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KHS101 Racquet Sports Activities … 1 credit
This course develops fundamental skills, strategies and experiences in racquet activities such as tennis, racquetball, and badminton.
KHS102 Team Sports Activities … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences in team activities such as soccer, volleyball, and basketball.
KHS103 Strength & Conditioning Activities … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences in fitness activities such as weight training and cardiovascular conditioning.
KHS104 Individual Sport Activities … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences in the individual activities such as, archery, golf, and bowling.
KHS105 Introduction to Social Dance … 1 credit
This course will present popular social dances, basic steps as well as advanced variations. Typical dances presented include; Ballroom waltz, Old time waltz, Fox Trot, Rumba, and Swing. Additional dances will be covered as time permits.
KHS106 Basketball Basics … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences to enjoy the sport of basketball.
KHS107 Golf … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences to enjoy the sport of golf.
KHS108 Racquetball … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences to enjoy the sport of racquetball.
KHS109 Volleyball … 1 credit
This course develops the fundamental skills, strategies and experiences to enjoy the sport of volleyball.
KHS110 Health and Human Movement … 3 credits
The aim of this course is to enhance and expand upon the personal and community benefits of a dynamic health and human movement lifestyle. Further, this course is designed to foster and promote healthy attitudes, behaviors, and skills, which develop informed healthful living and enlightened care for self. This course is designed to optimize informed healthful living, balanced service to God and humanity and enlightened care for self, such that Concordia University students are challenged to increase awareness, understanding, and informed critical appreciation for the six basic dimensions of health and wellness which are: Social, Mental, Emotional, Environmental, Spiritual, and Physical.
KHS115 Health and Human Movement for Professionals … 3 credits
The aim of this course is to enhance and expand upon the personal and community benefits of a dynamic health and human movement lifestyle by increasing awareness, understanding, and informed critical appreciation for the six basic dimensions of health and wellness: social, mental, emotional, environmental, spiritual, and physical. Through personal assessment and participation in physical activity, students are expected to foster and promote healthy attitudes, behaviors, and skills, which develop informed healthful living and enlightened care for self. This course also acquaints students with the National Health Education Standards and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Priority Health Risk Behaviors. Current personal and community health issues and challenges facing society and today's students will be explored. Through peer teaching, students will examine the nature and effects of psychoactive chemicals and factors that contribute to use, misuse and abuse and how it affects the learning process. Students are taught the fundamental skills and procedures necessary to identify ways to prevent injury and/or illness, recognize when an emergency has occurred, follow emergency action steps, and provide basic care for injury and/or sudden illness until professional and medical help arrives. Upon completion of the course, students will be certified in Adult, Child, & Infant CPR and First Aid through the American Red Cross - St. Paul Chapter. (This course meets the Minnesota State Board of Teaching Drug Education and Health Standards).
KHS200 Community Safety & First Aid/CPR … 1 credit
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills and procedures necessary to identify ways to prevent injury and/or illness, recognize when an emergency has occurred, follow emergency action steps, and provide basic care for injury and/or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS220 Epidemiological Foundations and Research … 4 credits
This course is designed to provide students with a historical background in epidemiological studies. The course is also designed to expose students to the principles and concepts necessary for understanding the basics of epidemiological activity and classical epidemiological investigations. By applying knowledge from a range of disciplines, epidemiologists are able to more adequately study disease, wellness and other health-related events in populations. The ultimate goal of this course is to stimulate a desire for further education in epidemiological course work. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS250 Technology, Media, Health & Your Environment … 2 credits
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of technological advancements in health, the influence of the media on health, and a look into how our environment affects our health. Students will be asked to conduct research into all three topics, analyzing data, summarizing findings, and developing opinion statements concerning all three areas. Class discussion and participation is essential to student success in this course. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS300 Nutrition … 3 credits
The study of the interaction of humans with food. Nutritional concepts; current consumer issues in nutrition; nutritional needs through the life cycle; international nutritional concerns and issues are studied. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS310 Drug Education … 2 credits
Pharmacological and etiological foundations, schedules, classifications, theoretical approaches to dependency, addiction and tolerance together with intervention and prevention strategies are studied. This course is designed to provide students with applicable knowledge and role playing experience in the area of drug use and abuse. Students will develop a broad based knowledge of the various types of drugs and how they are being used today medically and on the street. The students will also be asked to participate in discussions designed to raise their awareness of drug use/abuse and assist them in developing the skills and habits necessary to refrain from the negative impacts of use/abuse. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS320 Human Life Experience … 3 credits
This is a survey course designed to enable students to understand the biological, physiological, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of sexuality and human sexual behavior. Students will approach much of the material from a variety of different learning strategies including, research, games, small and large groups discussions, guest speakers, group activities, small assignments/worksheets, etc. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS320 Human Life Experience … 3 credits
This course is designed to give students the basic principles of effective instruction at the elementary school level. This course will address curriculum content, philosophy development, objective writing and annual/unit/daily lesson planning teaching skills, methods, class organization, progression of skills, and evaluation as it relates to creating an effective physical education program that promotes lifelong physical activity.
