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HIST 2350 - Politics and Society in Modern Britain Hours: 4
The course examines the political, social, and international history of Britain from the Industrial Revolution to the present. It explores the development of parliamentary democracy, the emergence of modern class structures, the growth and decline of the British Empire, and the nature and influence of Britain’s experience of two world wars. It traces the movement for Irish independence and examines the conflict in Northern Ireland to the present. It charts the fate of social reform after the Second World War and the evolution of conservative, liberal, and radical traditions in politics and culture into the post-industrial era.
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HIST 2400 - The United States Between the Wars, 1865-1941 Hours: 4
This course will focus on the crucial decades between the two bloodiest wars the United States has fought. During these years, the reunited United States transitioned from a primarily rural, traditional, and Anglo-Saxon nation to a modern, urban, industrial, and multicultural one. This transition heralded the emergence of modern America. This class will investigate the major events of this period including the Second Industrial Revolution, the “new” immigration, the Great Migration, the Spanish-American-Filipino and First World Wars, the Great Depression, and the New Deal to understand how and why this transition took place and how it changed the political, social, economic, and cultural fabric of the country.
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HIST 2450 - Southern Africa 1700 to Present Hours: 4
Southern Africa has been a multi-cultural area for centuries. Students will learn about the cultures of some of the indigenous nation-states and societies that existed in southern Africa. This class will cover competitions between Europeans and Africans over resources in the region. Cultural contact issues about assimilation, resistance, co-existence, nationalism, and the creation of new cultures will be addressed as we study the choices made by African leaders and groups to advance their monarchies, federations and republics in times of warfare and in times of calm. These histories, along with the rise and fall of the apartheid system, laid the foundations for the nation of South Africa as we know it in the twenty-first century.
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HIST 2460 - Health and Society in Africa Hours: 4
This thematic course explores African social, cultural, and environmental history by investigating the history of health, disease, and disease control in Africa from c. 1500 to the present. The course explores the changing ways African people and states have conceived of, responded to, and tried to control changing patterns of health and disease. Topics covered include: pre-colonial environmental change & epidemic disease; rainmaking and social health; colonial epidemics and disease control; urban sanitation and segregation; agrarian change and famine; post-colonial epidemics (AIDS, TB, malaria); politics of health care in contemporary Africa. The theme of health gives students a central focus as the course challenges lines between human and natural environment, between individual and collective well-being, and between bodily and social health.
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HIST 2500 - Modern China Hours: 4
A history of China from the Manchu Qing dynasty (1640s) to the present. Emphasis on the events leading up to the Chinese Revolution, as well as the philosophy and policies of Mao Zedong following the Revolution. The course will examine the role China plays in the globalization of the world economy, as well as the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to maintain domestic control in the post-Mao era.
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HIST 2600 - Women’s History Hours: 4
This course provides an introduction to women’s history as an historical approach. It explores the lived experiences of a variety of women in different places and times. It also considers how and why definitions of gender roles have changed over time. Particular attention is paid to both women’s common experiences and critical factors like race, class, and location that often made their lives quite different.
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HIST 3100 - Medieval History Hours: 4
This course examines the formation of Latin Christendom and the Western tradition between the fourth and fifteenth centuries. The course explores the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval era; the development of political, religious and social institutions during the early Middle Ages (500-900); and the flowering of Medieval culture during the High Middle Ages (1100-1350). Particular attention is focused on the intersection between classical, Christian and Germanic traditions, the geographic, social and economic development in Europe, the relation between the Church and political institutions, and the flowering of chivalry and of the arts.
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HIST 3150 - Renaissance and Reformation Hours: 4
An exploration of the origins of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and the impact of these movements on European life and subsequent Western Culture. The course investigates the origins and aims of the Italian Renaissance and the impact of this movement on European culture, society and politics; the social and cultural background to the Reformation and the linkages between Renaissance humanism and leading reformers; and the origins and consequences of the Reformation and the Catholic Reformation for European politics and society.
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HIST 3200 - Global Capitalism Hours: 4
Today it is taken for granted that we live in a global economy: jobs and the standard of living in American are directly affected by economic developments elsewhere in the world and the benefits of global trade are disputed. Starting with the major regional economic systems in the world during the 13th century, this course explores how the modern global economy was created. Viewed from a global perspective, topics covered include how pre-industrial economies develop, how and why global trade networks grew, and the differential processes and impacts of industrialization in the 19th century. The course also focuses on processes of economic integration and disintegration in the 20th century, including the different policies and viewpoints of developed and developing nations to international trade and the impact of globalization on the environment and culture.
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HIST 3350 - Modern Japan Hours: 4
This class will study the formation and rise of Japan as a nation-state, covering the period from 1600 to the present. Students will focus primarily on the last 150 years of Japanese history, learning why the Tokugawa government fell and how Japan reinvented itself as a modern power with overseas colonies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The course will examine the path to the Second World War, the U.S. occupation, and the political, cultural, and social history of post-war and post-occupation Japan. Students will discuss the historiography of modern Japan, examining not only how different historians writing in English have approached seminal historical events such as the Meiji Restoration but also how trends in American politics have shaped the ways in which Japan has been researched, written about, and understood in the U.S.
