Graduate Courses
Designed to provide a working knowledge of the prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Basic principles of taping and use of modalities will be presented.
3
Prerequisites
3 hours of biology.
Students apply their knowledge of human anatomy to the study of movement with major emphasis placed upon the action of bones, joints, and muscles, and the role of the nervous system in relation to body control. Graduate students: research paper required. Admitted only with instructor's permission.
3
Prerequisites
HPE 504, 3 hours of human anatomy.
Equips the student with the knowledge, procedure, and techniques an athletic trainer uses to perform joint evaluations, apply therapeutic modalities, and rehabilitate athletic injuries. Students will be expected to complete a project involving procedures used in specific athletic injuries. Graduate students: research paper required. Admitted only with instructor's permission.
3
Prerequisites
HPE 504, 3 hours of biology.
Provides the student with a workable knowledge of human physiological response to exercise and other environmental stresses. Students will be involved in such practices as the use of graded exercise testing to determine physical fitness levels. Graduate students: research paper required. Admitted only with instructor's permission.
3
Prerequisites
3 hours of human physiology.
Students will develop a solid foundation of life skills needed to maintain personal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and fitness. Nutrition, hydration, exercise, psychological health, family health, financial health, environmental health, along with local, national, and global health issues will be studied. CPR and First Aid certification will also be completed.
3
Prerequisites
HPE 204