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| KINE 2000 | Introduction to Kinesiology (3) |
| Introduction to the discipline of Kinesiology and an examination of the study of physical activity from the perspectives of professional practice, research, and experience. This course is a prerequisite for all students interested in pursuing a major in Kinesiology. | |
| KINE 2100 | Teaching Team Sports (2) |
| This course analyzes team sport skills and teaching techniques specifically related to group sport activities. There will be a focus on the development of a collaborative classroom environment. Specific sport experiences, such as basketball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball, and volleyball will be covered. The main focus of this course is on pedagogical issues.
Prerequisite: Physical education major or instructor permission. | |
| KINE 2110 | Teaching Lifetime Physical Activity & Fitness (2) |
| This course highlights the significance of lifetime physical fitness and its importance in the secondary curriculum. There will be the analyzes basic individual sport skills, developmental progressions, and teaching strategies for individual sports, such as badminton, golf, tennis, fitness self-assessment, and track and field. The main focus of this course is on pedagogical issues. Prerequisite: Physical education major or instructor permission. | |
| KINE 2200 | Motor Development (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Describes and analyzes normal motor development across the lifespan, from pre-natal development through older adulthood. Emphasizes identifying and classifying motor behaviors across the lifespan, as well as understanding the interaction of environmental and biological factors that affect acquisition of these movement behaviors. Laboratory experiences are included. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 2410 | Group Exercise Instruction (3) |
| This course provides the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to design and instruct safe, effective group exercise classes to participants of varying skill and fitness levels. | |
| KINE 2420 | Introduction to Personal Training (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to assess participants readiness and fitness level for exercise participation, design and instruct safe, effective exercise prescriptions for clients of varying skill and fitness levels. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| KINE 2850 | Medical Terminology (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The class will cover basics of medical term etymology and a system-based approach to understanding the language of medicine. The objective of this class is to encourage interdisciplinary communication among medical practitioners and other health care professionals as they prepare for the "real world" of medicine. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 3210 | Kinesiology Individuals Disabilities (3) |
| Examines the nature and causes of disabling conditions and the motor needs and tolerances associated with these conditions. Enhances experience and skill in planning, assessing, prescribing, teaching, and evaluating instruction for individuals with disabilities in both school and non-school settings | |
| KINE 3211 | Kinesiology Individuals Disabilities Lab (1) |
| Prospective teachers work with a variety of students with disabilities in a physical education setting. Students are assigned to, and supervised by, an adapted physical educator in one of the local schools.
Prerequisite: must have taken or be currently enrolled in KINE 3210 | |
| KINE 3400 | Nutrition (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the basic principles of nutrition, including psychosocial-cultural considerations in dietary intake. Focuses on nutrient sources and actions, digestion, special population needs, weight control, food faddism, international problems, nutrition education, and nutrition-related disorders. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 3410 | Exercise Physiology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides a foundational understanding of metabolic and physiologic responses to exercise. Emphasis will be placed on the role of exercise and nutrition to enhance strength and endurance for human performance. Prerequisites: BIOL 3410 and BIOL 3420 OR BIOL 2060 and BIOL 2070 OR NUIP 2060 and NUIP 2070 |
| KINE 3420 | Contemporary Health Issues (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Discussion of major topics in public health, including chronic diseases, such as child and adult obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, cardiovascular disease, muscle and bone diseases, and mental illness. There is a strong emphasis on fitness, nutrition, and other lifestyle choices to modify disease risk. Eating disorders and athlete medical issues are also discussed. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 3430 | Physical Activities in Health Disparities (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An examination of social, cultural, political, and environmental influences on health and physical activity promotion among diverse populations including issues related to race, ethnicity, geography, income status, and other social factors across the lifespan for promoting physical activity through public health strategies. Cardiometabolic health, physiology and chronic disease will be discussed within the context of health disparities. |
| KINE 3450 | Exercise and Nutrition Medicine (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides understanding how to prescribe exercise & nutrition as a medical therapy for health and well being. We will explore how each "dose" of exercise when taken in combination with nutrition, dietary supplements and/or pharmacological agents, impact the prevention/treatment of chronic disease. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| KINE 3500 | Special Topics in Kinesiology (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topical offerings in the subject of Kinesiology Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 3600 | Musculoskeletal Anatomy (3) |
| A systematic approach to human anatomy with emphasis on the interdependence of structure and function in the skeletal, articular, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular and digestive systems. A laboratory experience is included. | |
| KINE 3601 | Musculoskeletal Anatomy Lab I (1) |
| This lab is intended to provide students with hands on experience to learn human anatomy. The lab primarily involves work with human specimen prosections and will cover only gross anatomy of the muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems. . | |
| KINE 3615 | Service Learning in Sports Medicine Athletic Training (2) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For undergraduate students interested in the clinical aspect of sports medicine. Students are scheduled for clinic times each week for the duration of the semester, but also must attend in-services (typically held from 7-8 am on Tuesdays). Students provide first aid & rehabilitation for varsity student athletes and UVa Athletics events. Instructor permission and apply online: http://www.virginiasports.com/sports-med/undergraduate-volunteers.html Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 |
| KINE 3616 | Service Learning in Acute Care Mobility (2) |
| For upper level undergraduate students interested in the clinical practice of physical therapy or other rehabilitation professions. Students are scheduled for weekly clinic times also must attend weekly in-services. Under the supervision of licensed health care providers, students provide mobility assistance to patients receiving inpatient care at the University of Virginia Hospital. Instructor permission required as enrollment is limited. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| KINE 3617 | Service Learning in Medical Fitness (2) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For upper-level undergraduates interested in physical therapy or related professions. Students are scheduled for weekly clinic times and also must attend in-services each week. Under the supervision of licensed clinicians, students work with clients in medical fitness programs at the University's Student Health Center and/or at the Fried Center for the Advancement of Potential. Instructor permission required as enrollment is limited. |
| KINE 3620 | Biomechanics/Motor Control of Human Movement (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the science of human movement in the context of muscle actions and the application of forces through levers of the musculoskeletal system. Analyzes fundamental human movement patterns, such as gait. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 3630 | Emergency Medical Care (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines current approaches to the management of medical emergencies. Cardiopulmonary disorders, temperature-related injuries, poisoning, hemorrhaging, diabetes, emergency childbirth, epilepsy, fractures, and shock are presented. Investigates the components of a comprehensive emergency medical care system. Students are certified in CPR and First Aid. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 3640 | Psychological Aspects of Health (3) |
