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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005502 Continues racing stable practices begun in EQS 202 adding additional concepts of managing a racing stable including supervision and instruction of hotwalkers and beginning grooms while participating in daily exercise and training of racehorses. Prerequisite: EQS 202 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005503 Builds on basic skills learned in EQS 113 and adds principles of riding racehorses on a training track in company of other horses and riders, teaching horses to pass others, working in company, proper use of riding crop and breaking from a starting gate. Prerequisite: EQS 113 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005504 Teaches advanced fundamentals of race riding. In this final riding course in the jockey pathway students breeze racehorses alone and in company, learn techniques of riding at each point in a race, get approved to break horses from a starting gate and practice race riding skills in training races. Prerequisite: EQS 212 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005505 Prepares student for life as a professional jockey. Includes integration of principles of nutrition into an eating plan that will maintain weight and health. Introduces concepts of practical financial management insurance and retirement planning on a jockey's salary. Ties together basic riding skills with interpersonal skills necessary for a successful life as a professional jockey. Prerequisite: EQS 212 and permission of instructor. Corequisite: EQS 212. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005506 Examines techniques of training racehorses and compares effectiveness of different racehorse training methods including interval training, Quarter Horse training, steeplechase training and standard Thoroughbred training. Includes shoeing, veterinary examinations of racehorses and alternatives to training on a dirt oval. Prerequisite: EQS 123 or permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005507 Builds on training methods learned in EQS 222 and explores current training practices employed in the racing industry. Requires students to develop a training plan for assigned NARA racehorses, supervise first year NARA 'student' employees, participate in NARA training races and develop a plan to communicate with owners regarding the status of horses in training. Prerequisite: EQS 222 or permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005508 Explores concepts of goal setting, time management, marketing racehorses, marketing racing services, managing personal relationships as an equine professional, communication skills unique to equine professionals plus personal and family health and wellness plans. Prerequisite: EQS 222 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005509 Teaches concepts of managing a racing office to include writing a condition book, taking entries, carding races, drawing for post position and conducting races. Includes an examination of the national and state laws governing racing and pari-mutuel wagering. Prerequisite: EQS 130 or permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005324 Introduces energy generating systems including solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal, hydroelectric hydrogen-based, petroleum-based, coal, and nuclear. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Hours: 3 Course ID: 005491 Introduces the major petroleum based fuels including energy content, uses, availability, distribution methods, storage, and future impact of each fuel. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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