HSCS 4301 Applied Exercise Physiology

This course will continue to build on the concepts found in HSCS-3301, focusing on understanding the biochemical response to exercise, interpreting and applying graded exercise test findings, and developing exercise prescriptions for health, fitness, disease prevention, and treatment. Content will connect dietary fueling for activity and physiologic exercise responses for healthy and at-risk populations.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HSCS-3301 or Instructor Permission

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

Students will define and describe basic and advanced bioenergetics and physiological processes involved in the body’s response to exercise.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of bioenergetics, recognizing the different metabolic systems, their interactions, regulation, fuel sources, limitations, and how they apply to exercise and fatigue.

Interpret and integrate explanations for the physiological systems responses to exercise in health and fitness, disease prevention and treatment, and environmental challenges.

Students will demonstrate appropriate test selection and exercise prescription for health and fitness, disease prevention and treatment challenges in varied populations.

Students will identify and explain the principles and their application of fitness programs by applying clinical reasoning skills to formulate goals and develop plans to improve performance and overall health.

Students will learn how to read research critically and evaluate it on its merits and impact on society and the field of exercise physiology.

Students will learn how to write professionally and critique the literature, identify relevant information, and convey that information through scientific writing.

Students will improve their interpersonal skills by interacting with others in meaningful ways.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure, function, mechanics, control, limitations, and fatigue of the neuromuscular system to include synaptic transmission, proprioception, muscle contraction, and fiber typing during rest and various modes of exercise.

Students will recognize the differences in the physiological response to exercise because of sex and as one progresses through the lifespan.