| This course is a class that explores the nuances and connections between the psychological, biological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of health and their influences on the population. The aim of health psychology is to not only understand these connections, but employ standards to support healthy endeavors, decrease and prevent adverse health outcomes and poor health behaviors, and maintain quality of life and well-being. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| KINE 3660 | Neuroscience of Exercise (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will address the underlying neuroanatomy associated with cognitive function in healthy individuals as well as those with neurocognitive/psychiatric pathologies and diseases. Throughout the semester, students will become consumers of cross- disciplinary research addressing the influence of physical activity and cognitive function. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 3985 | Internship (1 - 6) |
| Students apply academic experiences in professional and/or research settings; reflect and critically and constructively analyze experiences from multiple perspectives; and view the work as connecting course content authentic contexts. Students work as professionals with site supervisors and instructors to complete related assignments and relevant background research on the professional and academic resources available. | |
| KINE 4000 | Practicum in Kinesiology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The practicum is a clinically oriented course to enable students in kinesiology to explore their professional goals. Students contact a professional in the arena of their choice. Students work under the supervision of the professional for 120 hours during the semester, keep a journal of their learning experiences, and write a case study and an evaluation of the experience due the last day of class for the semester Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 4130 | Teaching School Health (3) |
| Introduction to current instructional approaches appropriate to a comprehensive K-12 health education curriculum. Designed for elementary and secondary school health instructors; the course stresses specific roles for schools in preventing health problems and promoting high-level wellness among students and the community through well-planned health instruction. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2015 | |
| KINE 4400 | Nutrition and Athletic Performance (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course examines nutrition as it relates to optimizing physical performance in active individuals. Recent research publications will be used to provide the latest information on these areas and to encourage critical evaluation of research. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 |
| KINE 4420 | Health and Wellbeing Capstone Seminar (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The Health and Wellbeing Capstone Seminar consists of a series of seminars designed to have the students discuss, synthesize, and apply what they have learned from this multidisciplinary minor on health and well-being and then to demonstrate this knowledge via a small group poster presentation given at an annual spring conference on health and well-being. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| KINE 4430 | Clinical Ex Phys: Theoretical & Applied Basis for Ex Testing & Prescription (3) |
| This course is designed for undergraduate students in exercise science and other disciplines that wish to better understand the theoretical and applied concepts of exercise physiology in humans with cardiovascular (and other) diseases. Current research findings are stressed. Individual responses to exercise will be discussed and the impact of genetics, gender, age, and ethnicity on disease presentation and exercise outcomes will be addressed. | |
| KINE 4600 | Athletic Injuries (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An course in principles, procedures, and techniques in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. A one-credit laboratory experience is available in addition to the regular course. Prerequisite: KINE 3600 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 4601 | Athletic Injuries Lab (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Students who are interested in Athletic Training are encouraged to take the lab. Students will learn and demonstrate technical skills in evaluation, treatment and overall management of sports injuries. Examples of topics are crutch-fitting, gait training, taping/wrapping, musculoskeletal and concussion assessment, and rehabilitation.
Prerequisite: Must have taken or be currently enrolled in KINE 4600 Athletic Injuries Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 4670 | The Art & Science of Sports Medicine (3) |
| A week-long conference that begins with lectures, visitations, and observations of surgery and prosected cadaver joints. Continues with presentations by nationally known physicians, athletic trainers, and physical therapists, and concludes with a written examination and submission of a literature review paper on a selected topic in sports medicine | |
| KINE 4801 | Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholar Program 1 (2) |
| The Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholars Program (KUSP) introduces research in the areas of exercise and sport science to undergraduate students. KUSP provides paid research opportunities with a faculty mentor to conduct original research with an expectation for dissemination of the students' findings. The program provides qualified 3rd year KINE majors supervision as they examine various aspects of academic research. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| KINE 4802 | Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholar Program 2 (2) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The Kinesiology Undergraduate Scholars Program (KUSP) introduces research in the areas of exercise and sport science to undergraduate students. KUSP provides paid research opportunities with a faculty mentor to conduct original research with an expectation for dissemination of the students' findings. The program provides qualified 3rd year KINE majors supervision as they examine various aspects of academic research. |
| KINE 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Study for undergraduates working in cooperation with a faculty member. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 5100 | Assessment in Kinesiology (3) |
| Studies assessment strategies and techniques in physical activity settings (i.e., fitness and motor skills, as well as fitness self-assessments). Emphasizes the general concepts and techniques of assessment in physical activity settings, and addresses strategies for the selection and administration of assessment tests. | |
| KINE 5110 | Elementary Pedagogy (3) |
| Study of elementary curriculum and instruction in physical education. Examines the principles of planning (i.e., SOLs), implementing, and evaluating sound elementary physical education programs. Includes field experience. | |
| KINE 5120 | Secondary Pedagogy (3) |
| Study of secondary curriculum and instruction in physical education. Examines the principles of planning (i.e., SOLs, safety, legal issues, and child abuse), implementing, and evaluating a sound secondary physical education curriculum. Includes field experience. | |
| KINE 5140 | Qualitative Analysis of Motor Patterns (3) |
| Experienced teachers analyze and enhance their qualitative assessment skills. The course identifies and works on approximately 10-15 qualitative skills chosen by the class. | |
| KINE 5200 | Motor Development (3) |
| Describes and analyzes normal motor development across the lifespan, from pre-natal development through older adulthood. Emphasizes identifying and classifying motor behaviors across the lifespan, as well as understanding the interaction of environmental and biological factors that affect acquisition of these movement behaviors. Laboratory experiences included. | |
| KINE 5210 | Kinesiology Individuals Disabilities (3) |
| Examines the nature and causes of disabling conditions and the motor needs and tolerances associated with these conditions. Enhances experience and skill in planning, assessing, prescribing, teaching, and evaluating instruction for individuals with disabilities in both school and non-school settings. KINE 3200 is a prerequisite for this class. | |
| KINE 5220 | Prog Plan & Evaluation Kinesiology (3) |
