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HIST 5405 - Topics in Ancient History
Courses in this topical area explore regional, political, cultural, economic, and social themes in the history of the ancient world. Specific topics will be listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 5495 - Topics in European History
Courses in this topical area explore regional, political, cultural, economic and social themes in European history from the ancient world to the present. Specific topics will be listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 5500 - Topics in Medieval History
Courses in this topical area explore regional, political, cultural, economic, and social themes in the history of the medieval world. Specific topics will be listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 5501 - Medieval History Proseminar
An overview of major themes and scholarly debates in medieval history (ca. 500-1500) covering regions including the Mediterranean basin, northern Europe, and adjacent regions. The course provides a capstone for advanced undergraduates and a foundation for advanced study for graduate students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Grade of “B” or better in a 4000-level history baccalaureate writing course; or graduate standing; or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 5850 - Topics in Asian, African, and Latin American History
Courses in this topical area explore regional, political, cultural, economic, and social themes in the history of Asia, Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico, or the Caribbean from ancient times to the present. Specific topics will be listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 5910 - Topics in Historical Theory and Method
Selected theoretical, methodological, and interpretive issues in the field of history, possibly including methodologies from related social science and humanities disciplines. Topics will be listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HIST 6010 - Historiography
Study of the major figures, ideas, and developments in historiography. Students may conduct research in their fields of concentration.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6050 - Readings in American History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to the history of North America or the United States from the colonial era to the present. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6090 - Ethnohistory Seminar
Ethnohistory combines research techniques and theoretical approaches from the fields of history and anthropology to elucidate the histories and cultural contexts of groups who, most often, have not left their own written record of their history and culture. Readings may address such topics as culture contact, colonialism, material analysis, historiography, oral history, gender, historical archaeology, ethnography, tribalization, globalization, and modernization.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with ANTH 6090. A student may not receive credit for both ANTH 6090 and HIST 6090.
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HIST 6115 - Readings in Ancient History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to the ancient world. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6120 - Readings in Medieval History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to the medieval world. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6160 - Readings in European History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to European history from the ancient world to the present. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6180 - Readings in Global and Comparative History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to the study of world or transnational history, involving topics such as colonialism, nationalism, international conflict and cooperation, economic integration, gender, etc. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6190 - Readings in Public History
Intensive study of historiography and major works pertaining to the study and practice of public history, which might include museology, historic preservation, cultural resource management, information science, heritage tourism, and applied research. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6200 - Bibliographical Research
Research in the literature of specialized topics and issues as they pertain to thesis or dissertation preparation, and preparation of a bibliographical essay. Topics may be listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6220 - Synthetic Essay: Major Field
Supervised preparation of synthetic essay in the major field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. Students must demonstrate proficiency in one or more languages other than English (as specified by field or committee as outlined in Graduate Handbook) through a course or courses at the 2010 level, a summer graduate-course sequence in French or German (FREN or GER 5000 and 5010), or a Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions Restricted to doctoral students in history usually in their fifth semester.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6221 - Synthetic Essay: Minor Field
Supervised preparation of synthetic essay in the minor field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. Students must demonstrate proficiency in one or more languages other than English (as specified by field or committee as outlined in Graduate Handbook) through a course or courses at the 2010 level, a summer graduate-course sequence in French or German (FREN or GER 5000 and 5010), or a Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions Restricted to doctoral students in history usually in their fifth semester.
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6222 - Synthetic Essay: Outside Field
Supervised preparation of synthetic essay in the minor outfield.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. Students must demonstrate proficiency in one or more languages other than English (as specified by field or committee as outlined in Graduate Handbook) through a course or courses at the 2010 level, a summer graduate-course sequence in French or German (FREN or GER 5000 and 5010), or a Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions Restricted to doctoral students in history usually in their fifth semester.
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6223 - Dissertation Proposal
Supervised preparation of the dissertation proposal.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of Director of Graduate Studies.
