Explore the current state of health and fitness, health-related components of fitness, and ways that the human body responds to exercise and physical activity. Discuss the importance of exercise and physical activity for improving overall wellness, including physical and mental health, prevention, and treatment of chronic disease, and how to apply the principles of conditioning.

Principles and practical application of water safety instruction and lifeguard training, personal water safety skills sets, professional rescues, first aid, and CPR/AED programs. Successful completion of course sessions, activities, lectures, skill development and evaluation requirements will qualify the student to test for certifications from nationally recognized safety agencies.

Through the materials presented in this course, become familiar with the fundamental principles of sport and social psychology and their impact on sports performance and athlete well-being. Develop life-skills, such as, self-regulation, productive responses to adversity, stress-management, the setting of goals and achieving them, interpersonal communication, and leadership.

Analysis and discussion of current issues within the discipline of kinesiology.

Principles of athletic training, including mechanisms, signs and symptoms, treatments, and basic rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses.

An introduction to the principles and practices of coaching as they relate to the integration of sports science, practice structure and design, and the development of a coaching philosophy. Involves group work and field experience with youth athletic organizations.

Introduction to the history, growth, and diversity of the sport industry in school settings and the world of business.

Designed to train students to teach the game of golf.

Designed for physical culture and sports, applied movement science, health education, and kinesiology majors. Introduction to the purpose and function of sport and sport management in society, including management, marketing, events, and other components of the field.

Factors affecting human safety; techniques and procedures to promote and ensure safe living.

Trains instructor candidates to teach courses in swimming and water safety by developing their understanding of how to use the course materials, conduct training sessions and evaluate participants' progress. Students will be introduced to several swimming strokes, springboard diving, cardiovascular conditioning, exercise physiology, nutrition, personal safety. Elementary rescue skills and basic snorkeling techniques. Culminates in American Red Cross certification.

Covers skills to support positive, effective physical education and to implement well-planned and stimulating physical activity for children. Focus on integrating academic content with physically active classrooms. Subjects include principles of movement and motor development in children, curriculum, legislation and policy, physiological principles, learning principles, coordinated school health (CSH), and comprehensive school physical activity programming (CSPAP).

Psychological factors affecting performance and acquisition of motor skills.

Introduction to sport management and effective organizational behavior for sport programs. Analysis of the dynamic management process necessary for the improvement of organizational productivity.

Designed to prepare experienced scuba divers to instruct, organize, and conduct safe, appropriate-level dives for certified divers. Also designed to prepare students to apply for certification as a National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Assistant Instructor or Divemaster.

Designed for applied movement science, health education, and kinesiology majors. Introduces a variety of movement and dance activities that can be used to teach rhythm to youth, with an emphasis on grades K-6.

Basic principles involved in designing a sound conditioning program emphasizing resistance training techniques.

Designed for applied movement science majors, and kinesiology and health education majors. Introduces a variety of movement and dance activities that can be used to teach rhythm to youth, with an emphasis on grades K-6.

Introduction to methods, progressions, strategies, and teaching cues appropriate for playing, teaching, and coaching basic tennis.

Introduction to methods, progressions, and teaching cues appropriate for playing, teaching, and coaching basic volleyball.

Introduction to popular social dances, including swing, waltz, bachata, nightclub two-step, cross-step waltz, salsa, west coast swing, and tango. Emphasis on connecting with a dance partner and the art of leading and following. Must register for the role you want to learn: lead or follow.

Designed for applied movement science majors, and kinesiology and health education majors. Introduces methods, progressions, strategies and teaching cues appropriate for playing, teaching, and coaching basic basketball.

Acquistion and knowledge of basic skills needed to participate in outdoor/adventure activities. Examines methods, progressions, drills, and performance cues appropriate for participating in and leading outdoor/adventure activities. Includes off-campus activities. Students will need to demonstrate basic swimming skills during the first week of class.

Introduction to basic movement skills from simple to more complex, and how they relate to more advanced sport skills through developmental gymnastics, yoga, Pilates, and martial arts.