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HIST 3355 - Slavery and Slave Trades in African History Hours: 4
This course will examine slavery and slave trades in African history, with a focus on changing relationships between global trade and local systems of social belonging. The course will first examine slavery and slave trades in early African history, including trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean commercial systems. Next, the course will explore the trans-Atlantic slave trade and related transformations in African slavery. Finally, the course will study 19th-century transformations in labor, migration, and social belonging that reflect histories of enslavement, including: West African Jihads, emerging ideas of diaspora, and the beginnings of European imperialism. The course will analyze primary sources on enslavement and slavery, key theoretical texts on slavery and freedom, and recent scholarly work on local histories of slavery.
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HIST 3400 - War and Revolution Hours: 4
The course traces the relationship between war and revolution in European history from the era of the Russian Revolution to the present. It covers late 19th-century rural rebellion as well as urban revolt and explores 20th-century revolutionary movements that accompanied civil war in Spain and the collapse of European empires. It examines the emergence of anti-revolutionary tendencies that reacted against movements for revolutionary change and it traces the development of new revolutionary directions in the era of the Cold War.
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HIST 3450 - Nationalism and Internationalism in Europe, 1870-Present Hours: 4
The course studies the conflicts between nationalism and internationalism in the struggles to create modern political republics and achieve European federation. It explores concepts of the nation, national self-determination, and the nation-state as they emerged in the late 19th century. It examines the rise of extreme nationalist movements in the years following the First World War, including the emergence and spread of fascism. It charts the development during the 20th century of internationalist responses to the consequences of contemporary warfare, the evolution of the idea of international law, the post-Cold War revival of nationalist movements, and recent efforts at sustaining a European Union.
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HIST 3502 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Hours: 4
This course explores the war that still fascinates so many contemporary Americans by examining the causes of this fateful conflict, the nature of the war itself for combatants and civilians, and the challenges Americans faced in reuniting themselves into a single nation. These issues are considered from a variety of viewpoints including leaders and common folk, women and men, white Americans and African Americans, Northerners and Southerners.
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HIST 3503 - The History of Sexuality in the United States Hours: 4
This course examines how Americans have imagined, represented, embodied, used, and resisted different ways of understanding sexuality. Focusing on key historical moments from early America to the present, the course situates sexuality in relationship to constructions of gender, race, and class and explores the connections between sexuality and power.
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HIST 3550 - African American History Hours: 4
Students will study the political, intellectual and social history of the African-American community from its roots in Africa, through the period of slavery, to the struggle for civil rights in the present day. Topics include Africans as explorers of New World, African Americans as patriots, pioneers, and politicians in the early American Republic, comparative slavery systems, the rise and fall of Jim Crow segregation, gender issues, borderlands issues, and key intellectual debates such as those of DuBois/Washington, Herskovits/Frazier, and King/Malcolm X.
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HIST 3580 - Environmental History Hours: 4
Environmental history is the study of the interaction between human beings and their natural surroundings through time. This course explores American environmental history from before European arrival in North America to the present. It takes a chronological view of North American history, focusing on the ways in which people adapted to, thought about, and shaped the natural world around them. By examining history in an environmental context, not simply a humanistic one, we can discover new perspectives of both history and contemporary environmental issues.
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HIST 3610 - Colonizing America Hours: 4
This course explores the complexities of cultural contact that occurred between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in the early days of North American colonization, the kinds of communities that emerged from these contacts, and the major challenges facing these colonial communities as they matured in the eighteenth century. Throughout, the course focuses attention on the tensions that underlay the colonization of America related to key issues such as land, race relations, economic systems, class structures, and political ideologies.
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HIST 3650 - African Encounters with Development Hours: 4
Has development been a blessing or a curse for Africa and Africans in the 20th century? In this course, we will examine how development programs have been conceived and carried out in the colonial and post-colonial periods, and ask how their impact on Africans’ lives has been represented and understood by African people, African governments, and international actors. This course will explore the interaction of ideas and experience—from large-scale theories to the daily practices of farmers, bureaucrats, activists, and scholars. The first half of the course will consider the “colonial roots of development,” covering themes such as agricultural improvement, migration, urban sanitation, and famine relief. In the second half of the course we will examine diverse post-colonial experiences of development, from nationalism to neoliberalism and beyond.
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HIST 3720 - The Islamic Golden Age (1000-1500 CE) Hours: 4
This course examines several medieval Saharan empires such as Ghana, Mali, the Almoravids, Almohads, Fatimids, and the Hausa-Bornu states. Students will read about key features of these empires, including some of their cultural, intellectual and religious values, as well as some of the political and economic structures and institutions that they developed to facilitate their expansion. Once students have familiarity with these concepts, they will then learn of the interaction of these empires with other states such as medieval Castile and some other European Crusading states, the Seljuks, the Ottomans, and even Gujarat, India. Students will explore the world as seen and understood by Africans of that era.
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HIST 3800 - U.S. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity Hours: 4
This course will examine the experience of Irish, Chinese, southern and eastern European, and Latin American immigrants and migrants to the United States. It will also examine the factors that have driven immigration; immigrant work, family, and community life; racial identity and discrimination; ethnicity and assimilation; and the history of immigration restriction and exclusion.