Credits: 3 to 6 hours
Restrictions Restricted to doctoral students in history usually in their sixth semester.
Notes: Graded on a C/NC basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6250 - Topics in Cultural Resource Management
Intensive study of selected methods and theoretical approaches to cultural resource practice. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6350 - Research Techniques in Medieval History
Introduction to the sources and methods used in the study of medieval Europe. Interpretation of written sources, with emphasis on authenticating, dating and localizing these materials. Survey of techniques for interpreting artifacts and material culture.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6400 - Museums Practicum
Supervised field assignment with focus on a research project dealing with a specific aspect of museum or site administration such as registration, collections development, conservation, interpretation, etc.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 3 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of six hours. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6440 - Material Culture
Social and cultural studies of artifacts, public and domestic space, and the social construction of the built environment in selected historical periods. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6500 - Special Projects
Participation in departmental research and interpretive projects. Topics may be listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of six hours. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6730 - Research Seminar in History
Advanced research in selected issues and problems in historical studies from various chronological, geographical, or thematic areas. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6750 - Research Seminar in American History
Advanced research in North American or United States history from the colonial era to the present. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6815 - Research Seminar in Ancient History
Advanced research in the history of the ancient world. Topics listed in the Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6820 - Research Seminar in Medieval History
Advanced research in the history of the medieval world. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6860 - Research Seminar in European History
Advanced research in European history from the ancient world to the present. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6880 - Research Seminar in Global and Comparative History
Advanced research in world or transnational history. Topics listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 6980 - College Teaching and Professional Activity
Introduces students to the full range of teaching and other professional activities of historians, including syllabus preparation, class presentations, evaluation methods, grant applications, publishing, conference presentations, vita development, and preparation for the job market.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 7300 - Doctoral Dissertation
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 15 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HIST 7350 - Graduate Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 10 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 5300 - Special Topics in Holistic Health
Variable topic, variable credit course for consideration of current and special interests in holistic health. Specific topics, number of credit hours and prerequisites, if any, will be announced each time the course is scheduled. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites, if any, will be announced each time the course is scheduled.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
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HOL 5301 - Meditation to Enhance Living
The purpose of Meditation to Enhance Living is to introduce the student, through direct experience, to the practical application of meditation in daily life. We will discuss and experience various forms of meditation from different cultural and religious perspectives, yet the basic meditation practice is secular in nature. The latest scientific research on meditation will be reviewed, research that clearly supports the efficacy of meditation in reducing stress and in producing a sense of inner calm or peace. Participants who apply this practice to their daily lives will achieve a significant reduction in stress as well as an increase in their performance and perceived ease of performance.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5302 - Advanced Meditation to Enhance Living
The purpose of Advanced Meditation is two fold. First is to deepen, through direct experience, the student’s capacity to meditate and to apply meditation with increasing ease and effectiveness in daily life. The second purpose is to acquaint the student with the research that supports the use of various meditation practices in promoting health, increasing performance and concentration, expanding compassion and tolerance, and enhancing over-all well-being.
