This course is designed to provide students a beginning level competency in individual or recreational sports and dance. This course is nonacademic and is not used in grade-point average computation even though a grade is assigned for the course. (Repeatable).

This course is designed for the beginning tennis player. The goal is to help the beginner develop. the basic skills of serving, receiving, forehand, backhand, and volley.

This course is designed to give the student a practical understanding of cardiovascular fitness produced by walking. Experiences are provided to help the student understand the benefits, organization, implementation, and evaluation of a balanced aerobic fitness program utilizing walking as the primary activity.

This course is designed to determine a student’s level of fitness and to improve flexibility, muscular strength, endurance, and cardiovascular and respiratory endurance. Also covered are the importance of diet and nutrition and their relationships to total wellness.

This course is designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, posture, balance, and relaxation techniques. Students will gain a beginner
understanding of yoga postures, benefits associated with yoga, and mediation.

CPR certification is contingent upon a grade of “B” or higher and attendance record. Students develop a working knowledge of first aid methods and techniques and accident prevention.

Introduces students to contemporary health topics and issues. Students examine health risk and protective factors which influence the individual’s achievement of optimal health across the life span.

This is the first of a two-course sequence in personal training. In this course students will obtain detailed knowledge of the essentials of exercise science in order to design appropriate, effective, and safe long-term exercise programs. Also, this course is designed to give students the knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam and to become effective personal trainers.

This is the second of a two-course sequence in personal training. The course is designed to give students the knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam and become effective personal trainers. This course presents the ACE Integrated Fitness Training(TM)
(ACE IFT(TM)) Model as a comprehensive system for designing individualized programs based on each client’s unique health, fitness, and goals. The information
covered by this course and the ACE IFT Model will help students learn how to facilitate rapport, adherence, self-efficacy and behavior change in clients, as well as design programs that help clients to improve posture, movement, flexibility, balance, core function, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular endurance and strength.

This course is designed to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparation for a national certification exam in health coaching. Topics include effective coach-to-client communication techniques; behavioral, nutritional and physiological sciences (particularly as they relate to the obese client); screening and assessment; guidelines for designing and implementing safe, effective, and purposeful exercise programs; and the legal, professional, and roles of the health coach. This course is appropriate for GPC students seeking careers in kinesiology, fitness, or allied health fields.

At the completion of this course, the student is able to integrate health content areas into health education models; create a scope and sequence determined by results of learners survey and based on national and state standards; write appropriate, age specific health instructional plans which incorporate a rationale statement and the components of a health plan; and demonstrate effective classroom management and individual/small group instructional skills assessed by peers/instructor.

This course is an introduction to the broad range of professions that include teaching of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to increase physical activity for people of all ages and abilities in a variety of settings (schools, community agencies, homes, parks, business, exercise/fitness facilities etc.). Areas addressed in the course include, but are not limited to: basic concepts, policies, programs, professional organizations, current issues, and advocacy for promoting active, healthy lifestyles.

The course is designed to help students understand their responsibility for their health. The themes of the course include personal decision-making and physical activity. Self-assessment inventories are used to involve students in any health issues and provide a means for applying health information in personal decision-making. The goal of this course is to explore major personal health topics and to apply them in order to achieve, maintain, and promote high-level health.

Students develop knowledge and skills pertaining to componentsof health-related fitness such as cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility. Emphasis is placed on fostering an understanding of the health and fitness benefits through participation in physical activities. Other areas of exploration involve fitness and its relationship to the adsence of chronic disease, active lifestyles, healthy eatting patterns and managed stress techniques.

Students will learn foundational sciences underlying human movement and examine the systems, factors and principles involved in human development. Relevant fields of study of kinesiology include anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. Concepts will be applied to practitioners in the areas of physical education teaching and physical activity specialists in diverse settings with individuals across the lifespan.

The performance (sport, dance, daily living skills) applications and functions of musculoskeletal anatomy in the human being are studied.

This course is taken in conjunction with KH 2220 Anatomy in Kinesiology and Health. Application of topics discussed in lecture will be learned. Students should expect a demanding daily homework load as well as projects, quizzes, tests, and laboratory write-ups. A high level of understanding in problem solving and in scientific methods is necessary for success in this course.