Notes: Paired with ANTH 3500 to fulfill the dyad requirement.
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HIST 3850 - Public History Hours: 4
This course explores the practice and theory of public history. Students will gain insight into the operation and mission of cultural and historic institutions, including museums and historical societies, which present history to the public. Students will study public history methodologies and educational programming and gain practical knowledge in public history.
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HIST 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
Independent Study.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
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HIST 4050 - European Intellectual History Hours: 4
The course traces how new ideas about the mind, self, and society emerged in Europe in response to periods of political and social crisis. It analyzes works of political and social theory, psychology, philosophy, and literature, as well as examines intellectual systems, including Marxism, psychoanalysis, and existentialism. It explores various cultural media, including journalism, film, and drama, and studies diverse methods for interpreting the origins and meaning of ideas and ideologies.
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HIST 4100 - The Holocaust in Contemporary History Hours: 4
The course studies the history of the Holocaust and how that history compels a re-examination of human society, behavior, and values. It analyzes the rise of Nazism, the nature of political anti-Semitism, the phenomenon of wartime occupation, and the meanings of collaboration and resistance. It explores contemporary Jewish history and the significance of the Holocaust in post-1945 collective culture, including how memory of the Holocaust influences global movements for the protection of stateless persons and confronting crimes against humanity. It studies the history and consciousness of the Holocaust through diverse sources and media, including historical testimony, memoirs, literature, film documentaries, visual art, and memorials.
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HIST 4210 - The Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective Hours: 4
This course focuses on the British Industrial Revolution and examines how the British economy was transformed from a pre-industrial economy into an industrial economy, including the related social and political changes. Particular attention is focused on the technological and institutional settings in which industrialization occurred and its impact on the standard of living. The origin and development of British industrialization is set in a global context, including the economic development of China and India.
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HIST 4250 - Revolutions in the Early Modern Era: 1500-1815 Hours: 4
The early modern era was filled with political revolutions that transformed societies and states leading to the development of the modern nation state. This course examines the ideological, political, economic, and cultural origins and consequences of these revolutions. A comparative framework is employed to analyze a set of significant revolutions, including the Glorious Revolution in Britain and the French Revolution.
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HIST 4310 - American Indian History Hours: 4
Ignored for generations by historians, American Indian history has become one of the most exciting and prolific fields of historical inquiry. As scholars now recognize, Indian peoples have fundamentally shaped and defined our nation’s past. From the founding of the first European settlements in North America to continuing debates over the meaning of American democracy, Indian history remains integral to understanding American history and culture. This course will take a roughly chronological look at this long ignored field of study from the time of European colonization through the 1970s.
Notes: Paired with INST 4035 or RELG 3300 to fulfill the dyad requirement.
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HIST 4350 - The Era of the American Revolution Hours: 4
In a few short decades, eighteenth-century American colonists staged the modern world’s first successful colonial rebellion and created their own new political, economic, and social structures. This course examines the origins of their rebellion, the war that they waged to secure their independence, and the global ramifications of their actions.
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HIST 4400 - Riots, Reds, and Riffraff: A History of the American Working Class Hours: 4
This course explores three related topics: the history of work in American life since the mid-nineteenth century; the role of class and class consciousness in American society; and the history of the American labor movement. The following questions will guide us through these three topics: how and why work has changed over the last 150 years; whether there was in the past a distinct and self-conscious “working class”; and how and why labor unions sought to transform the relations of power in American workplaces and in the larger society; We will also examine how and why race and gender have shaped the workplace and class relations.
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HIST 4450 - History of U.S. Social Protest Movements Hours: 4
This course will focus on a variety of social movements including the African-American civil rights movement, the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, the labor movement, and various anti-war movements. The emphasis will be on how and why people became engaged in these movements and why others fought so hard against them. The course will also explore the relationship between the state and the social movements under examination. Finally, the course will pay close attention to how race, class, gender, and sexuality shaped these movements and the opposition to them, the causes of success or failure, and the long-term impact of these movements on American society.
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HIST 4510 - East Asian History and Film Hours: 4
This course examines East Asian history through the lens of film, emphasizing questions of nationalism and identity. The course analyzes how China, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong have evolved in the modern era, providing a basis with which to explore Asian cinema. The course examines concepts of “national” and “trans-national” cinema by studying the history of the film industry in Asia and focusing on film directors who are seen as representative of their respective national cinematic traditions. By studying popular Asian film genres, such as martial arts films, animation and monster movies, the course also analyzes genre as a cinematic mode of representing ideas about nationalism and identity.
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HIST 4560 - Modern Korea Hours: 4
This class will study the formation and rise of modern Korea, covering the period from late 1800s to the present. Students will examine the internal and external pressures that caused Korea’s long-lived and stable Chosŏn dynasty to collapse and study how subsequent colonization and war ultimately divided the Korean peninsula into the two very different nation-states we see today. In addition to studying historical events and trends, students will also analyze the philosophical principles underpinning systems of thought that have shaped life on the Korean peninsula, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and Communism.