Credits: 2 hour
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5303 - Tai Chi to Enhance Living
This course will provide students with an understanding of the body and mind health benefits of Tai Chi through learning and practicing a short set and other fundamental exercises. The benefits of practicing Tai Chi for health and well-being will be explored through a selected review of the research on the topic. This course will also prepare students to apply for certification to lead others in Tai Chi practice through the Arthritis Foundation (AF). This will be accomplished by providing students with both the didactic and the practice elements to meet AF requirements.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5304 - Yoga to Enhance Living
This class is intended to introduce students to the history, philosophy, science, spirituality and health benefits that yoga has to offer. The class will combine lectures with the practice of yoga techniques including: asana (holding of postures), pranayama (breathwork), and meditation.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5310 - Introduction to Holistic Health
The primary purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the philosophies, theories, and concepts involved in holistic health care. It is meant to serve both as a general educational experience for persons wishing to become familiar with holism and essential basic instruction for persons wishing to apply for admission to the graduate certificate program in Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5320 - Holistic Approaches to Personal Relationships
The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of relationship development. In order to do this, students will acquire knowledge in self-concept formation, social systems theory, values development, and communication models. A major emphasis in the course will be on how to assist people in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5321 - Holistic Health Coaching
This course introduces students to the foundational concepts of psychological coaching, including the history and theoretical roots, related professional organizations, and ethical codes regulating the coaching profession. The instructor, a professionally certified coach and trainer, will provide an overview of coaching techniques and models of coaching, as well as the role of coaching in promoting holistic health. Clear distinctions will be drawn between psychological coaching and psychotherapy, as well as other helping models. This course will also include an overview of the dimensions of wellness and how coaching techniques can promote lasting change to better support well-being. Suggestions and encouragement for integrating coaching skills into related professional roles will also be emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5340 - Holistic Health and Spirituality
This course helps students better understand the spiritual dimensions of each individual and the relationship of spirituality to the meaning of health. Various spiritual traditions, philosophies, and practices will be explored with the primary emphasis on the implications of these teachings for everyday living. The course will address the role of spirituality in the therapeutic process for health care professionals and resources available for practitioners and educators. The format for the course will include lecture, discussion, experiential activities, and audio/video presentations.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students and undergraduates who have completed 57 credits and above.
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HOL 5350 - Holistic Approaches to Stress
Students will be exposed to the current research and theories regarding stress acquisition and management. Historical precepts and information drawn from current scholarly sources will be presented to provide a thorough understanding of the physiological, neurological, and sociological causes for and impact of stress, as well as the spiritual considerations in stress acquisition and management. Students will be taught a variety of stress prevention and reduction methods and how to apply these to their own lives and the lives of those with whom they may work.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5360 - Wellness Skills for Health Professionals
This course introduces wellness information and strategies for use by students and professionals working in the health and human services fields. The course is designed to teach the theories and techniques used to address wellness issues related to emotional, relational, cognitive, physical, and spiritual concerns. This course is designed to help students and health care professionals explore these wellness issues in their own lives to insure they are able to provide effective services to their clients/patients/consumers and to assist in preventing compassion fatigue. It is also designed to provide them with a guide to implementing these same wellness practices with those with whom they are working. Students will be exposed to current research in the areas of wellness and neurological functioning as it relates to wellness. Finally, students will explore diversity issues and ethical practices as they relate to wellness strategies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students and undergraduates who have completed 57 credits and above.
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HOL 5370 - Health and Humor
This course will focus on the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions of laughter, humor and play. We will explore recent discoveries and research regarding their role in human physical and mental health. Students will learn about the social significance of humor and play, what makes people laugh and why, the role of happiness, and will learn ways to increase happiness and playfulness, use laughter and humor as a stress management technique, and build a basis for appropriate use of humor in helping others.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5380 - Eastern Thought and Practice
Eastern thought and practice has informed our current understanding of the mind/body/spirit connection. For thousands of years the spiritual and/or philosophical practices of the Eastern psychological traditions taught practitioners how to cultivate the qualities of self-awareness, focus, kindness, contentment, mindfulness, and compassion. Modern day science has confirmed that these qualities have a direct and positive impact on health. Through comparative analysis of various philosophical and religious traditions (primarily Tibetan and Zen Buddhism) and experiences, students will explore these practices and consider how they inform their daily life, their understanding of themselves, their communities and the wider world and how they have influenced and continue to influence current scientific research on the mind/body/spirit connection. The meditative/mindfulness practices will help students move along the path to their own sense of inner peace, calmness, clarity and liberation.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5500 - Introduction to Holism and Expressive Arts
