Courses
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- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and College of Business permission.
- Offered: Fall
This course provides a foundation of plant wellness with the overall goal of applying this knowledge in a retail or other applied wellness setting. This course provides students the skills needed to summarize herbal safety and efficacy. Students will understand the legal issues related to discussing in a retail environment the effects of applying and ingesting herbs and other plants and will be able to convey their knowledge to customers in an accommodating, respectful way.
- Offered: Fall
Fundamentals of Natural Wellness serves as an overview of plant-based wellness. Students will be introduced to a variety of topics, including plant wellness history, how various cultures used plants for better health, and how to evaluate available plant products. Business opportunities in the field of natural wellness, such as horticulture, plant processing, and distribution will also be featured.
- Offered: Winter
This course will examine ways plant-based substances can impact well-being. Topics will include
wellness-based plants, specific active ingredients within these plants, and synthetic analogs of plant
ingredients. The course will introduce the relationship of plant application or ingestion to changes in
the nervous system and how these actions might affect mental functioning and behavior. An emphasis
will be on teaching students how to find and summarize published articles in this area of study.
- Offered: Winter
This course will prepare students to communicate plant properties clearly in a plant-based
wellness retail environment. Students will learn effective communication, active listening, and
emotional intelligence to promote positive front-line customer relationships. This course will
provide students with a foundational, applied understanding of growing and developing plants
for use in natural wellness sectors. It includes a brief overview of seed germination, soil and
water management, plant anatomy, growing, and harvesting techniques.
- Offered: Contact Department
- Graded: S/U
- Co-requisites: Registration for graduation.
All graduating majors must take an exit assessment for the Cannabis and Plant-Based Wellness Operations A.A.S. as part of the program's outcomes assessment efforts. This assessment will be given in the final semester for all graduating students. Students must enroll in this course concurrently with graduation registration.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: HPE 110.
Students learn the skills, techniques and teaching aspects of elementary aquatics and gymnastics. Focus is on the analysis of skills, progressions, error analysis and correction.
- Offered: Contact department.
- Co-requisites: HP 205A Folk Dance
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HPE 110 and HPE 112.
Students learn the skills, techniques and teaching aspects of educational dance suitable for 5-12 programming. Focus is on the analysis of skills, progressions, error analysis and correction.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HPE 110 and HPE 120.
Overview of basic human body structures and functions appropriate for beginning students of physical education. Fundamental concepts concerning the interaction of biological and mechanical aspects of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems. Emphasis on practical application to study and teaching of skilled movement.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: HPE 110 and HPE 120.
Introduction to physical fitness and the role of exercise in health, wellness and sport. Focus on understanding the concepts, principles and guidelines necessary for fitness programming. Emphasis on material to be used at the K-12 level.
- Offered: Fall Winter
A study of the developmental characteristics of children, preschool through eighth grade, and the appropriate types and kinds of physical activity that educate the child. This course is for elementary education majors only.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: BI 104.
Study of symptoms, causes, prevention and immediate treatment of accidents and sudden illnesses that occur in the physical education and athletic settings.
- Offered: Fall, Even Years
This course is designed to challenge the student to critically examine coaching and techniques that they have experienced previously and learn new systems within their fields. The course will introduce students to national coaching standards and analyze coaching practices.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
- Offered: Winter
The purpose of this course is to familiarize and enhance the technology skills in physical education, coaching, fitness, and other areas of human performance. The course includes personal computer use in creating materials to enhance instruction, assessment, promotion, advocacy, and areas of research. Also included is exposure to other instructional technologies and software/internet programs found useful in the educational setting.
Notes: This course cannot be repeated for credit.- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HPE 110, HPE 120, and junior standing.
An analysis of the various types of qualitative and quantitative assessment tools used in physical education. Emphasis on assessing both the process and the product of physical education.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HPE 110, HPE 120, and junior standing.
Course focuses on secondary school physical education including innovative programming ideas. Motor learning concepts are integrated into the course content both theoretically and in an applied manner. Work with secondary students is an integral part of the course.
- Offered: Winter
The mechanics and techniques of officiating sports, along with knowledge of the rules, interpretation and ethical procedures in handling controversial decisions.
- Offered: Winter
The MHSAA Coaches Advancement Program (CAP) is an educational program geared to assist coaches in their growth and development as they advance in the field of educational athletics. Completion of this course will result in Coaches Advancement Program Level 1 and 2 Certification (beginner certification). CAP certification demonstrates minimum competence in the basic skills of coaching sports in compliance with the Michigan High School Athletic Association guidelines.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: PE 212, PE 213, and HL 125.
This course is designed to help future coaches understand their role as a member of the athletic and sports medicine health care team. Students will learn how to develop and execute emergency action plans and apply basic first aid and mobilization techniques to a variety of common sport related injuries. This course will focus on the injuries related to the musculoskeletal system, the head & spine, as well as internal organs. Students will also learn current standard practice related to respiratory distress, and environmental conditions as they may affect safe athletic performance. In addition, students will have the opportunity to learn basic common taping applications used with sport injury.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HPE 110, HPE 120, and junior standing.
Focuses on the preparation of physical education teachers to assist handicapped students who are participating in segregated classroom settings and mainstreamed or inclusive education. Included is an introduction to a variety of handicapping conditions and related medical terminology commonly found within the K-12 educational setting.
- Offered: Summer
This elective course is designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of society through the exploration of issues relating to the world of sports. Beyond just the typical x’s and o’s, this course will examine deeper issues as they relate to character, history, ethics, race, and gender. We will do this through the viewing of multiple popular sport films and documentaries, online discussion forums, small writing assignments, and one culminating paper project.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: PE 340.
This course is designed to facilitate the understanding and development of advanced principles in the field of athletic coaching. Particular emphasis in this course will be placed on the development of effective communication skills, management of team dynamics and athlete-centered coaching. These content areas will be examined through a transformational lens to encourage future leaders in sport to use the athletic platform to enhance the participants’ lives in sport and beyond.
Notes: This course cannot be repeated for credit.