Introduction to popular social dances, including swing, waltz, bachata, nightclub two-step, cross-step waltz, salsa, west coast swing, and tango. Emphasis on connecting with a dance partner and the art of leading and following. Must register for the role you want to learn: lead or follow.

Designed for kinesiology and health education majors. Development of swimming techniques including instruction in seven swimming strokes, springboard diving, cardiovascular conditioning, exercise physiology concepts, nutrition, personal safety, elementary rescue skills, CPR/AED and basic snorkeling techniques. Provides preparation for American Red Cross certification.

Supervised aiding in social dance leads/follows courses.

Designed for applied movement science, health education, and kinesiology majors. Application of biomechanical and motor learning principles to selected movement activities, with particular emphasis on dual sports. Includes physical activity.

Designed for the advanced golfer. Includes technical swing analysis and instruction, course management and course play, and tournament play.

Knowledge and skills required for officials, coaches, and athletic trainers of interschool sports.

Designed for athletic training majors. An introduction to athletic training principles and theories, including the prevention, recognition, and management of athletic injuries and illnesses. Includes basic skill development in areas such as first aid, emergency care, and supportive taping, wrapping, and bracing. Requires completion of a one-day CPR and AED (BLS) course outside of class time.

Examine social dance and social dance pedagogy. Explore new dances, higher-level partnering, and skills for teaching social dance in one-on-one and group contexts.

Explores various advanced aspects of running training regimens, with emphasis on interval training, fartlek, speed play, long slow distance used in competitive running. Includes functional assistive training movements: flexibility and stretching, plyometrics and bounding.

For those with high levels of skills and knowledge of multiple offenses and defenses. Explores various aspects of competitive volleyball with emphasis on strategic utilization of defenses used in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitive teams.

Designed for the advanced swimmer. Includes technical stroke analysis on four power strokes and exposure training/conditioning programs used by interscholastic and intercollegiate competitive programs. Expanded emphasis is on body form, stroke efficiency, and conditioning in all strokes.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Kinesiology. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Application of movement skill analysis and biomechanical principles, physical laws of movement, fitness training principles and programs, exercise physiology, performance techniques, and skill progressions in individual activities and sport.

Application of scientific and psychosocial aspects of team sports, basic mechanical principles, and basic progressions relevant to performing and teaching selected team sport skills. Students also learn basic strategies and tasks related to coaching and organizing a team.

Designed to provide students with an understanding of applied scientific analysis of movement. Examines the physiological, structural, and mechanical bases for human movement, with examples drawn from sport and rehabilitation. Lectures concentrate on a scientific approach to mechanisms underlying human movement and to strategies and practices of clinical and sport applications. Laboratory sessions focus on both theoretical and applied aspects of selected mechanical concepts.

Designed for applied movement science, health education, and kinesiology majors. Examines foundational knowledge of theories of human performance and development and the concomitant changes that occur during an individuals lifespan. Explores interactive theories of the associated physiological, biomechanical, and cognitive disciplines that explain the control systems of the human body while in motion and subsequent development.

A review of movement skill progressions with emphasis on the processes that underlie changes in movement competence. Typical growth and maturation from birth to adulthood serves as the metric against which to identify atypical development. The principles underlying motor skill changes are applied to teaching, coaching, and clinical applications.

Covers the science behind assessing physical fitness, and the role of physical activity and exercise in prevention and rehabilitation of cardio-respiratory and metabolic diseases.

Combines the study of systematic and regional human anatomy. Includes applications of the skeletal system, and attachments and actions of muscles, with an emphasis on the mechanics of support and motion and their clinical applications.

Application of principles of physiology to muscular activities and an examination of physiological responses and adaptations to both acute and chronic exercise.

Explores various advanced techniques of weight training, with emphasis on the lifts used in the competitive strength sports of weightlifting and powerlifting. Includes plyometrics and functional training movements for athletic enhancement.

Study of the principles of equilibrium, force, and motion as applied to humans. Includes applications to human movement and to biological tissues and structures, with emphasis on practical applications (e.g., human performance, causes/prevention of injury etc.).