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HIST 4630 - African Independence Movements: 1940s-1970s Hours: 4
This course explores the strategies and choices made by African leaders and groups that led to the emergence of independent African nations. We will look at some of the intellectual, economic, religious, social and military strategies employed in the pursuit of freedom in North, East and West Africa.
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HIST 4660 - African History: Era of New Nations Hours: 4
This course explores some of the challenges and successes faced by some post-independence African nations such as the creation of national identity, the restructuring of the economy, the outbreak of some civil wars, and the creation of the African Union.
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HIST 4800 - Research Seminar - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
The seminar provides an opportunity for independent historical research. Participants explore methodological approaches from history and related social sciences by directly applying these approaches to self-designed projects. Students familiarize themselves with classic and current directions of inquiry in their areas of concentration, and define their own research questions and strategies. Course develops skills of professional historical writing. Seminar is highly recommended to undergraduate students who intend to pursue graduate studies in history or related fields.
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor.
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HIST 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal. They are arranged individually, usually with local organizations or agencies, such as the Ohio Historical Society.
Notes: The number of credit hours varies with the program agreed upon.
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HLED 1111 - Anatomy and Physiology I Hours: 4
The first semester of a two-semester lecture and laboratory sequence of courses in anatomy and physiology with an introduction to chemistry, cells and tissues, the integumentary system with special emphasis on the bony skeleton, joints, and the muscular system.
Prerequisites: HLED 1800, MATH 1210 or 1220.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 1112 - Anatomy and Physiology II Hours: 4
The second semester of a two-semester lecture and laboratory sequence of courses in anatomy and physiology with a focus on the systems including the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, and urinary systems.
Prerequisites: HLED 1111 or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 1400 - Individual and Community Health Hours: 4
This course focuses on personal health risk factors associated with nutrition, physical activity, substance use, sexuality, and mental health, and how they relate to injury and chronic and communicable diseases. The course also explores how personal, social and environmental health issues affect community/public health. Roles of public health agencies and organizations, and the function of Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHP) will be discussed. Students will be exposed to individual and population-based strategies for reducing prevalence of health risk factors and incidence of disease and injury in various population groups and settings. Learning experiences and a service-learning component involve students in application of health education skills including hands-on assessment of personal and population needs, program planning, implementation and evaluation of health initiatives.
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HLED 1800 - Professional Perspectives/Technology in Health Promotion and Fitness Hours: 4
This course is designed to acquaint students with basic information, history, ethics, current issues, and professional organizations, journals, and resources in the general area of Health Promotion and Fitness. There is an additional skill-oriented component designed to introduce students to presentation skills and technologies utilized in the field of Health Promotion and Fitness.
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HLED 2100 - Fundamentals of Nutrition Hours: 4
This course focuses on the science of nutrition and the impact of daily food choices and eating patterns on long-term health. The course examines nutrient sources and functions, energy balance, links between diet and chronic diseases, diet and exercise, nutrition throughout life stages, nutrition myths and misinformation, and food-borne illness. Nutrient analysis of a student’s diets provides opportunities to improve nutritional health.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2300 - Introduction to Exercise Testing and Prescription - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
This course is intended to prepare students to effectively fitness test, administer health appraisals, and prescribe programs of physical activity including cardiovascular endurance, muscular fitness, flexibility, and body composition. Training will focus on general apparently healthy persons or those medically cleared for physical activity. Preliminary discussions regarding persons with arthritis, coronary heart disease, low back pain, diabetes as well as children, seniors, and pregnant women will be discussed. The student will learn how to help individuals in creating a vision and setting goals for their health and fitness and the principles of effectively facilitating behavioral change in potential clients. This course prepares the student for the expected job tasks of a personal trainer according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). There is a practical component to this course that is completed by working with faculty and staff individuals at the University.
Prerequisites: HLED 1111, Sophomore status or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2400 - Health Issues Hours: 4
This course focuses on issues associated with contemporary health challenges including substance use and abuse, human sexuality, and selected health issues of current concern to the public. Health issues are addressed from a variety of perspectives including historical, psychosocial, biological, ethical and legal. Students apply health education skills associated with becoming a resource, and communicating health information, by becoming familiar with community health resource organizations, and translating current research on these health issues for the public.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2900 - Practicum in Health Promotion and Fitness Hours: 4
This course will provide students majoring in Health Promotion & Fitness with practical experience under the supervision of a qualified individual in a clinical, commercial, corporate, community, or college/university field setting (s) of the student’s choice. Students are expected to analyze critically and evaluate their practical experiences in light of their coursework and interest area in Health Promotion and Fitness. Students will be evaluated by their field supervisor as well as the course instructor. Sixty hours of field experience is expected.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and permission of the instructor.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2901 - Public Health Education Practicum Hours: 4
This field practicum provides an opportunity for students to gain experience with health education-related jobs and public health/community settings in which health educators practice, for the purpose of gaining practical “hands-on” experience in settings which might be appropriate for future internship and/or careers. Students will also become familiar with professional public health and health education organizations, as well as credentialing processes operating in the public health professions. Students spend approximately 84 hours in on-site observation and assistance with two or three community agency/organization health education activities, as well as conducting individual research regarding the assets, challenges and unique aspects of practicing health education in different settings, and regarding the five core knowledge areas basic to public health, i.e. biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, health services administration, and social & behavioral sciences.. Practicum sites are arranged by students in advance of the practicum. Scheduling is arranged individually. All seven areas of responsibility and related competencies for NCHEC may potentially be applied.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2902 - Field Practicum in Allied Health Hours: 2
This field practicum provides an opportunity for students to gain experience with allied health related jobs and settings in which allied health professionals practice. The purpose of this course is for Allied Health majors to gain practical, hands-on experience in settings which might be appropriate for future internship and/or career possibilities. Students will spend 60 hours in on-site observation of two allied health care professionals, as well as conduct individual research regarding career paths open under the allied health umbrella. Practicum sites are to be arranged in advance of practicum. Scheduling should be arranged by the student in coordination with the respective field practicum sites and students will be expected to search out opportunities within the community. Students will be required to maintain weekly logs for communication purposes with the faculty advisor. Students will also complete a graduate school search and write a paper exploring one of the issues facing their chosen profession.