This course is a survey of expressive arts therapies used to facilitate the healing process and will deepen the student’s understanding of the role of creative expression in health and healing. The use of arts therapies to promote health, reduce stress, and complement the traditional treatment of physical and mental illness will be discussed. Topics covered will be visual arts, sound/music, movement/dance, writing/poetry, and drama/psychodrama. The format for the course will be a combination of experiential creative activities, guest lectures, and video and audio presentations. No artistic experience or background required.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5510 - Holistic Approaches to Healing Through Visual Art
This course introduces a holistic approach to the use of visual art in healing; how to choose and present appropriate art experiences; spontaneous and directed theme art activities, resources, and materials; guides for interpreting art; and ethics. A variety of activities such as drawing, painting, clay, sand tray, collage, mandalas, and masks will be explored. The format for the course is a combination of experiential activities, lectures, video, and slide presentations. The course is designed to give students and professionals in the counseling, social work, psychology, health care, occupational therapy, art, and other fields some practical tools and considerations for using art for health and healing with others or for personal growth. No artistic experience or background required.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5520 - Healing through Movement
This course is a survey of the use of movement for health and healing. Several movement and dance specialty areas are covered in order to explore personal growth, creativity, balance, stress reduction, spirituality, and cultural perspectives on healing of self and others. Body awareness, breathing, and communication will be emphasized throughout the exploration of movement modalities, such as Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, Creative Movement, Feldenkrais, Interplay, Labyrinth Walking, Progoff Journal Writing, Tai Chi Chuan, Dances of Universal Peace, and Movement Therapy. The format for the course will be a combination of lectures, discussion, experiential activities, and audio and video presentations. Students enrolled in social work, counseling psychology, occupational therapy, nursing, physical education, and dance will especially benefit from this course. No movement or dance experience is required.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5530 - Holistic Strategies for Illness and End of Life
This course will examine holistic strategies and techniques designed to help people cope with illness along the continuum from diagnosis through the end-of-life. Topics will include: complementary methods that assist with treatment, surgery, medical procedures, pain management; guided imagery; psychosocial/spiritual considerations; being/supporting the caregiver; and death and dying. Students will pursue their individual interests in a project which will include assessment, research and recommendations of holistic modalities for a person dealing with a particular illness. This course is appropriate for professionals/students in health care and related fields and for individuals who are looking for assistance with their own illness or caring for a loved one.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5540 - Love and Forgiveness
Students will be exposed to current research in the areas of love and forgiveness and the impact they have on an individual’s personal well-being as well as social well-being. We will examine our own views of and experiences with love and forgiveness as well as how these have been viewed and experienced by notable others in literary, political, and religious areas. We will explore what contributes to the development of a grievance, what maintains it, and what gets in the way of being able to forgive it. And, we will examine methods of achieving love and forgiveness in our lives, and the positive benefits these have.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5550 - Successful Aging-Holistic Perspectives
This course will focus on holistic factors of aging and lifestyle choices that enable people to preserve and even enhance wellness and vitality in later life. Current images and myths of aging will be explored and research studies that outline holistic ways to delay, prevent, or positively treat common chronic diseases will be presented along with programs and policies that enable older people to practice positive aging strategies. This course will highlight the qualities of older people who remain physically active, intellectually engaged, emotionally involved, spiritually connected, and vital throughout their years.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5560 - Understanding Grief and Loss
This course examines basic principles of grief and loss including the many types of loss, mourning, common reactions, manifestations and myths. Also considered are ambiguous loss, disenfranchised loss, substance use related to grief and the special needs of those who grieve in prison. Grief support in the form of healing listening is explored as well as issues related to self-awareness, self-care and boundaries in supporting those who grieve. The issues are explored through the lens of Holism as it relates to physical, emotional, intellectual, relational and spiritual areas.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 5600 - Advanced Spirituality and Health
This course provides students with a deeper understanding of the role that spirituality plays in developing their values, finding meaning in their lives, promoting their connection to the environment, enhancing their interpersonal relationships, supporting their intra-personal development, and in the delivery and sustainability of their professional lives. Students will also have the opportunity to focus on increasing their understanding of and experience with a select group of spiritual/contemplative practices. In short, this course will allow students to understand how to most effectively and ethically bring a heart-centered and contemplative presence to their work and to their lives. HOL 5600 can be seen as a follow-up to HOL 5340-Holistic Health and Spirituality.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students and advanced upperclass students with some training in spirituality. One of the courses available to students completing the specialty certificate in Holistic Approaches to Spirituality and Healing.