Supervised fieldwork in appropriate activity courses.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities off campus.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities on campus.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

Designed for health education and kinesiology majors or minors. Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

Supervised academic service learning or clinical hours in instructor approved environments.

Supervised fieldwork or clinical work in appropriate activities.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Kinesiology. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Explore the nutritional needs of people whose physical activity ranges from recreational to elite athletes. Develop practical dietary strategies based upon understanding how macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, water, and dietary supplements are digested and absorbed and how they effect metabolism.

Practical application of theoretical content from exercise physiology, anatomy, and biomechanics. Emphasis on program design and development for healthy adults and special populations.

Focuses on the capacity for physical performance by children and adolescents from both physiological and psychosocial perspectives. Addresses children's readiness for physical training and competitive activities. Considers the active and inactive child with, and without, disabilities and secondary disabling conditions. Entails development of programs designed to keep children appropriately active for a lifetime of positive health outcomes.

Psychological, behavioral, physiological, and environmental factors involved in performance and learning of motor skills; covers both theoretical and experimental evidence for the effects of these factors, with applications in physical activity, sport, and rehabilitation. Weekly laboratory sessions to collect and analyze data to assess motor performance and learning.

Study of the brain and motor and sensory pathways involved in the control of movement. Covers nerve, muscle, and sensory cell function along with spinal cord reflexes. Application to research and clinical populations is emphasized.

Training in screening, diagnostic, and programmatic motor assessment instruments. Designed to give students practical experience in assessing physical and motoric development in children with and without disabilities.

Examination of the place of the modern Olympic movement in world affairs. The cultural, political, and economic dynamics of this relationship will receive special emphasis.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, and immediate care of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Students use cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of an approved clinical instructor.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, immediate care, and treatment of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Emphasizes the application of therapeutic modalities and soft-tissue therapy techniques. Students use cognitive psychomotor and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of a clinical preceptor.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, immediate care, treatment, evaluation, and diagnosis of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Emphasizes clinical evaluation and assessment techniques. Students use cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of an approved clinical instructor.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, immediate care, treatment, evaluation, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Emphasizes therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation procedures. Students use cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of a clinical preceptor.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, immediate care, treatment, evaluation, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Emphasizes general medical conditions. Students use cognitive psychomotor and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of an approved clinical instructor.

Supervised clinical experiences in the application of concepts, theories, and techniques associated with the prevention, recognition, immediate care, treatment, evaluation, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of injuries and illnesses suffered by athletic and physically active populations. Emphasizes the administrative and professional aspects of managing these conditions. Students use cognitive psychomotor and affective skills and knowledge to complete a prescribed set of education competencies and clinical proficiencies under the direction of a clinical preceptor.

Designed for athletic training majors. Examines the theory and application of manual therapy techniques in patient care. The athletics and physically active populations will be targeted and an aggressive treatment approach for the restoration of function as quickly and as safely as possible will be emphasized.

Designed for athletic training majors. Explores the study and practice of reviewing and applying research findings and evidence based practice concepts to ask and answer clinically relevant questions affecting clinical practice for athletic trainers.

Designed for athletic training majors. The study and practice of using therapeutic modalities, including soft tissue and manual therapy techniques, to treat athletic injuries. Covers physiological effects, indications, contraindications, protocols, injury pathology, and tissue healing.

Designed for athletic training majors. The study and practice of techniques involved in the evaluation of athletic injuries affecting the lower body.

Designed for athletic training majors. The study and practice of techniques involved in the evaluation of athletic injuries affecting the upper body.

Designed for athletic training majors. The study and practice of therapeutic exercise techniques and rehabilitation protocols in treating athletic injuries and illnesses.

Designed for athletic training majors. Explores the theory and application of therapeutic exercise techniques and rehabilitation protocols. The athletics and physically active populations will be targeted and an aggressive treatment approach for the restoration of function as quickly and as safely as possible will be emphasized. The classroom and laboratory experiences will provide the student with opportunities to apply these techniques under the direct guidance of knowledgeable clinicians specializing in athletic training.

