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Explores research methods and descriptive statistics commonly used in human performance, exercise science, athletic training, occupational therapy, and physical therapy settings. Includes developing a refined research question, conducting a review of relevant literature, designing a data collection project, and writing a research proposal.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner

Methods and procedures used in coaching.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Methods and procedures used in coaching.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Methods and procedures used in coaching.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This course is designed to help coaches learn how to teach effective Strength and Conditioning for youth.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This course will enable students to gain a deeper understanding of the moral reasoning processes of sport management professionals. Students will develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to apply moral reasoning in dealing with ethical dilemmas in sport management.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Sport Management (BS)

This course will prepare students to identify pathomechanics in physically active people. Pathomechanics are motions leading to injury. Students will understand the foundational concepts of biomechanics and kinesiology, including the origin, insertion, action, and innervation of muscles and how to identify kinetic and kinematic forces that may result in injury during physical activity. Students will then apply this knowledge in an analysis of motion to identify potentially injury causing mechanics.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This course is designed to develop in-depth knowledge about Minnesota State Physical Education Standards and Benchmarks across the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective learning domains.

Prerequisites:

HP 202, HP 295

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

This course is designed to focus on three areas related to physical education, including net/wall games, aquatics, and fitness activities. Students will be expected to participate in these three focus areas while also demonstrating cognitive understanding for appropriate teaching practices in each.

Prerequisites:

HP 201, HP 295

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

This course is designed to focus on three areas related to physical education, including invasion games, dance & rhythmic activities, and individual performance activities. Students will be expected to participate in these three focus areas while also demonstrating cognitive understanding for appropriate teaching practices in each.

Prerequisites:

HP 201, HP 295

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

Introduction to teaching physical education for students with disabilities. Concepts include, but not limited to, history, legal mandates, due process, categorical disabilities, & universal design. Fieldwork hours required.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

This course is designed to focus on three areas related to physical education, including outdoor pursuits, fielding/striking games, and target games. Students will be expected to participate in these three focus areas while also demonstrating cognitive understanding for appropriate teaching practices in each.

Prerequisites:

HP 201, HP 295

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

Basic recognition, prevention, and care of injuries/illnesses suffered by athletes and other physically active individuals. Designed for coaching, physical education, and sports medicine minor students.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 210

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Athletic Coaching Minor | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner | Sports Medicine Minor

The Sport Business and Professional Development course is designed to improve the ability of students to be professional in the work place, describe their accomplishments, build their resumes, and sell their idea/themselves in situations like professional networking, company meetings, response to proposals for services, and interviews. It teaches verbal and written communication skills, professional etiquette, service learning, multicultural awareness, and workplace integration for new jobs.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Sport Management (BS)

This course will provide an overview of the academic and professional sport management industry. Topics and challenges specific to the industry will be examined. Students will learn basic professional career paths, tasks, and duties of sport managers with a focus on practical examples of sport management skills and strategies, as well as relevant theoretical concepts.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

A study of the skeletal muscles, attachment sites, and muscle actions as they relate to physical activity, sport, and exercise. In addition, strength training concepts and techniques will be explored.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 220

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with an understanding of basic scientific principles essential to working successfully with athletes as a coach.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Tools and techniques for assessing learning and performance of children in physical education. Procedures for assessing motor performance of children with disabilities emphasizing available assessment tools, interpretation of data, preparation of Individualized Educational Programs (IEP), and due process.

Prerequisites:

HP 295, HP 313, HP 333

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

The student will gain knowledge and skills that will allow them to take and pass a reputable group exercise instruction certification, develop/instruct a wide variety of group exercise formats and monitor and modify the exercise of participants in a group exercise.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science

This course is designed for individuals interested in advanced study in the field of sports medicine. The course will provide advanced study or orthopaedic assessment techniques, application of therapeutic exercise and modalities, and rehabilitation techniques.Spring, Summer

Prerequisites:

BIOL 220, HLTH 210, HP 340

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner | Sports Medicine Minor

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:

Education and Training

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:

Education and Training

Programs:

Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner

This course will prepare teacher candidates to recognize, understand, apply, and analyze methodologies within the PK-12 developmental adapted physical education settings. Candidates will learn practical procedures and practices for teaching essential content within PK-12 DAPE settings. Candidates will learn organizational and managerial practices for the teaching environment and will apply this knowledge in various teaching situations.

Prerequisites:

HP 313, HP 333

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of Mosston's teaching styles. Students will gain knowledge in the spectrum of teaching styles and their application in the teaching of physical education.

Prerequisites:

HP 201, HP 295, HP 330

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)

Study of how children learn motor skills in physical education during the developmental stages. Basic principles of the human body as they relate to the physical, physiological, and psychological factors that affect motor skill acquisition, performance, retention, and transfer in the teaching of physical education and DAPE.

Prerequisites:

Majors only

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS) | Physical Education & Developmental Adapted Phy Ed (BS)