Notes: Offered in Fall or Spring. This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 2950 - Group Fitness Practicum Hours: 2
As participants in Group Fitness Practicum, students will identify and demonstrate necessary skills for development and implementation of safe and effective group exercise programs. Students will engage in methods of group fitness leadership, program development, and practical application of leading group exercise. Topics addressed will include exercise safety, monitoring, cuing, music, equipment, choreography, and sequence. Students will be evaluated, in part, on leading portions of a group fitness class.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3050 - Exercise Programming for Selected Populations Hours: 4
This course builds on the foundations established in previous course work (HLED 2300) when the focus was on exercise for the general population. This course content focuses on specific characteristics and health challenges for children, older adults and women as well as recommendations for safe, effective physical activity for persons having major health problems such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity, etc. Delivery of information will be followed by practical application of such information in developing an effective leadership style that translates into positive growth of the fitness participant. Training clients outside of class time is expected as part of this learning experience.
Prerequisites: HLED 2300, Junior or senior Health Promotion and Fitness major or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3100 - Worksite Health Promotion Programs Hours: 4
This course will review worksite health promotion programs (WHP) and how they vary from worksite to worksite. Students will study the common attributes of successful programs, present justifiable rationale for establishing WHP programs as a sound business strategy, and be able to describe the relationship between employee health and productivity and employee health and costs. Students will enhance their professional knowledge and skills in WHP through a needs assessment and development, implementation, and evaluation of a WHP program.
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HLED 3200 - Applied Performance Nutrition Hours: 4
This seminar course increases knowledge and application of nutrition principles learned in the introductory nutrition course. Emphasis will be on the role of nutrition in health and wellness, disease prevention and obesity. Students will gain additional knowledge in principles of sports nutrition and its role in performance. We will also explore food sustainability and food safety. Current issues in nutrition will be discussed. Students will improve their confidence in applying nutrition principles based on evidence-based nutrition research and practice.
Prerequisites: HLED 2100 or NURS 2400. Open to Nutrition minors only (or by permission of instructor).
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3440 - Weight Management and Supplements Hours: 4
This course studies principles of healthy approaches to weight loss and weight gain by understanding the physiological and psychological issues that affect weight. Components of effective programs for obesity and overweight will be studied. A 6-week “healthy habits” program will then be implemented by students enrolled in the course. Dietary supplement claims, recommendations and controversies will also be evaluated according to evidence-based research on safety and efficacy. The role of supplements in weight loss/weight gain, disease prevention and athletic performance will be analyzed according to nutrition requirements for optimum health. Laws and regulations governing supplements and the weight loss dietary industry will be reviewed.
Prerequisites: HLED 2100 or NURS 2400. Open to Nutrition minors only (or by permission of instructor).
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3500 - Health Education Program Planning and Evaluation - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
This course places emphasis on understanding and applying health education skills associated with population needs assessment, program planning, implementation and evaluation of health education/wellness programs in a variety of settings. Discussion includes several community planning models, theories, and strategies within the context of the socio-ecological perspective. Foundations of the health education profession, including interpretation of research and ethical considerations are emphasized throughout the course. A service learning component provides an opportunity for students to apply assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation skills in an educational setting within the community.
Prerequisites: HLED 1400 and junior/senior status or permission of instructor .
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3660 - Movement Science I Hours: 4
This course is designed to build upon the concepts of Anatomy and Physiology and Kinesiology. Students will continue to advance their knowledge of the injury evaluation process presented in ATHT 1000. This course will specifically provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate orthopedic injuries. Those skills will include describing functional anatomy, recognizing signs and symptoms of common injuries, palpation techniques, ROM, and various special testing techniques respective to each joint. Students will also be responsible for mastering musculoskeletal anatomy concepts related to muscle origin, insertion and action beyond the material covered in BIO 1810.
Prerequisites: ATHT 1000 and 3400, BIO 1810 and 1820.
