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HPER 1810 - First Aid
The standard course in first aid techniques leading to Red Cross certification.
Notes: Open to all students.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2150 - Aerobic Conditioning
Credits: 1 hour
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HPER 2200 - Basic Health Concepts
This course will provide instruction and skills related to health and wellness, mental health and stress management, physical fitness, nutrition, weight control, and health issues related to growth and development (aging and death).
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2210 - Basic Health Concepts II
Designed to provide students with basic health education content. Topics to be discussed include: health care systems and consumer health; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug addictions; and intentional and unintentional injuries.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2220 - Basic Health Concepts III
This course is designed to provide students with basic health education content in the areas of chronic and communicable diseases and environmental health issues.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2330 - Technical Concepts and Practices of Recreation Activity Leadership
This course is designed to provide the recreation student with the basic technical and physical leadership skills necessary to be a successful leader, facilitator of leisure and a valuable resource to any organization providing recreational activities.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2350 - Theory of Coaching
Introduction to coaching includes basic principles, covers State Athletic Handbook, budgets, scheduling, facilities, liability, public relations, relationships with staff, faculty, students, parents, press, etc.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2360 - Officiating Series
The discussion and application of rules and officiating techniques. The student is required to officiate in out-of-class athletic programs.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Must have had the first level activity or permission of instructor.
Notes: Open to all students.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2361 - Baseball/softball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2362 - Basketball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2363 - Football
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2364 - Soccer
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2365 - Tennis
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2366 - Track & Field
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2367 - Volleyball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2400 - Human Motor Development and Learning
Course content focuses on birth to death study of the changes in motor behavior due to the interaction of environmental and biological factors. Special emphasis on the physical, cognitive, and personal-social development as this relates to the acquisition of motor skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 1120.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2410 - Physical Education and Recreation for Teachers
This course is open only to teachers. Topics included in the course are: Program planning, making of games and equipment, accident prevention, basic motor skills. Practice in games, stunts, rhythms and recreational activities will be included.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2420 - Aerobic Exercise Instruction
Designed to provide information and experiences leading to successful selection of activities, planning and presentation skills necessary to provide aerobic activity instruction.
Credits: 1 hour
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HPER 2430 - Physical Education Methods: Early Elementary Movement/Physical Activities
The content in this course includes movement concepts (level, direction, pathway, speed, space), locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative activities, selection of developmentally appropriate games, rhythmic activities, and the basic instructional components required for the plan and delivery of motor appropriate physical education curricula for preschool and early elementary school children.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 1500.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2530 - Injury/Illness Survey and Management
Basic procedures in the recognition, assessment and the treatment of athletic related injuries and illnesses. To obtain the knowledge and skill needed to complete an on-site injury survey, and to initiate the management of the injury/illness. Addressing contemporary taping and wrapping techniques and the use of protective equipment in preventing and protecting the athlete and the physically active is addressed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1810, HPER 1530, BIOS 2110.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2540 - Medical Conditions in Athletic Training
Basic procedures in the recognition, treatment, and management of general medical conditions are addressed. To obtain the knowledge, skills, and values needed to manage illnesses of athletes and the physically active and to recognize the need for a medical referral when appropriate. Pharmacology, drug testing, psychosocial interventions, and selected emergency procedures pertaining to general medical conditions are addressed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2530.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2710 - Recreational Programming and Leadership Theory
This course is a study of the principles and theories behind recreation programming and leadership. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with recreation programming theory and how that theory is important to the recreation programmer. Further, the course will teach the different theories of leadership including group and individual decision making processes. It is the purpose of this course to familiarize the student with theory that can put into practice during the practical semester of programming and leadership.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2330 or taken concurrently with HPER 2330. Corequisite: HPER 2900.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2760 - Outdoor Education
A course in the philosophy, methods, and materials of outdoor education emphasizing outdoor education activities for children and youth.