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HOL 5980 - Readings in Holistic Health
This course provides individualized, independent study and readings under guidance of a faculty member. Initiative for planning topic for investigation and seeking the appropriate faculty member comes from the student, with consultation from the advisor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HOL 6305 - Mindfulness Theory and Skills
This course will focus on the theoretical and experiential foundations of mindfulness. Research on the benefits of mindfulness for physical and mental health issues will be explored as well as the literature supporting the use of mindfulness in personal and professional relationships. Both formal mindfulness practices as well as informal strategies for everyday mindfulness will be offered and practiced in the class and individually. This class utilizes experiential activities, guided readings and reflective learning as well as focused scholarly study.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 6500 - Seminar in Holistic Methods
The purpose of the course is to bring together the teachings from the various electives that are offered by the program and the intro course and insure the students have had exposure to all aspects of holism. It is also meant to give the students an opportunity to go deeper into the underlying principles present to holistic studies and integrate the research behind these principles. The content is provided through a variety of experiential, didactic, video, and reflective processes. Through this exposure students will develop a deeper understanding of the intersectionality of body-mind-spirit in the development and maintenance of health and well-being at the personal and professional level. This seminar is meant to be taken at the end of the certificate training, just prior to or in conjunction with HOL 6700 - Field Placement. It is required for the successful completion of the full certificate. (This course is also required when a student takes a second Specialty Graduate Certificate.)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Undergraduate minor in Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness, or HOL 5310, or approval from the Program Coordinator for a comparable degree outside of Western.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 6700 - Professional Field Experience
This registration is designed to give the student a total learning experience during which the student can apply some of the knowledge and information obtained in the health and human services academic setting and further develop and refine his/her professional skills with the guidance and assistance of those professionals currently working in the health and human services area.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HOL 5310, HOL 6500, and HOL 6510.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 6910 - Spiritual Practices in Treatment
This seminar will examine the role of spirituality, contemplation, and spiritual practices in treatment protocols in various healing modalities. Spirituality and contemplation will be studied as important resources in the healing process and the emotional well-being of the client/patient. In addition, the spiritual lives of therapists/helpers will be explored as a means to support their ability to offer the core conditions to promote healing. One goal of the seminar will be to enable those in the helping professions to work with the spiritual lives of their clients/patients without imposing their own spiritual framework. Therapeutic models for integrating spirituality into practice will be offered and specific teachings and practices from various faith traditions and spiritual philosophies will be explored as part of a healing process.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 6970 - Independent Study in Holistic Health
This course will provide an independent study instructional format for integrative holistic health and wellness certificate students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HOL 7120 - Professional Field Experience
The purpose of this course is to provide advanced students in a health care related area an opportunity to become familiar with the “holistic” approach to health care. While using their own discipline as a take-off point, each student will become acquainted with different approaches to health care from both traditional and non-traditional perspectives. The principal goal is to encourage a perception of clients as whole persons whose symptoms represent an underlying discoordination in mind, emotions, and body.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HOL 5310, 6500, 6510.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only. Please refer to The Graduate College section for complete course description.
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HPHE 5000 - Studies in Human Performance and Health Education
In depth study of selected topics in HPHE. Format can include clinics, workshops, seminars, travel and/or mini-courses, and provide opportunity to acquire skills and teaching techniques. State, national, and international authorities or consultants may be involved. Topics include: Aesthetics of Sport; Nutrition and Fitness; Outdoor Education; Physical Fitness; Relaxation; Special Physical Education Activities; Therapeutic Recreation; Supervision and Self Assessment in Physical Education.
