35 courses with the subject EXM, 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.
Requisite(s): BIO-1140 & BIO-1141 OR BIO-1201& BIO-1202 This course provides an introduction to the domains of exercise and movement science including physiological systems, exercise physiology, clinical assessment, and exercise and sports nutrition.
Requisite(s): BIO-1140 & BIO-1141 OR BIO-1201& BIO-1202 This course is designed to provide students with the basic concepts in statistics, measurement and evaluation in exercise and movement science. The course incorporates the application and interpretation of descriptive and inferential statistics for quantitative research and fitness evaluation. Students will utilize computer based statistical programs for statistics analysis. Typically offered: Fall Only
Requisite(s): EXM-3308 This course introduces students to concepts of mechanics as they apply to human movement, particularly those pertaining to exercise, sport, and physical activity. The student should gain an understanding of the mechanical and anatomical principles that govern human motion and develop the ability to link the structure of the human body with its function from a mechanical perspective. Typically offered: Fall Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208 This course provides students with an overview of how physical training affects the human body. Topics include weight training, principles of training, as well as aerobic and anaerobic changes that occur from a training stimulus. Typically offered: Fall Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208 This course introduces students to appropriate nutrition practices in relation to exercise or sport training to promote health, energy and adaptations. Typically offered: Spring Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208 This course provides an introduction to the foundational concepts of strength and conditioning. Topics covered include strength and conditioning terminology and foundations, strength and conditioning exercises, warmup strategies, and program design. Typically offered: Spring Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208 Introduction to teaching and learning sport skills from a motor learning perspective. Open and closed loop information processing systems are used to describe and explain sports skill, reaction time, and motor skills. Theory and concepts learned will be applied to the everyday practical aspects of teaching and coaching sport. Typically offered: Fall Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208 This course provides students with a foundation in exercise testing and prescription. Students will investigate the many parameters of fitness, including their measurement, interpretation of results, and application toward recommendations for exercise programs. Topics will include cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition, and performance/athletic components. Typically offered: Spring Only
Requisite(s): EXM-2208,PHI-2342 This course explores the interfaces between human resource management, operations, marketing, and entrepreneurship within the context of entrepreneurial, for-profit, and nonprofit fitness and health promotion ventures. Typically offered: Spring Only
Relates basic legal concepts to sport and physical education environments. Includes torts, contract law, constitutional law, negligence, and Title IX issues. Typically offered: Spring Only
Special Topics in Exercise Science
This course introduces students to exercise and sport psychology theories, mediators, and behavior change strategies applied to sport, leisure, and exercise settings and provides knowledge and opportunities to develop skills to promote adoption and adherence to physical activity. Typically offered: Spring Only SFC Catalogue 2024-2025 - DRAFT COPY 175
This course offers students an opportunity to obtain practical experience in community health work. Students will contract for 50-100 hours at an internship placement and participate in a weekly seminar to discuss their fieldwork and apply academic theory to practice. Students will work in settings that familiarize them with concrete examples of the core competencies in the Exercise Health concentration. Students will also gain an understanding of industry and organizational structures, cultures, and ethics, and will strengthen their critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills. They will keep logs of their activities and complete other written assignments for class. Typically offered: All Sessions
Liberal Arts electives 13 General Electives 17 Total Hours 121-130 Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree must complete 1/2 of their degree credits (i.e. minimum 60 credits) from courses in the Liberal Arts category. For specific academic subjects, see here (p. 15). y In keeping with our mission at St. Francis College, the courses you take courses across the liberal arts ensure that you are well-rounded, able to engage in meaningful thought and conversation both within and outside of your area of expertise, and building a foundation for future success by deepening and broadening your knowledge. Building on First Year Foundations and augmenting your major field of study, the combination of courses in the Bodies of Knowledge prepares you to meet the challenges the world presents to you with intelligence, clarity, and empathy. They will equip you to solve complex problems, contribute to your community, and improve the world you inhabit. Institutional Learning Outcomes: rs 1. Demonstrate sensitivity to creative expression 2. Communicate ideas and information through written, oral, visual and 1 digital media 6 3. Employ critical and analytical skills 3-4 4. Value diverse perspectives of the human experience 3 5. Implement information, technology and media literacy 6 6. Demonstrate quantitative literacy Foundation Courses- First Year College St. Francis College’s mission, emphasizing Franciscan education, highlights access and opportunities for all students. In your first year 6 at SFC, you will combine key skill development with courses in the 6 liberal arts and in your areas of interest. Each of these courses and 6 categories is essential to your success in college and beyond. Our First 2-3 Year Foundations program ensures that all students will be equitably prepared to excel and achieve their goals. Bodies of Knowledge (35 credits) At St. Francis College, our Franciscan mission states that we “educate the whole person for a full, relational life.” This means that we strive, by making certain you take courses across the liberal arts, to ensure
The senior capstone course integrates the knowledge, concepts and professional skills gained from prior coursework in exercise science. Students choose between two different options: (1) an applied project in which the student develops a hypothetical applied case and intervention program for a client or team in order to synthesize and demonstrate the ability to understand, develop, and advance the principles of exercise science, or (2) conduct a research project in which the student displays the development of research techniques, including the ability to define a research problem, write hypotheses, review the literature, apply a research design, collect and analyze data, and interpret the results. Typically offered: All Sessions
This course provides an understanding of different social and controversial issues facing sport. It examines sports from a variety of perspectives, including from historical, political, economic, and sociological viewpoints. Issues relating to race and ethnicity, gender, deviance, violence, politics, and religion and how they relate to sports will be discussed.