Notes: Open to all students.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2900 - Inclusive and Special Recreation
An overview of inclusive and special recreation programming designed for the student preparing for a career in recreation (leisure services). This course will provide the student with a sensitivity to, and knowledge about individuals with disabling conditions and their recreation/leisure needs.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2330. Corequisite: HPER 2710.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2950 - Biomechanics
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of the mechanics of the musculoskeletal structures and a procedure for observing and evaluating motor skills. This course will cover kinematics and kinetics as they relate to the musculoskeletal system and to functional motion and sport related motion. The course will emphasize the use of mechanics in assessing and evaluating human motion. Evaluation procedures will include: a qualitative or naked eye/field evaluation procedure and a computer or quantitative procedure.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 2110.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 2960 - Stress Management and Flexibility
This is one of four specific content courses designed to provide Exercise Science majors with knowledge and skills concerning the four major factors contributing to the development of health related physical fitness. Topics for the first half of the course include: anatomy, mechanics, and physiology of flexibility; techniques of stretching; controversial stretching; stretching and special populations; and relaxation and stretching. Topics for the second half of the course include: definition and types of stress; physiology of the stress response; relating and managing stress; lifestyle buffers, exercise, nutrition, and sleep; relaxation and stress management techniques; and Type A and B behavior.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2950.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 2980 - Exercise Physiology
This course explores the physiological concepts and principles related to the acute and chronic adaptations the human body makes when responding to stress in the form of strenuous, physical exercise. Practical applications concerning the teaching of health related fitness concepts are emphasized.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOS 2110, 2400.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3000 - Seminar Series
Designed to provide an opportunity for qualified students to examine and discuss a subject area in field of common interest.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Enrollment by written permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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HPER 3120 - Planning School Health Programs
Designed to provide information and experiences which will enable students to develop planning skills for a variety of health promotion programming in the school setting.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1550, 2200, 2210, 2220; ED 2500; all cognates (BIOS 1120, 2110, 2400; PSY 1000; SOC 2000); application to the Department of HPER/HESJ/HESN program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3150 - Measurement and Evaluation for Exercise Science, Health, and Physical Education
This course covers measurement and evaluation techniques in terms of understanding, interpretation, and application with emphasis on administration, selection, and use of tests; interpretation of results through statistical procedures; analysis of tests available in Exercise Science, Health, and Physical Education and techniques for developing assessment tools.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1500 (PDSJ) or 1520 (PXDJ), 1530 (ATDJ).
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3160 - Issues in Health Education
The course will focus on current health issues. May be designed to deal with one issue or several.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1550, 2200, 2210, and 2220.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3161 - Current Pedagogical Practices
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3162 - Current Practice in Community Health Organization
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3163 - Current Public Health Approaches
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3170 - Cardiovascular Health
This course will focus on the current issue of cardiovascular health, heart and vascular disease, and implications for lifestyle behavior change and health education programs.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOS 2110, BIOS 2400, HPER 1520.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3300 - Grant Writing in Health Education
Designed to prepare students with skills necessary to secure external grant funding through grant proposal writing. Emphasis is placed on grant sources and resources, the grant proposal process, grant management, and continued funding.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1550, 2200, 2210, and 2220.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3310 - Community Health Education Planning
This course deals with the analysis of principles of program planning in public health education. Topics include: needs assessment, community analysis and organization, program selection, program coordination, and program evaluation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1550, 2200, 2210, 2220.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3320 - Research and Writing in Recreation
This course is designed to instruct the student on research in the fields of recreation, leisure, and sport. It will introduce students to the different types of research and research methodologies commonly used in the recreation profession. This course will also emphasize professional writing as it is used in the field of parks and recreation. The course will emphasize, but is not limited to writing assignments including reports, research papers, research proposals, year-end reports, and other types of writing that are required of a successful professional in parks and recreation.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3350 - Advanced Theory of Coaching
A continuation course for professional students with a major in physical education or minor in coaching pursuing the second level of Program for Athletic Coaches Education Certification (PACE). PACE Level II certification demonstrates advanced competence in the interpersonal and technical skills of coaching high school sports in Michigan. Course content provides an understanding as to significance of quality coaching, human growth and development, conditioning for sport performance and psychological and social skills necessary to coach high school sports.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2350.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3370 - Coaching and Advanced Techniques
Coaching and advanced skills, selection of a team, preparation, officiating and conducting competitive events.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2350.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3371 - Baseball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3372 - Basketball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3373 - Football
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3374 - Soccer
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3375 - Tennis
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3376 - Track & Field
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3377 - Volleyball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3378 - Gymnastics
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3379 - Softball
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3400 - Physical Education for the Elementary Classroom Teacher