KHS335 Middle School/Secondary Methods Block II … 4 credits
This course is designed to give students the basic principles of effective instruction at the middle/secondary school level. This course will address curriculum content, philosophy development, objective writing and annual/unit/daily lesson planning, teaching skills, methods, class organization, progression of skills, and evaluation as it relates to creating an effective physical education program that promotes lifelong physical activity. Testing and measurement are covered in greater detail during this course. (Prerequisite KHS330)
KHS375 Sociology of Sport and Exercise … 4 credits
This course is designed to provide the student with a working knowledge about a number of topics regarding the sociological aspects of sport and physical activity. This course engages the students on the impact of sport and exercise in our lives and to make them aware of the social processes which either influence the institution of sport or are influenced by the institution of sport. Concepts covered will include: sport and exercise within and among societies and nations, social organizations, economics, education, the family unit, governments, religions, social differentiation (e.g., status, ethnicity, gender, age, careers, ethical), and social problems (e.g., honesty and violence).
KHS390 Sport Management … 4 credits
Sport Management theories and practices will be examined using a multi-disciplinary approach. Topic areas to be examined include: organization and management, marketing and promotion, special event management, facility management and design, management forecasting, and career opportunities.
KHS391 Law & Sport … 3 credits
This course is an overview of legal aspects relevant to managers in the sport and recreation environment. Areas of study include tort law, contract law, constitutional law, legislation and administrative law related to the operation and administration of sport, recreation, and athletic programs. Risk management strategies and sport management applications of legal issues are also addressed.
KHS392 Financing, Marketing and Fundraising in Sports … 3 credits
Sport is a multi-billion dollar industry and is evolving. Marketing, finance, and fundraising are becoming more vital to the sport manager. Students learn the financial knowledge and skills to be successful sport managers and how to formulate fundraising plans.
KHS393 Planning and Managing Sport Facilities … 3 credits
This course helps students understand how to plan, design, and maintain sport facilities. In addition, event management and programming will be examined within the context of stadium and arena management.
KHS400 Health Psychology … 4 credits
KHS400 Health Psychology is designed to help students learn those skills necessary in forging a bridge between the client-learner's thoughts, feelings and actions by integrating thought and behavior into one synergistic approach to the delivery of health education that can accommodate the whole person. Cognitive techniques, such as lecture discussion, readings, presentations, collection of data, and specific planning combined with the behavioral components of emotion and action will help in bringing about this synergistic process. (Prerequisites: ED336,KHS115)
KHS401 Kinesiology Teaching/Research Assistant … 1-4 credit
This assistantship is an on-campus experience teaching/research working under a faculty/staff member who has expertise in the area of interest to the student.
KHS410 Health Methods and Strategies … 2 credits
Health Methods and Strategies is designed to help learners identify and practice effective methods of facilitating K-12 health education. Observations of teaching of health lessons in elementary, middle school and secondary school settings are included in the requirements. Learners will explore and assess various educational resources from medical, insurance, health agency, business and private organizations that effectively could be used with K-12 learners. This will include development of a professional telecommunications resource database. Learners will learn strategies for effectively using and evaluating telecommunications and interactive multimedia for K-12 health education. (Prerequisites: ED336, KHS115)
KHS420 Program Administration … 2 credits
Organization of health science education and physical education programs in schools, work sites, medical care settings, community, private and public settings is studied together with needs assessment and evaluation strategies. Emphases on management, assessment, planning of health promotion enhance such study. This course is designed to give students a broad based exposure to the many organizational and administrative duties that accompany Physical Education, Sport, and various Health Program Management. We will start by looking to understand the characteristics of an effective leader and the ability to tap into those characteristics with the people one works with. (Prerequisites KHS400 KHS115)
KHS435 Sport Psychology … 4 credits
Psychology of sport and its applications for performance enhancement are examined. Special attention is given to theory and techniques for developing and refining psychological skills to enhance performance and personal growth. Content examines personality traits, anxiety, aggression vs. assertion, motivation, and other individual and group variables. (Prerequisite: PSY101)
KHS436 Motor Development, Control & Motor Learning … 4 credits
This course examines the growth and development patterns of the child from infant, adolescence, adulthood, and through late adulthood. The purpose of the course is to enhance student insight into the fundamental role that the motor system plays in the human condition. There are four broad topic areas: 1) nature and mechanisms of the expression and control of motor behavior; 2) concepts, principles and measurement of motor learning; 3) factors that influence skill and proficiency in motor performance; and 4) practical approaches to studying and learning motor skills. Content will follow motor control through motor development across the life span with special emphasis on early childhood development and late adulthood. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS472 Athletic Training, Injury Prevention, and Safety … 4 credits
The practical study of procedures for the care and prevention of injuries sustained during physical activity, including First Aid and Safety principles as dictated by the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross. Designed as a course for students pursuing careers in athletic training, teaching, coaching, physical therapy, or other related fields. Instruction will include lectures, informational presentations, and hands on experience.
KHS473 Kinesiology … 4 credits
This course examines the physics of human movement. Content areas include the structural mechanics of bone construction, muscle contraction, ligament, and tendon plasticity and elasticity. Sport implement mechanics and the mechanics of environmental conditions (e.g. friction, air, and water resistance) are also explored. Sport performance issues will also be analyzed for mechanical efficiency. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS474 Exercise Physiology … 4 credits
The physiological basis for human performance and the effects of physical activity on the body's functions are examined in theory and application. Representative experiences include lecture, discussion, group exercises, class teaching, and written projects. (Prerequisite: KHS110)
KHS475 Applied Exercise Prescription 3 credits
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