Courses Offered

Includes the theory related to causes and prevention of accidents, as well as development of sufficient knowledge to determine the nature and extent of injuries. Training focuses on taking proper procedural steps at the proper times. Upon successful completion of the course and its specific requirements, students are awarded the American Red Cross Community First Aid and CPR Certificates. Laboratory.

Designed to introduce major students to the fundamentals of HES, including curricular disciplines, basic terminology, career opportunities, and professional associations. Students will also learn basic library research skills and a working knowledge of the support services and technologies available at the University. 

Emphasizes the health knowledge and practices neede for effective living. The course has a holistic focus on personal health and provides both an informational and behavioral basis for health promotion and disease prevention. Topics include: mental health, stress management; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug education; sexuality; and chronic/infectious disease.

1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. Topics in health and exercise science not accommodated by the existing curriculum. Example: psychological factors in exercise adherence, i.e., personality traits of select exercise individuals, reinforcement procedures, personal goals as related to exercise needs, etc.

Prerequisite: Non-HES majors and junior standing. Survey course covering fundamental management functions, structural components of sport organizations, management and leadership techniques commonly employed in effective sport organizations, human resource management strategies, and current trends in sport management.

Prerequisite: 2212 or equivalent; three hours of biological science and three credit hours of social science. Recognition, cause, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation of athletic injuries; taping methods, protective equipment, and doctor's recommendations; equipping the training room, conditioning the athelete, practice routines and the athlete's diet. Laboratory.

Prerequisite: HES major or persmission of instructor. Discussion of health promotion programming in disease prevention, risk reduction, and wellness. Understanding the theoretical issues related to the development and evaluation of health promotion programs and the behavioral dimesions of health promotion.

Prerequisite: 2913, Psychology 1113. An introduction to biological, psychological, and sociological concepts which form the interdisciplinary foundation for studying human sexuality. Current research findings in all areas will be emphasized. Areas of emphasis will include: personal, social, sexual, and gender identity development across the lifespan, itneraction and communication within social and intimate relationships, and reproductive and other health-related sexuality issues.

Prerequisite: junior standing and HES 2913. Encourages participants to successfully adopt healthier lfiestyle behavior. Explores the development and efficay of health and wellness coaching and develops the ability to implement basic coaching skills when working with patients and wellness clients.

Prerequisite: junior standing and HES 1823 or HES 2913. Designed to explore and understand the principles of individual and community wellness from the perspective of both mainstream society and from within the cultural frame of native beliefs and values.

Prerequisite: HES major or permission. Examines the relationship between individual behavior and the health status of a community. Current lifestyle intervention literature will be the focus. Application of intervention strategies will be presented for school, worksite, and community settings.

Prerequisite: Junior standing and HES 2913 and either HES 1823 or BIOL 2124. Provide students with knowledge of the physiology and psychology of obesity and overweight. Course is designed to edcuate students not only on the scientific background of obesity but know to apply this knowledge to management of obesity in the general and specific populations they will be serving.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Designed to offer a comphrensive approach to understanding social injustice and its impact on health. Particular attention will be given to research emphasizing social determinants as the underlying causes of ill health in the American society. 

Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Designed to offer a comphrensive approach to understanding social injustice and its impact on health. Particular attention will be given to research emphasizing social determinants as the underlying causes of ill health in the American society. 

Prerequisite: HES Major or permission of instructor. Study of the underlying principles of life sciences that contribute to an understanding of the role of physical activity in health, fitness, and sports medicine. Specific reference to an overview of public health and disease, anatomy and biomechanics, exercise physiology, health appraisal and fitness testing and programming, human development and behavior, and program management. Laboratory.

Prerequisite: 3813 and Health and Exercise Science major or permission of instructor. An introductory study of principles and concepts of exercise physiology. THeoretical and scientifcally established mechanisms are explored that explain the body's respone, adaption, and concomitant regulation during acuteand chronic exercise. Applications presented in the clincal, sport, occupational, and normal exercise settings. Focus is on an udnerstanding of the body's function from the cellular to systemic level during exercise. An understanding of assessment and physical training principles to explain health and performance is emphasized. Specific factors that affect the physiological bases of human performace are investigated.

Prequisite: BIOL 2255 or BIOL 2234, and junir standing. The integrated study of anatomy, physiology, and mechanics with emphasis on understanding the anatomical and functional aspects of human movement in the area of health and exercise science, such as in clinical, daily living, and sport applications. 

Prerequisite: HES 3813 and Health and Exercise Science major or permission of instructor. Introduces the exercise science student to the theoretical and functional techniques of graded exercise testing for functional and/or diagnostic assessment. Equal time will be spent between lecture and lab as students will be provided the theoretical background for all testing methods commonly used in both a health and fitness scenario as well as an introduction to how these methods can be used clinically. This course is designed to prepare exercise science students for the American College of Sports Medicine's Health/Fitness Instruction Certification. Laboratory.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Designed to prepare individuals who are interested in becoming certified personal trainers (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Instruction is provided describing basic exercise physiology as well as the principles of developing a personal training regimen for a typical gym trainee. Course experiences will reinforce training principles and teach the basic skills necessary for certification.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Emphasis will be placed on understanding physiology related to endurance perfomance and principles of endurance training. Perfomance testing procedures for predicting endurance performance will be conducted throughout the semester. In addition, it will be required that an endurance training program utilizing the information covered in class will be designed.