Continuation of KH 2220. This course presents introductory concepts concerning the responses of various physiological systems to acute and chronic exercise and physical activity. Lecture information includes differences between children, adolescents, and adults.

This course is taken in conjunction with KH 2230 Physiology in Kinesiology and Health. Focuses on alterations in body systems and organs during physical activity with emphasis on musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiorespiratory, and body composition parameters. Laboratory experiences employing physiological principles during active participation in exercise are also included.

This course introduces theory, practices, and requirements for establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment. The course provides training in Infant/Child CPR and first aid along with an overview of chronic and acute health issues; emergency procedures; safety issues; transportation guidelines; detecting and reporting child abuse and neglect; and nutritional and feeding needs of children.

The course is designed to provide students with an overview of the sport management discipline.

Students develop knowledge and skills in lifetime fitness activites such as aerobic, jogging, walking, weight training, skeletal muscle development, and general conditioning. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the health and fitness benefits provided through participation in these activities.

Students will develop knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and assess health-related physical activities, skill themes, and fundamental movement skills in a P-5 physical activity settings. Emphasis will be placed on the ability to teach a progression of tasks within a single lesson as well as within a unit plan and to instruct, analyze, and assess movement skills.

This course introduces the foundations and components of health-related fitness and physical activity, developmentally appropriate health-related fitness content, and the assessment of health-related fitness.

This course introduces the rules, playing concepts, and game strategies of invasion games (e.g. team handball, ultimate Frisbee, speedball, and lacrosse). An emphasis will be placed on teaching methodology, skill development, and learning sequences.

This course introduces the rules, playing concepts, and game strategies of net/wall games (e.g. tennis, badminton, volleyball, pickle-ball). An emphasis will be placed on teaching methodology, skill development, and learning sequences.

This course introduces students to outdoor physical activities that can be pursued in urban environments. Students will become acquainted with the skills and knowledge to instruct physical activity in the Atlanta metro area, such as parks, hiking trails, bicycle trails, skateboarding/rollerblading facilities, and the Atlanta Beltline. Students will learn applicable municipal codes, applicable regulations, and safe participation regarding these physical activity settings.

Students will participate first hand in games and activities derived from the field of disability sport. Specifically, students will learn the fundamental skills, rules, and strategies necessary to play, coach, and develop programs for individuals with disabilities in some of the following sports: wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby, goalball, and bocce.

This course introduces the rules, playing concepts, and game strategies of target and field games (e.g. softball, bowling, golf, archery). An emphasis will be placed on teaching methodology, skill development, and learning sequences.

This course introduces prospective physical education teachers and physical activity specialists to a variety of dance forms that individuals can participate in over their lifespan. Students will also learn progressions for teaching gymnastics. An emphasis will be placed on teaching methodology, skill development, and learning sequences.

Introduces effective instructional management, instruction skills, and instructional models for physical education and physical activity. Field experiences are included.

Students examine the structure, function, and outcome of the disability sport movement in the United States and internationally, considering its impact on opportunities, current trends, behaviors, and attitudes towards persons with a disability. Students experience opportunities to work directly with athletes with disabilities and learn firsthand how to play selected disability sports.

This course will prepare physical education teachers, coaches and/or physical activity specialists to work with administrative and medical staff (i.e. athletic directors, allied health professionals) to prevent and manage injures that can occur during physical activity.

Traditional and authentic assessment methods currently in use in health, physical education, and adapted physical education settings are studied, including the organization, administration, and interpretation of those assessments. Students also examine various standards and learn how to develop assessments for them.

Students examine contemporary curriculum models, theory, and standards for adapted, elementary, and secondary physical education, and for health education. Students learn how to develop a curriculum for a K-12 program. This course has been identified as a “Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW)” course by the Department of Kinesiology and Health (KH).

The course provides students with an overview of the social issues related to and within the sports industry. The students will use the sociological sport research to read critically, write clearly, think analytically, and speak effectively about the topics such as sport and deviance, race, gender, social class, media, sexuality, disability, and religion.

Students obtain an overview of physical injuries likely to occur in a physically active population. The information provided will include description of injuries, their causes, and long-term outcomes that may affect health and physical ability.