Notes: Offered in Fall. This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3670 - Movement Science II - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
This course is designed to build upon the concepts presented in Movement Science I. It will provide students with the knowledge necessary to assimilate findings from an orthopedic evaluation and create basic rehabilitation programs for musculoskeletal injuries. Content areas of therapeutic exercise and therapeutic modalities will be presented. Students will be responsible for researching an injury of their choice and preparing a written and oral presentation on the evaluation and treatment of this injury. Students must include relevant findings regarding the injury from current literature and presenting appropriate treatment strategies that include therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation.
Prerequisites: HLED 3660.
Notes: Offered in Spring. This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3800 - Organization and Management in Health and Sport Sciences Hours: 4
The nature, culture, and mechanisms of organizations, leadership and management as it relates to health and sport science careers. Course will focus on understanding and applying individual strengths and personality traits, investigating leadership theories, understanding organizational theories, cultures and techniques of interpersonal and cross-cultural communication, synthesizing ones role in local and global health issues, and understanding and valuing ethical responsibilities.
Notes: Open to juniors and seniors. This course fulfills the dyad requirement if taken with MGMT 3555 or INST 3555. This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
This course is taken for elective credit and allows the qualified student the chance to work independently in learning beyond the required program of study. Registration for such work is in collaboration with the student’s academic advisor.
Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior or senior standing and permission of the instructor.
Notes: May be repeated for up to four credits.
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HLED 4100 - Strength and Conditioning I Hours: 4
This course is designed to bridge the gap between clinical exercise science related course work and the practical application skills of strength and conditioning. The student will learn how to properly screen and evaluate clients for safe participation in an exercise program, design and implement exercise prescriptions for multiple populations and goal attainment, and apply the principles of exercise in a strength and conditioning environment. This course will prepare the student to take the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist exam or the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist exam.
Prerequisites: ATHT 3400, PHED 4400, HLED 2100, BIO 1810 and 1820 (Athletic Training & Allied Health majors) or ATHT 3400, PHED 4400, HLED 1111 and 1112, HLED 2100 (Health Promotion & Fitness, Health Education and Physical Education majors).
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HLED 4110 - Strength and Conditioning II Hours: 2
This elective course prepares the student for expected knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to be competent as a strength and conditioning coach according to the National Strength and Conditioning Association. It is intended to prepare students to work more specifically in the area of strength and conditioning programming as opposed to the more general nature of personal training. It is the second in a series of strength and conditioning classes offered as part of the Health Promotion and Fitness major at Otterbein. By its nature it is more in-depth and intensive, and with more of an application component. Only the most serious minded student interested in working at a collegiate/university level strength and conditioning program and/or graduate school in sport physiology should attempt this class. It is an elective as opposed to the previously required prerequisite/co-requisite course, Strength and Conditioning I.
Prerequisites: HLED 4100.
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HLED 4900 - Health Promotion and Fitness Internship Hours: 10
This practical experience is the culminating experience in the students major curriculum. Students are required to secure a 10 credit hour internship experience that translates into 4 hours per credit hour over the 14 weeks of on-site experience. Internships are supervised by someone on-site as well as the academic advisor. Sites are usually in a community, commercial, clinical, corporate, or college/university setting.
Prerequisites: Students must apply one term in advance of the internship and must be senior status.
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HLED 4901 - Health Education: Public Health Concentration Internship - Writing Intensive Hours: 1-16
The Health Education internship provides an opportunity for students to apply all or most of the seven health education areas of responsibility in a dedicated, 320-hour culminating experience with a community health agency or organization. All seven areas of responsibility and related competencies for NCHEC, and all standards for AAHE may potentially be applied.
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HLED 4902 - Allied Health Internship Hours: 3
Allied Health majors must complete an Internship in their chosen area of graduate study or employment prior to graduation. Students must submit a written proposal of the Internship to the Faculty Advisor one term in advance of the Internship. Please see the Allied Health Internship Manual for further details. This manual is available on the Department of Health and Sport Sciences webpage. Students are responsible for maintaining appropriate communication with the faculty supervisor via bi-weekly logs and they must complete a research project on a topic related to their internship setting. The results of this research and a brief synopsis of the Internship must be presented to the faculty advisor and a selected audience at the completion of the Internship.
Prerequisites: HLED 2902 and 3670.
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HNRS 1500 - The Critical Spirit - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
This requirement emphasizes the student’s emerging identity as both an independent researcher and a member of a wider community of scholars and researchers. In these sections students will compare how various disciplines have defined the critical function and spirit of inquiry as a source of identity. Sections will emphasize ways in which researchers have pursued knowledge of both self and society. The course will begin to develop advanced expository writing and research skills and begin to prepare students for independent projects.
Notes: This course may be used to fulfill the INST Identity Projects requirement.
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HNRS 2000 - Inquiry and Society: Social Sciences Hours: 4
These sections examine how inquiry into politics and society has developed through history and across cultures. They will explore transformations in theories of the state, law, justice, and human rights.
Notes: This course may be used to fulfill the INST Interconnections (NST 2000’s) requirement.
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HNRS 2200 - Inquiry and Society: Humanities Hours: 4
These sections explore the nature of free inquiry within contemporary society. It examines how society promotes, reinforces, or constricts diverse types of inquiry.
