Course Description: Our personal health is dependent upon many factors over which we can take personal control and responsibility. The lifestyle choices we make in the areas of physical activity and nutrition in particular will affect our long-term health and our risk of developing catastrophic but often preventable diseases. A key portion of this class will be dedicated to food and nutrition education, including a hands-on cooking component. In addition, this class will provide students with sufficient health and fitness information to evaluate personal lifestyle choices as well as the knowledge of behavior change strategies needed to successfully act on new choices. We will also examine the role of environment, family history, and personal choice and how these influence health and fitness behavior, to better equip students to become advocates for better health in the communities in which they study, work, live, and play. Freshmen, sophomores, or consent. F, S.
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Course Description: Our personal health is dependent upon many factors over which we can take personal control and responsibility. The lifestyle choices we make in the areas of physical activity and nutrition in particular will affect our long-term health and our risk of developing catastrophic but often preventable diseases. A key portion of this class will be dedicated to food and nutrition education, including a hands-on cooking component. In addition, this class will provide students with sufficient health and fitness information to evaluate personal lifestyle choices as well as the knowledge of behavior change strategies needed to successfully act on new choices. We will also examine the role of environment, family history, and personal choice and how these influence health and fitness behavior, to better equip students to become advocates for better health in the communities in which they study, work, live, and play. Freshmen, sophomores, or consent. F, S.
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Course Description: The goal of this course is to create opportunities for students to experience the application of theories of cardiovascular and flexibility fitness to their current level of fitness and reflect on these experiences. It is important for students who will soon be teaching and prescribing similar teaching regimens to have experienced the training theories and reflected on the physical changes training regimens cause to their bodies. All students will engage in cardiovascular and flexibility fitness training consistent with sound theories and commensurate with their current fitness level. F, S.
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Course Description: "This course will be devoted to leadership within the context of competitive sport team, educational, and business settings. Students will study various leadership theories and entertain different methods of applying theory to practice within the physical activity and sport environment. Students will engage in observational experiments and writing opportunities. Interest in coaching, sports, and physical activity. Freshmen, sophomores, or consent. F, S."
Course Delivery- Hybrid: I plan to teach in-person, preferably outdoors. Due to the seminar style of teaching, discussions and lectures will be best facilitated in-person, with the ability for remote connection through a Zoom call. However, the Zoom experience will probably be much more challenging for classroom engagement; it is possible, it will just require more effort.
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to expose the student to a "hands on approach" to sport and physical activity management in theory and practice. Topics include an overview of management in sport and physical activity environments, fiscal control, philosophy, problem solving, decision making, communication, equipment purchasing and facility strategies, and the law as it applies to physical activity and sport. Prerequisites: Freshmen, sophomores, or consent. F, S.
Course Delivery- Fully Remote: We will be meeting synchronously at the regularly scheduled time via Zoom. Class time will be supplemented through course materials posted on Blackboard as well as office hours. It is my intent to provide an engaging and active class environment.
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to guide and enhance student understanding of the principles involved in safe and effective prescription of exercise. Students will develop skills required to evaluate fitness levels, develop programs for different components of fitness (cardiorespiratory, flexibility, body composition, muscular efficiency) for a variety of populations, instruct people about proper cardiovascular, resistance, and flexibility training techniques, and effectively educate and/or counsel individuals regarding activity and lifestyle issues. Students are required to be certified in CPR and First Aid before completing this course. Prerequisites: HHK 114, ZOOL 251 and (HHK 140 or HHK 141). F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: I plan to deliver this course as much in person as possible. Since we do not know how many of the enrolled students will be remote learners, it is hard to tell how much of a hybrid structure I would need/require. I will most likely plan to video record (through BB Collaborate) the lecture-based classes, where students in class experience it live, it is streamed through BB Collaborate for remote learners to attend synchronously, and recorded for remote learners who may require asynchronous material. This will give remote students the chance to participate by asking questions in real-time, and allowing asynchronous students to view the class discussion, where they would have to pose questions afterwards through email.
Course Description: Planning of health promotion and education programs occurs at many levels, and is driven by assessment. Students will be asked to examine the epidemiology of key health issues on a local, state, regional, national, and global level. Subsequently, students will identify behavioral, environmental, and genetic risk factors for these health issues, as well as the associated predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors. Discussion of health behavior models and theories will be approached from both a historical and applied perspective. This information will be synthesized in a culminating project where students will plan a behavioral intervention for an assigned health issue. Prerequisite: HHK 114, junior or senior status or consent.
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Course Description: The goal of this course is to support continued growth toward delivering quality and meaningful health programming in various settings. In class, students will be guided through the process of generating appropriate instructional strategies using knowledge gained and content created in HHK 300.8, Health Programming Planning, as a starting point. Students will deliver appropriate and progressive content and learn to use constructive feedback to self-reflect on planning and delivery effectiveness. Prerequisite: HHK 114 or consent; junior or senior status. F.
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Course Description: The purpose of this course is to develop awareness and critical understanding of issues occurring in sport and exercise by examining how these issues are shaped by social context, people, and behaviors. The term sociological imagination as coined by American sociologist C. Wright Mills (1959) and related theoretical concepts have been used to guide inquiry into contemporary issues in sports and exercise (Molnar & Kelly, 2013) by examining social or cultural norms within a sporting or exercise context, competing motives of the players, and the social context in which the sport or exercise occurs. With the framework of sociological imagination, students will be introduced to social theories and will learn to use those theories to develop the ability to more critically analyze and understand the social and cultural constructions of sport or exercise in the U.S. In essence, students will learn skills and processes to become more aware and knowledgeable consumers of sport and exercise. S.
