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  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 100 Exercise management for persons with chronic diseases Includes medical model health appraisal, allied health profession referrals, and chronic disease and disabilities Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: Recommendation: It is highly recommended that students who are not currently certified as personal trainers should should be in the second or later semester of the certificate program before enrolling in this course Information: This course is intended for students in the Fitness Professional Certificate program or for current physical education teachers or healthcare providers for continuing education credit Offered: Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 100 Advanced theory and application of resistance training principles Includes safety and personal health issues, strength and conditioning principles, testing and evaluation exercise techniques, and program design Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: Recommendation: Completion of FSS 218 and 276 before enrolling in this course Information: May be taken three times for a maximum of three credit hours Information: This course is intended for the Fitness Professional program and continuing education for fitness professionals, coaches, and physical education teachers Information: To be successful in this course, the student should have basic writing skills equivalent to the completion of WRT 100 or 106 Offered: Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 300 Development of the basics of sport psychology Includes psychological perspective, psychology skills for coaches, psychological skills for athletes, and implementing skills training Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: Information: This course is intended for the Coaching program and continuing education for fitness professionals, coaches, and physical education teachers Information: To be successful in this course, the student should have basic writing skills equivalent to the completion of WRT 100 or 106 Offered: Fall, Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 300 Coaching Techniques and Practices Concepts and strategies for teaching athletes both new skills and fine tuning of existing skills Includes preparing to teach skills, presenting, developing and maintaining skills, and cognitive processes involved in skills Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: Information: To be successful in this course, the student should have basic writing skills equivalent to the completion of WRT 100 or 106 Offered: Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 300 Principles of muscular, energy and endurance fitness training for peak performance Includes focus on individual differences, muscular fitness components, energy systems, performance evaluation and training program development Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: Information: To be successful in this course, the student should have basic writing skills equivalent to the completion of WRT 100 or 106 Offered: Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 300 Assessment and interpretation of results for individualized programs designed for muscular strength, endurance and flexibility Includes pre-activity screening, assessment, interpretation of results, manipulation of variables in program design, and periodization Prerequisite(s): FSS 234 or concurrent enrollment Course Corequisites: Information: This course requires physical activity and is intended for students pursuing the Fitness Professional certificate Offered: May not be offered, check class schedule
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 300 Assessment and interpretation of testing results for individualized program design for cardiovascular training, and the skill development of body composition assessment techniques Includes assessment issues, development of Specific/Measurable/Action-Oriented/Realistic/Time Bound (SMART) goals, program development, and special considerations Prerequisite(s): FSS 234 or concurrent enrollment, and MAT 086 or satisfactory score on the Mathematics assessment test Course Corequisites: Information: This course requires physical activity and is intended to students pursuing the Fitness Professional Certificate Offered: Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 200 Intended for students preparing to be personal trainers Includes hands-on experience working with student-clients enrolled in other FSS courses by helping develop appropriate exercise goals, providing motivation, giving supplemental nutritional information, and demonstrating exercise techniques Prerequisite(s): FSS 276 and 277 or concurrent enrollment Course Corequisites: Offered: May not be offered this year, check class schedule
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 200 Examination of development changes in motor patterns for children and adults Includes introduction to motor development, prenatal development concerns, growth and maturation, infant reflexes and stereotypes, voluntary movements in infancy, perceptual-motor development, movement and changing sense of vision, cognitive and motor development and fine motor development Also includes effects of early stimulation, social and motor development, psychological changes, motor assessment, and planning and conducting a motor development program Prerequisite(s): FSS 243/243A/243B or concurrent enrollment Course Corequisites: Information: To be successful in this course, the student should have basic writing skills equivalent to the completion of WRT 100 or 106 Offered: Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 100 Emphasis on evaluating fad diets, educating clients on proven techniques for weight loss (diet and exercise), and supporting clients with specific activities at various stages of change Includes the trans-theoretical model, basic nutritional guidelines, exercise/activity guidelines and safety precautions, and developing personal strategies Prerequisite(s): FSS 236 or concurrent enrollment Course Corequisites: Information: This course is intended for the Fitness Professional program and continuing education for fitness professionals, coaches, and physical education teachers Information: Students must complete a Nutrition course at the 100 level or higher prior to, or concurrently with this course Offered: Fall
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