KHP 322 is an introduction to the planning and management of sports facilities/events. The course will focus on elements of planning, design and management while examining functions related to maintenance, security, operations budgeting and evaluation. The course will be presented primarily in lecture format utilizing guest speakers but will also include facility visitations as integral parts of the course.
This course introduces students to a wide spectrum of issues related to the governance of international sport organizations and events throughout the world. Students are introduced to the roles that politics, culture, and policy play in international sport organizations. Topics covered include the Olympics, Paralympics, intercultural communication and sport models throughout the world.
Ethical leadership principles to refine critical thinking and decision- making skills are explored. Global issues related to effective leadership and ethics are investigated with a focus on sport-related scandals from the past and contemporary issues that are in the headlines. Students produce a project on a contemporary issue in the sport management industry.
KHP 476, will allow students to learn critical research techniques and strategies that provide the foundation for advancing the field of sport management. Students will apply research methods and develop critical thinking skills in sport management settings, through the development of research techniques, information gathering, proposal writing and analysis of results for decision making.
This course is directed at non-majors (with no anthropology prerequisite) and will introduce students to the science of biological anthropology. Students will critically examine the ways in which biology, the environment, society, and culture come together to form the human condition. Guided by evolutionary theory and the scientific method, we will explore the evolutionary history of modern Homo sapiens from early primate origins to our recent hominin ancestors.
Provides an anthropological analysis of Islam as a key factor for understanding contemporary Muslim societies and globalized Islam. Analyzes issues relevant to the growth and development of Muslim societies. Exposes students to diverse expressions and practices of Islam through ethnographic case studies in the West and in the Islamic world.
A course designed for undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students who participate in a UK Exchange Program. Students will be enrolled in this course by their Education Abroad advisor upon submission of the required application materials to Education Abroad at UK. Enrollment in this course will generate the appropriate exchange fee depending on the type of exchange. The type of exchange will be indicated by the title suffix. TFE-Tuition/Fees.
As part of the fourth-year course offerings in the College of Medicine, this primary acting internship is designed to provide students with an advanced level of direct patient care responsibility, greater than that required during a third-year clerkship or fourth-year elective. During this course, the student will assume direct responsibility for management of patient care, and with the appropriate oversight of supervising physicians, assume the responsibilities of a first-year intern.
This course will provide an overview of the fields of environmental and sustainability communication and will introduce communication concepts, techniques, and theories that would be useful for those in the fields of environmental science, natural resources, sustainability, or other related areas.
This course provides an overview of the field of environmental education by introducing concepts, techniques, and theories that would be useful for those in the fields of environmental science, natural resources, sustainability, agriculture or other related areas. This is a hands-on, participatory style class. Students will participate in an environmental education workshop for which they will receive appropriate certification.
