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A course designed to provide experience for persons seeking leadership roles in institutions housing programs of rehabilitative cardiovascular exercise and risk factor intervention.

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Business, Management, and Administration

The laboratory portion of this course will require the student to learn, practice, and be assessed on the psychomotor skills learned in HP 542. The application of clinical assessment psychomotor skills will be applied during the supervised clinical experience component of the course. This will provide the student with the opportunity to apply their skills in a real clinical environment on-campus, at small private colleges, at local high schools, in a hospital and clinic settings, and in emergency rooms and ambulance settings while being supervised by a preceptor. This course is designed for graduate athletic training students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

The laboratory portion of this course will require the student to learn, practice, and be assessed on the psychomotor skills learned in HP 453. The application of clinical assessment psychomotor skills will be applied during the supervised clinical experience component of the course. This will provide the student with the opportunity to apply their skills in a real clinical environment on-campus, at small private colleges, at local high schools, in a hospital and clinic settings, and in emergency rooms and ambulance settings while being supervised by a preceptor. This course is designed for athletic training students.

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Content is variable and based on special topic.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Assess physiological and activity-related risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, including compliance with ACSM physical activity guidelines and sedentary time. Critique models for examining metabolic responses to exercise at different domains of exercise intensity. Apply various prescription models for enhancing aerobic power and anaerobic capacity. Examine the role of cytokines for augmenting or attenuating oxidative stress. Conceptualize how exercise or thermoregulation alters peripheral and central vascular control and pressure-volume regulation of the heart.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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Exercise Physiology (MS)

A study of laboratory experiences, for advanced exercise physiology students, including various anaerobic, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, lactate threshold, and spirometry assessments.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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Exercise Physiology (MS)

An in-depth study of the nutritional needs of athletes and other active individuals, including discussion of current research in the area.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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Exercise Physiology (MS)

Students will gain an understanding of the anatomic and pathologic concepts necessary to assess musculoskeletal injury. The course is designed for athletic training and other health care related students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

This course provides an introduction to the profession of athletic training, as well as an overview of essentials principles of athletic training. Emphasis will be on the history of the profession, career opportunities and job settings; recognition, prevention, and care of athletic injuries; pre-participation physical exams, emergency preparation and procedures, environmental illnesses, tissue healing; proper selection, care, and use of protective equipment, taping, wrapping, bracing procedures. This course is designed for the graduate athletic training student.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Developing curriculum in physical education focusing on current theories and models, factors influencing curriculum, scope and sequence, scheduling, and assessing curricula.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Investigation of advanced concepts in exercise physiology, specifically focusing on neuromuscular physiology, the body's adaptation to resistance training, periodization for strength and power, and application of resistance training concepts to special populations.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Exercise Physiology (MS)

Introduction to the concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics, applied and theoretical research, and validity and reliability methods used in the disciplines of physical education, human performance, and exercise science.

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Business, Management, and Administration

This course provides an introduction to both research methodology and statistical concepts in the discipline of human performance. This course focuses on the development of research design and choice of appropriate statistics to address a research question.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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Exercise Physiology (MS) | Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (MS)

Best practices utilizing models of teaching, learning styles, and instructional strategies in physical education.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Hereditary and environmental factors of typical and atypical motor development across the lifespan.

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Business, Management, and Administration

The theory and application of the use of physical therapeutic modalities including cyrotherapy and thermotherapy, ultrasound, phonophoresis, electrical nerve stimulation, iontophoresis, diathermy, intermittent compression, traction, LASER, massage and manual therapies in the treatment of injury/illnesses suffered by athletes and physically active individuals. This course also includes the principles of tissue healing, pain and pain control. This course is designed for athletic training students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

This course will provide the student with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to rehabilitate and/or recondition athletic and physically active patients who suffer a wide variety of injury, both surgical and non-surgical, associated with their activity(ies). The theory and application of rehabilitation and reconditioning techniques includes retraining strength, power and endurance, restoration of flexibility and range of motion, activity specific conditioning, proprioception and balance, and agility. This course is designed for athletic training students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Discussion and research relating to current emphases in early childhood/elementary/secondary school physical education.

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Business, Management, and Administration

This course provides students with opportunities to develop a philosophy, values and moral reasoning skills, to explore and clarify their career goals, to sharpen critical thinking skills for analyzing ethical problems in the sport business and generating possible solutions.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Study of advanced biomechanical principles related to physical activity, exercise, and sport performance applications, as well as theory and research foundations for understanding motor skill acquisition and factors that influence the learning of motor skills.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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Exercise Physiology (MS)

Knowledge base in observation, observation models, techniques of coding and analyzing, developing observation skills, challenges to observation, and observations in various environments.

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Business, Management, and Administration

The study of neuroanatomical structure, function, and clinical assessment of the central and peripheral neurologic systems. The application and evaluation of the etiology, pathology, assessment and recognition, and the development of a treatment or management plan, including the need for a referral for neurological injuries/illnesses suffered by athletes and physically active individuals. This course is designed for graduate athletic training students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

The theory, application, analysis, and evaluation of the use of manual therapy techniques including PNF, joint mobilization, soft tissue and myofascial tissue mobilization techniques, massage, and instrument assisted manual techniques in the treatment of injury/illnesses suffered by athletes and physically active individuals. This course is designed for graduate athletic training students.

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Business, Management, and Administration

Introductory course to the research processes involved in the fields of physical education, exercise science, and human performance. Coverage of various types of research designs and writing of the research paper is a major intent of this course.

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Business, Management, and Administration

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International Sport Management (MS)