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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 6620 - The Construction of Gender
This graduate seminar explores constructions of “gender” as a method of historical analysis; the historical developments of the categories of “man”, “woman”, masculinity and/or femininity; and how these categories were produced and historically contested. Students will become familiar with a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to studying gender in history; and will study the application of gender as a method of analysis in a particular historical, geographical, and/or topical context determined by the instructor. The instructor will determine whether the course is a reading or research seminar.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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HIST 6680 - Gender and Migration
This course explores the intersection of gender with the movement of peoples, goods, and ideas and the consequent encounters, exchanges, and transformations that result from these movements. The focus of the course will vary by chronology and geography depending on the instructor. Envisioned as one of several cluster courses in the History Department’s graduate emphasis on gender, this course might be offered as either a readings seminar or research seminar, again depending on the intent of the instructor and goals of the course.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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HIST 6700 - Seminar in History
Selected issues and problems in historical studies. Topics announced 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 6720 - Seminar in Local History Methodology
Research design and execution organized around interdisciplinary methodology. Presentations and research supervision by faculty with interest in exhaustive, small-scale historical reconstruction in a variety of time periods and geographical settings such as American, medieval, African and non-Western traditional, etc. Topics may be 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 6750 - Seminar in Early United States History
Advanced research. Topics may be 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 6760 - Seminar in African American History
Advanced research in African American history. Topics may be 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 6780 - Seminar in Recent United States History
Advanced research. Topics may be 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 6820 - Seminar in Medieval History
Advanced research. Topics may be listed in Schedule of Course Offerings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HIST 6350 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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HIST 6840 - Readings in Atlantic History
Atlantic history as an area of academic inquiry focuses on the connections among the peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This readings course will introduce students to this field, enabling them to acquire the necessary conceptual and methodological framework to pursue further studies in Atlantic history. In this course, we will examine scholarly works that address key topics in Atlantic history, from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Topics may include the nature of African, European, and American societies on the eve of contact; the transfer of peoples and pathogens to the Americas; the movement of commodities; slavery and emancipation; revolution and the transfer of revolutionary ideas.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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HIST 6850 - Seminar in Atlantic History
Advanced research in the history of the Atlantic world, ca. 1500 to present. Topics may be 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 - Seminar in Modern European History
Advanced research. Topics may be 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 - Seminar in Global and Contemporary History
Advanced research. Topics may be 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 6890 - Seminar in Public History
Advanced research. Topics may be 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 full range of teaching and other professional activities of historians as well as how to prepare for the job market: syllabi preparation and writing, class presentations, evaluation methods, grant applications techniques, publishing, conference presentations and vita preparation. Instructor mentors students in independent teaching assignments.
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. Special topics courses are offered each semester and may include: Bodymind Nutrition, Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, Humor/Fun Brain’s Best Learning Strategies, Experimental/Adventure Education, Healing Touch, Outdoor Authentic Experience, Science and Spirit of Holistic Health, Holistic Energetics Lab, Health/Weight/Eating/Culture, Introduction to Chinese Medicine, Diversity and Holism, Introduction to Psychodrama, Advanced Spirituality, Spiritual Activism, and Understanding Children’s Drawings. Other topics are planned.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites, if any, will be announced each time the course is scheduled.
Credits: 1 - 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 Upper class and Graduate students.
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HOL 5302 - Advanced Meditation to Enhance Living
The purpose of Advanced Meditation is to deepen, through direct experience, the student’s capacity to meditate and to apply meditation with increasing ease and effectiveness is daily life. We will discuss and experience various forms of meditation from different cultural perspectives yet the basic meditation practice is secular in nature. Prior experience with meditation is required.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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HOL 5303 - Tai Chi for Health
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. Body and mind benefits will be explored through physiological terms.
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 5305 - Mindfulness to Enhance Living
By participating in this course, students will develop a further understanding of the idea of mindfulness and gain a better awareness of the many underlying principles that contribute to mindfulness. This understanding will include ways that the practice can be used in everyday life to assist with the stress, anxiety, and other feelings that often accompany daily chores and various activities that we perform. One result will be a greater appreciation of the benefits of mindfulness and what it has to offer each individual.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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HOL 5306 - Power of Breath (Pranayama)
In this class students will learn about the theory, science, and practice of Pranayama, a variety of seven steps of yogic breathing. Students will learn about the physical, mental and spiritual benefits that enhance health.
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 Holistic Health Care.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 5320 - Holistic Approaches to 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 hrs.
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 5330 - Holism and Community
A course designed to help students better understand the dynamics of community and the potential for holistic growth and health through the investment of self in a common and purposeful experience with others.
Credits: 3 hrs.
