The purpose of this course id to provide educators and other professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote physical activity for youth. Current research and philosophies will be presented in a manner that provides a sound philosophical and factual basis for promoting physical activity for youth primarily through schools. Topics such as motivation, health benefits of regular physical activity, physical activity guidelines, and assessment of physical activity will be covered.

Overview of the problems confronting persons in these fields and selected research findings applicable to these areas. Emphasis is given to gaining a better understanding of research data and to a greater utilization of research findings in both school and community health and safety endeavors. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

This course is a graduate level experience into the analysis of human gait. Walking, running, and pathological gait will be studied.

Aimed at development of an in-depth understanding of the acute and chronic adaptations of the human body to the stress of exercise. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours.

This course is intended to provide graduate students with an introduction to the diverse ways of reading, designing, conducting and communicating research in the various areas that comprise kinesiology and health promotion. Specific topics are detailed in the provisional program below. The course will follow a hybrid format in which interactive lectures and online content will be interspersed throughout the semester. This course should be preceded or accompanied by basic statistics.

This course focuses on health promotion and behavior change strategies: individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy will be considered as potential factors that can inhibit or promote behavior change.

Practicum in Sport Management, is designed to provide practical experiences in several areas: 1) office routine; 2) office management; 3) record keeping; 4) budget procedures; and 5) involvement in the general program operations.

A specific topic in kinesiology and health promotion related to the student's interests and program needs is selected for intensive study. Work to be supervised by a graduate faculty member proficient in the area under investigation. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 credits.

This course will provide an in-depth study of the basic methods of three-dimensional biomechanical analysis of human movement based on the inverse dynamics approach.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.