Active Course List
2024-2025
Human Performance
Variable content based on demand. Prereq: varies depending on activity
- Prerequisites:
- Varies depending on activity
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Develop basic knowledge and appreciation through participation in yoga.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner
Develop basic knowledge and appreciation through participation in the activity of spinning or cycling.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This course will provide majors in the health and physical education program with an overview of historical, philosophical and social perspectives of physical education. Students will develop an understanding of instructional, managerial, and organizational components impacting physical education.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)
Advanced strokes: butterfly, overarm sidestroke, trudgeon, inverted breaststroke. Competitive strokes and turns. Springboard diving. Aquatic Art. Mask and snorkel skills. Safety/rescue skills. Water exercise. Water polo. Prereq: front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke
- Prerequisites:
- Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke. Spring
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
The course is designed to give an overview of approximately five sports. Emphasis is placed on the philosophy behind sport officiating. Discussion involves how to get started, organization helpful to officials, learning materials, stipends to be earned, types of equipment and cost.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
American Red Cross requirements for Water Safety Instructor (WSI) certification. Practical experiences included. Prereq: Swim 500 yards. Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke.
- Prerequisites:
- Swim 500 yards. Front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This course will introduce exercise science and practitioner-based professions (e.g., athletic trainer, biomechanist, chiropractor, exercise physiologist, medical doctor, occupational therapist, personal trainer, physical therapist, physician's assistant, podiatrist, registered dietician, sport psychologist, strength coach). It will acquaint students with opportunities within related majors, minors, and an overview of exercise science and practitioner-based career options. Academic planning for undergraduate programs, in addition to strategies for gaining admission to exercise science and practitioner-based graduate studies programs, will be included.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner
Examines sport from a social-psychological perspective. To identify and discuss ways in which societal values affect the character of sport and the people involved.
- Prerequisites:
- SOC 101
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Sport Management (BS)
Adult fitness, from theory to practice.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Sports Medicine Minor
Fundamentals of physical education activities focuses on skill performance and analysis in a variety of physical education activities. Majors only. This course must be taken concurrently with HP 201.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)
Methods, procedures, and philosophy of coaching competitive swimming. Prereq: competitive swimming experience
- Prerequisites:
- Competitive swimming experience.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching. Prereq: wrestling experience or wrestling class
- Prerequisites:
- Wrestling experience or wrestling class.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching volleyball. Prereq: volleyball experience or consent
- Prerequisites:
- Volleyball experience or consent.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching baseball.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Course designed to teach the various techniques and philosophies of the game of football for prospective coaches. Open enrollment-male or female.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
The course is designed to help coaches learn how to teach the technical and tactical skills of youth cheerleading.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
The course is designed for those interested in coaching hockey at the youth and high school level.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching. Prereq: softball experience or consent
- Prerequisites:
- Softball experience or consent.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Methods and procedures used in coaching.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
The course designed to help coaches learn how to teach the technical and tactical skills of youth lacrosse.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Study of lifespan motor development from prenatal through adulthood, including information on delayed development and the normal pattern of skill acquisition.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner | Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)
Introductory study of the effects of both acute and chronic exercise on structure and function of the human body across the life span.
- Prerequisites:
- BIOL 330
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
- Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner