laws, rules, and regulations surrounding sport and recreation, including legal issues associated with sports, sporting events, sports-related industries, sports programs, athletic education, recreation management and their constituents. Topics include negligence, property and premises law, risk management, contract law, constitutional law, and sports legislation.
Sport Sociology is designed to thoughtfully examine and analyze the role of sports in modern society. Understanding sports as a part of our American culture is appropriate in analyzing the many subcultures involved in the world of sport.
This course covers research methods, designs, analysis, and interpretation of data. The course will examine the types of research conducted in kinesiology and sport sciences and the various approaches to conducting research. The course is a writing intensive course. The course is intended to prepare the student to be critical consumer of new information and emerging trends in exercise and sport sciences in the understanding and creation of research.
Research in current issues of kinesiology will be addressed to provide information regarding the field of kinesiology. Students will write a research paper and give a presentation addressing the issues. Additional research projects will be assigned.
Students will be given the opportunity to develop, implement and apply evidence-based research methods to sport management and kinesiology problems identified from their professional experience. Inductive and deductive approaches will be explored.
This course is designed to expand student knowledge of the laws, rules, and regulations surrounding sport and recreation law, including legal issues associated with sports, sporting events, sports related industries, sports programs, athletic education, recreation management and their constituents. This course seeks to demonstrate how legal aspects of sport are integrated within the American legal system. Students will analyze sport cases that cover different legal areas including sponsors, liability, negligence, property and premises law, risk management, contract law, constitutional law and sports legislation.
This course considers the intersection of sport and society in shaping American history. Course materials will consider the development of sport from primitive cultures to modern day society. Additional topics include modernity, the rise of the city, religious thought, consumerism, mass media, women’s sport history, and sport in a global world.
This course is intended to equip students to consider major moral and/or ethical decisions in sport management based upon theoretical frameworks. These theoretical frameworks from both inside and outside of sport will assist students in expanding their values and moral reasoning skills as it applies to the sport management industry. Topics are to include competition and fair play, doping and genetic enhancement, gender equality, and social ethics.
This course is designed to study the planning, implementation, and evaluation of sport and recreational events. This course will focus on elements of planning, design and management related to maintenance, operations, security and marketing for successful facility and event management of high school, collegiate, professional and recreational facilities and events.
The purpose of this course is to consider the necessary organizational theory and techniques to successfully manage the delivery of sport in professional, educational, and fitness settings. Emphasis will be placed upon various areas of leadership, including diversity leadership, globalization and leadership, leadership development and crisis leadership. In the end, students will be able to identify and implement appropriate organizational factors in order to promote an effective organization.
The goal of this course is to consider the financial principles that are most significant to the sport industry. Students will study public and private financing options for professional, intercollegiate, interscholastic and recreational sport, including budgeting and generating revenue. Economic and financial theories are considered in order to give students insight into how sport managers can successfully manage the finances of particular sport organizations.
Non-thesis option. Minimum of six credit hours. Program Director must approve internship location and student role.
Non-internship option. Minimum of six credit hours. Program Director must approve topic. Student works with advisor/committee to complete the research project. Students will prepare their project for presentation/publication.
