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  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Principles of Sports Conditioning. A course in scientific principles of sports conditioning. Training principles and exercise programming will be applied for developing strength, speed, power, agility, endurance, and flexibility. Additional topics include sports nutrition, ergogenic aids, body composition, environmental considerations, fitness testing, overtraining, and sports conditioning management. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Advanced Coaching Techniques. This course is designed to present practitioners with several advanced methods for improving sports and motor performance. Topics include principles of coaching, talent development, the organization of practice, effective instruction for skill acquisition, biomechanical principles of performance, and match analysis. The course provides students with the opportunity to use advanced technological methods as well as practical, hands-on aproaches that they can use in their professions. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 - 6.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 to 6.00 Practicum in Individualized Exercise Programs. Prerequisites: Completion of required courses within area of specialization in exercise sciences (12 s.h.) or permission of instructor. This course provides the student the opportunity for practical experience in the application of individualized exercise prescriptions for asymptomatic and/or symptomatic individuals in a variety of nonschool settings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Seminar in Current Problems in Athletics. The organization, planning and administration of intramural and interscholastic sports programs for men and women. Program development, scheduling, promotion and conduct of the program and personnel selection. Other persistent problems identified by the students will be discussed as will trends in such areas as sports media, coaching and officiating. 3 hours seminar.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Orientation to Sports Medicine. An introductory course in the prevention and basic care of selected injuries and sudden illness in athletes. Students receive training and certification in sport safety including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and use of an automated external defibrillation device. They also develop strategies for minimizing risk of athletes in a sport setting. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Teaching for Skill Acquisition. Prerequisites: An undergraduate course in motor learning. This is an advanced course examining the process of skill acquisition. It is aimed at practitioners (e.g. educators, coaches, therapists) who want to better understand how humans learn motor skills, and how to facilitate this process. Students explore theories of skill acquisition and examine research evidence of best practice for learners in varying periods of development. They integrate this knowledge with practical methods applicable to teaching and coaching settings. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Human Motor Development. In this course, students learn about the lifespan changes in human motor skill that occur from the first movements of the fetus to the adaptive movements of the elderly. To focus on issues relevant to practitioners, special attention is given to the motor development of school-aged children, and students learn how teaching and coaching methods must be tailored to each developmental level. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 The Teaching of Physical Education. Prerequisites: An undergraduate course in movement education for elementary schools; Acceptance to the Graduate School. The Teaching of Physical Education is a comprehensive methods and lab course for graduate students who are applying for teacher certification in physical education. This capstone course is usually the last course that is taken as part of their physical education work program. It presents the theory and teaching of physical education in both elementary and secondary schools as these students enter into their field experiences. Topics include curriculum development, effective teaching strategies, styles of teaching preparation of a yearly curriculum calendar, unit and lesson plans, classroom management and discipline, and describing and analyzing student and teacher behaviors and teacher reflection. In addition, students will develop an action research project to further investigate an area of the teaching of Physical education in which they wish to improve. 2 hours lecture, 1 hour lab.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Applied Sport Psychology. This course provides an in-depth analysis of the theories and techniques of sport psychology. Student will learn how to apply these skills to the teaching and coaching situations in order to optimize the performance of students and athletes. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES Department: EXERCISE SCIENCE & PHYSICAL EDUCATION Credits: 3.00 Curriculum in Physical Education. This course provides an analysis of current curricular models for physical education programs grades K-12. Strategies for curriculum change are also examined, and students have opportunities to apply theories of curriculum development to actual school settings. 3 hours lecture.
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