In this course, students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to find and evaluate scholarly and academic research resources generally employed by exercise and health scientists. Through an emphasis on general statistics, interpretation and analysis of data, research ethics, scientific writing, and database use, students develop proficiency in the essential steps of the scientific method of inquiry. By engaging with course discussions, writing assignments, and an independent research project, students synthesize theories and data in order to apply integrated knowledge to practice across exercise and sport science settings. In establishing a community of inquiry, sustained and active participation with other course participants are requisites to fulfill participation requirements.
In this course, students will explore how nutrition supports physical performance and the relationships between nutrition, energy metabolism, and exercise and sport performance. The course features in-depth analysis of dietary and nutritional supplementation. Emphasis is placed on applying evidence-based strategies in examining case studies, including topics of student interest.
This course explores the interfaces between human resource management, operations, marketing, and entrepreneurship within the context of entrepreneurial, for-profit and nonprofit fitness and health promotion ventures. Students will develop a business plan for potential funding. Typically offered: All Sessions
Explore the foundations of strength and conditioning as established by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Design and critique strength and conditioning programs based on NSCA guidelines. Designed to prepare students interested in becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA Typically offered: Fall and Spring
This course develops skills for the selection, development, and implementation of various types of instruments and techniques for measuring and evaluating health and human performance interventions. Evaluation of these interventions includes general health behaviors, health related fitness, nutritional and dietary intake, body composition, and other areas related to an individual's quality of life.
During this course students will examine a systematic approach to integrated performance training using the National Academy of Sports Medicine's Optimum Performance Training model. This course is designed to prepare students interested in becoming a Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
During this course students will examine a systematic approach to integrated performance training using the National Academy of Sports Medicine's Optimum Performance Training model. This course is designed to prepare students interested in becoming a Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Typically offered: Fall and Spring
Requisite(s): EXM-6150 This course prepares students to develop programs and services that enhance the health, fitness, and well-being of diverse groups. Through the study of group dynamics, students explore the psychological processes that appear in group sport, exercise, and recreational activity. Topics include anxiety, self-confidence, motivation and goal setting, leadership, the self in groups, and other elements of sport psychology related to group dynamics. Typically offered: Fall and Spring
This course will explore program design principles for corrective exercise training, with an emphasis on the National Academy of Sports Medicine's Corrective Exercise Continuum, but additional program/assessment strategies will be discussed.
Explore the foundations of strength and conditioning as established by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Design and critique strength and conditioning programs based on NSCA guidelines. Designed to prepare students interested in becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA. Explore the principles of resistance training and periodization. Develop periodized programs based on foundational and current literature. Critique and justify programming selections.
Application of mechanical principles to development of human movement, with emphasis on kinematics and kinetics.
Examines fundamental concepts in bioenergetics, biomechanics, cardiopulmonary responses, and skeletal muscle function & adaptation. Includes evidence-based program design and practical skills necessary for success in fire and rescue, law enforcement, and military careers. Content will help prepare students to sit for the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator certification. Typically offered: Fall Only
An evaluation of the physical, physiological, and psychological factors that affect motor skill acquisition, performance, retention, and transfer. With a focus on voluntary movement, topics include nervous system control of movement, sensory and perceptual contributions to motor learning, information processing, optimal conditions for learning motor skills, preferred modes of feedback delivery during learning, and individual variability in motor skill acquisition. Students will apply the principles of motor learning to coaching, fitness, and rehabilitation settings. Additionally, they will analyze motor learning settings and determine adjustments to be made in those settings to foster motor skill acquisition for a variety of populations.
This course covers current topics in sport psychology. Emphasizes theory and research on personality, motivation, arousal, cognition, attributions, attitudes, self-efficacy, leadership effectiveness, and group dynamics.
Are sports an avenue for personal empowerment or a path to exploitation? What do sports mean in American society? Study the ways in which sports are embedded in social systems such as the economy, government, and education. Themes include race, class and gender issues, crime and violence in sport, and the economic impact of sport.
Development and implementation of a strength and conditioning program through a case study with a member of the community. Justify your programming selections and assess program success
Graduate students only. Independent research and study in a topic in Exercise Science. Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of the department chairperson. Typically offered: On Demand
In-depth study of selected advanced topics in human movement science.
Source: St. Francis College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