This course is structured for the future elementary classroom teacher and/or special education teacher. It provides experience in the participation and teaching of appropriate elementary physical education movement activities in the areas of basic skills, stunts and tumbling, simple games and sports, rhythms and classroom correlated activities. This course is not open to physical education majors or minors. Open to all students.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3460 - Physical Education Methods: Special Populations
This course is an orientation to the instruction of physical activity to special populations. It focuses on the scope of adapted physical education, key techniques required for effective instruction, general needs of handicapped populations, and the accommodation of activities, equipment, and instructional materials for special populations attending grades K-12.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2430.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3500 - Modification of Health Behavior
This course will provide students with skills that will enable them to comprehend, develop, and apply theories, models, skills, and strategies to help individuals and groups modify and maintain behaviors conducive to health.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1110 and 1520 for PXDJ majors; HPER 1550, 2200, 2210, and 2220 for CHDJ and HESJ majors.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3520 - Teaching Health in the Elementary School
This course will provide students with knowledge and skills needed to design, implement, and evaluate health education curricula for grades K-6. The focus of the course will be on the following: (a) planning a developmentally appropriate instructional program for elementary students, (b) identifying and evaluating existing health curricula, and (c) implementing health lesson/units into primary and intermediate grade levels.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 3120.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3540 - Human Sexuality Education
This course provides teacher candidates with content- and process-oriented opportunities in sexuality education. Candidates will enhance their current understanding of human sexuality with knowledge and skills that will enable them to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and advocate for developmentally appropriate instruction related to science-based sexuality education.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3120.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3680 - Administration and Organization of Intramural Sports
The problems, policies, finances, eligibility, awards, officiating, publicity, and procedures related to the intramural program.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3710 - Practical Recreational Programming and Leadership
The purpose of this course is to enable students to put programming theory into practice by allowing students the opportunity for hands-on programming. The course is designed to allow students to apply what they learned in programming/leadership theory (HPER 2710). The course will center around two practical experiences (1) Programming the Intramural Sports Turkey Trot, and (2) designing a practical program given a real world situation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2710. Corequisite: HPER 3760.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3760 - Management of Recreational Services
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to understand the organizational and administrative principles, objectives, procedures, and practices involved in operating recreation and leisure service organizations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2710. Corequisite: HPER 3710.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3800 - Foundations of Sports Injuries
Basic first aid and emergency concepts, prevention, recognition, initial and follow-up care are studied. Principles/techniques are presented in a lecture and laboratory instructional format.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOS 2110; First Aid Certification or HPER 1810.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3810 - Instructor First Aid
This course is designed to prepare students to be instructors in Community First Aid and Safety. This will be accomplished by providing first aid and CPR certification, and teaching skills related to certification.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3830 - Athletic Injury Evaluation of the Upper Extremity
This course is designed to present the techniques used in upper extremity athletic injury evaluation. An in depth analysis of upper extremity athletic injury mechanics, the theory and application of orthopedic and neurological evaluation are included.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: All pre-program core requirements; admission into Athletic Training Professional Program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3840 - Therapeutic Modalities
This course is designed to study the pain management techniques and the mediation of theory and practice of therapeutic modalities. To plan, implement, document and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic modalities in the treatment of injuries to and illness of athletes and others involved in physical activity.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission into Athletic Training Professional Program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3850 - Athletic Injury Evaluation of the Lower Extremity
This course is designed to present the techniques used in lower extremity athletic injury evaluation. An in depth analysis of lower extremity athletic injury mechanics, the theory and application of orthopedic and neurological evaluation are included.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: All pre-program core requirements; admission into Athletic Training Professional Program and HPER 3830.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 3950 - Cardiovascular Endurance: Aerobic Conditioning
The purpose of this course is to understand the physiological mechanisms underlying cardiorespiratory conditioning, learn the techniques associated with aerobic conditioning, and experience cardiovascular evaluation and aerobic conditioning.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2950, 2980.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3960 - Muscular Strength and Endurance
This course is one of four specific content courses designed to provide Exercise Science majors with knowledge and skills concerning the four major factors contributing to the development of health related physical fitness. Topics ranging from the physiology of strength training, muscles recruited for variable strength and endurance exercises, basic principles of strength and endurance development, strength and endurance training variables, proper lifting technique, and safety procedures will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2950, 2980.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3970 - Body Composition and Weight Control
This course is designed to provide the student with information concerning the difference between body composition and body fat. The student will be introduced to the different methods of determining body composition. In addition, the student will be provided with information concerning basic nutrition and nutritional plans for normal and special populations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2980.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 3990 - Recreation Practicum
The practical field experiences in recreation. Enrollment by department approval and acceptance of practicum proposal. Students are given letter grades in course.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 2710.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4000 - Field Experience/Internship in HPER
This course will provide in-depth field experience or internships for undergraduate majors or minors in athletic training, recreation, health, coaching, exercise science, or exceptional child. Students will be assigned to classes or positions according to their selected area of emphasis. Enrollment by department approval.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite varies with area of emphasis and requires departmental approval.