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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 5350 - Holistic Approaches to Stress
This course will focus on the nature, sources and symptoms of stress, and provide a holistic approach for the management of stress. The relationship between stress and personality, lifestyle, health and illness will be explored. In addition, the reasons for, and management of, professional and organizational `burn-out will be presented.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 5360 - Counseling Skills for Health Professionals
This course is designed to provide basic information on the counseling process and techniques as they apply to health care settings. This course is designed for health care professionals in allied health professions and not for majors in counselor education, counseling psychology or social work.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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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 hrs.
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 hrs.
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 hrs.
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, Ta’i 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 5530 - Holistic Strategies to 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 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 5980 - Readings in Holistic Health
This course provides individualized, independent study and reading 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: 1-4 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HOL 6500 - Seminar in Holistic Methods
This course serves as a follow-up to HOL 5310 and is a course for the Graduate Certificate in Holistic Health Care. It offers students an exploration of holistic approaches to wellness promotion, therapy, stress-management, and professional self-care that honor the interdependent relationship between body, mind, spirit, and community. The course also provides an overview of various paradigms of health, holistic approaches to assessment, skills in accessing and discerning relevant research, and examples of “holism in action” in the community. The format for the course will be a combination of experimental activities, lectures, discussions, personal reflections, small group activities, guest speakers, and audio/visual presentations. Through these learning experiences students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper knowledge of the relationship between body, mind, and spirit as well as how to integrate this into their personal and professional practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: HOL 5310 or instructor approval.
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 service area.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HOL 5310, HOL 6500, and HOL 6510.
Credits: 1-6 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HOL 6910 - Spirituality and the Therapeutic Process
This seminar will explore the relationship of spirituality and the therapeutic process as they relate to clinical practice. Spirituality will be studied as an important resource in psychological health and in healing. In addition, the spiritual lives of therapists will be looked at as a means to support their ability to offer the core therapeutic conditions. Theoretical models for integrating spirituality into practice will be offered and specific teachings and practices from a variety of religious traditions will be presented as resources for the healing process. One goal of the seminar is to enable those in the helping professions to work with their client’s spiritual life without imposing their own framework. This course is designed for all health and human service workers, but has a special emphasis on the therapeutic 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 Holistic Health Care certificate students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1-4 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: 2-12 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only-Please refer to The Graduate College section for complete course description.
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HPER 5000 - Studies in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
In depth study of selected topics in HPER. 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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HPER 5100 - Modern Health for Teachers and Health Professionals
This course, designed for teachers and health professionals who have need of current knowledge in health science, surveys topics such as mental health, nutrition, substance abuse, physical fitness, chronic diseases, and stress management. Consideration is given to psychological, sociological, and cultural factors that influence health promotion. Attention is given to special factors of health and illness of children and adolescents. This course is not open to Health Education majors and minors.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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HPER 5120 - Principles, Practices, and Methods in Health Education
This course surveys the history, philosophy, and methods of health education. The philosophical basis and practices of health education are discussed in terms of needs and capabilities of people and factors that influence their development and actualization. Emphasis is placed upon the promotion of health and prevention of disease, disability, and premature death. Curriculum development and teaching methods focus on content and strategies considered most effective in teaching disease prevention, health promotion, and self-actualization.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HPER 5140 - Methods and Materials in Health Education
Lectures and demonstrations with emphasis on effective health supervision of school children, principles and practices of health teaching in the various grades, and interrelation of this teaching with that of other subjects in the curriculum.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 3140 and 3150, or consent of instructor.
Credits: 2 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HPER 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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HPER 5300 - Practicum in Teaching and Coaching
Demonstrations, participation, and evaluation on teaching and coaching fundamentals in selected sports. A graduate student may apply a maximum of four credits from 530 courses toward the master’s degree program. Sports include: Archery; Badminton; Basketball; Football; Golf; Gymnastics; Ice Hockey; Judo; Karate; Soccer; Swimming; Track and Field; Volleyball; Wrestling; Yoga.
Credits: 1-2 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HPER 5980 - Readings in HPER
Advanced students with good academic records may elect to pursue independently a program of readings in areas of special interest.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of graduate director in Physical Education.
Credits: 1-2 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6220 - Programming in Special 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6250 - Assessment in Special 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: HPER 6210, 6220.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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: 1-2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students only.
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HPER 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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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 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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HPER 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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HPER 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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HPER 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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HPER 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: HPER 6400 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6430 - Physical Skill Acquisition and Motor Learning
Study of the variables that affect acquisition of motor skills among specified populations (children, adolescents, adults). Content includes perceptual-motor, information processing, and the study of physical aspects of the human motor learning.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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: HPER 6450 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 6450 - Curriculum Development in HPER
This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the development of curriculum reflecting local, national, and international standards and trends associated with the HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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: 1-3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 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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HPER 6620 - Legal Issues in Sport
This course is designed to help the sports professional become more conscious of legal responsibilities in the physical activity 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
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 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 physical activity environment. Content will include description of the “great game” and application of the guides to right actions in sport.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6670 - Public Relations in Sport
This course is designed to acquaint the sport management student with policies and procedures critical to the promotion of sport. Topics will include, but not limited to, news releases, radio news, television news, news conferences, feature stories, media relations, event promotion, sport photography and interviews and speeches. Special attention will be paid to the use and creation of written and oral public relations documents for various media outlets.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 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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HPER 6700 - Exercise Physiology I
This course is the first of a series of two courses that will give the graduate student a much more in depth study of the various physiological processes and how they are transformed and manipulated by external stresses (e.g., work, exercise, disease, environment, etc.).