This course is intended to cover the essentials of strength training and conditioning to prepare a student who is interested in becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

This course covers basic principles of gathering, summarizing, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data. It also covers the concepts of probability and statistical inference, including descriptive statistics, probability, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing and regression.

The principles which influence human motion are examined. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to analyze human motion with the goal of optimizing human movement performance.

Students gain knowledge of motor learning and development principles. Topics include the processes of skilled motor performance and motor skill acquisition, human motor development from childhood through older adulthood, the influence of perceptual, cognitive, physiological, and social development on motor development. Emphasis is on the practical application of concepts to the teaching of motor skills.

This course will provide students with the foundation to become successful sport coaches. Through activities, videos, and discussions, students will develop a coaching philosophy, learn strategies to motivate athletes, teach techniques and tactics, develop training programs, plan for a season and individual workouts, and manage a team and relationships with all of the people with whom you work as a coach. This course is a component of the National Federation of State High School Association Coaches Education Program. Completion of the ASEP national coaching certification exam is a course requirement.

This course will introduce students to the functional abilities of persons with a disability and the implications of impairment for coaching athletes with disabilities. Students will learn about reasonable accommodations in equipment, training, communication or rules to enable sport participation of athletes with disabilities. An understanding of classification also will facilitate coaching and athlete performance.

Focuses on alterations in body systems and organs during physical activity with emphasis on metabolic, cardio respiratory, and body composition parameters. Laboratory experiences employing physiological principles during active participation in exercise are also included. This is a “Critical Thinking Through Writing” (CTW) course.

This course is designed for undergraduate students to gain an international perspective on sport and exercise science. Students will learn to apply knowledge in sport and exercise science and gain field experience through a study-abroad program. Topics will include principles in sports biomechanics, materials in sports equipment, and research methods in exercise science. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

With permission from the course instructor, students outside of the KH Department and outside of the College of Education can select this course as an elective. This course has been identified as a “Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW)” course by the Department of Kinesiology and Health (KH). CTW assignments compose 45% of course assignments and include a structured academic controversy and two reflections. Students participate in class discussion, skill training, and skill applications which incorporate current national and state standards for school-based sexuality education. Particular emphasis is given to reaching special needs students. Class discussions and skill training include interactions with practicing teachers, parents, adolescents, content experts, and representatives of related community organizations. Skill application includes target group surveys; an in-class structured academic controversy, personal reflections, and a cognitive exam.

This course will introduce students to the health content areas and health education teaching models relevant to understanding current health risk behaviors. Students will learn to develop and implement health related content in school, recreation, health and wellness settings and will gain experience with individual/small group instruction. Critical Thinking Through Writing Course (CTW).

This elective course enables the program to address the very latest issues in kinesiology and health.

Students in this course will develop knowledge of and practical skills in research methods and designs. They will study the different aspects of research and develop aspects of research designs.

This course will introduce students to the professional role that sport coaches play in today’s society. Students will learn best practices in long-term coach development as well as the nature of coaching expertise and various models of successful coaching. Current research and suggestions for new paths of study will be discussed.

This course will introduce students to the Canadian Sport For Life (CS4L) Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Model. Through readings, activities, projects and class discussions students will develop an applicable understanding of the seven foundational stages of the LTAD model as well as the two disability specific stages that guide the training, competition and recovery experience of an individual’s experience in physical activity and sport from infancy through adulthood.

The psychological principles underlying the teaching and performance of sport and physical activity are analyzed.

Students study in detail the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Students also examine possible complications within these systems and related pharmacology.

This course is a detailed study of the structure and function of the neuromuscular and skeletal systems. In addition, students learn the physiology of movement and fatigue, and neuromuscular adaptations to strength and endurance training, disuse, injury, and aging. Finally, students learn the etiology and functional consequence of numerous neuromuscular diseases, e.g. muscular dystrophy, central core disease, malignant hyperthermia, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The purpose of the course is to introduce an overview of sport marketing and its related theoretical concepts and foundational principles.

The course is designed to provide students with an overview leadership in sport, as developed and applied through a managerial and human resources context within the sport industry.

This class will equip aspiring sport managers with the skills to enhance their financial decision making in a management role, applying concepts to the continually evolving landscape of the sports industry.

Discusses principles of fitness and health promotion program operation including cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness, program objectives, content, promotion and implementation, financial and personnel management, and facility planning and design. This is a “Critical Thinking Through Writing” (CTW) course.

