100-Level Courses
300-Level Courses
EXSC 302 : Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Exercise Sciences.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Philosophical and ethical issues common to exercise sciences majors. Concept of mind, body, spirit. |
EXSC 320 : Basic Athletic Training.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in ExSc 321. |
| RECOMMENDED: | PDBio 220. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Recognition, evaluation, and care of athletic injuries. Techniques in taping, preventing, and rehabilitating injuries. |
EXSC 349 : Body, Mind, Spirit.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Sacredness of the body and its meaningfulness to the whole being. Comparative approach utilizing ideas from the restored gospel and Western and Eastern philosophy (nature of being). |
: Honors Body, Mind, Spirit.
EXSC 366 : Scientific Bases of Sport 3: Exercise Physiology.
(2.5:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring Odd Yrs.; Summer Even Yrs. |
| RECOMMENDED: | PDBio 305. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physiology of activity for physical education teaching students. |
EXSC 385 : Personal Training Strategies.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The art and science of personal fitness training for healthy adults, utilizing safe and effective techniques to develop and maintain optimal functional fitness (proper posture, balance, joint mobility, and stability), and optimal physical fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular strength, and power). |
EXSC 387 : Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current scientific evidence demonstrating how lifestyle affects disease processes. Healthy lifestyle concepts specifically needed by wellness professionals, health educators, and health promotion practitioners; influence of unhealthy lifestyle as basis for chronic diseases, i.e., cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. |
EXSC 394 : Athletic Training Clinical Education 1.
(2:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Athletic training major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Classroom and field experience. Orientation to athletic training program and clinical expectations. Modules include emergency care, taping skills, and basic modalities. |
EXSC 395 : Athletic Training Clinical Education 2.
(2:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 394 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Classroom and field experience. Modules include taping skills, assessment, and modalities. |
EXSC 399R : Exercise and Wellness Internship.
(.5-9:0:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Internship coordinator's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | On-the-job experience for exercise and wellness majors. |
400-Level Courses
EXSC 400 : Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology (includes lab).
(4:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 220 |
| RECOMMENDED: | ExSc 362 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced examination of structure and function of skeletal, articular, muscular, and peripheral nervous systems with clinical applications; cadaver lab included. |
EXSC 414 : Advanced Athletic Training Lab.
(1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Athletic training major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced athletic training skills, including taping, bracing and splinting, custom-fitted equipment, massage and stretching techniques, and emergency splinting and transport. |
EXSC 415 : Therapeutic Modalities.
(3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Athletic training major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Hydrotherapy, massage, traction, radiant energy, heat, cold, and electrotherapy. |
EXSC 416 : Injury Evaluation: Lower Extremities.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Athletic training major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic principles of injury evaluation; evaluation techniques specific to lower-extremity injuries. |
EXSC 417 : Injury Evaluation: Upper Extremities and Trunk.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 416 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Injury evaluation techniques specific to the upper extremities and trunk. |
EXSC 418 : Rehabilitation of Orthopedic Injuries.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 415 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic principles, techniques, and progression of orthopedic/musculoskeletal rehabilitation. |
EXSC 419 : Medical Issues in Athletic Training.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 417 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Discussion of current medical issues in athletic training with guest lectures by medical specialists. |
EXSC 423 : Administration of Athletic Training Programs.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 415 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Management and administration of athletic training facilities and staff members. |
EXSC 455 : Worksite Health Promotion.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 387 & EXSC 463 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Managing, designing, marketing, implementing, assessing, and administering health promotion programs in a worksite setting. |
EXSC 460 : Orthopaedic Impairments and Therapeutic Exercise.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 220 or equivalent; ExSc 400 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Fundamentals of body mechanics and therapeutic exercise, coupled with kinesiological principles for detection and correction of basic neuromusculoskeletal anomalies. |
EXSC 463 : Exercise Physiology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 305; or PDBIO 362 |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in ExSc 464. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The function of the physiological systems and their responses to acute and chronic exercise. |
EXSC 464 : Exercise Physiology Lab.
(.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 463 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction of laboratory and field methods; applying principles of exercise physiology to assessing physical fitness and physiological responses to exercise. |
EXSC 480 : Obesity and Weight Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 463 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Review of the scientific literature surrounding obesity and weight management, primarily the causes and consequences of this growing epidemic. |
EXSC 485 : Exercise and Wellness Certification Preparation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Senior status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Review of exercise and wellness certification competencies and curriculum with preparation for professional certification. |
EXSC 494 : Athletic Training Clinical Education 3.
(2:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 395 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Classroom and field experience. Modules include injury assessment and management, rehabilitation skills, and knowledge of general medical conditions. |
EXSC 495 : Athletic Training Clinical Education 4.
(2:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | EXSC 494 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Classroom and field experience. Modules include injury assessment and management, rehabilitation skills, nutrition, and dermatology. |
EXSC 496R : Academic Internship: Practicum.
(.5-8:0:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 320 and instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Academic and practical application of skills for athletic trainers. |
: Athletic Training Internship.
EXSC 498 : Capstone Experience in Athletic Training.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Senior standing in athletic training education program. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Synthesizing and integrating student classroom and clinical experiences in preparation for BOC examination resulting in certification of allied health professionals. |
| NOTE: | Course should be taken last semester prior to graduation. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
EXSC 501 : Sports Medicine Pathology and Pharmacology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 320, PDBio 305; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Sports medicine pathologies and related pharmacology for a variety of sports medicine/allied health care professions. |
| NOTE: | Meets required NATA athletic training educational competencies. |
EXSC 560 : Orthopaedic Pathomechanics.
(2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ExSc 460 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced analysis of neuromusculoskeletal deformities and/or injury. Therapeutic exercise and the use of orthoses. |