Kinesiology

This course is a class that explores the nuances and connections between the psychological, biological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of health and their influences on the population. The aim of health psychology is to not only understand these connections, but employ standards to support healthy endeavors, decrease and prevent adverse health outcomes and poor health behaviors, and maintain quality of life and well-being.

This course will address the underlying neuroanatomy associated with cognitive function in healthy individuals as well as those with neurocognitive/psychiatric pathologies and diseases. Throughout the semester, students will become consumers of cross- disciplinary research addressing the influence of physical activity and cognitive function.

This course introduces students to the application of sociological ideas and methods in analyzing contemporary sport issues. It covers a range of topics, including socialization, deviance, violence, gender, ethnicity, social class, business, media, politics, education, and religion, to explore how sociological thinking can be applied to sport.

The practicum is a clinically oriented course to enable students in kinesiology to explore their professional goals. Students contact a professional in the arena of their choice. Students work under the supervision of the professional for 120 hours during the semester, keep a journal of their learning experiences, and write a case study and an evaluation of the experience due the last day of class for the semester

This course examines nutrition as it relates to optimizing physical performance in active individuals. Recent research publications will be used to provide the latest information on these areas and to encourage critical evaluation of research.

The Health and Wellbeing Capstone Seminar consists of a series of seminars designed to have the students discuss, synthesize, and apply what they have learned from this multidisciplinary minor on health and well-being and then to demonstrate this knowledge via a small group poster presentation given at an annual spring conference on health and well-being.

This course is designed for undergraduate students in exercise science and other disciplines that wish to better understand the theoretical and applied concepts of exercise physiology in humans with cardiovascular (and other) diseases. Current research findings are stressed. Individual responses to exercise will be discussed and the impact of genetics, gender, age, and ethnicity on disease presentation and exercise outcomes will be addressed.

An course in principles, procedures, and techniques in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. A one-credit laboratory experience is available in addition to the regular course. Prerequisite: KINE 3600

Students who are interested in Athletic Training are encouraged to take the lab. Students will learn and demonstrate technical skills in evaluation, treatment and overall management of sports injuries. Examples of topics are crutch-fitting, gait training, taping/wrapping, musculoskeletal and concussion assessment, and rehabilitation.Prerequisite: Must have taken or be currently enrolled in KINE 4600 Athletic Injuries

The Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholars Program (KUSP) introduces research in the areas of exercise and sport science to undergraduate students. KUSP provides paid research opportunities with a faculty mentor to conduct original research with an expectation for dissemination of the students' findings. The program provides qualified 3rd year KINE majors supervision as they examine various aspects of academic research.

The Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholars Program (KUSP) introduces research in the areas of exercise and sport science to undergraduate students. KUSP provides paid research opportunities with a faculty mentor to conduct original research with an expectation for dissemination of the students' findings. The program provides qualified 3rd year KINE majors supervision as they examine various aspects of academic research.

Independent Study for undergraduates working in cooperation with a faculty member.

Study of elementary curriculum and instruction in physical education. Examines the principles of planning (i.e., SOLs), implementing, and evaluating sound elementary physical education programs. Includes field experience.

Introduction to Curriculum in Physical Education. Details the following processes related to teaching PE including planning, assessment, prescription, teaching and evaluation.

This course is designed to examine the intersection of disability and sport. Central concepts include: (a) the origin and evolution of athletics for disabled people, (b) the condition of disabled athletes in a variety of sports and contexts, (c) the implications of ableism, legislation, and sport governance on the inclusion of disabled athletes, and (d) the creative design principles and practices used to advance sport participation.

Studies the physical and motor attributes of children with developmental, learning, and emotional disabilities. Examines abnormal and delayed patterns of motor development through an assessment, diagnosis, and prescriptive format. Emphasizes identifying functional goals for these individuals and programmatic techniques for attaining these goals.

Examines issues related to educating children with severe disabilities. Includes review of unique planning and assessment procedures as well as unique programs and sports opportunities for children with severe disabilities.

Studies the physical and motor attributes of individuals with physical, sensory, and health disabilities. Addresses programming and instructional implications in physical education for these populations in regard to their ecological, psychological, social, and learning characteristics. Emphasizes developing and achieving functional physical education goals through planning, assessing, prescribing, teaching, and evaluating instruction.

This is an introductory course where students will learn about characteristics associated with autism and evidence-based methods to help children with autism develop motor, fitness, and recreation skills. Students should be working with students with autism to complete assignments.

Designed for Kinesiology Master's level students in the Adapted Physical Education Program. The purpose of this seminar is to address pertinent issues that are encountered by students during or after their graduate work in adapted physical education. This course should be taken in conjunction with KINE 8980 - Practicum in Adapted Physical Education.

Emphasizing current research findings, this class focuses on energy metabolism, physiological responses to exercise, and exercise training techniques. Prerequisite: Human physiology; introduction to exercise physiology or equivalent.

This course is designed for graduate students who wish to better understand the physiology of the human circulatory system. We will progress from "the blood" through the "laws of hemodynamics", "the heart", to "pressures and volumes" and "regulation of specific tissues". We will examine changes in the cardiovascular system response to acute stressors such as exercise and chronic adaptations that occur with exercise training, aging and disease.

A presentation, through lectures and laboratory experiences, of laboratory procedures and biomedical instrumentation pertinent to exercise physiology laboratories and applied physiology research. Students are involved in a review of current research in each area of laboratory experimentation and participate as both subjects and investigators. Prerequisite: KINE 5430

The application of clinical exercise physiology principles for public health, fitness, and disease management. Students learn the principles of exercise evaluation, prescription, and leadership for health, fitness, and disease rehabilitation, and apply these skills in a practical setting under the direction of professional staff.

Principles of clinical exercise testing, including conducting and interpreting exercise tests for adults with and without chronic diseases. In the practical setting, under supervision of professional staff, students prescribe exercise and counsel adults based on test results and other medical history. Pre-Requisites: KINE 5450