This course is a detailed study of physical activity for the exercise specialist, technologist, or technician who is responsible for the safe administration of graded exercise tests and the development of an exercise prescription for apparently healthy human subjects, patients with controlled disease, and patients with known disease including cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, obesity, and other chronic illnesses.

This course examines various areas of law and their application to recreational, collegiate and professional sports. It will emphasize the legal problems and issues faced by professionals in the sport industry today.

Students in this course will develop in-depth knowledge of standardized body composition assessments, obesity and related chronic diseases, including diabetes, inflammatory diseases, hypertension, energy balance, lipid and lipoprotein profiles and healthy lifestyle choices for disease management. (KH 4380 may be cross-listed with KH 8385).

Students learn the scientific aspects of electrocardiography including the reading, recognition, and interpretation of ECG’s. The principles and guidelines for administration of exercise stress testing are also covered.

This class will focus on the effect of environmental extremes on physiological responses. Students will learn how heat, cold, and altitude affect performance and survival. Students will learn how the environment can affect oxygen uptake and how acclimation to different environmental conditions may improve performance and oxygen uptake. Students will also learn how different physiological systems, including the cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous systems, respond to different environmental extremes.

Acquisition and practice of contemporary instructional models for preschool and elementary physical education are studied. Includes peer and field-based teaching experiences.

Acquisition and practice of contemporary instructional models for secondary physical education are discussed. Includes peer and field-based practice teaching experiences.

Focuses on acquisition and practice of contemporary comprehensive school health education instructional strategies. Includes field-based practice teaching experiences, peer coaching during lesson plan development, and peer critiquing of field-based teaching videos.

Acquisition and practice of contemporary instructional models for adapted physical education are studied. Includes peer and field-based practice teaching experiences.

The primary goal of this course is to integrate advanced concepts and relevant scientific information to provide for understanding of biomechanics as it relates to exercise, physical training, and rehabilitation. Within the framework of exercise science, this course provides the student with knowledge that will allow for the assessment of human motion for the purposes of identifying critical factors of performance and injury including persons with a disability.

Students study the process and procedures of physical fitness evaluation and prescription. Emphasis is placed on the design of individual and group exercise programs.

This course is designed to develop the practical skills necessary to design effective training programs for the purpose of enhancing human performance in a variety of populations. Students will gain an in-depth knowledge of program design theories and modalities, as well as how to appropriately manipulate and progress programs to maximize efficiency.

Student teachers complete a 10-day internship in one of the placement schools during the clinical teacher’s pre-planning and first week of instruction. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

This course is intended to provide students with the opportunity to gain practical field experience within the sport industry. This course may include a Signature Experience component. Critical Thinking Through Writing Course (CTW).

This course is designed to provide instructional experiences to the Sport, Physical activity, Health, and Wellness concentration majors. The pre-internship will be designed to provide guided field-based instruction opportunities and will serve as a preparation course prior to the formal internship. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students observe, assist in, and instruct public school P-5 classes in health and physical education under the direct supervision of a clinical teacher. Includes seminars scheduled by the instructor. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students observe, assist in, and instruct public school 6-12 classes in health and physical education under the direct supervision of a clinical teacher. Includes seminars scheduled by the instructor. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students receive practical experiences in planning, organizing, assessing, and implementing sport, physical activity, health and wellness programs in various settings under the direct supervision of a clinician. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students receive practical experiences in planning, organizing, assessing, and implementing sport, physical activity, health and wellness programs in various settings under the direct supervision of a clinician. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students must pass a standardized exit exam to complete this requirement. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of “S” is required. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students receive practical experiences in planning, organizing, assessing, and implementing exercise science programs in various settings. Internship may extend beyond one term. This would require that students complete 375 hours of internship activities. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

Students receive training in research methods applicable to a research plan, analyze data and create written and oral presentations of the results. At the end of the course, students may take part in a formal research symposium. This would require that students complete 375 hours of research activities. Students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 5 credit hours that may extend beyond one semester. This course may include a Signature Experience component. (Repeatable).

Focuses on individual reading on special topics in health, physical education, recreation, or exercise science. Research may go beyond one term. This course may include a Signature Experience component. (Repeatable).