Credits: 1-2 hrs.
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HPHE 5160 - Issues in Health Education
Issues vary or occasionally repeat depending on the timeliness of the issue. Following are currently recommended themes. Students may register for 516 more than once but may not repeat the same issue. Issues include: Aids; Alcohol and Drug Education; Biofeedback; Cardiovascular Health; Consumer Health; Health Careers; Health Promotion; Improving Health Behavior; Safety and Health in the Industrial Setting; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Stress Management; Wellness and Lifestyle.
Credits: 1-4 hrs.
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HPHE 5610 - Legal Issues in Sport
This course is designed to help the sports professional become more conscious of legal responsibilities in the sport setting, thus reducing the penalties of legal action. Students will discuss basic legal concepts and structures as they apply to the physical activity context. Application will be made in regard to improving risk management strategies and skills.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors/minors in Recreation/Sport Management.
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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HPHE 5980 - Readings in Human Performance and Health Education
Advanced students with good academic records may elect to pursue independently a program of readings in areas of special interest.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6210 - Physical Activities for Exceptional Children
Physical and recreational activities and games used in corrective, adaptive, and general physical education programs for special education children.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6220 - Programming in Adapted Physical Education
A study of physical education programs for children with disabilities. Emphases will be placed on individualized, humanistic, developmental, functional, adapting, behavioral, sensori-motor, perceptual-motor, aquatic, fitness, movement, and inclusive programs.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6250 - Assessment in Adapted Physical Education
A study of motor and fitness assessment in special physical education. Emphasis will be placed on the application of appropriate motor and physical fitness tests to make subsequent effective placement decisions and to determine selection of content for children with disabilities in school settings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPHE 6210 and HPHE 6220.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6300 - Professional Development Seminar for Coaches
This course is to provide an opportunity for students in the Master of Arts Coaching degree to pursue professional development in the specific sport of interest. Course structure is an independent study where students participate in a coaching development seminar of their choice (12-24 contact hours) to enhance competence in the National Standards for Sports Coaches. The seminar must develop student competence in Domain 5 Teaching and Communication and Domain 6 Sport Skills and Tactics.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6310 - Skill Acquisition and Human Performance
This course provides an introduction to the various concepts of biomechanics and exercise physiology that interact to influence sport motor performance. Included in this course are theoretical concepts of movement observation, skill acquisition, mechanical factors that influence human performance, human energy systems and muscular activity with special attention to the effects of sport activity on physiological processes.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6320 - Theories of Strength and Conditioning
This course is designed to provide knowledge in the strength and conditioning field for professionals entering the world of human performance. This class will also help prepare students for the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Exam. Emphasis will be placed on developing, assessing, and implementing programs for athletes and the physically active population. Students will be presented with both in-class lectures as well as hands on training that deals with the enhancement of human performance and wellness. Students will participate in workout sessions.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6340 - Sports Safety and Injury Management for Coaches
This course will prepare coaches to receive certification in the American Red Cross Sport Safety Training and First Aid for Coaches program. Course work enables coaches to recognize the signs of emergency and emergency situations and to guide them in proper response to these situations. Basic procedures in injury prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation will be covered. Principles and techniques are presented in a lecture and laboratory format. Prevention and communication will be emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6350 - Principles and Practices of Effective Coaching
This course addresses the broad scope of principles and pedagogical practices necessary for coaches in meeting their responsibilities in youth sports. The eight domains of the National Standards for Athletic Coaches provide a basis for class structure and evaluation. The course serves to prepare the coach to fulfill his or her responsibilities through skillful problem solving and enhanced pedagogical knowledge, but to also understand and utilize purposeful reflection in professional development.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6360 - Principles of Sport Nutrition and Energy Systems
The purpose of this class is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of proper nutrition relevant to managing health and body weight for optimal physical performance, regeneration and recovery. Course content is designed to assist coaches, to take responsibility for understanding appropriate nutrition and weight management practices and use sound nutritional principles as a part of training and preparation for competition; provide information about the myths and science associated with current trends in sport nutrition; hydration, nutritional periodization; body composition and weight management.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6400 - Instructional Materials in Physical Education
