Exercise Science (EXS)

This course will introduce students to medical terminology in the form of common roots, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations, with an emphasis on spelling, definition, and pronunciation.

This survey course examines the various sub-disciplines of Exercise Science, explores career options in Exercise Science, and prepares students for the professional expectations of an Exercise Scientist.

This course provides the student with knowledge and practical techniques associated with safety, first aid and CPR. CPR and First Aid certification is available.

Motor skill performance, as well as biomechanical, tactical, and pedagogical knowledge for racquet and individual sports, are taught and assessed in this class.

Motor skill performance, as well as biomechanical, tactical, and pedagogical knowledge for team sports, are taught and assessed in this class. Motivation, team building, and off-season training programs are also addressed in this course.

The course covers organization, management, procedures, activities, techniques, safety, character development, positive coaching methods and ethics involved in conducting youth sports. Students will be expected to complete at least eight hours of observation or volunteering in a youth sports setting. An appreciation for the importance of well-run youth sports programs and the value they provide for society will be emphasized.

This course explores the ways in which sports are entangled in social, cultural, political, and economic forces operating at many different levels, from the social psychological levels to the global level. On one hand the course deals with the multiple ways in which individual are involved in sports organizations and activities, including our participation in sport for purposes of recreation and leisure, sports participation as self-expression and personal fulfillment, participation as spectators of sports and consumers of sports as entertainment commodities. On the other hand, the course deals with the organization of sports and sports organizations as particular representations of social organizations in general that can be analyzed in terms of goals and norms, social roles, manifest and latent functions, including all the complex social dynamics that characterize other social organizations, such as stratification. The course will also deal with the political economy of big time sports, including major university and professional sports and their contradictory relationships to their institutional settings, as well as, sport as an avenue for social change.

Presents the theory and application of sports psychology. Topics covered: motivating athletes, fear of failure, imagery, dealing with anxiety, coaching the elite athlete, leadership, aggression in sport, gender and race issues, and cognitive theories.

Scientific basis for the role of nutrition in human performance. Critical evaluation of popular practices; making optimal food choices for physical activity. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

This course provides the foundation for the performance and teaching of resistance training. Various modes of resistance training will be taught with focus on each exercise’s technique and cuing for clients.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Sport-specific coaching theories, including techni¬cal and tactical skill development, will be examined.

Special Topics in Exercise Science. Course may be repeated with different topic.

A review of the physiologic response to vigorous physical activity and training. An understanding of the systemic and metabolic benefits to a lifestyle of physical activity as well as training for vigorous sport activity will be developed. Physiological adaptations brought on by specificity of training for anaerobic and aerobic performance will also be addressed. This course emphasizes the investigation of the physiological components of human movement. Concepts relating to neuromuscular, metabolic, circulatory, and respiratory physiology are discussed in lecture, including theoretical and practical applications of exercise and training principles.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of exercise physiology laboratory skills and protocols necessary for the exercise/fitness profession as well as introduce the student to equipment and basic methods of assessing physiological responses to exercise. Students will also develop the ability to explain the mechanisms underlying the physiological responses to specific exercises and explain the long term adaptations to these exercises and critically analyze and interpret exercise physiology data resulting from physiological stressors. Students will also develop skills which allow students to better analyze movement from a biomechanical perspective. Prerequisite: EXS 305

Basic concepts of planning, facility management and of conducting sports-related events, from inception to completion, are examined in this course. Facility safety, maintenance budgeting, and staffing are also covered. The class addresses practical applications, as well as different strategies to event and facility management. A unique modular format will be used to present the class material. Expert speakers in the areas of event and facility management will present students with real life scenarios and authentic information in the course. A 10 hour practicum requirement in an event or facility management setting as part of a class project assisting in conducting an event. Coordination of the event will require class-wide collaboration and teamwork, with the quality of the event being a major assessment for the course.

This course focuses on the various forms of anaerobic training. Students will study the physiological adaptations to anaerobic training and techniques for increasing anaerobic performance, including strength, power, and speed.

This course examines the basic principles of marketing and how they are applied to the field of sport. They are evaluated in terms of the elemental marketing mix, which includes product, place, price, promotion, and public relations. Applications of principles for marketing, media and public relations to the sports industry are evaluated and surveyed. The three areas are presented separately and are then addressed in relation to each other.

A problem-centred approach to ethics and moral de¬cision-making in sport and physical activity. Current legislation of importance to the health/fitness profes¬sional is then highlighted together with an identifi¬cation of professional responsibility under the law.

Students will take the American Sport Education Pro¬gram (ASEP) and test for ASEP certification which is required in many school districts. Additional sport-specific coaching theories will also be examined.

Special topics in exercise science. May be repeated with different topic.

Concepts, theory, practice and research in training and conditioning will be studied. The principles of strength training, overview of training equipment, fitness assessments, and designing individual exercise programs for apparently healthy adults will be taught. Prerequisite: EXS 310

This course will examine the components necessary for the creation of safe and effective exercise prescriptions for special, non-healthy populations. Students will learn to design exercise programs of appropriate mode, intensity, duration, frequency and progression as well as behavioral and leadership skills necessary for exercise leaders. Prerequisite: EXS 411

Research experience for students in Exercise Science. This student initiated undergraduate research project aims to develop abilities for asking sound research questions, designing reasonable scientific approaches to answer such questions, performing experiments to test both the design and the question. We consider how to assess difficulties and limitations in experimental strategies due to design, equipment, and participant population.

Specialized field work in exercise science and related activities. Students will serve internships at hospitals, fitness clubs, physical therapy clinics, etc. Internships will require the cooperation of schools, health, and fitness organizations in and around the city. Sixty contact hours per credit. May be repeated for a total of 15 credits.

This upper division course consists of both oral and written presentation by students majoring in Exercise Science. The thesis is based on critical evaluation of scientific literature.