Credits: 1 to 8 hours
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HPER 4100 - Intern Teaching Seminar in HPER
Through course activities and assignments, students develop professional skills which facilitate positive induction into the field of education. All assignments correspond with practical experiences which occur concurrently during HPER 4750. Prerequisites: Students must attain a GPA of 2.5 in physical, health and professional education courses as well as overall. All course work necessary for completion of student’s major and minor curricula must be done prior to the semester during which the student applies for intern teaching.
Credits: 1 or 2 hours
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HPER 4120 - Teaching Skills and Strategies
Designed to provide information and experiences that enable students to design and implement effective health education strategies in a school setting.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3120.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4140 - Measurement and Evaluation in Health Education
This course provides a forum for developing measurement and evaluation skills relevant to the completion of HPER 4120 (HESJ requirement) and HPER 431 (CHDJ requirement) in health education. The core competencies for professional development of a health educator related to needs assessment and evaluation will also be covered. The settings for health education practice covered in this course would include the school and the community.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 3500 and HPER 3310 (CHDJ) OR HPER 3120 (HESJ); Corequisites: HPER 4310 or HPER 4120.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4160 - Topics in Recreation
The purpose of this course is to pick one or two topics or issues each time it is offered for in-depth investigation and study. The course will provide students with a background in current issues and current developments in the field of recreation.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4161 - Commercial Recreation
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4162 - Facility Management in Recreation
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4163 - Sport/Recreation Program and Services
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4164 - Legal Issues in Recreation
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4300 - Community Health Education Interventions: Community Strategies
Designed to prepare students with skills necessary to implement health education programs within the context of community health settings. Emphasis is placed on community health education methods at the community level, including community organization, coalition building, community empowerment, and legislative advocacy.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3310.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4310 - Community Health Education Interventions: Individual Strategies
Designed to prepare students with skills necessary to implement health education programs within the context of community health settings. Emphasis is placed on community health education methods at the individual level, including development of educational materials, working with media, group processes, and effective presentations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3310.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4440 - Professional Development in Exercise Science
This course is designed to provide exercise science majors with information and experiences that will enable them to plan, design, promote, and implement adult exercise programs. Special emphasis is placed on the following: developing qualities of successful leadership, public speaking, planning procedures, programming procedures, use of technology, program promotion, facilities and equipment, teaching techniques for adult learners, and career planning and development.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2950, 2960, 2980, 3170, 3950, 3960, 3970.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4450 - Exercise Testing and Prescription
This course prepares students to plan and implement exercise programs for adults who have a variety of needs. Students are taught how to screen clients, determine risks, establish a safe exercise environment, assess health related fitness, interpret test data and establish an exercise plan.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2950, 2960, 2980, 3170, 3950, and 3970.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4470 - Physical Education Methods: Instructional Design
This course is designed to provide experiences which will enable the student to: (1) identify instructional constraints; (2) select motor appropriate experiences for children K-12; (3) develop effective instructional materials; and (4) develop management and administrative skills required to plan and implement a contemporary physical education program in school settings.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1500, 2400, 2950, 2980, 3150, 3450, 3460, 3900, and 3920.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4480 - Physical Education Methods: Teaching Skills
This course provides information and experiences which allow the student to (1) plan and implement effective physical education curricula based on a developmental model; (2) self-assess teaching performance using reflective systematic skills; and (3) develop a professional teaching portfolio.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 4470.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4500 - Cultural Dynamics in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
This course is for majors in the physical education teacher/coach, health, recreation, and exercise science emphases. A comparative approach is taken that applies sociology and multiculturalism to the fields of health, physical activity, and recreation using the vehicle of contemporary sport issues and trends. This course is approved as a writing-intensive course which may fulfill the baccalaureate-level writing requirement of the student’s curriculum.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 1500(PDEJ) or 1530 (ATDJ) or 1550 (CHDJ), 56 hrs. (junior status).
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4690 - Fitness Management
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the scope, characteristics, management techniques, and business operations used in the field of sport management, as well as exercise science professions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2980, 3950, and 3960.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4720 - Recreation for the Aging
An overview of aging especially as it relates to leisure pursuits and organized recreation. Includes observation, participation and leadership of recreational activities or programs for retirees, nursing homes, senior citizens housing units and clubs.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: 56 hrs. (junior status).
