Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 > Course Descriptions > SPEX - Sport and Exercise Science > 200
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This course introduces the components of physical fitness and their relationship to nutrition and stress. Students study basic muscular structure, cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, flexibility training, specialty exercises and injury prevention. The relationship of fitness and weight management is discussed. This course has both a theoretical and a practical application.
Students learn the fundamentals of competitive swimming, including stroke analysis, training regimes and swim meet management. This course improves students' stroke mechanics and prepares them to coach the sport. Students are engaged in activity throughout the semester.
This course provides a study of the fundamentals of track and field, including skill analysis, training regimes and track meet management. This course studies the strategy of the sport and provides students with an understanding of the rules. It prepares them to coach the sport. Students may be engaged in activity through the semester.
This review of the golf fundamentals covers the theory and strategy of the game and thorough knowledge of the rules. Students are required to play 18 holes on a golf course. They need five golf clubs to practice driving and putting.
This course provides a review of tennis fundamentals, including the theory and strategy of the game and a thorough knowledge of the rules.