Exercise Science (EXS)

Designed to expose students to the important aspects of the health-related academic field of exercise science and its disciplines, with a special emphasis on Kinesiotherapy, and their impact on a healthy lifestyle, disease prevention, and rehabilitation.

Introduction to therapeutic physical activities and sports that afford the disabled success, recognition, and approval among a variety of handicapping conditions.

Introduction to therapeutic physical activities and sports that afford the disabled success, recognition, and approval among a variety of handicapping conditions.

Designed to give a general overview of patho-physiology and the effects of specific diseases/conditions on the exercise response as outlined in the Kinesiotherapy Scope of Practice and Kinesiotherapy Standards of Practice. This includes the effects of exercise training on the condition, management of medications, recommendations for exercise testing, exercise programming, and research within the Kinesiotherapy discipline.

Theoretical foundation for care and prevention of athletic injuries while addressing anatomy, medical conditions, and evaluation techniques with emphasis on basic first aid skills.

This course offers a comprehensive and proactive approach to stress management and prevention. Students will investigate and critically analyze factors that cause stress within their lives and discuss how those stressors can be managed by using various relaxation techniques and practice strategies to initiate and maintain lifestyle changes that will help to both manage and prevent stress.

This course is concerned with the study of how the body responds, adjusts, and adapts physiologically to the acute stress of exercise or physical activity and the chronic stress of physical training so that appropriate applications are considered for safe exercise programming to include injury prevention and rehabilitation.

This course is designed to familiarize students with basic lab procedures and tests, and to provide experience in subject recruitment, data collection, and abstract presentation. This course is a co-requisite to the Exercise Physiology Lecture class.

Study of anatomical terminology and gross human osteology, arthrology, myology, neurology, and angiology.

Analysis of the functions and mechanics of human motion as applied to human movement with emphasis on qualitative movement analysis to improve performance and prevent injury.

Introduction to the basic processes of administration and management in health professions that afford a variety of broad-based managerial functions and detailed administrative actions for students.

This course is designed to identify important aspects of applying fitness evaluation and prescription to the older adult population. Emphasis on the physiology of aging, motivational techniques, evaluation, and programming with attention to chronic conditions. The role of good health habits and physical exercise in modifying functional age and quality of life of older adults will also be presented.

This Honors course is designed to identify important aspects of applying fitness evaluation and prescription to the older adult population. Emphasis on the physiology of aging, motivational techniques, evaluation, and programming with attention to chronic conditions. The role of good health habits and physical exercise in modifying functional age and quality of life of older adults will also be presented.

This course is required for the Kinesiotherapy program. The course is taken concurrently with some of the required Kinesiotherapy internship hours. It will include discussion and lecture on topics about appropriate and inappropriate exercise interventions.

Introduction to the role of valid, reliable, and objective testing methods in evaluation and decision making. Basic study design and statistical method prepare the student to make fundamental decisions using norm and criterion-referenced criteria.

Survey of illnesses relating to neurological dysfunction and the nature and physiological consequence of disease processes for healthy and diseased populations.

Survey of illnesses relating to neurological dysfunction and the nature and physiological consequence of disease processes for healthy and diseased populations.

Practical application of the knowledge with emphasis on physical musculoskeletal function, neurological involvement, goniometry, anthropometry, and gait analysis.

Introduction to the development of rehabilitation as an integral part of comprehensive medical care and its application to restore persons with physical and emotional impairments to the optimal level of functional independence. Consideration of neurological dysfunction/rehabilitation, orthopedic/rehabilitation, prosthetics, orthotics, respiratory and cardiac dysfunction.

This course is the clinical experience practicum course required for the Kinesiotherapy program. The course is taken concurrently with some of the required Kinesiotherapy internship hours. It will include discussion and lecture on topics about appropriate and inappropriate exercise interventions.

Practicum experiences require 500 hours of supervised field work conducted at an approved setting which provide the opportunity to utilize and personalize knowledge gained in the classroom in a practical environment.

Practicum experiences require 500 hours of supervised field work conducted at an approved setting which provide the opportunity to utilize and personalize knowledge gained in the classroom in a practical environment.

Practicum experiences require 500 hours of supervised field work conducted at an approved setting which provide the opportunity to utilize and personalize knowledge gained in the classroom in a practical environment.

Practicum experiences require 500 hours of supervised field work conducted at an approved setting which provide the opportunity to utilize and personalize knowledge gained in the classroom in a practical environment.

Practicum experiences require 500 hours of supervised field work conducted at an approved setting which provide the opportunity to utilize and personalize knowledge gained in the classroom in a practical environment.