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6710 - Exercise Physiology II
This course is the second of a series of two courses that will give the graduate student a much more in depth study of the various physiological processes and how they are transformed and manipulated by external stresses (e.g., work, exercise, disease, environment, etc.).
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6720 - Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Science
The purpose of this course is to educate the graduate student in the areas of measurement and laboratory techniques used in the assessment of exercise and/or athletic performance. Specifically, the student will study the process and procedures used to determine a variety of 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6740 - Advanced Principles of Exercise Testing and Prescription
Presentation and discussion of the practical and theoretical aspects of prescribing and evaluating exercise in healthy and diseased populations. Special attention will be given to cardiac rehabilitation. The course is centered on the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed, as determined by the ACSM, to become a certified ACSM Exercise Specialist.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6760 - Exercise Science Seminar
Seminar on the most current research problems presented in exercise sci9ence 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 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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HPER 6820 - Medical Diagnostics and Evaluation of Injuries
This course will offer comprehensive material regarding assessment and diagnostics of musculoskeletal and medical conditions of the physically active. Application of advanced clinical techniques and theory will be emphasized.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6830 - Advanced 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 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6840 - Pharmacology for Sports
This course will provide a basic understanding for the common prescription and over the counter medicines used to treat many of the medical conditions experienced by athletes and physically active individuals. This course will assist the athletic trainer/exercise science student in explaining the ramifications for the use and abuse of many of the prescription, over the counter, and abused medications of sport participation. This course will allow the athletic trainer/exercise science student to provide pharmacology information when direct access to the physician or pharmacist is not available.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Enrollment in athletic training graduate program or by instructor permission.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6850 - Advanced Techniques in Therapeutic Modalities
This course will offer comprehensive material regarding advanced therapeutic techniques for treating injuries and conditions of physically active individuals. Scientific theory and application of clinical techniques will be emphasized.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Enrollment in graduate athletic training program.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6890 - Emergency Procedures and Orientation
This course will offer comprehensive material covering life threatening situations in sports medicine, including assessment, treatment and transportation. Establishing (orienting) a training room or site complete with procedures, supplies, and scheduling will also be addressed.
Credits: 2 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6900 - Research Procedures in HPER
Research procedures utilized in health, physical education, exercise science, recreation, and sport. This course introduces principles scientific inquiry, research methods applicable to the HPER fields, evaluation of published research, and procedures for developing a research design using a quantitative or qualitative approach.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6910 - Psychological Preparation and Mental Training for Sport and Physical Activity
This course is designed to provide physical activity professionals with an applied view of the broad field of sport/exercise psychology. Students will be presented with theory and related research on the various constructs affecting psychological preparation and mental periodization for physical activity. Students will also be given an opportunity to explore mental training techniques and intervention strategies for sport competition. Course content helps develop mastery level competence in a number of Domains in the National Standards for Sport Coaches.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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HPER 6920 - Analytical Techniques in HPER
This course is designed to allow the student to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective analysis of qualitative and quantitative data specific to the fields of physical education, exercise science, sports studies, recreation, and health.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 6900.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 6930 - Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity
This course is to provide a forum for discussion of the current social factors influencing sport and physical activity professions. Course structure will attempt to facilitate investigation and identification of the function of sport and physical activity in contemporary society with special emphasis on the relationship of sport to social institutions.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students only.
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HPER 6940 - Technology in HPER
The integration of technology in field settings associated with physical education, coaching, sports administration, and adapted physical education is the focus of this course. Students will develop the basic technological skills required for the basic implementation of such an effort.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HPER 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of graduate director in Physical Education.
Credits: 6 hrs.
Notes: Open For Graduate Students Only-Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
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HPER 7100 - Independent Research
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of graduate director in Physical Education.
Credits: 2-6 hrs.
Notes: Open For Graduate Students Only-Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
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HPER 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of graduate director in Physical Education.
Credits: 2-12 hrs.
Notes: Open For Graduate Students Only-Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
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HSV 6350 - Special Topics in Health and Human Services
This is a variable topics, variable credit graduate level course for consideration of current and special interest in Health and human services. Specific topics and number of credit hours will be announced each time the course is scheduled.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. May be repeated for credit.
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HSV 6700 - Field Education
This course 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 service arenas.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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HSV 6980 - Readings in Health and Human Services
This course is offered as independent study and reading under the guidance of a faculty member. Initiative for planning the topic for investigation and seeking the appropriate faculty member comes from the student, with consultation from the advisor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and program advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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