ESC - Exercise Science and Sport Studies

Involves testing, designing and implementing a personal physical fitness program. Emphasis is on developing and implementing personal fitness programs that include cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition.

An introduction to the exercise science profession, including the objectives, structure, history, philosophy and biological aspects of physical education and their field applications.

A standard course leading to Red Cross certification in first aid and in personal safety and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This course prepares students to act as citizen responders.

Develops fundamental skills and methods for teaching swimming and water safety.

Covers methods and procedures for teaching tennis. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

An interdisciplinary approach to education in the outdoors, combining lectures, observations, field investigations and practical experiences in camping, canoeing, fish and wildlife management, environmental control and other concomitants of the outdoors. Two hours may be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Covers methods of teaching the recreational sports of archery, badminton and golf. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Prepares students for teaching educational gymnastics, tumbling and apparatus. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Familiarization with the field of athletic training and the basic techniques, principles and theories underlying the prevention and care of a variety of athletic injuries and conditions.

A comprehensive discussion of corporate fitness that stresses fitness testing, prescriptive fitness programs and the role of fitness centers in the corporate/community structure.

A comprehensive discussion of movement education, stressing an individual approach to teaching basic movement skills, games and sports.

Prepares students for teaching creative rhythmics, folk and square dancing, and aerobic dancing.

Focusing on developing and testing skills in participants, as well as officiating in football and wrestling, and examining the psychology of coaching. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Focusing on developing and testing skills in participants, as well as officiating in baseball, basketball and softball, and examining the psychology of coaching. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Focusing on developing and testing skills in participants of volleyball and track and field, and examining the psychology of coaching. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

Focusing on developing and testing skills in participants of soccer and field hockey, and examining the psychology of coaching. May be used toward professional activities requirement of adult fitness concentration.

A comprehensive approach to coaching athletics, including planning, values, psychology, roles and goals.

A study of motor development through the life cycle, with emphasis on physical growth, the effects of exercise, fundamental motor patterns and developmental skill acquisition.

A study of bone-muscle relationships and problems of analysis in human motion as related to the muscular skills in body mechanics and athletics.

In addition, EDU 200 or equivalent EDU course for teaching majors and ESC 280 for adult fitness majors. This course will provide ESC adult fitness and teaching majors with the proper form, mechanics and cues to perform and present fundamental movement skills safely. In addition, majors will learn proper execution. They will also identify and analyze movement errors, and develop appropriate correction and cueing. The basics of assessment, presentation, observation and correction will be applied as students work with individuals and lead groups with the intent of developing motor and fitness skills and routines.

Studies trends in exercise habits, exercise evaluations and the process for clients developing a total wellness approach to living. Students will learn to apply principles of developing a fitness program. Lab fees for personal trainer certification examination required. Current First Aid/CPR certification required for certification examination.

Pre- or corequisite: NUR 318 and NUR 322 (RN to BSN). All students must have permission of instructor. This course allows students to travel to a selected Latin American country to apply community health promotion and disease prevention concepts in a transcultural environment.

Examines the special physical education and physical fitness needs of individuals with chronic or functional handicaps.

A study of the organizational patterns and administrative processes involved in leisure-oriented organizations.

Studies the procedures for organizing and managing physical education, fitness and sports programs, and analyzes the administrative concepts.

An analysis of sports from a sociological perspective. Investigates sport theory from historical to modern contexts. Includes a critical appraisal of the expanding literature on the origins, functions and effects of sports in society.

Open only to junior and senior exercise science majors whose concentration is teaching physical education, and exercise science students whose concentration is adult fitness. A study of the available tests, measurement and assessment procedures for the physical education or fitness instructor.

Develops knowledge and understanding of the function and limitations of the organism during exercise.

An instructional program that includes supervised pre-professional practice in approved recreational service agencies. Involves observation and participation in planning, conducting and evaluating at the face-to-face supervisory and executive levels of leadership. Graded on a pass/fail basis.

Offers practical experience in health and fitness center programming. Admission by application to the department chair. Students must provide proof of current CPR certification, and may be required to provide individual liability insurance. Graded on a pass/fail basis. This course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

A seminar and/or independent study incorporating special issues in the field of physical education. May be repeated for credit.