Designed for athletic training majors. Presentations, including some by medical and allied medical specialists, covering topics in athletic training and sports medicine.

Designed for athletic training majors. The study of organizational and administrative principles involved with athletic training programs. Includes legal issues, budgetary concerns, and policies and procedures. Also includes resume development and career planning.

Designed for kinesiology and health education majors. Explores the history of sport industry and sport science and how laboratory revelations lead to new fitness regimens. Covers ethical issues in the field of physical culture and sport, such as the use of ergogenic drugs, the social consequences of high performance sport, and professional ethics in the fields of kinesiology and health education.

Designed for applied movement science, health education, and kinesiology majors. Examines both the psychological benefits that accrue from exercise, such as reduced depression and stress, as well as the psychological predictors of exercise adherence.

Significant developments in sport and physical activity since prehistoric time; emphasis on events influencing contemporary American programs and the International Olympic Games.

Designed for kinesiology and health education majors. Introduction to the ideas and methodologies of the philosophic exploration of play, sport, athletics, exercise, and the body. Emphasis on the study of sport and ethics.

Analysis and synthesis of the literature and discussion of current and specific issues in kinesiology.

Examines the physiology of healthy brain and neural function and the pathophysiology associated with brain injury and the subsequent detection, diagnosis, treatment, short and long term consequences, and strategies to protect from and prevent brain injury.

Explore a hands-on application of human anatomy as it applies to injury and strength/conditioning.

Engage in every part of the research process, from defining a specific research question, designing the experimental protocol and performing data collection to presenting results and conclusions in a poster presentation.

Explore general nutrition concepts including basic definitions and how nutrition affects health. Examine the current nutrition recommendations at various ages.

Explore cardiovascular diseases and the effect of exercise in patient populations. Examine current research in the field by reading peer-reviewed, published articles.

Examine the Americans with Disability Act and how it designates accessibility and services in public spaces. Identify client/attendee escalation and the dispute resolution practices necessary for successful return to common interest. Explore different models and techniques adopted by entities with respect to fundamentals of marketing.

Examine the physiology of cardiovascular diseases and their consequences on autonomic regulation during exercise in these patient populations. Analyze and synthesize the literature and discussion of current peer-reviewed research articles.

Learn responses and adaptations of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems to different extreme environments.

Discuss the impacts that sports and exercise have on health, fitness, and performance.

Examine the role sport and exercise has played in the lives of women since ancient times with an emphasis on events influencing American women in sport, their fight for access to sport, and the International Olympic Games.

Examine the evolution of sport media related to competitive sports and physical culture in print, television, and online.

Survey the history of major trends and movements in physical culture, including fitness and exercise, strength sports, body cultures, and alternative health.

Designed for sport management majors. Introduction to the United States legal system and to the major cases, laws, and regulations that together make up "sports law.

Application of the fundamental principles used in the marketing of sport and events, with an emphasis on how sport marketing is distinct from traditional goods and services marketing. Focus on key consumption behaviors in sport and their implications for sport marketing practice.

Designed for sport management majors. Examination and application of the concepts of public and media relations to sport and leisure organizations. Subjects include effective interpersonal communication, persuasion, media relations, publicity tactics, social and new media, and writing and oral communications skills.

Introduction to financial analysis and budgeting techniques in the context of sport organizations; conventional and innovative methods for the acquisition of revenue available to sport organizations. Examine financial trends in various sectors of the sport industry, including: professional, college, government/public, and nonprofit sport.

Designed for sports management majors. Examines the strategic development of sport and health promotion programs. Focus on strategy development within organizations, which includes complementary course material deriving from various sub-disciplines related to strategic thinking and decision-making.

Covers early detection of disabilities in children, assessment, recommendations for educational settings, and writing an Individualized Education Program. Reviews real-life scenarios featuring individuals with disabilities in active settings. Covers skills useful for a career in a school environment, public policy, and recreation.

Examines the philosophy, ethics, strategies, motivational techniques, performance analysis, program organization, contest administration, and facilities management related to coaching.