| Introduction to Curriculum in Physical Education. Details the following processes related to teaching PE including planning, assessment, prescription, teaching and evaluation. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015 | |
| KINE 5230 | Disability and Sport (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to examine the intersection of disability and sport. Central concepts include: (a) the origin and evolution of athletics for disabled people, (b) the condition of disabled athletes in a variety of sports and contexts, (c) the implications of ableism, legislation, and sport governance on the inclusion of disabled athletes, and (d) the creative design principles and practices used to advance sport participation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015 |
| KINE 5240 | Kinesiology Developmental Disabilities (3) |
| Studies the physical and motor attributes of children with developmental, learning, and emotional disabilities. Examines abnormal and delayed patterns of motor development through an assessment, diagnosis, and prescriptive format. Emphasizes identifying functional goals for these individuals and programmatic techniques for attaining these goals. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| KINE 5250 | Kinesiology for Children Severe Disabilities (2) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines issues related to educating children with severe disabilities. Includes review of unique planning and assessment procedures as well as unique programs and sports opportunities for children with severe disabilities. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 5260 | Adapted Physical Education: Physically and Sensory Impaired (3) |
| Studies the physical and motor attributes of individuals with physical, sensory, and health disabilities. Addresses programming and instructional implications in physical education for these populations in regard to their ecological, psychological, social, and learning characteristics. Emphasizes developing and achieving functional physical education goals through planning, assessing, prescribing, teaching, and evaluating instruction. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| KINE 5270 | Physical Education for Children with Autism (3) |
| This is an introductory course where students will learn about characteristics associated with autism and evidence-based methods to help children with autism develop motor, fitness, and recreation skills. Students should be working with students with autism to complete assignments. | |
| KINE 5280 | Seminar in Adapted Physical Education (2) |
| Designed for Kinesiology Master's level students in the Adapted Physical Education Program. The purpose of this seminar is to address pertinent issues that are encountered by students during or after their graduate work in adapted physical education. This course should be taken in conjunction with KINE 8980 - Practicum in Adapted Physical Education. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| KINE 5410 | Physical Activity and Public Health (3) |
| The overall goals are to expose students to a public health approach to chronic disease prevention, develop critical thinking skills by reading and interpreting epidemiological literature and produce a research-based intervention proposal using a public health approach. Students will learn about physical activity epidemiology, measurement issues, and associations between activity and health, and develop their own research-based intervention. | |
| KINE 5420 | Pediatric Exercise Physiology (3) |
| The overall goals are to 1) understand the physical maturation process and how that process affects the body's response to exercise and exercise training, 2) understand children's physical activity behavior and its associations with health and disease, 3) read and critically evaluate relevant research literature, and 4) develop a research proposal to address a limitation or gap in our knowledge pertaining to youth physical activity and exercise. | |
| KINE 5430 | Advanced Exercise Physiology (3) |
| Emphasizing current research findings, this class focuses on energy metabolism, physiological responses to exercise, and exercise training techniques. Prerequisite: Human physiology; introduction to exercise physiology or equivalent. | |
| KINE 5432 | Human Circulatory Physiology: Regulation/Adaptation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed for graduate students who wish to better understand the physiology of the human circulatory system. We will progress from "the blood" through the "laws of hemodynamics", "the heart", to "pressures and volumes" and "regulation of specific tissues". We will examine changes in the cardiovascular system response to acute stressors such as exercise and chronic adaptations that occur with exercise training, aging and disease. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| KINE 5440 | Exercise Physiology Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A presentation, through lectures and laboratory experiences, of laboratory procedures and biomedical instrumentation pertinent to exercise physiology laboratories and applied physiology research. Students are involved in a review of current research in each area of laboratory experimentation and participate as both subjects and investigators. Prerequisite: KINE 5430 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 5450 | Exercise Principles for Health, Fitness & Chronic Disease (3) |
| The application of clinical exercise physiology principles for public health, fitness, and disease management. Students learn the principles of exercise evaluation, prescription, and leadership for health, fitness, and disease rehabilitation, and apply these skills in a practical setting under the direction of professional staff. | |
| KINE 5455 | Applied Research and Writing in Exercise (3) |
| This course provides an introduction to reading, designing, and interpreting research in the field of exercise physiology and the biological sciences. Emphasis will be placed on fostering scientific writing skills that prepare students for the development of professional presentations, research publications, and grant experience. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| KINE 5460 | Clinical Exercise Testing, Evaluation and Prescription (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Principles of clinical exercise testing, including conducting and interpreting exercise tests for adults with and without chronic diseases. In the practical setting, under supervision of professional staff, students prescribe exercise and counsel adults based on test results and other medical history. Pre-Requisites: KINE 5450 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 5470 | Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyzes metabolic adaptations to acute bouts of exercise and chronic exercise training. Includes energy sources for human movement; substrate utilization, muscle plasticity, functional significance of the metabolic adaptations to chronic exercise training; muscle fatigue and damage. Prerequisite: KINE 5430 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 5475 | Seminar in Exercise Physiology (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is an advanced seminar that will examine recent research findings in Exercise Physiology and related fields. Individual responses to exercise will be discussed and the impact of genetics, gender, age, and ethnicity on exercise/health related outcomes will be addressed. Prerequisite: restricted to Kinesiology graduates and undergraduates. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 |
| KINE 5480 | Exercise Intervention in Disease (3) |
| Examines the impact of exercise on the disease process, focusing primarily on cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Examines hypotheses concerning causes of diseases, risk factors, and modification of risk factors through exercise and diet intervention. Prerequisite: KINE 5430 or instructor permission. | |
| KINE 5485 | Life Cycle Nutrition (3) |
| This course is focused on the changing nutrition needs and eating behaviors during three distinct phases of the life cycle: (1) women during the preconception period and pregnancy, children's infancy, and childhood (0-21 years old), (2) adulthood, and (3) nutrition of the elderly population. For each of these phases, we will study the biological basis of energy, nutrient, and water needs and selected methods of health assessment. | |
| KINE 5490 | Energy Metabolism (3) |
| This course will cover topics related to the interaction of physical activity and nutrition on human metabolism. Includes discussion of cellular energy pathway regulation, digestion of food, nutrient storage, and oxidation of substrates for energy. Discussion will also involve hormone mediated effects on energy metabolism between athletes, gender, age, and metabolic diseases in the fasted, fed and exercise states.