Notes: This course may be used to fulfill the INST Reflection and Responsibility (INST 2200’s) requirement.
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HNRS 2400 - Inquiry and Society: Natural Sciences Hours: 4
These sections explore the scientific inquiry as both an individual and social process. They examine the intellectual and social demands on science within the contemporary world.
Notes: This course may be used to fulfill the INST Natural Foundations (INST 2400’s) requirement.
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HNRS 2600 - Inquiry and Society: Fine Arts Hours: 4
These sections examine art as a method of self-exploration and social inquiry. They analyze creative works as raising questions and defining problems that continue to demand the attention of researchers.
Notes: This course may be used to fulfill the Creativity and Culture INST 2600’s) requirement.
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HNRS 3500 - Junior Honors Project Seminar - Writing Intensive Hours: 2
Students explore research methods across disciplines and write proposals for their Honors thesis projects. Members of the Honors Committee lead the seminar and guide students through the process of exploring literature in their fields, framing research and creative questions, and constructing a thesis proposal. During the seminar, Honors students will identify a faculty thesis advisor in their field who will help to determine the subject, nature, and length of the thesis project and will continue to work with the student in the Senior year. All students who intend to graduate with Honors must register for this junior year seminar in both fall and spring semesters.
Notes: This course and HNRS 4500 may be used to fulfill the SYE requirement.
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HNRS 4500 - Senior Honors Thesis Project Hours: 4
Having designed their Honors theses in the Junior year, Honors students devote the entire Senior year to in-depth work with their thesis advisors and completion of their thesis projects. Completion of the Honors thesis allows students to achieve independent scholarly and creative goals within their own academic or professional fields and confers on them a unique sense of accomplishment and confidence. All thesis projects require the writing of a final paper.
Notes: This course and HNRS 3500 may be used to fulfill the SYE requirement.
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HPES series - Health and Physical Education Lifestyle Series Hours: 1
The HPES 1000 series are courses designed to meet the University requirement in health and physical education.
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HPES 1001 - Stability Ball Conditioning Hours: 1
Involves the execution of pilates and sports inspired conditioning techniques using the stability ball to strengthen and tone core muscles as well as the upper and lower body. Exercises are also designed to improve postural alignment, flexibility, and body awareness.
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HPES 1002 - Yoga Relaxation Hours: 1
Gentle stretching and guided visualization through a variety of yoga systems will provide participants with an understanding of basic yoga as a means of stress management for self practice.
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HPES 1003 - BodyMind Awareness Hours: 1
Stress reduction exercises and Yoga relaxation. This course explores how wellness can be achieved through the understanding and discipline of a variety of popular techniques and practices: The course will serve participants with an overview of the increasingly popular field also referred to as “Somatics.” “What affects your body affects how you feel … how you think and feel affects your body.” Recent attention has been given to the BodyMind connection through such works as “Healing and the Mind” on PBS and studies in the fields of psychology, medicine, immunology and education.
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HPES 1004 - Beginning Rock Climbing Hours: 1
The goal of this course is to teach the student the fundamentals of rock climbing. Students will learn basic climbing techniques, how to belay, how to rappel, how to establish an anchor, and important climbing safety techniques.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HPES 1006 - Alexander Technique Hours: 1
A practical introduction to the somatic education theories and methods of F.M. Alexander, often employed by performing artists, but equally useful in sports and everyday activities. Students can reduce tension and enhance performance by refining their kinesthetic perception, and by bringing attention to common ingrained habits that interfere with the postural reflexes.
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HPES 1007 - Feldenkrais Method Hours: 1
A practical introduction to the somatic education theories and methods of Moshe Feldenkrais - a synthesis of Western discoveries about learning and developmental movement with insights from traditional Eastern martial arts. This class will present gentle floor exercises that explore very basic movements in great detail, to develop the ability to use one’s body with greater ease, comfort, pleasure and power.
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HPES 1008 - Massage Techniques Hours: 1
This participatory course focuses on utilizing massage techniques to manage daily stress. The student will learn the physical, mental and emotional benefits of massage, proper body mechanics when massaging and the application of simple, appropriate Swedish massage techniques.
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HPES 1011 - Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Hours: 1
This introductory course is designed to introduce students to the benefits of physical fitness and the importance it plays in their lives. Class format will consist of lectures and activities designed to enhance the student’s knowledge of health and fitness.
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HPES 1012 - Pilates Hours: 1
This non-impact, anaerobic, gentle and effective exercise program is recognized worldwide. It is renowned for increasing strength and flexibility, improving alignment and coordination, and synchronizing mind and body. It will promote ease and efficiency of movement and improved posture through focused, slow, careful, and controlled exercises.
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HPES 1013 - Weight Training Hours: 1
Novice course with basic fundamental techniques developed in a steady personal program.
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HPES 1014 - Tennis Hours: 1
Beginning: Basic fundamental skills necessary to compete recreationally in singles and doubles. Not for the experienced players. Intermediate: Players must possess basic skills and knowledge of tennis. Will improve ability through drills and game play so as to place one in a competitive situation with others of like talent.