Credits: 3 hours
Semester Offered: Fall
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HPER 4750 - Intern Teaching in HPER
This course represents the final experience of the student’s curriculum during which an application of all knowledge and skills acquired is facilitated. Through the experiences provided in this course, students develop the skills and knowledge necessary for certification as a health or physical education teacher in the state of Michigan. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 5 or 10 hours
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HPER 4760 - Advanced Applications of Recreational Management
The purpose of this course is to provide students with advanced skills that are required in the administration of modern recreation and leisure service agencies. This course will allow students not only to gain knowledge of advanced administration skills, but to apply them in practical situations. This course will also present a final overview for recreation students and will cover in-depth issues such as ethics, communications, time management, legal issues, and professional development.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3760.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4800 - Basic Electrocardiography
The purpose of this course is to examine the anatomy, physiology and electrophysiology of the heart; identify and describe a normal EKG, identify and describe abnormal EKG’s; identify arrythmias and abnormalities of the heart from an EKG; become familiar with common cardiac medications; observe a maximal graded exercise test.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2980, 3170.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4860 - Therapeutic Exercise for Athletic Injuries
This course will study the theory of rehabilitation and to learn the correct application of therapeutic exercise techniques in the management of athletic injuries. To plan, implement, document, and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic exercise program for the rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic related injuries.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 3830 and 3840.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4870 - Sports Medicine Seminar
A course designed to address relevant and contemporary issues in sports medicine. Particular emphasis is given to the topic of health care administration and professional development of the certified athletic trainer.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission into Athletic Training Professional Program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 4880 - Research/Evaluation in Recreation
An introduction to the methodology and scientific student of the phenomena of leisure and recreation. The course includes basic research and evaluation design, research and evaluation report writing, the analysis of current recreation and leisure research, and the use of computers in recreation research, and the use of computers in recreation research and evaluation.
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4910 - Exercise for Special Populations
This course serves as an introduction to exercise management for individuals who experience chronic disease and disabilities. Students will develop and apply knowledge of testing procedures and program development for special populations, including the pathophysiology of various diagnoses and specific effects of exercise response, training, and contraindicated exercises.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: HPER 2950, 2960, 2980, 3170, 3950, 3960, and 3970.
Credits: 3 hours
Semester Offered: Fall, Winter
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HPER 4960 - Community Health Education Internship
Designed to prepare students with skills necessary to implement health education programs within the context of community health setting. Emphasis is placed on community health education methods at the community level, including community organization, coalition building, community empowerment, and legislative advocacy.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: All other required CHDJ major courses; departmental approval.
Credits: 4 to 6 hours
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HPER 4970 - Senior Seminar in Recreational Services
The course is designed to present to the undergraduate student a final overview of the field of recreation and to prepare the student for his/her internship. It is also designed to cover topics including professional associations, current issues, ethics, jobs searching, and job skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3760; 88 hrs. (senior status).
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 4980 - Exercise Science Internship
This course will provide an in depth internship in an applied setting supporting the outcomes of the Exercise Science undergraduate major. All course work must be completed prior to the internship. All internship sites must be approved by the HPER Department. Student must apply one semester in advance of the internship placement. Course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Exercise Science major; all Exercise Science major courses completed.
Credits: 6 hours
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HPER 4990 - Recreation Internship
The recreation internship is structured to bring academic course work to life, provide valuable work experience, and professional contacts. This will help ensure a successful professional career. The recreation major must commit to a 15-week full item experience with an agency/organization in recreation or leisure service delivery or an appropriately related field. Students are given letter grades in course.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 6 hours
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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: Lifetime Sports, Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Stress Management, Physical Fitness, Business Procedures, Nutrition. Professional Courses Open To Upperclass and Graduate Students (HPER).
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
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HPER 5100 - Modern Health for Teachers and Health Professionals
This course is designed for teachers and health professionals who have need of current knowledge in health science. The course 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 improvement. 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 who have had HPER 1000, 2200, 2210. Professional Courses Open To Upperclass and Graduate Students (HPER).
Credits: 3 hours
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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. 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 and health promotion. The course is not open to health education majors or minors who have had 3120 or 4120.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: 5100 or equivalent.
Notes: Professional Courses Open To Upperclass and Graduate Students (HPER).
Credits: 3 hours
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HPER 5140 - Methods and Materials in Health Education
Lectures and demonstrations with emphasis on the effective health supervision of school children, the principles and practices of health teaching in the various grades, and the interrelation of this teaching with that of other subjects in this curriculum.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: HPER 3120, 4120 or 5120 or consent of department.
Notes: Professional Courses Open To Upperclass and Graduate Students (HPER).
Credits: 2 hours
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HPER 5160 - Issues in Health Education
The focus will be placed on current health issues. May be designed to deal with one issue or several.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Professional Courses Open To Upperclass and Graduate Students (HPER).
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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