Prerequisite: KINE 5430 Course was offered Summer 2016 | |
| KINE 5495 | Human Physiology (3) |
| As exercise scientists, can we analyze systems in the human body & design strategies to improve quality of life? Our study of physiology aims to explain the physical & chemical mechanisms that regulate the body. These mechanisms maintain homeostasis, relatively constant conditions that are compatible with life. This semester we begin speaking the language of physiology to communicate effectively with clinicians, medical staff & other scientists. | |
| KINE 5500 | Selected Topics (1 - 6) |
| These are designed as pilot courses to meet new program area degree requirements, and changing needs in the field. Used also to offer experimental courses, and courses under development, these are announced and offered on a semester-to-semester basis. May be graded or S/U, depending on the instructor, and may be repeated. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| KINE 5670 | The Art & Science of Sports Medicine (3) |
| A week-long conference that begins with lectures, visitations, and observations of surgery and prosected cadaver joints. Continues with presentations by nationally known physicians, athletic trainers, and physical therapists, and concludes with a written examination and submission of a literature review paper on a selected topic in sports medicine. Prerequisite: graduate student status. | |
| KINE 5700 | Foundational Athletic Training Skills & Emergency (4) |
| Theory, laboratory and clinical experiences designed to provide students with formal instruction and evaluation about the allied health profession of Athletic Training. Competencies and clinical proficiencies related to the practice of athletic training and prevention and emergency care of injuries will be covered.
Prerequisite: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS) Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017 | |
| KINE 5710 | Anatomy and Functional Kinesiology (3) |
| A cadaver anatomy course focusing on the extremities. Emphasis will be placed on the link between anatomical structure, athletic injuries and clinical practice including joint range of motion, manual muscle testing, neurological screens. This class is a guided dissection experience. Prerequisite: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS) Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017 | |
| KINE 5715 | Clinical Practicum (1) |
| This course is designed to provide the student with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Observation and performance of professional skills under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer; focuses on student's psychomotor skills and clinical proficiencies introduced in KINE 5700.
Prerequisite: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS) Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017 | |
| KINE 5720 | Assessment and Intervention I (3) |
| This course is designed to provide the athletic training student with a foundation to learn a systematic evidenced based approach to evaluation and treatment of upper extremity injuries, exercise program development, techniques, indications, contraindications of exercise, exercise progression. The student will understand the fundamentals of determining injury severity, proper management and the ability to make an appropriate referral.
Prerequisite: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS) and KINE 5700 and KINE 5710 | |
| KINE 5725 | Therapeutic Interventions in Athletic Training (3) |
| This course is designed to provide the athletic training student with a foundation of the theoretical fundamentals and principles of the therapeutic modalities used in the physical medicine environment. A systematic evidenced based approach of the how and why of the application of rehabilitation techniques will be addressed including theory and clinical techniques used to enhance the treatment and rehabilitation of injuries. | |
| KINE 5730 | Medical Aspects of Athletic Training (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Study of general medical conditions, disabilities, abnormalities, and diseases of physically active individuals; prevention, recognition, physical examination, management, and referral of common general medical conditions.
Prerequisites: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS), must have taken (or currently taking) KINE 5700 and KINE 5710 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 |
| KINE 5735 | Clinical Practicum II (2) |
| This course is designed to provide the student with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Observation and performance of professional skills under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer; focuses on psychomotor skills and clinical proficiencies introduced in KINE 5700 and 5710.
