18 courses with the subject EXER, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EXER 1000Introduction to Human Performance Studies3
Introduction to the fields of exercise science, sport management, and physical education. Topics include: programs of study, professional roles and responsibilities, employment qualifications and opportunities. Learning Outcomes Research a career path and present your findings. Explain various career paths and opportunities for employment related to exercise science, sport management, and physical education. Develop a plan for academic study and professional development in preparation for a career in human performance-related careers.
A comprehensive course that focuses on physical activity, nutrition, behavior modification, and disease prevention. Students will learn to take responsibility for their overall health and learn practical ways to achieve optimal health and wellness. Learning Outcomes Examine the role fitness and wellness play in overall health and the implications for disease risk and prevention. Identify the fitness components and explain how each component plays an instrument in physical fitness. Describe the dimensions of wellness and explain how each specific dimension plays a valuable role in well-being. Describe the behavior change process as it relates to personal wellness. Describe the concepts of health, fitness, and wellness.
Principles and procedures of effective resistance training techniques in a supervised environment. Topics include: skeletal and muscular anatomy and physiology, program design for various experience levels, lifting safety, and weight room etiquette. Learning Outcomes Identify appropriate muscles, movements, and joint actions involved in various exercises. Identify structures of muscular and skeletal anatomy. Demonstrate the safety standards, fundamentals, techniques and strategies of resistance training. Describe fundamental concepts associated with the benefits, adaptations, and principles of resistance training.
Improve cardiovascular conditioning in a supervised environment. Explore the fitness components through discussion and hands on activities. Topics include: flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, fitness assessment andprogram design. Learning Outcomes Apply conditioning principles in hands-on activities. Design a conditioning workout and lead the class in performing the workout. Describe the five primary fitness components and assess.
Designed to introduce students to the functions of management as they relate to sporting activities and events. Topics include: career paths, management roles, and scope of sports managers responsibilities. Learning Outcomes Compare and contrast career paths in sports management and the qualifications required for employment in those areas. Analyze the unique dimensions and characteristics of sport and how these influence the management of sport. Discern the role and responsibilities of sports managers in a variety of sport settings.
EXER 1050Nutrition for Health and Human Performance3
Explore the complex relationship of nutrition with health, fitness and sports performance. Topics include: nutrient recommendations and guidelines for health and performance, tracking food intake from ingestion through absorption and elimination, andcalculating energy requirements for different types and levels of activities. Learning Outcomes Describe digestion, absorption, transportation, and elimination of nutrients. Identify and describe the functions, recommendations, and guidelines for nutrients. Track and analyze personal nutrition Calculate energy requirements and discuss energy balance for health
Psychology affects sport participation and sport participation affects psychology. Explore the relationship with an emphasis on psychological skills training. Case studies allow students to apply course concepts to real world situations. Learning Outcomes Apply psychological skills training to real-world situations. Compare and contrast the roles of clinical sport psychologist and educational sport psychology consultant. Compare and contrast various learning theories and determine how these theories can be used to enhance sport and exercise participation and performance. Identify psychological theories related to sport and exercise participation.
EXER 2020Personal Training and Exercise Leadership I2
Develop basic competency in designing and implementing fitness programs for healthy populations. Emphasis on safe and effective exercise techniques to improve flexibility, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and muscular strength and endurance. Learning Outcomes Design an exercise program based on an individual’s goals and fitness experience. Administer fitness assessments and analyze the results. Observe exercise technique and correct form using appropriate communication skills. Demonstrate safe and effective exercise techniques and program design principles.
This course is designed to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparation for a national certification exam in health coaching. Topics include effective coach-to-client communication techniques; behavioral, nutritional, and physiological sciences (particularly as they relate to the obese client); screening and assessment; guidelines for designing and implementing safe, effective, and purposeful exercise programs; and the legal, professional, and roles of the health coach. Learning Outcomes Explain basic nutritional and physiological principles and apply them when implementing behavior-change and weight-management programs with clients Apply various methods for developing and implementing healthy eating strategies and exercise plans based on client assessment data Recognize the role of the coach as it relates to legal and ethical issues and professional responsibility Apply effective communication strategies for health coaching, including building rapport and connecting with clients Gather important behavioral, health, and lifestyle assessment data from clients Demonstrate effective approaches for modifying behavior-change programs based on client needs and for promoting program adherence
Explore the role of the exercise science professional in a comprehensive healthcare team. Providing optimal services to clients with chronic diseases and disabilities. Topics include: the effects of condition in exercise response, the effects of exercise on the condition, appropriate fitness assessments, and exercise program guidelines. Learning Outcomes Describe the role of exercise for individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities. Develop competencies in exercise programming for special populations. Describe behavioral modification techniques.
Students will study the human body’s acute responses and chronic adaptions to exercise and other external stressors such as altitude and environmental temperature extremes. Learning will occur through laboratory activities, demonstrations, hands-on experiences, and class discussion. Learning Outcomes Describe and differentiate the bioenergetic systems. Explain the acute responses and the chronic adaptations within various body systems to different exercise modalities. Describe the relationship between exercise and disease prevention. Perform fitness assessments and analyze the results for flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, body composition, and muscular strength and endurance.
What makes a successful coach? Analyze coaching theories for individual and team sports. Discover motivation techniques, game and practice management strategies, and coaching methods and skills. Learning Outcomes Evaluate the essential concepts regarding skill inspection, development of team norms, and group and individual communication. Develop a personal coaching philosophy. Compare and contrast athletic training rules and regulations for different sports and sport organizations.
Introduction to the business side of personal training. Students will learn sales and marketing techniques to use to recruit clients and customer service skills to retain their clients. Learning Outcomes Identify sources for funding your business. Explore process to build rapport and develop professional relationship with your clients. Describe the use of social media in marketing a business.
Examine the effects of exercise on the complex physiological and psychological process associated with aging. Explore program design principles for healthy older adults and for those with chronic conditions. Learning Outcomes Explain the risks associated with exercise in older adults and identify safety considerations and strategies to create a safe environment for physical activity. Design safe and effective exercise programs based on case study data. Analyze the impact of age related biological and cognitive changes on physical activity and function Describe the beneficial effects of exercise for older adults.
Fighting in hockey. Cheap shots in football. Performance enhancing substance use in baseball. Discover how sport ethics affects society and how society influences sport ethics. Debate current ethical issues in youth, high school, college and professional sports. Learning Outcomes Identify the relationship between sports and a variety of sociological concepts including race, gender, and class. Examine ethical decision-making in sports. Evaluate current ethical issues in sport and defend a position on your chosen issue. Evaluate and articulate the role, effect and function of sports in modern society.
EXER 2990INDEPENDENT STUDY:Exercise and Sport Science
Variable Credits Y This course will allow the student to work on an individual basis conducting research or participating in an additional internship. Other options will be considered at advisor discretion.Prerequisites: Advisor approval.
