Courses
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- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Instructor’s permission or junior standing.
An exploration of issues related to grant funding for health education programming. This will include the identification of grant sources, grant writing, grant management and continued funding.
- Offered: Fall
This course explores the functional areas of business, management principles, contemporary issues and future considerations for organizations within the sports and fitness industry.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission or junior standing.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: A course in human anatomy and physiology, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
Exploration of risk factors, causes, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, treatments, and management strategies related to diseases across the lifespan.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: BI 207 and BI 208.
A study of normal physiological and pathological mechanisms of the cardiopulmonary system at rest and during exercise, as well as an introduction to pharmacological agents used in the treatment of various diseases affecting the cardiopulmonary system.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
This course provides a basic introduction to electrocardiography. The development of a conceptual working knowledge of cardiac anatomy, mechanical events of the cardiac cycle and metabolic aspects as these relate to the ECG will be stressed. An additional aspect of the course will be exercise electrocardiography and specific ECG events specified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as exercise test termination criteria.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: ES 315, HP 200, and junior standing.
Focus on the practice of laboratory and field assessment techniques of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition in healthy and clinical populations, as well as the development of fitness programs.
Notes:This course may not be used in the health and nutrition minor or the community health education major.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HL 471, junior standing or instructor permission.
This course emphasizes practical application of the theoretical basis of health and fitness in the design and conduct of safe, effective and relevant health and fitness programs for a variety of populations.
Notes: This course may not be used in the health and nutrition minor .- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: ES 315.
An opportunity to utilize theories and skills needed to analyze the exercise response of special populations and to design exercise programs for individuals who have physical conditions that may require modifications to exercise.
Notes: Cross-listed as ES 476.- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
Detailed exploration of special topics and faculty research.
- Offered: Fall Winter Summer
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: HL 471 and HL 472 and junior standing or instructor’s permission.
Supervised experience enabling the student to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical situation.
Notes: Up to 4 credit hours may be earned for on-campus internship, up to 8 credit hours may be earned through an off-campus internship. If off-campus internship is chosen, approval of internship site and supervisor is required. (Refer to department’s off-site internship packet.)- Offered: Fall Winter Summer
- Prerequisites: Prior approval of coordinator for health education, junior standing or instructor’s permission. Approval of fieldwork site and supervisor required.
Application of certified health education specialist (CHES) and health literacy competencies in a community health setting.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.