Prerequisites: MS Athletic Training (ATHTRN-MS), must have taken (or currently taking) KINE 5700 and KINE 5710 | |
| KINE 5740 | Assessment and Intervention of Injury II (4) |
| Assessment and Intervention of Injury II is designed to provide the athletic training student with a foundation to learn a systematic evidenced based approach to evaluation and treatment of Lower extremity injuries, exercise program development, techniques, indications, contraindications of exercise, exercise progression and analysis and application modalities in treatment and rehabilitation of injury. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| KINE 5745 | Evidence Based Sports Medicine I (2) |
| This course introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine and clinical epidemiology and the interpretation of clinical research that assess prevention, diagnostic, and treatment strategies in sports medicine. | |
| KINE 5750 | Assessment and Intervention of Concussion, Head and Cervical Spine (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A foundation to learn a systematic evidenced based approach to evaluation and treatment of Head, and Spinal injuries, exercise program development, techniques, indications, contraindications of exercise, exercise progression and analysis and application of modalities in treatment and rehabilitation of spine and head injury. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| KINE 5760 | Princples of Strength and Conditioning (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of strength and conditioning throughout the life span. Emphasis is placed on the exercise sciences including: anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, exercise technique, program design, and testing and evaluation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| KINE 5765 | Clinical Practicum III (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to provide the student with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Observation and performance of professional skills under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer; focuses on psychomotor skills and clinical proficiencies introduced in KINE 5720 and 5750. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| KINE 5770 | Evidence Based Sports Medicine II (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is a continuation of KINE 5745 Evidenced Based Sports Medicine I and continues to instruct the student on the principles of evidence-based medicine and clinical epidemiology with emphasis on the interpretation of clinical research that assess prevention, diagnostic, and treatment strategies in sports medicine. |
| KINE 5775 | Clinical Practicum IV (1) |
| This course is designed to provide the student with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Observation and performance of professional skills under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer or health care practitioner; focuses on skills and clinical proficiencies introduced in the previous semester with emphasis in general medicine. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018 | |
| KINE 5980 | Practicum (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Supervised field experiences for master's degree students under the direction of professional staff. Student should obtain approval from their advisor before registering for this practicum. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| KINE 5985 | Internship (1 - 6) |
| Students apply academic experiences in professional and/or research settings; reflect and critically and constructively analyze experiences from multiple perspectives; and view the work as connecting course content authentic contexts. Students work as professionals with site supervisors and instructors to complete related assignments and relevant background research on the professional and academic resources available. | |
| KINE 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Study for master's level students working in cooperation with a faculty member. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 6400 | Changing Behavior to Improve Diet and Physical Activity (3) |
| Despite routine recommendations on dietary intake and physical activity, the majority of individuals living in the US do not meet these guidelines. This course is focused on understanding human behavior and how dietary and activity behavior can be changed to improve public health. Special emphasis will be on factors affecting food selection and dietary intake as well as influencing consumer behavior. | |
| KINE 6700 | Pharmacology and Diagnostic Imaging (2) |
| The course provides fundamental clinical knowledge of commonly utilized diagnostic imaging and pharmacotherapies within athletic training. This information may be applied through an interprofessional approach to healthcare of the physically active requiring an understanding of normal and diseased states via various diagnostic imaging techniques as well as the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018 | |
| KINE 6710 | Administration Strategies in Athletic Training (3) |
| This course will provide the student with a foundation in Administration and Leadership within the Athletic Training profession. The purpose of this course is for the student to gain knowledge in management techniques in athletic training including personnel, facility, financial, and information management, leadership, daily operations, budgeting, facility design, insurance, ethics, and governmental affairs. | |
| KINE 6715 | Translational Research in Sport Medicine I (1) |
| This course is the first of three is a series that examines the principles of designing, executing, and interpreting clinical and translational research in the disciplines of athletic training and sports medicine. This series of classes is to guide the student through the thesis/scholarly project process. This class is specifically targeted for students enrolled in the Masters of Science in Athletic Training program. Other students may be allowed Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023 | |
| KINE 6720 | Psychosocial Aspects of Injury (3) |
| This course provides the student with the knowledge of psychosocial aspects of physical activity and injury. Topics include but are not limited to theories related to the psychological and emotional aspects of trauma and forced inactivity, use of motivational activities toward rehabilitation, principles of mental preparation, relaxation, and visualization, theories and techniques of interpersonal and cross-cultural communication. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 | |
| KINE 6725 | Clinical Immersive I (8) |
| Clinical Immersive I is designed to provide you with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Additionally, KINE 6725 is designed to expose you to theories, concepts and challenges through the completion of a 14-week clinical immersive at an approved affiliate clinical site. | |
| KINE 6730 | Human Performance in Sports Medicine (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is an advanced athletic training course designed to enhance the athletic trainer's comprehensive understanding of regional pathophysiology of musculoskeletal sports injuries, surgical interventions, rehabilitation, and return to sports. Attention will focus on the treatment of musculoskeletal sports injuries with a concentration of surgical and conservative interventions. |
| KINE 6735 | Translational Research In Sport Medicine II (1) |
| This course is the 2nd of three is a series that examines the principles of designing, executing, and interpreting clinical and translational research in the disciplines of athletic training and sports medicine. This series of classes is to guide the student through the thesis/scholarly project process. This class is specifically targeted for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Athletic Training program. | |
| KINE 6740 | Athletic Training Seminar (2) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will explore critical questions, problems, and contemporary issues in athletic training involving ethics, governmental affairs, employment, service, diversity and education. In addition, preparation for the BOC certification examination will be part of this course. |