1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to Honors Program. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. An opportunity for the Honors' candidate to work with a faculty mentor on a research project of special interest to the student in the health and sport sciences.

1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to Honors Program. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. An opportunity for Honors' candidate to work with a faculty mentor on a research project of special interest to the student.

1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: one course in general area to be studied; permission of instructor and department. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study for topic not offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent study may include library and/or laboratory research and field projects.

Prerequisite: HES 3213 or ACCT 2113 or permission of instructor. Discussion and study of methods and techniques for funding sport programs, professional and amateur sports. Topics include financial challenges faced by sport organizations and the garnering of resources from the public sector, external sources, and enterprise activity. Emphasis will be placed on present valuations, financial risk management, the capital budgeting process, and exercising sound financial decision-making.

Prerequisite: HES 3213 or ECON 1123. Analyzes the unique features of the sport industry relative to the principles of economics. Sport is one of the top twenty industries in the United States, with over eighty billion consumer dollars being spent on an annual basis. Students will review the basics of encomic theory and apply these principles to the management decisions of moder and global sports organizations. Emphasis will also be placed on the economic aspects of public finance for sport facility construction and other forms of subsidization within the sports industry. In addition, important current economic issues will be discussed as they relate to the governance of professional sports leagues and intercollegiate athletics.

1 to 4 hours. Prerequisite: HES major and nine credit hours of HES major core, and permission of instructor. May be repeated with change in organization or advanced position with approval of advisor; maximum credit four hours. Practical experience in administration, techniques, organizational structure and appropriate materials used with health, fitness, or sport related occupations.

Prerequisite: HES major or permission. Designed to examine the importance of maintaining, protecting, and improving the health of populations through organized community efforts. In particular course lectures, exams, reading, and in-class discussions/activities will focus on helping you achieve two goals: (1) to understand health issues in the community such as drug abuse, environmental health, minority health, health care, mental health, safety, and occupational health; and (2) to develop skills necessary to understand the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion and health education pograms. To meet these goals, a brief review of the historical foundations of community health will be presented as well as major health problems prevalent in the U.S., basic concepts in community health, and principles used in health promotion and health education.

Prerequisite: 3523 or permission. Indepth study of human sexuality from a biopsychosocial perspective which emphasizes the roles of biology, psychological factors, and social learning. Area studies will include sexual and gender development across the life span; interaction and communication within intimate relationships; reproductive and health-related sexuality topics; and a historical look at the evolution of mating and love relationships. In addition, students will examine the integration of human sexuality issues and education in health-related occupations.

Prerequisite: BIOL 2234 or 2255, BIOL 2124, and a course in PSY. Helps students gain an awareness of stress and its effects, practice management techniques to reduce personal stress, and implement those techniques in their daily lives as well as the lives of others (school, community, corporation, etc.). Topics include: psychophysiology of stress, stress and disease, nutrition, personal planning and time management, cognitive restructuring, relaxation, and biofeedback.

Prerequisite: Health and Exercise Science major or permission. Provide students with a basic understanding of disease process in selected chronic diseases and intervention strategies for risk reduction and chronic disease prevention. Basic principles of epidemiology and chronic disease surveillance will also be covered.

Prerequisite: CHEM 1315 and HES 2823. Provides students with a basic understanding of the influence of nutrition on sport and exercise performance. It will require students to integrate their knowledge of nutritional physiology, biochemistry and intermediary metabolism with that of exercise physiology and to apply this knowledge to develop a critical understanding of the nutritional and practical dietary needs of individuals participating in sport and exercise.

Prerequisite: HES major and HES 3813 or permission of instructor. Laboratory experiments emphasizing the understanding of fundamental physiological mechanisms, regulating responses, adn adaptation to exercise. Basic analytical methodologies pertaining to the energy, muscular and circulatorespiratory systems. Includes factors affecting physiological performance capacities and experimental basis of exercise assessment and training. Laboratory.

Prerequisite: Junior standing. Advances knowledge of strength and conditioning concepts in an applied setting. Prepares students to confidently and specifically design strength and conditioning programs for all populations including athletes, elderly, and children, as well as to successfully demonstrate and teach all lifts and conditioning drills.

Prerequisite: Health and Exercise Science major, senior standing, and permission of instructor. An integration and synthesis of the major disciplines of sudy in the health and exercise science. Readings, discussions, and research methods will focus on applications and problem solving approaches related to contemporary policy, economic, social and ethical issues. [V-Capstone]

1 to 4 hours. Prerequisite: good standing in University; permission of instructor and dean. May be repeated; maximum credit four hours. Designed for upper-division students who need opportunity to study a specific problem in greater depth than formal course content permits.

1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: three courses in general area to be studied; permission of instructor and department. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study for topic not currently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent study may include library and/or laboratory research and field projects.