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HPES 1015 - Ultimate Frisbee Hours: 1
Provides information that will introduce individuals to Ultimate Frisbee and other disc games and will improve their general playing skills and ability; to learn the rules, techniques and strategies that are necessary for efficient, competitive and recreational ultimate participation. Physical conditioning, specific skills, team play, competitive situations and psychological attitudes are also considered.
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HPES 1019 - Cardio Kickboxing Hours: 1
Involves the execution of punches and kicks borrowed from boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts in an aerobic format intended to improve individual fitness and wellbeing, and to promote fitness as a lifestyle.
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HPES 1021 - Aerobic Step Circuit Hours: 1
Alternates segments of step aerobics and resistance training for a cardiovascular and strength workout. Students will be instructed in proper step and weight training techniques. This course is intended to improve individual fitness and well being and to promote fitness as a lifestyle in a group setting.
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HPES 1023 - Ballroom Dance: Swing Hours: 1
To introduce the various styles and chronology of popular Swing dance with reference to Salsa. Through this course you will learn the coordination, rhythms and lead/follow techniques, which will enable you to dance with a variety of partners.
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HPES 1024 - Ballroom Dance: Tango and Waltz Hours: 1
To acquaint the student with basic understanding of authentic Argentine Style Tango, Waltz, with reference to Foxtrot. Utilizing several interrelated dance steps and rhythms with an emphasis on partnering techniques, students will develop the basis of how to partner any social dance. No previous experience required.
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HPES 1025 - AHA Healthcare Provider (CPR) Hours: 1
This course is primarily for Healthcare providers (nurses, doctors, athletic trainers, etc.) and course content could be utilized by individuals in a variety of healthcare settings. This course is designed to teach the skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people of all ages -adult (ages 8+), child (ages 1-8) and infant (ages 0-1). Students will be instructed in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), as well as how to relieve choking (foreign-body airway obstruction) on both responsive and unresponsive victims of all ages. The skills learned in this course will enable the student to recognize and respond to life threatening emergencies and to respond to them. Successful completion results in AHA Healthcare Provider Basic Life Sequence Certification.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HPES 1026 - Exercise Walking Hours: 1
Participation course with techniques for turning walking into a lifelong fitness activity. Individualized progression. Held indoors and outdoors.
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HPES 1027 - New Games Hours: 1
Develop skills in problem solving, creative thinking and expression, leadership and teamwork while having fun playing a variety of cooperative games where athletic ability is not a requirement.
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HPES 1028 - Zumba Hours: 1
Zumba is a Latin-inspired, dance fitness experience. It is an effective interval work out combining high and low intensity movements drawing from salsa, cumbia, merengue, reggaetone, and samba. No dance experience is required.
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HPES 1029 - Self Defense Hours: 1
Basic self-defense knowledge and practical defensive methods for individual use in the anticipation and prevention of a perpetrator and dangerous situations. This is not a martial arts or Kung Fu class.
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HPES 1030 - Zumba and Sculpt Hours: 1
This course builds on traditional Zumba with the addition of a strength training component. The class will be composed of Zumba intervals as well as total body sculpting exercises.
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HPES 1031 - Boot Camp Hours: 1
This course is a combination of plyometrics, agility drills, strength training and core work. The class is designed to challenge the cardiovascular system as well as increase muscle endurance and improve kinesthetic awareness.
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HPES 1032 - Total Body Training Hours: 1
Alternating cycles of cardio drills and weight work for a total body workout. The main focus of this class is on cardio conditioning, fat loss, and overall muscle conditioning.
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HPES 1034 - Total Body Training Hours: 1
Alternating cycles of cardio drills and weight work for a total body workout. The main focus of this class is on cardio conditioning, fat loss, and overall muscle conditioning.
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HPES 1036 - Olympic Weightlifting Hours: 1
This class will teach students the complete technical progressions of the snatch, clean & jerk, and all associated exercises. Students will also learn program design, technical rules, and practice coaching and performing these exercises in a practical setting.
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HPES 1037 - 5K Run/Walk Training Hours: 1
This course is designed to help you successfully complete a 5K race which is equal to 3.1 miles. You will learn how to train safely for this distance as well as learning proper strength training and stretching exercises to assist you in performing at your best. At the end of the semester, the class will run/walk a local 5K race together. All fitness levels are welcome as the goal is to do the best you can individually.
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HPES 1038 - Cardio Circuit Hours: 1
Interval based circuit training is used to increase cardiovascular capacity and muscular endurance. The main focus of this class is to improve cardiovascular fitness.
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HRM 3200 - Personnel and Human Resources Management - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
A study of contemporary topics and procedures of personnel administration. Topics include diversity and legal issues in management of human resource, job analysis and staff planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, labor relations and unions. Projects and assignments include research of actual human resource systems and presentation of human resource data and manuals.
Prerequisites: MGMT 3000.
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HRM 3510 - Planning and Staffing Hours: 4
This course examines the following areas: overall human resource planning to meet strategic firm goals, measurement, selection strategies, recruitment, job analysis, interviews, selection tests, and the evaluation of planning and selection systems. Advanced course projects will emphasize the importance of staffing to strategic human resource functions.
Prerequisites: HRM 3200.
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