Active Course List

2024-2025


Human Performance

Supervised experience in a public school varsity/junior varsity sport setting. Prereq: First aid and coaching theory and HP 340

Prerequisites:
HP 340, HP372, HP 451
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Athletic Coaching Minor

A course designed to provide experience for persons seeking leadership roles in institutions housing programs of rehabilitative cardiovascular exercise and risk factor intervention. Prereq: HP 414 and 467 or equivalent

Prerequisites:
HP 414 and HP 467 or equivalent
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training

This course provides an experiential learning experience for students to further apply their foundational exercise science knowledge and skills through individualized exercise sessions.

Prerequisites:
HP 363, HP 466
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner

This course is designed to provide an applied, comprehensive experience for exercise science students to develop skills and dispositions to succeed in careers in health/fitness and sport performance.

Prerequisites:
HP 414
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science

This course is designed to provide a rigorous, comprehensive hands-on learning experience for students majoring in Sport Management. This more closely supervised field experience requires a rigorous time and energy commitment from students.

Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Sport Management (BS)

This course is designed to provide a rigorous and comprehensive hands-on learning experience tailored for students minoring in Esport Management. It integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired throughout the Esport Management program. This more closely supervised applied experience requires a rigorous time and energy commitment from students.

Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Esport Management Minor

Content is variable and based on special topic.

Areas of Interest:
Education and Training

Supervised hands-on experience teaching physical education to students with disabilities.

Prerequisites:
HP 411 and HP 445
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training

Designed as an intense practical experience in a selected area.

Prerequisites:
HP 414, HP 466
Areas of Interest:
Education and Training
Programs:
Sport Management (BS)

Students will learn about Sport Tourism Theory and will apply those theoretical concepts through a hands on experience with a Sport Tourism event. Topics that will be covered include sport tourism management, marketing, sustainability, research and issues/trends as well as the economic, social, and environmental impact of sport tourism.

Areas of Interest:
Education and Training

Topics for reading and/or research in human performance to be arranged between student and faculty. This must be done prior to registration.

Areas of Interest:
Education and Training

Legal and theoretical bases for teaching physical education to students with disabilities. First course in D/APE sequence.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Evaluation of motor skills and fitness among students with disabilities.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

This course contains content associated with achieving entry-level certifications for wellness coaching. Health behavior change strategies are emphasized within the context of the health coaching theory, coaching relationship skills, well-being assessment, and goal setting.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Studying abroad is a transformative experience that has the power to challenge our thinking and our perspective on the world. This experiential course will help you become a global citizen, develop intercultural competence, and enhance your abilities to work in health-related fields with diverse clients and patients. Specifically, we will be participating in intercultural activities before the study abroad and several cultural immersion activities while abroad (e.g., participating in a traditional cultural ceremony).

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Develop teaching strategies, curricular programming, and adaptations/modifications for students with disabilities in secondary physical education settings. Application of these strategies in fieldwork experiences with students with disabilities in physical education/DAPE settings.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

The indepth study of the planning, development, and management of sport facilities (athletics, recreation, fitness/wellness centers, physical education, etc.) utilizing and working with partners, vendors and expert resources.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Principles of the etiology, pathology, assessment, recognition, and development of a treatment and referral plan for lower body injuries/illnesses suffered by athletes and physically active individuals. This includes the foot, ankle, lower leg, knee, thigh, hip, pelvis, and lumbar spine. This course is designed for graduate athletic training students.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Principles of the etiology, pathology, assessment, recognition, and development of a treatment and referral plan for upper body injuries/illnesses suffered by athletes and physically active individuals. This includes the head, cervical and thoracic spine, shoulder complex, arm and elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers. This course is designed for athletic training students.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Theory, strategies, and best practices for teaching physical education to students with mental retardation, emotional/behavioral disorders, autism, attention deficit disorder, and multiple disabilities accompanying mental retardation.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

Reviews the contextual issues and health policies in the workplace. Efficacy of best practices in worksite wellness strategies, employee engagement, program design and implementation, and program assessment are explored.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration
Programs:
Exercise Physiology (MS)

To introduce interested students, professionals, and coaching licensure candidates to the psychological literature and latest techniques associated with coaching in an athletic setting.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration
Programs:
Exercise Physiology (MS)

Study of techniques of consulting in D/APE with the spectrum of individuals involved in the IEP process, including but not limited to: students with disabilities, general physical education teachers, other school professionals and support service personnel, families/parents, peer tutors, and community agencies, to enhance the learning of students with disabilities both within and outside the classroom setting.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration

The purposes of this course are to expand students¿ awareness of global sport management principles and obtain firsthand experience in international sport through studying abroad. The course will address ethics, marketing, event management, finance, and challenges/issues in international sport management.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration
Programs:
International Sport Management (MS)

Supervised experience in a public school varsity/junior varsity sport setting.

Areas of Interest:
Business, Management, and Administration