Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Psychology of Physical Activity. The psychological principles which apply to the teaching and performance of sport and physical activity are analyzed. (Not open to students who have taken KH 4280.)
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Introduction to Sport Management. The roles and functions of administration of sports programs in educational, commercial, and professional settings are analyzed.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Budgeting and Finances in Sports and Recreation. Students study budgetary theory and the process of planning as they relate to recreation and sports administration.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Workshop in Kinesiology and Health. Students analyze the skills, strategies, materials, and methods of teaching in selected areas of health, physical education, recreation, and exercise science. Workshop is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (repeatable)
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Seminar. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students study and discuss current topics relevant to the areas of health, physical education, exercise science, sports administration, and recreation. Seminar may extend beyond one term. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Administration in Sports Programs. Students study the policies, procedures, and processes of management, organization, and administration as they apply to interscholastic, intercollegiate, or professional athletic programs.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Development and Revenue Generation in Sport Business. Prerequisite: KH 6560 or consent of instructor. Students receive an overview of techniques and strategies of revenue producing activities in sports. Emphasis is placed on developing a balanced, multifaceted program of fund- raising and planned giving.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Cultural Aspects of Sport. Students study the role and significance of sports in contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on issues which affect the athlete, coach, administrator, and the sports fan.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Developing Teaching Skills for HPE/APE. This course is designed to introduce effective instructional, planning and classroom management skills for health and physical education for grades Pre-K -12. The focus is on developing these skills in pre-service teachers who are career changers. This Course includes peer-teaching and school based laboratory experiences. This is an elective course requiring authorization from an advisor.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Teaching Skills in Health, Physical Education, and Adapted Physical Education. The student studies effective teaching skills and instructional models for heath, physical education, and adapted physical education in grades P-12. The course includes micro teaching, peer teaching, and school-based laboratory experiences.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Teaching Models for Health and Physical Education. Prerequisite: KH 7240. Contemporary instructional models for health and physical education are discussed. Includes theory, planning, and implementation for cooperative learning, personalized systems of instruction, didactic teaching, and other effective models used in health and physical education. Course may extend beyond one term.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Foundations for Effective Portfolio Design. Prerequisites: 3 years of K-12 teaching experience in physical education and consent of the instructor. Knowledge of students and how they learn, physical education content, and pedagogical strategies are addressed in this course. The student learns assessment strategies to evaluate student learning and teaching effectiveness. Reflective practice and professional growth are key outcomes of the class.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sport Facility Management. Students study the planning, design, equipment, maintenance, and utilization of physical education, athletic, fitness, and recreational facilities.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sport Marketing. Prerequisite: one course in marketing. Students apply the principles of marketing and promotion to collegiate, professional, and recreational sports marketing.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sport Communication and Media. The purpose of this class is to provide an overview of sport communication and media relations as they pertain to sport organizations. The class will focus on how sport organizations utilize and manage the media as an advantageous part of marketing. Specifically, discussions will center around the history of sport media, sport media outlets, impact of media on sport consumers¿ understanding of the strategic planning process, sports information roles, placement of stories, and the management of press conferences, press releases, websites, social media, sensitive situations and game operations.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Viral Paradoxes of HIV and AIDS. At the completion of this course the student is aware of the social, psychological, and health implications of HIV and AIDS for all populations, appreciates the importance of equal gender representation in clinical trials, understands the five stages in combatting perceptions of invulnerability, and is sensitive to issues of early treatment and drug resistance. The student is required to attend a one day training session, AIDS 101, sponsored by AIDS Atlanta.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Health Risk and Protective Factors. This course explores the six major child/adolescent health risk behaviors documented by the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (CDC), examines the indirect relationship between risk behaviors and protective factors (40 Developmental Assets), and applies the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets paradigm to the prediction of risk and protective factors. Additionally, the course emphasizes the importance of a coordinated and comprehensive approach to fostering resiliency in children and youth through field visits to several local exemplary after school programs.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Using Technology to Assess in Health, Physical Education, and Adapted Physical Education. This course is designed to teach students how to integrate technology into the physical education setting, using it to measure, document, and enhance student learning.