| KINE 6745 | Translational Research in Sport Medicine III (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is the third of three is a series that examines the principles of designing, executing, and interpreting clinical and translational research in the disciplines of athletic training and sports medicine. This series of classes is to guide the student through the thesis/scholarly project process. This class is specifically targeted for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Athletic Training program. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 |
| KINE 6755 | Clinical Practicum V (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to provide the student with on and/or off-grounds clinical experiences in athletic training and sports medicine. Observation and performance of professional skills under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer; expanding on skills and clinical proficiencies introduced in KINE 6730. |
| KINE 7100 | Health and Physical Education Field Project (1 - 6) |
| Field based action research project designed to explore a contemporary educational problem. | |
| KINE 7400 | Lifestyle Intervention and Comprehensive Care in Cardiopulmonary Rehab (3) |
| Students enrolled in this course are expected to function as clinicians with minimal supervision. They may serve as a student clinical exercise physiologist in a clinic, hospital, or outpatient rehab setting. Their role will include exercise monitoring and prescription, as well as comprehensive lifestyle management of patients with cardiac or pulmonary disease. | |
| KINE 7410 | Principles and Practice of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced study in topics related to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of cardiopulmonary diseases. Students gain practical experience providing exercise evaluation, prescription, and leadership of Phase1-4 cardiopulmonary patients. Students assist clinicians in the comprehsnive lifestyle management of patients. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| KINE 7600 | Translational Research in Athletic Training (3) |
| This course provides an introduction to the principles of designing, executing, and interpreting clinical and translational research in the disciplines of athletic training and sports medicine. This class is specifically for students enrolled in the accredited post-professional masters program in athletic training within the Kinesiology Program. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015 | |
| KINE 7610 | Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries (3) |
| Presents an overview of pathophysiology of athletic injuries designed to enhance the athletic trainer's ability to plan and implement a comprehensive rehabilitation program. Focus on sequential events of tissue healing with respect to exercise progression. Students will also practice advanced manual therapy such as joint mobilization, myofascial release, neural tensioning, muscle energy techniques and strain-counter-strain. Prerequisite: ATC or eligible. | |
| KINE 7630 | Modalities of Athletic Training (3) |
| Advanced study of the theoretical foundations and principles of the therapeutic modalities used in the physical medicine environment. Includes theory and clinical techniques used to enhance the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Prerequisite: Master's and Doctoral Level Kinesiology students | |
| KINE 7640 | Sports Medicine Instrumentation (3) |
| This course accompanies Clinical Biomechanics and is intended for doctoral students embarking on careers as clinical researchers. The course is designed to provide foundation knowledge regarding digital signal acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation. Focus will be on practical application of these concepts while collecting data on human movement and function. | |
| KINE 7650 | Anatomical Bases of Sports Medicine (3) |
| Course includes dissection of the human cadaver and emphasizes the musculoskeletal, articular, nervous, and vascular systems. Dissection experiences are supplemented with classroom lectures. The role of anatomical structures as they relate to athletic injury mechanism, evaluation, and rehabilitation is emphasized. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| KINE 8500 | Selected Topics (1 - 6) |
| These are designed as pilot courses to meet new program area degree requirements, and changing needs in the field. Used also to offer experimental courses, and courses under development, these are announced and offered on a semester-to-semester basis. May be graded or S/U, depending on the instructor, and may be repeated. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| KINE 8600 | Clinical Biomechanics (3) |
| This course will provide a foundation for basic principles of sports medicine biomechanics including forces that act on the body and how they relate to risk for and recovery from injury. This course is intended to provide a foundation of knowledge for health care professionals embarking on a career in clinical sports medicine, athletic training, education and/or research. | |
| KINE 8610 | Clinical Biomechanics Lab (2) |
| Lab for Clinical Biomechanics class | |
| KINE 8620 | Orthopedic Bases of Sports Medicine (3) |
| Presents a comprehensive review of regional pathophysiology of sports injury and rehabilitation. Focus on treatment of injuries with a surgical and medical management perspective. Rehabilitation for both operative and non-operative conditions are discussed in a problem-solving format. Prerequisite: KINE 7610 or instructor permission. | |
| KINE 8630 | Readings in Sports Medicine Research (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A doctoral-level seminar that addresses current topics related to research in the areas of injury risk factor screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment in sports medicine. Focus is on study design, execution, and interpretation of both laboratory and clinical research in sports medicine.
Prerequisite: Kinesiology Doctoral student Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| KINE 8980 | Practicum (1 - 6) |
| Supervised field experiences under the direction of professional staff. Student should obtain approval from their advisor before registering for this practicum. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| KINE 8995 | Current Trends in Concussion Research (3) |
| This course will: 1) address the epidemiology of sport and non-sport related concussion 2) provide historical perspectives in terms of origin, treatment, and management 3) Allow students to become consumers of cross- disciplinary research addressing concussion 4) and establish and/or reinforce critical thinking skills to address current topics associated with concussion. | |
| KINE 8998 | Master's Research Internship (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Designed to give masters students experience conducting research in professional settings appropriate to their disciplines. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 8999 | Master's Thesis (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Designed to give masters students who are completing a master's thesis. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 9740 | Internship in College Teaching or Supervision (1 - 6) |
| Opportunities for experienced doctoral students to teach courses or partial courses at the University, or to supervise student teachers under the guidance of a faculty member. Opportunities are arranged by the students with the assistance of the sponsoring faculty member. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| KINE 9985 | Internship (1 - 12) |
| Students apply academic experiences in professional and/or research settings; reflect and critically and constructively analyze experiences from multiple perspectives; and view the work as connecting course content authentic contexts. Students work as professionals with site supervisors and instructors to complete related assignments and relevant background research on the professional and academic resources available. | |
| KINE 9993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Study for doctoral level students working in cooperation with a faculty member. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 9995 | Independent Research (1 - 12) |