This course is designed to provide students with experiences which will enable the physical educator to (1) select motor appropriate activities based on the developmental needs of specified learners; (2) develop effective instructional plans; (3) evaluate, select, and utilize appropriate commercial instructional resources; (4) evaluate and select appropriate instructional approaches; (5) develop strategies to assess the progress of students enrolled in a physical activity program; and (6) devise an effective public relations plan to promote physical activity within a school setting.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6410 - Teaching and Supervision Skills in Physical Education
HPER 6410 is the second of a three-series course sequence which is designed to prepare the physical education teacher for master’s level competencies. This course facilitates the development of effective self-assessment and reflective teaching skills. An orientation to systematic observation of teaching in physical education is presented with emphasis on the collection and assessment of descriptive data in applied settings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPHE 6400 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6420 - Human Growth and Motor Development
Study of the changes in the growth and development of humans across the lifespan that occurs due to the interaction between a person and the environment. Content includes physical, cognitive, perceptual-motor and personal social aspects of human development with special emphasis on the process of physical skill acquisition and decline.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6440 - Program Evaluation in Sport and Physical Education
This course facilitates the evaluation of physical education and athletic programs using state, national, and international standards. Course content includes the process of evaluation involving school, community, and other personnel as well as the product of evaluation associated with the preparation of application materials to submit for specific accreditation or as action research designed for program improvement. Students will be exposed to methods of action research in creating and maintaining an optimal physical activity program.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPHE 6450 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6450 - Curriculum Development in Human Performance and Health Education
This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the development of curriculum reflecting local, national, and international standards and trends associated with the HPHE field. Students acquire the skills required for the development of a comprehensive program utilizing a systematic approach focused on a selected instructional settings (K-12, college, private settings).
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6480 - Advanced Studies in Motor Development
A series of advanced seminars dealing with specific topics in motor development fitness education, and special physical education. Emphasis will be placed on in depth study of theories, problems, practices, and issues with appropriate lectures and experiences leading toward the development of a research project or a master’s thesis. Topics include: Play Theory; Psychology of Sport; Mainstreaming; Aquatic Programs in Special Physical Education; Methods and Materials in Physical Education; Teaching Skills and Strategies in Physical Education; Health - Related Fitness for Practitioners.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6600 - Governance and Administration of Sport
This course serves as an introduction to the management, governance, and leadership of interscholastic, intercollegiate, corporate, and amateur sport. Focus will be directed towards general management and leadership principles, as well as specific competency areas required by all sport managers. This course serves as the introductory course for the M.A. in Sport Management/M.A. in Coaching by providing a conceptual foundation for sport governance and organization;specific duties assumed by coaches and sport managers including financial management, human resource management, group dynamics, labor relations, risk management, facility and event management and promotion.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6630 - Ethics in Sport
This course is designed to provide physical activity professionals with an introductory experience in analyzing ethical and moral issues in the sport domain. The focus is on encouraging participants to develop a consistent, reflective value structure to utilize in addressing moral questions. In addition, the course structure is to allow participants to develop a personal model of integrity that will be successful in the sport environment. Content will include description of the “great game” and application of the guides to right actions in sport.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6640 - Marketing and Sales in Sport
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the marketing and sales of sport products and services. Course content will include, but not limited to a discussion of contingency framework for strategic sport marketing and selling; understanding sport consumers; segmentation, targeting, and positioning; promoting and selling mix elements; sponsorship programs; and product distribution and pricing.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6650 - Financial and Economic Principles in Sport
This course is intended to provide the student with an understanding of general economic principles and fiscal management strategies. This information will be applied to the specific requirements of sport management environments.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6651 - Special Topics in Sport Management