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Curriculum Development for Health, Physical Education, and Adapted Physical Education. A study of curriculum development in health and physical education focusing on current theories and models including factors affecting the curriculum, proper scope and sequence, scheduling, implementation and change theories, and curriculum evaluation techniques.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Physiology of Exercise. Prerequisite: Physiology of Exercise (KH 3650) or consent of instructor. Students examine the acute responses and chronic adaptations of human physiological systems to exercise and physical activity, including bioenergetics, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, and renal systems. Factors affecting exercise performance are evaluated including ergogenic aids, environmental conditions, age, and gender.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Biomechanics. Prerequisite: Biomechanics (KH 3600) or consent of instructor. Students investigate the anatomical and mechanical factors which influence human motion and perform analyses of complex human motions with the goal of optimizing human movement performance.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Applied Anatomy for Sports Medicine. Prerequisite: Musculoskeletal Function and Human Performance I (KH 2220) or consent of instructor. Orthopedic human anatomy and function are extensively examined. Cadaver dissection experiences are included.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription. Prerequisite: KH 7500 or consent of instructor. Students study the theory and practice of the assessment of physical fitness, and the design and implementation of comprehensive exercise programs. Emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of individual and group exercise programs for the apparently healthy adult.
Credit Hour(s): 2.0
Concepts of Orthopedic Rehabilitation. Prerequisite: KH 7530 or consent of instructor. Current concepts and techniques utilized in orthopedic rehabilitation of activity-related injuries are presented and discussed.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sport Law. Students apply law to selected aspects of education, commercial, and professional sports.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Clinical Exercise Physiology. Prerequisite: KH 7500 or consent of instructor. Students study the rationale and principles of exercise programming for populations with special needs such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, obesity, older adults, children, pregnancy, etc.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Fitness Program Management. Students receive an overview of fitness program operations including program content, personnel, financial, facility, and member services considerations.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Exercise Bioenergetics. Prerequisite: KH 7500 or consent of instructor. The primary goal of this course is to integrate basic concepts and relevant scientific information to provide the foundation for understanding bioenergetics, energy transfer, exercise and physical training. Within the framework of exercise and bioenergetics, this course provides students with knowledge that allows for the assessment of anaerobic power, anaerobic capacity, and the aerobic capacity.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Physical Education for Students with Developmental, Physical, and Sensory Disabilities. This course will provide K-12 Health and Physical Education teachers with techniques and knowledge for the design and implementation of effective instruction for students with disabilities in inclusive and self-contained physical education settings.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Inclusion Through Disability Sport This course is designed for K-12 health and physical educators and professionals in the field of sport and physical activity interested in working with individuals with disabilities. Through sport participation, students will learn the fundamental skills, rules, and strategies of selected disability sports and be able to develop programs for individuals with and without disabilities using games and activities derived from the field of disability sport.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 5.0
Practicum in Athletic Training. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students participate in a variety of professional activities related to the field of athletic training. These activities may include surgical observations, physician observations, attendance at professional meetings, and other related instructor approved activities. Practicum may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 6.0
Internship in Sports Management. Prerequisite: consent of faculty adviser and consent of instructor. Students receive practical administrative experience in a selected sport setting. Internship may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Physical and Motor Assessment for Students with Disabilities This course is designed for K-12 health and physical educators and professionals who are interested in gaining knowledge and skill regarding the implementation of and effective use of assessment data in the development of appropriate physical education curriculum and instruction for students with disabilities.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Practicum in Sports Administration. Prerequisite: KH 6380. Students gain practical experience in sports marketing, sports information, coaching, or related areas of sports administration through a supervised experience in an appropriate sport setting. Practicum may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Needs Assessment and Action Planning for Comprehensive School Health Education. Explores the eight components of comprehensive school health with an emphasis on the application of needs assessment and action planning skills in the development of comprehensive P-12 school health education.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0
Practicum in Exercise Science. Prerequisites: Completion of all course work (except KH 7750) and permission of instructor. Students must pass a standardized exit exam to complete this requirement. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course.