| Independent Research for doctoral level students working cooperation with a faculty member Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| KINE 9998 | Doctoral Research Apprenticeship (3 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Designed to give doctoral students experience conducting research in professional settings appropriate to their disciplines. Prerequisite: Advisor permission required. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| KINE 9999 | Doctoral Dissertation (3 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Doctoral Dissertation Research completed under the guidance of dissertation committee. 12 hours is required for graduation. Permission of instructor required. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| Lifetime Physical Activity | |
| KLPA 1000 | Well-Being Through Mindfulness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Mindfulness practice is bringing full, non-judgmental attention to what is happening in the present moment. Classes include instruction in four core practices: body scan, mindful yoga, sitting, and walking meditation. The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises & group discussion. |
| KLPA 1035 | Aikido (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Aikido is a traditional, non-violent yet effective Japanese martial art. Aikido focuses on harmonizing with your opponent to bring peaceful resolution to conflict situations. Students learn how to redirect an attacker's energy into joint locks and throws. This course focuses on the basics of aikido, including conditioning, safe falling and rolling, and self-defense techniques. |
| KLPA 1040 | Women's Self-Defense (1) |
| This course strives to develop the mind and body through martial arts. There will be an introduction to basic moves followed by more challenging techniques over the course of the semester. There is an equal emphasis on striking and grappling. This course is only offered when there is a qualified instructor available. | |
| KLPA 1045 | Boxing for Fitness (1) |
| This course introduces boxing for fitness and self-defense. Students will learn proper technique for basic punches in boxing, as well as footwork and defensive moves. As skills progress, complex combinations will be taught. We will also include agility training like jumping rope and plyometrics, thus making it a challenging workout. This will be a non-contact class, but you will train like a fighter. All skill levels welcome! | |
| KLPA 1050 | Meditation Peer Leadership (1) |
| This course will introduce students to mindfulness practices, and prepare you to instruct your peers in mindfulness meditation in settings like school, work, clubs, and sport. Current research and adaptations of mindfulness in settings such as health care, education, and athletics will be explored. Training includes exercises in embodied presence, deep listening, and facilitating dialogue. No previous meditation experience necessary. | |
| KLPA 1055 | Mindfulness and Nature (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Spending time in nature and practicing mindfulness are two of the best ways to destress and stay balanced and resilient. This course is focused on learning mindfulness through connecting with the natural world and hiking the nature trails on grounds. Each week we will explore principles of mindfulness, emotional resilience, and nature connection through both playful and reflective activities in nature. |
| KLPA 1060 | Mindfulness and Leadership (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Through this course, you will learn foundational skills for bringing mindfulness-based contemplative practices into your personal life, community, and professional environments. Students will deepen their own mindfulness practice while learning to lead contemplative practices and infuse mindfulness into facilitation and leadership settings. Students will apply what they are learning to a specific dimension of their life. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024 |
| KLPA 1070 | Engaging Nature for Health and Wellness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Spending time in nature enhances physical and mental wellbeing. This course focuses on how to engage with nature in the most impactful and safe way possible. Classes will include engaging nature (i.e., "forest bathing"), demystifying the outdoors, planning appropriately for a safe wilderness engagement, and discussing the history of Grounds as a restorative setting. Classes will routinely incorporate hikes or walks on and off Grounds. |
| KLPA 1100 | Tennis (1) |
| All tennis classes include participants from beginners through intermediate/advanced players. Instruction is tailored to the level of class participants. Classes stress proper use of the basic fundamentals including proper strokes, court positions and strategy for singles and doubles. Rules, terminology, and etiquette are equally stressed. | |
| KLPA 1105 | Pickleball (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Pickleball is a Lifetime Physical Activity class that will focus on skill development and understanding of strategies and rules of the game. The game, one of the fastest growing activities in the U.S., is played with a paddle, wiffle ball, and a three-foot high net on a badminton-sized court. The class will have an emphasis on basic skills, scoring, rules, etiquette, and strategy. |
| KLPA 1110 | Racquetball (1) |
| The basic fundamentals of skills and shots, including serves, forehand, and backhand are stressed, along with rules and game strategy | |
| KLPA 1115 | Squash (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The basic fundamentals of skills and shots, including serves, forehand, and backhand are stressed, along with rules and game strategy. All levels are welcome. A racquet can be provided, but all participants will need their own protective eyewear and non-marking shoes. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 |
| KLPA 1120 | Volleyball (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is open to beginners through intermediate/advanced players. Classes emphasize the fundamental skills and rules of volleyball, as well as basic team play and strategy. |
| KLPA 1130 | Soccer (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is open to beginners through intermediate/advanced players. Covers the basic skills of soccer such as dribbling, shooting, passing, heading, and trapping. Students will learn drills and participate in game playing. |
| KLPA 1140 | Rugby (1) |
| The purpose of this course is to give exposure to this fast-paced fun sport. It will focus on the basic ball-handling skills, general team play, rules, and an introduction to various team strategies. | |
| KLPA 1150 | Basketball (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An intermediate-level class, as well as a class specifically for women are offered. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding. Rules and game strategy are also covered and practiced through participation in games throughout the class. |
| KLPA 1155 | Women's Basketball (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The emphasis of this class is on the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding. Rules and game strategy are also covered and practiced through participation in drills and games throughout the class. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 |
| KLPA 1160 | Softball (1) |
| This course focuses on instruction of basic softball skills, along with strategy and rules of the game. | |
| KLPA 1170 | Golf (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is open to beginners through intermediate/advanced players. Instruction is provided on a group basis at a local golf club (Birdwood). Emphasis is placed on grip, stance, and swing in addition to etiquette and rules. Additional fees apply to this class. Note that students are required to find their own transportation to Birdwood Golf Course. |
| KLPA 1180 | Lacrosse (1) |
| A fast-paced team sport with a focus on rules and regulations, skill development, stick work, and fitness. This class caters to those new to the game or wishing to improve basic skills. | |
| KLPA 1200 | Badminton (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The basic fundamentals of skills and shots, including serves, forehand, and backhand are stressed, along with the rules and game strategy. Singles and doubles play will be stressed. |
| KLPA 1230 | Ultimate Frisbee (1) |
| Ultimate frisbee, or Ultimate, as it is now called, is a non-contact team sport that combines running, passing, and catching. It combines the "best" of soccer, football, and netball into a fast-paced game that is at once simple and complicated. Get ready for an aerobic workout while learning the skills and strategies of a game that has huge local and national appeal. | |