Examines the process of becoming a successful coach and developing a coaching protocol for a specific sport.

Examine the physiology and biomechanics of strength and conditioning training, as well as popular assessment protocols and exercise prescription principles. Explore the management of a strength/conditioning facility, including organization and administration, staff utilization, integration of weight training with other training techniques, and standard strength coaching practices.

Designed to prepare the aquatic professional for leadership in the management of indoor and outdoor facilities. Includes aquatic facility operation, administration of programs, physical operations, policies and procedures, and staff development and training. Includes design, pool operation, water chemistry, facility management, safety procedures and risk management, budgeting, and marketing aquatic programs. Studies educational, sport, and recreational aspects of pools, lakes, camps, and beachfronts.

Designed for students pursuing a career in the golf business. Includes clubhouse and links management, sales, agronomy, technology, and equipment.

Investigate fitness and recreation as integral components of optimal health and well-being for individuals with illnesses and disabling conditions. Explore the benefits of exercise for people with disabilities and the preparation necessary to clear the pathways for individuals to successfully pursue a lifetime of fitness and recreation.

Delve into a comprehensive look at the history of disability sport and current elite and Paralympic athletes. Explore disability sport in its historical context; organizations, competitions, and sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities; international perspectives; and coaching and training of athletes with disabilities, including sports medicine issues, activity modifications, equipment uses, and event management for both adult and young athletes.

Participate in a multidisciplinary collaborative approach in the development of devices and products to assist people with disabilities in recreational and daily life pursuits. Join a team of medical and engineering students in prototyping technologies, and be guided through early insight marketing research, and development strategies. Engage with leaders in successful business ventures and learn from experts in technology, medicine and product development. Present concluding projects to a panel of mentors in the fields of research, marketing, development and patenting.

Identification, causes, incidence, prevention, control, and social implications of major problems in health.

Introduction to issues related to the goals, organization, and success of developmental movement programs, such as school physical education, youth sports, YMCA, and other recreation programs and community activities. Issues include equity, competition, fitness, social development, safety and liability, and sportsmanship. Involves group work and observation and involvement in community programs.

Measurement and assessment procedures; application of statistical procedures; standards for authentic assessment; measurement/assessment selection and evaluation; use of technology in tracking development of motor skills and fitness.

Undergraduate research and/or experience with a health agency in the field attempting to analyze or solve community health problems through education; supervision by the health agency and by the kinesiology and health education faculty.

Readings or a research project, under the supervision of a faculty member, in specific areas of research within kinesiology.

Laboratory or workshop-type instruction dealing with selected problems in specialization areas of kinesiology.

Study techniques to measure the cardiovascular and metabolic responses to exercise.

Analysis and application of fundamental and advanced technologies in physical activity settings.

Knowledge and skills needed to assess the metabolic characteristics of the rat, to evaluate the metabolic characteristics of skeletal muscle, and to perform essential biochemical assays and procedures that are typically used in biochemical and molecular biology experiments.

Designed for students interested in assessing physical fitness and well-being and designing exercise programs in corporate, community, clinical, occupational, and commercial settings. Students receive practical experience assessing physical fitness.

Review of screening, diagnostic, or programmatic motor assessment instruments. Includes test psychometrics, test content, appropriate population, and comparable or competing assessments.

Disciplines of research methods, research design, data-producing techniques, treatment and interpretation of data, reporting on research.

Introduction to the theoretical and methodological aspects of qualitative research, as well as qualitative research approaches from a variety of disciplines and philosophical traditions with an emphasis on the application of research designs, data collection, and analysis techniques for researchers of sport, physical culture, exercise, and physical activity. Recommended for students specializing in sport management or interdisciplinary sport studies.

Disciplines of research methods, research design, data-producing techniques, treatment and interpretation of data, and reporting on research. Recommended for doctoral students interested in pursuing a post-doctoral experience.

Selected research methods and techniques used in archival research at the theoretical and pragmatic level. Familiarizes students with research methods for both paper-based and digital archives.