Credit Hour(s): 5.0
Internship in Exercise Science. Prerequisites: KH 7500, KH 7550 and KH 7710. Provides students with practical experience in a specific area of professional interest such as corporate fitness/work site health promotion, cardiac rehabilitation, hospital- based wellness, community or commercial fitness, etc. A total of 250 contact hours must be completed. Internship may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/ unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Drug Use Prevention and Intervention. This course addresses family, school, and community factors placing children and youth at risk for tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; investigates tobacco, alcohol, and other drug effects on child and adolescent health and academic performance; and emphasizes prevention and risk reduction strategies appropriate for inclusion in coordinated and comprehensive school health education.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 6.0
Directed Readings and Research. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. With the assistance of a faculty member, the student plans and implements an independent study project or research. A Directed Reading Form is available from the Office of Academic Assistance and Graduate Admissions and requires consultation with the instructor of choice to develop the topic of study, approval by the student's advisor, and approval by the chair of the department. A directed reading may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory /unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Research Design. Prerequisites: EPRS 7900 or EDCI 8900. This is a study of current research methodologies and design in physical education. The student develops a pilot study prospectus.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Collaborative Action Research Project: Health. Prerequisites: KH 7820, an approved CAR proposal, and consent of instructor. Students complete a field-based research project in health instruction from the proposal developed in KH 7820, in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Collaborative Action Research Project: Physical Education. Prerequisites: KH 7820, an approved CAR proposal, and consent of instructor. Students complete a field-based research project in physical education instruction from the proposal developed in KH 7820, in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Collaborative Action Research Project: Adapted Physical Activity. Prerequisites: KH7820, an approved Collaborative Action Research proposal, consent of instructor. Students complete a field-based research project in adapted physical activity from the proposal developed in KH7820, in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Teaching Portfolio Preparation. Prerequisites: KH 7370, initiated the process of NBPTS, and consent of the instructor. This course is designed to help teachers with design of portfolios, like those needed for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in physical education. Course content focuses on creating videos, video analysis of teaching,nand writing reflective analyses of teaching episodes.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0 TO 9.0
Seminar for Graduate Assistants. This course is designed to inform the students of policies and procedures to complete an assistantship. Professional ethics associated with teaching, research planning, management, and accounting procedures are reviewed. The course focuses on the teaching and research being conducted in order to further the understanding of all students involved in teaching and research. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 6.0
Master's Thesis. Prerequisites: consent of adviser. Master's-level students in exercise science or sports medicine conduct research and complete a formal thesis. Research may extend beyond one term. The master's thesis is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Therapeutic Modalities in Orthopedic Rehabilitation. Prerequisites: KH 7530, KH 7580, KH 8300 or consent of instructor. Current theories and practices in therapeutic modality usage in the treatment and management of orthopedic injuries are considered.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Topics in Exercise Physiology. Prerequisites: KH 7500 and Chem 6600 or consent of instructor. This course is designed to develop advance knowledge by synthesizing existing literature and completing research projects on selected topics in exercise physiology. Discussion, seminar, and research project reports are required as students select from topics such as metabolism and exercise, blood lipids, body composition and energy expenditure, and physiological performance.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Orthopedic Basis of Injury. Prerequisites: KH 7530 and KH 7580, or consent of instructor. Students receive advanced theoretical and applied experiences in preventing, evaluating, and treating activity related-injuries. Several approaches to evaluation and management are discussed. (Same as PT 8810).