This is a special topics course that can be changed to meet the variety of interests in the sport management profession.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Sport Management.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6660 - Human Resource Management in Sport
This course focuses on the management of human resources in interscholastic, intercollegiate, and corporate sport with special attention to the unique and common characteristics of both paid and volunteer workers. Course content will center on differences among people; the processes of individual motivation in appraisal; and subsequent organizational and leadership processes in the management of human resources in sport.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6690 - Event and Facility Planning and Management
This course provides students with knowledge of the planning and supervision of recreational and sport facilities and events. Special attention will be paid to the planning elements of large-scale sport events; available literature related to facility management; and issues such as Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, fiscal management, maintenance and safety factors, and current trends in facility design.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6700 - Exercise Metabolism and Skeletal Muscle
The course will examine the structure and function of skeletal muscle during exercise and sport. Additionally, this course will delve into the biochemistry and metabolic regulation that must be undertaken to perform exercise and sports at varying levels of intensities and durations.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6710 - Cardiopulmonary and Environmental Physiology
This course will cover the physiological responses (both the acute effects and chronic adaptations) during exercise, with specific focus on the cardiopulmonary system. Additionally, this course will examine the physiological responses to exercise in different environmental conditions such as high altitude, heat, cold, hyperbaria, and microgravity.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6720 - Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Physiology
The purpose of this course is to educate the graduate student in the areas of measurement and laboratory techniques used in the physiological assessment of exercise and/or athletic performance. Specifically, the student will study the process and procedures used to determine a variety of physiological parameters used in the study of exercise and sport performance. This information will then be used to help qualify and quantify exercise and sport performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6730 - Biomechanics
This course consists of an in depth discussion of biomechanics as it is applied to sports and other related physical activities.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6740 - Neuromuscular Control
The course will examine the theories, processes, and structures that determine the execution of our voluntary movements and how we control this movement. This will entail a review of the neurophysiological components; a review of reflexive actions necessary to control skeletal movement and theories that describe how motor functions are controlled. Additionally, there will be discussions of how we can research and study motor control and test the theories involved.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6750 - Laboratory Techniques in Biomechanics
This course will enable students to understand how biomechanical equipment works and how to collect data using the equipment. The practical understanding obtained from the hands-on experience will allow students to better understand what they learned from the previous lecture course and to apply these concepts to various projects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPHE 6730
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Exercise Physiology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6760 - Exercise Science Seminar
Seminar on the most current research problems presented in exercise science related journals (within the last 3 years). Students and instructor will present and debate these problems to stay current in the research literature and to learn new perspectives and theories. Also included in this course is a look at the typical research designs used by researchers in the field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPHE 6810 - Sports Medicine: Applied Anatomy and Physiology
This course will offer comprehensive material regarding anatomy and physiology and their implications in sports medicine. This course will concentrate on functional components of anatomy and physiology and utilize cadavers in lab.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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HPHE 6821 - Manual Therapy Techniques in Sports Medicine
This course will offer practical applications in the art of manual therapy techniques which include massage, myofascial release, joint mobilization, muscle energy, and strain-counterstrain. Students will be instructed on appropriate form, pressure, and assessment outcomes when applying these techniques on a patient population.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Athletic Training, Occupational Therapy and Physician Assistant.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
When Offered: Spring
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HPHE 6830 - Aquatic Therapy Techniques and Rehabilitation
This course will offer comprehensive materials regarding aquatic rehabilitation techniques for athletic related injuries. Students will learn physiological and psychological aquatic benefits, implement various aquatic techniques used for pre- and post-injury and surgical rehabilitation for athletes, and pool safety and risk management in the aquatic environment.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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