Graduate seminar in topics related to specialization areas.

Examine the interactions between the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems at rest and during exercise.

The physiological factors that govern the adaptations derived from acute and chronic exercise training. Focus will be placed on training adaptation in competitive athletes as they represent the extreme.

Physiological bases for changes in exercise and sports performance and in exercise capacity throughout childhood and adolescence. Includes aspects of cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic changes and issues related to thermoregulation, training, gender, and health and fitness.

Introduction to historical research process through a reading and analysis of significant works in the field of sport history and the writing of a research paper.

Apply the fundamental principles used in the marketing of sport and events.

Synthesis of properties of the musculotendon and skeletal systems to construct detailed computer models that quantify human performance and muscular coordination.

Management and operation of sport, recreation, convocation, convention, and other public assembly facilities.

The benefits of exercise in moderating negative psychological states such as anxiety, stress reactivity, and depression.

Examine finance in sports organizations. Explore the knowledge and skills needed in the administration of both sport and non-sport organizations or firms.

Designed to provide students with the essential graduate background for the application and practice of exercise physiology. The integration of the nervous, skeletal muscle, and cardiovascular systems from the subcellular level to the whole-organism level.

The physiological and metabolic response to exercise, with emphasis on integrating the whole-body and cellular responses. In a variety of topics, students review basic physiology, focus on responses during exercise, and apply their findings to situations in the clinical and sporting environments.

The theoretical structure that underlies social psychology as it has been applied to sport. Emphasis on the psychological concerns that confront coaches in their interactions with individual athletes and teams.

The nutritional needs of people whose physical activity ranges from recreational to elite competitive athletics. Development of practical dietary strategies that recognize the unique nature of sport and the role of diet in promoting optimal physiological adaptation to training.

The general field of experimental sport psychology, with emphasis on the psychological components of individual performance. Designed to prepare students to discuss the important questions, methodology, and experimental literature in selected areas of sport psychology.

Determinants and consequences of individual motivation and attitudes in organizations generally and in sport organizations specifically. Theory related to the individual often responsible for motivating people toward organizational goals, the leader.

Detailed study of the relationship between the media, corporate sponsorship, and sport. Focus on various media techniques utilized by sport managers and sport sponsorship basics.

Introduction to the goals, issues, and procedures that relate to the clinical assessment of physical function in the elderly (sixty-five and older).

Introduction to key considerations when planning, implementing, and evaluating an event. Considers the organization of the events industry worldwide and examines how events link to other sectors of the economy. Specialized skills for the management and marketing of events. Students have the opportunity for hands-on practice in the use of the necessary tools for planning, programming, administering, and evaluating an event.

Graduate-level preparation in select subjects in organizational behavior and human resources management.

An examination of contemporary theory and research on the subject of sport consumer behavior.

Designed to provide students with the basic biomechanical competence required to understand how normal human movements are generated, how movements are altered by injury or pathology, and how clinical intervention can improve performance.

The formulation and analysis of sport policies: the uses of policy analysis in sport settings; environmental, economic, and sociopolitical impacts of sport, including policy implications.

Designed to allow students to explore specific topics of current interest in biomechanics and/or motor control; to learn to evaluate the scientific literature in areas of current debate or controversy; and to develop scientifically sound, relevant, and experimentally testable research hypotheses.

Cardiovascular changes associated with aging; scientific issues and hypotheses in the area of aging and cardiovascular function and disease risks; and presenting critical analyses of these issues.

Basic concepts of nonlinear mathematics and their application to biological systems.

The role of the central nervous system during muscular fatigue and exercise training.

Examine contemporary theory and research on the subject of sport systems and athlete development.

Examine legal, policy, financial, and marketing trends and how they affect the management of sport organizations and systems.

Provides an understanding of the various methods used to measure physical activity and related constructs (such as sedentary behavior, movement, and physiological attributes), and the mechanisms by which physical activity influences health outcomes. Covers all forms of physical activity measurement, assessment of built environment, and psychosocial correlates of physical activity, as well as validity, reliability, and related statistical strategies.