| KLPA 1300 | Swimming (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Beginning (I) and intermediate (II) levels of swimming are offered (simultaneously; instructors will determine participant levels the first week of the class). The beginner level is designed for students who have little or no prior swimming knowledge and emphasizes basic stroke development and safety skills. The intermediate level stresses the improvement of strokes, kicking and breathing. Deep water skills are also taught. |
| KLPA 1310 | Swimming for Fitness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to improve fitness level through cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility training. It also covers stroke mechanics, basic water safety, and components of fitness. A basic knowledge of swim strokes and ability to swim multiple laps is required. |
| KLPA 1320 | Scuba Diving (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Beginning scuba (I) is offered for those with no experience or certification. Advanced scuba (II) requires that the student possess a basic scuba certification. Both classes emphasize the skills of skin diving and scuba, along with the physiology of diving, first aid, and decompression. Both classes are offered off-grounds and have additional fees. |
| KLPA 1325 | Advanced Scuba (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Prerequisites: Basic Scuba Certification. Class meetings are held off campus at local dive sites, and transportation is the student's responsibility. Contact instructor directly for class fee, and rental needs if you do not have all the equipment needed. |
| KLPA 1400 | Weight Training (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is a coed class intended for all levels of experience with weight training. Emphasis is placed on learning proper lifting technique and designing individualized programs. |
| KLPA 1410 | Yoga (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or a meditation in motion. The type of yoga offered will be contingent on the skills of the instructor. All yoga classes focus on a series of postures that strengthen the muscles, increase flexibility, energize the body and cultivate mental and emotional calmness. The class will begin with instruction on basic postures and progress to an intermediate level. |
| KLPA 1420 | Core Training (1) |
| Core training is a series of controlled movements engaging one's body and mind that focuses on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk. Emphasis is placed on strengthening the "core" or "powerhouse" of the body, including the abdominal muscles, the back and the butt. | |
| KLPA 1425 | Climbing (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Climbing improves strength, agility, balance, and mental stamina. This course is geared mostly for beginners and will focus on technique and training strategies to enjoy this lifetime sport. Most classes will be on the Bouldering Wall at the Outdoor Recreation Center with some sessions at the Poplar Ridge Challenge Course to introduce belaying and other rope-based skills. |
| KLPA 1430 | Cross Training and Conditioning (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Emphasis is placed on increasing cardiovascular endurance through various forms of exercise, including, but not limited to, aerobic dance, circuit training, running, and other aerobic activities. Resistance exercise will also be included such as squats, push-ups, crunches, and weights. |
| KLPA 1435 | Rowing (1) |
| Rowing is one of the few non-weight bearing sports that exercises all the major muscle groups, improves cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. This class will introduce participants to rowing, using rowing machines to teach technique and develop fitness. Rowing is a sport you can do for life; learn the basics and get a good workout! | |
| KLPA 1440 | Running for Fitness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Open to runners of all levels. Instruction may include road, off-road, speedwork, interval training, and hill work. Training to meet individual needs. |
| KLPA 1445 | Women's Fitness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is for women of all ability and experience levels, but is especially designed for women with little to no formal instruction in weight training. Emphasis is placed on learning proper lifting technique and designing individualized programs. |
| KLPA 1450 | Climbing as Mindfulness (1) |
| Climbing is one of many possible goal-driven activities that have 'flow'' potential. The course explores climbing as a tool for engaging the body in the flow of the mind and vice versa and its contribution to heightened body/mind awareness without formal 'meditation'. Discovering such body/mind engagement through a concrete, stimulating activity can transfer to other domains (such as academic success and overall resilience). | |
| KLPA 1610 | Ice Skating (1) |
| This course introduces the student to basic ice skating skills. With progression, the student will learn basic spins, more advanced blade work, and jumps. This class is held off-grounds and requires an additional fee. | |
| KLPA 1620 | Ice Hockey (1) |
| This course covers the basic skills and rules of ice hockey. This class is held off-grounds and requires an additional fee. | |
| KLPA 1650 | Kumdo (1) |
| Kumdo, a modern Korean martial art ("Kendo" in Japan), means "the way of the sword" & seeks to build strong character in its practitioners. Students learn the foundation of Kumdo including basic sword skills, history, & philosophy. Kumdo emphasizes awareness, acute observation, & perseverance. The focus on controlled, quick, & precise movements, combined with mindfulness, makes this form of martial art popular worldwide & appropriate for anyone. | |
| KLPA 1720 | Dance for Fitness (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Course covers the basic steps, vocabulary, and variations of dance in various fields. Students learn basic techniques based on ballet and modern dance. Through daily warm-ups and exercises, students gain strength, flexibilty, endurance, and coordination. |
| KLPA 1725 | Ballroom Dancing (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Presents the basic step patterns, rhythmic patterns and positions in ballroom dance. Includes techniques based upon traditional (American Style Ballroom) steps with basic choreographic patterns. Emphasizes proper lead and follow. Will be tailored to students' interests and strengths. |
| KLPA 1730 | Hiking (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Recommended for beginners, but is open to students with all levels of experience. The class emphasizes the risk management & environmental concerns of hiking while providing students with the tools to plan their own hiking trips. This class takes place both on & off grounds with some indoor class portions, like in the case of inclement weather. Students must provide their own gear, such as appropriate clothes for the weather & a daypack. |
| KLPA 1735 | Latin/Salsa Dance (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is an introduction to Latin dancing including Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha-cha and other forms of Latin partner dance. We will cover the fundamentals of leading and following, as well as beginner and intermediate dance patterns, musicality, and styling for each dance. |
| KLPA 1820 | Lifeguard Training Class (1) |
| The American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Program provides entry-level lifeguard candidates with the skills and knowledge to prevent, recognize, and respond to emergencies and to provide care until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. After successful completion, students will be certified in Lifeguard Training & First Aid, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Oxygen Administration for the Professional Rescuer. | |
| KLPA 1830 | Water Safety Instructor Course (1) |
| The American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor course trains instructor candidates to teach courses in the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program by developing their understanding of how to use the course materials, how to conduct training sessions and how to evaluate participants' progress. | |