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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the practical components of personal training, including exercise safety and injury prevention, professional standards and legal issues, and training modifications for special populations (e.g., youth, older adults, pregnant women, post rehab patients, diabetics, hypertensives, post coronary patients, etc.). The major themes of this course are medical and legal aspects associated with designing and directing physical fitness programs for a variety of clients. Students will demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of the foundational principles and standard procedures for exercise safety, contractural agreements, and professional expectations when working with fitness clients. 3 credits
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This course examines the biomechanical aspects of proper exercise performances using standard strength training machines and free-weight equipment, as well as common cardiovascular training tools, such as treadmills, cycles, steppers, rowers and elliptical trainers. Students will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the movement patterns, prime mover muscle groups, and performance techniques associated with 100 selected strength, endurance and flexibility exercises. This course is a practical experience and will be conducted largely in the fitness center with hands on teaching/learning experiences. 3 credits
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This course explores the energy sources for aerobic exercise (such as running), and anaerobic exercise (such as strength training). Students will demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of aerobic and anaerobic energy production and utilization. This course also addresses the biomechanics of exercise, including movement patterns, movement planes, leverage factors, musculoskeletal interactions, and force development. Students will demonstrate a thorough understanding of biomechanical principles and practical application to proper exercise performance. 3 credits
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This course has a dual focus. The first half of the course presents the research recommendations and training guidelines for safe and effective youth exercise programs. The second half of the course addresses the research recommendations and training guidelines for safe and effective youth and senior exercise programs. Students will demonstrate both a thorough understanding and practical application of exercise theory, training effects, program design, and assessment procedures for enhancing muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance and joint flexibility in apparently healthy children and older adults. 3 credits
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This course provides students with the recommendations and rationale necessary to design fitness programs for healthy adults and special populations. In addition, the course will explore the application of specificity, overload, and progression as well as provide an overview of acute program variables, changes made in a program, selection of exercises, how to determine frequency, and exercise sequence. Students will learn exercise program design based on underlying principles and concepts developed for very specific training goals and match these goals with the necessary program design to achieve desired results. The course also addresses how to add variation to a training program with weight loads, repetitions and sets, intensity, volume, and rest period lengths. 3 credits
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This course examines strength training programs for advanced participants. The first section of the course presents a variety of high-intensity muscle building techniques, including breakdown training, assisted training, pre-fatigue training, slow-rep training, super-eight training, and circuit training. The second section of the course addresses advanced training protocols for enhancing muscular power and athletic performance. Students will demonstrate a clear understanding of the advanced training principles for enhanced muscular strength, power and athletic performance and demonstrate instructional competence in designing and teaching advanced training protocols. 3 credits
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An analysis of credit and collection policies as they relate to the operation of retail business. Special emphasis is placed on types of credit, originating credit, installment accounts, credit sales promotions, and methods of collection. Prerequisite: ACS 121. 3 credits
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A comprehensive study of investments and investment markets, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, capital markets and investment companies. Topics covered include the relationship between risk and return, investment analysis and valuation, efficient markets and diversification. Prerequisite: ACS 121 and ACC 101. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to financial institutions and concepts and methods of financial analysis. Topics covered include financial statement analysis, short-term verses long-term business financing, the time value of money, risk verses return, the cost of capital, and international finance. Prerequisites: ACC 101 and ACC 102. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course stresses developing the student's ability to speak, understand, read, and write French. Basic fundamentals of French grammar will be studied, practice in pronunciation, progressive acquisition of basic vocabulary, and written and oral exercises. No previous study of French is required. 3 credits
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