Introduction to the regulation of the cardiovascular and autonomic nervous system in health and disease.

Detailed study of the relationship between brain health and physical activity behaviors across the developmental life stages; focused on the effects of physical activity programming on cognitive control and performance.

Explore the history of the physiological understanding of human strength, training methodologies to promote strength, the evolution of the profession of strength coaching, gendered-attitudes toward the possession of physical strength, and the rise of competitive strength sports. Using a cultural studies approach, consider ideas about strength (and muscularity) from Ancient Greece and Rome. Examine the rise of circus strongmen and strongwomen, the professional physical education community's shunning of "strength" as a desirable physiological goal, and the rise of non-professional entrepreneurs like Bob Hoffman, Joe Weider, and Arthur Jones who helped debunk the myth of muscle binding.

Survey of the development of modern sport industry from late nineteenth-century roots to twenty-first century global phenomenon. Examines connections between media and sport; the role of IMG and other sport agencies in event sponsorship and creation of celebrity athletes; growth of professionalism in the Olympic movement; the rise of megacorporations; and the commercialization of college and high school athletics.

Examines the history of the various practices used to strengthen, enhance, and improve the health of the body through exercise, dietary manipulation, and other holistic practices.

Examines the relationship between sport and international relations.

Traces the evolution of exercise science and sports medicine from Classical Greece to the present.

Graduate level preparation in developing and analyzing organizational strategies. Preparation for consultancy work as well as composing and analyzing business plans.

Explore the many ways in which nutritional science, diet, and folk remedies came to be popularized among athletes, and what the ramifications of these developments were. Examine the relationship between exercise and diet in the early nineteenth century, with attention paid to British and American culture. Discuss the emergence of new dietary practices for athletes throughout time, ranging from vegetarian diets to high protein meals. Identify methods and theories found in histories of gender, sport, health, medicine, politics, and culture among other disciplines.

Explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality as applied to the human body through the lens of cultural history. Examine beliefs about what has been considered "beautiful," "fit," "obese," and "healthy" and bodies have been defined as "masculine," "feminine," or outside this traditional binary. Assess how the human body has been measured and critiqued by physical educators, scientists, and government agencies; how muscularity and the quest for ideal measurements has been celebrated and derided in different historical eras; how beauty and physique contests celebrate particular kinds of bodies; and how ideal bodies have been portrayed in art, photography and film.

Analyze human anatomy and train in human cadaver dissection. Perform detailed regional dissections on human cadavers to study the anatomy and anatomical relationships of the entire human body with an emphasis on clinically relevant anatomy.

Examine the economics of sports leagues, particularly those in North America. Use a managerial economics approach to cover three core areas of sports economics: industrial organization, labor, and public policy.

Examine the hormones involved in exercise physiology and maladaptation(s) in disease states.

Learn responses and adaptations of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems to different extreme environments.

Investigate the historical, theoretical, and ethical considerations of coaching, including strategies, motivational techniques, and program organization for different age and skill levels. Develop a coaching philosophy and apply content to various coaching scenarios.

Provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to prevent, assess, recognize, and manage injuries and conditions that commonly occur during exercise, physical activity, and athletic participation.

Examine principles and practices of sport coaching and development of athletes from youth through adolescence and into young adulthood. Discuss the integration of motor learning and development, sports science, practice structure and design, and performance analysis and feedback.

Explore the scope, techniques, and research findings of the field of neuromuscular and biomechanical mechanisms in neurological rehabilitation. Review basic neuromuscular and biomechanical concepts and principles, and study recent efforts to apply them to selected clinical situations.

Individual or shared project research with reports evaluated by seminar participants and the instructor.

Investigation of assigned problems under direction of a Graduate Studies Committee member; development and demonstration of competence in research design and execution; production of an acceptably written research report.

Individual or group research topics in a specialization area of kinesiology.

Participate in facilitated research and professional development. Share work with peers and faculty and receive friendly and constructive feedback.

Supervised practice in a professional organization, business, or institution.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.