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
ECG and Exercise Stress Testing. Prerequisites: KH 7500 or consent of instructor. Scientific aspects of electrocardiography, including cardiac electrophysiology, normal ECG patterns, and major abnormalities such as dysrhythmias, conduction disturbances, myocardial infarction, and hypertrophy are covered. Principles and practice of graded exercise test preparation, administration, and interpretation are also discussed.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sport and Movement Studies for Athletes with Disabilities. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of current research findings underlying the advancement of sport for athletes with disabilities and skills in designing independent research on athletes with disabilities.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Physical Activity Interventions and Behavior Change. Prerequisite: KH 6280 or consent of instructor. Study and discuss the psychological and behavioral perspectives of physical activity promotion, theoretical strategies to promote physical activity, and research-based interventions to change physical activity behavior for a variety of populations including those with special needs such as older adults, children and adolescents, and persons with disabilities.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Scientific Inquiry in Sports Medicine. Prerequisites: KH 7530, KH 7580, KH 8300, and consent of instructor. Students formulate and conduct a research project in the area of sports medicine. Course may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 4.0
Motion Analysis. Explores the principles of observational and instrumented motion analysis, focusing on human motion and including instrumentation, data collection and analysis, and biomechanical modeling of kinematics, kinetics, and muscle function.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Biomechanics of Orthopedic Injuries. Prerequisites: KH 7510 and KH 7530 or consent of instructor. Biomechanical considerations of major orthopedic injuries including injury potential of various human movement activities, acute and chronic injuries, and methods for reducing the likelihood of suffering an injury are explored.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0
Seminar in Exercise Physiology. Students discuss current topics and research and engage in professional development activities in exercise physiology. Seminar is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 4.0
Seminar in Biomechanics. Students discuss current topics and research and engage in professional development activities in biomechanics. Seminar is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Topics in Exercise Psychology. Prerequisite: KH 6280 or consent of instructor This course examines, in depth, contemporary topics and issues in the field of exercise psychology. Topics to be covered may include current physical activity epidemiology, current motivational, and methodological issues associated with exercise adoption and adherence, and current developments associated with the mental health benefits of exercise.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Exercise Physiology: Energy Metabolism. Prerequisites: Chem 6610 and consent of instructor. Students gain advanced training on the influence of selected external and internal factors on the body during exercise. The focal topics include energetics of muscular activity, recovery from exercise, and the biochemical basis for muscular fatigue.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Exercise Physiology: Cardiorespiratory. Prerequisite: 15 hours of university residency or consent of instructor. Students discuss the effects of exercise on the cardiorespiratory system as well as skeletal muscle. Students review and analyze current research. Selected laboratory exercises are conducted to illustrate concepts.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Exercise Physiology: Myocellular. Prerequisite: Chem 6610. Students critically evaluate the literature addressing mechanisms regulating the plasticity of skeletal muscle cells. Understanding structure-function relationships of muscle organelles and cells as well as current models of muscle degeneration, repair, regeneration, and growth are examined in detail.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Neuromechanics of Human Locomotion. Prerequisite: KH 7510 or consent of instructor. This course is designed for graduate students to gain the knowledge on the interactions of the neural and musculoskeletal systems in human locomotion. Students will learn to use the basic biological and mechanical principles to solve human locomotion questions both qualitatively and quantitatively. Topics will include the neural and musculoskeletal systems in humans, neuromechanical control of movement, and neural and physical rehabilitation.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 6.0
Research in Kinesiology. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Prior to registration, the student must submit a proposal (including goals and objectives, research activities and expected outcomes, and evaluation criteria) to his or her Doctoral Advisory Committee. The student works under the direct guidance of a faculty member to develop and apply research skills in sport science. Research activities may include learning and implementing relevant research techniques as well as designing, conducting, and presenting an original research study. Research may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for this course. (Repeatable).
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Research Seminar in Kinesiology. Current research topics and techniques and professional development activities are discussed in group sessions with program faculty. Students complete complementary individual research projects.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0 TO 9.0
Dissertation. The student engages in dissertation research approved by his or her committee. Successful completion requires a significant contribution to knowledge in the area of sport science. Dissertation may extend beyond one term. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of "S" is required for completion of the dissertation. (Repeatable).