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Course Description: The focus of this course is on skill acquisition with primary consideration given to the cognitive and motor processes underlying the learning of skills, as well as the factors that influence skill learning. To give context to motor learning, the initial focus of the course is on motor development. Here we will focus on the cognitive, physical, social, and behavioral developmental and maturational issues that influence learning throughout the lifespan. The course is geared toward those students preparing for a career in which motor skill instruction is an important part of the job, as is the case with physical education teachers, dance instructors, coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, and physical and occupational therapists or other pre-health professions. The goal is to provide students with a foundation for understanding the learning process and how different factors influence the course of learning; the characteristics and capabilities of the persons with whom they will work; and the effectiveness of various instructional strategies. Prerequisite: HHK 114 or consent of instructor. S.
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Course Description: The literature concerning the mind and its effect upon sport performance. The viewpoints of both the participant and the coach are considered from the individual and team sport perspectives. Prerequisite: HHK 100.1 or HHK 114 or consent of instructor. Sophomore, junior or senior status. F,S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: I plan to meet the class at the assigned hour and provide a presentation. I am in the process of creating learning modules. Each module will have readings, power points and assignments that will be turned into the grade center. I will supplement with "office hours" and individual/small group meetings. I will also provide supporting videos and presentations that the class will have access to during the semester. I will have an "open door policy" by sharing my email and phone number.
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to increase the student's knowledge and understanding about human physiology and the adaptations that occur during exercise. Exercise physiology is a branch of physiology that deals with the functioning of the human body during exercise. An understanding of how the body responds to acute and chronic exercise is crucial for the physical educator, athletic trainer, coach, fitness expert, or exercise physiologist. Emphasis is placed on bioenergetics as well as circulatory, respiratory, and neuromuscular responses to the physical stress of exercise. The objective of this course is for the student to gain an understanding and working knowledge of how the body responds to exercise so that they may apply this knowledge to their chosen field. Indeed, understanding the interactions of metabolism, circulation, and structural adaptations in response to exercise and training are required to be an effective teaching or health care professional. Prerequisite: ZOOL 251 or equivalent or consent of instructor. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: I plan to deliver this course as much in person as possible. Since we do not know how many of the enrolled students will be remote learners, it is hard to tell how much of a hybrid structure I would need/require. I will most likely plan to video record (through BB Collaborate) the lecture-based classes, where students in class experience it live, it is streamed through BB Collaborate for remote learners to attend synchronously, and recorded for remote learners who may require asynchronous material. This will give remote students the chance to participant by asking questions in real-time, and allowing asynchronous students to view the class discussion, where they would have to pose questions afterwards through email.
Course Description: Students participate in a series of planned and mentored field experiences. These experiences will include focused observations and the integration of theory and practice as students plan and teach, and make appropriate curricular and pedagogical decisions in a learning environment. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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Course Description: This course allows students to develop the skill and ability to carefully and competently assess, deliver, document, and create programming progressions for effective and appropriate fitness training for adults. Using assessment tools and methods learned in HHK 260, students will assess and document client progress across the semester. Students will be responsible for the development of appropriate prescriptive programming for their specific population while attempting to understand exercise adherence concerns that may limit client participation. Students will use exercise prescription theory to understand, develop, and modify fitness planning across the semester, ultimately creating a sequential progression to meet the needs of their clients. Students will work toward competency, developing and delivering a progressive and holistic strength and cardiovascular fitness program. Prerequisites: HHK 140 or HHK 141, B- or better in HHK 260, current CPR and First Aid certification, and consent of instructor. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: HHK 395 – I plan to deliver this course as much in person as possible. Since we do not know how many of the enrolled students will be remote learners, it is hard to tell how much of a hybrid structure I would need/require. I will most likely plan to video record (through BB Collaborate) the lecture-based classes, where students in class experience it live, it is streamed through BB Collaborate for remote learners to attend synchronously, and recorded for remote learners who may require asynchronous material. This will give remote students the chance to participant by asking questions in real-time, and allowing asynchronous students to view the class discussion, where they would have to pose questions afterwards through email.
Course Description: This course is the Health and Human Kinetics capstone experience. Students will investigate current trends and issues in health, human kinetics, sports, and their holistic relationship to high-quality living. The purpose is to unify and provide a broader context for understanding and applying the breadth of knowledge gained across the undergraduate years. Students will engage in projects requiring both individual and cooperative work applying theory into practice. They will have the opportunity to reflect, debate, organize, plan, present, research, assess, interpret, and analyze various pieces of work central to their inquiry. Part of the class will focus on understanding post-college transitioning issues and planning for a successful transition. Students are required to keep a portfolio that includes a sampling of completed assignments. Multiple technologies are used to complete the portfolio. Note: Students need a B- or better in this class to graduate. Prerequisite: senior majors. F.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: This course will be delivered in a hybrid format. I will provide lectures, readings, and responses on Google Classroom, and students can engage in this content in an asynchronous manner. Each week there will be at least 50 minutes of synchronous time with fellow students and me. Most weeks, this will be in-person, and we will focus on the seminar portion of the course - small group discussion of a chosen topic. I will divide the course into 4 groups, so each group that meets should be 10 or fewer students. This will provide students with the opportunity to explore and develop viewpoints on various issues - and to have their voices heard. There will be some weeks where the synchronous time will be spent online - though my intention is that there will only be 2 such weeks this semester. Most assignments and other assessments will be submitted online, through Google Classroom.