Exercise Science and Technology

Course

EXL 1500 - 4 Credits - Introduction to Exercise Leadership
This course provides guided training in leading group exercise. It emphasizes prevention of injury, use of music, dance, and rhythms and experience with fitness equipment. It also involves leading and programming, chair exercise, interval, and circuit routines.

EXL 2010 - 3 Credits - Exercise Physiology
Prerequisites: BIO 2630 and 2640 or BIO 1600.
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the physiological principles involved in human exercise. The training adaptations of various systems will be explored with emphasis on the cardiovascular system and the mechanisms of muscle contraction.

EXL 2020 - 3 Credits - Testing and Measurement in Exercise Physiology
Prerequisite:  EXL 2010.

This course will present a survey of current methods of assessing fitness levels and a survey of the literature. Laboratory sessions will provide experience with a variety of equipment for assessing strength, flexibility, reaction time, oxygen consumption, blood pressure, heart rates, respiratory capacity, and body composition. Course/lab fees.

EXL 2032 - 4 Credits - Kinesiology
Replaces EXL 2030
Prerequisite: BIO 1600 or BIO 2630 and 2640.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of kinesiology and will help the student understand the relation of anatomical structure to function. The student will study the classification of joints, orientation positions, planes of the body and axes of motion, movement terminology, and origin and insertions of specific muscles and the muscles' functions. Special emphasis also will be placed on muscle function in relation to range of motion, strength training, and prevention. Course/lab fees.

EXL 2040 - 3 Credits - Applied Exercise Physiology for Individuals with Disease and Disability
Prerequisite: EXL 2010
Suggested Corequisite: EXL 2032
This course is designed to instruct the students in programming safe and effective exercise for participants with medically controlled physical conditions which require a physician's diagnosis and prescription for an exercise regime. The student will learn principles of exercise programming for the obese, diabetic, COPD patient, arthritic, etc.

EXL 2050 - 3 Credits - Diet and Exercise [Not required for associate degree]
This course is organized to examine the relationships between diet and exercise in adults. Nutritional considerations in exercise rehabilitation of cardiacs, diabetics and others will be investigated. The student will inquire into the effects of specialized diets on athletic performance. The student will study obesity and weight control using diet and exercise. The student is expected to exercise in class.

EXL 2100 - 2 Credits - Health Promotion at the Worksite
Prerequisite: EXL 2040
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the process of developing, implementing, and evaluating a health promotion program. The course will include such concepts as how to develop health promotion plans for a worksite, how to set realistic goals and expectations, and how to critique health education material on the market.

EXL 2120 - 3 Credits - Applied Psychological Aspects of Fitness and Sports
Prerequisite: PSY 2510
Human behavior, psychology and motivation principles of fitness and sports will be examined as they apply to recreational exercisers, athletes and individuals with health problems. Emphasis will be placed on emotional health, positive lifestyle strategies, adherence factors and personal development of recreational exercise; with special topics covering the psychological effects of exercise on chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and sport injury. The course also will cover behavioral aspects of competition anxiety analysis and management, mental rehearsal techniques, and aggression control.

EXL 2200 - 3 Credits - Essentials of Personal Training

Prerequisites: EXL 1500, EXL 2010, EXL 2020, EXL 2032, EXL 2040

This course is designed to present the practical aspects of personal training and exercise instruction.  Key components of the course include fundamentals of exercise prescription and program design, business issues of personal training, certifications, and elements related to becoming a successful and responsible personal trainer.  Course/lab fees.

EXL 2400 - 4 Credits - Internships in Exercise
Prerequisites: EXL 2032 and EXL 2040 or consent of instructor
Students will be assigned to affiliated health facilities for 158 clock hours of experience in exercise programming and leadership.

EXL 2532 - 4 Credits - Internship of Exercise II:  Special Topics
Prerequisites: EXL 2010, EXL 2020, EXL 2032, EXL 2040
A student will be assigned to an affiliated health/fitness facility for applied experience in areas such as cardiovascular rehabilitation, senior fitness, or other special areas. Weekly seminars will discuss topics related to internship sites, i.e., cardiovascular risk and conditioning, nutrition, blood pressure control, stress management, and smoking cessation.

MDA 1570 - 3 Credits - Basic Electrocardiography
Students will gain hands-on experience using an electrocardiograph machine after learning the circulatory, conduction and mechanical systems of the heart, Einthoven's Triangle, cardiac depolarization, repolarization and terminology. Drugs and their effect on the heart will be discussed. The student will learn to measure the cardiac complex, recognize and eliminate artifacts on a graph and identify basic arrhythmias of the heart as recorded on the EKG. Holter Monitoring and the principles of stress testing will also be presented. Course/lab fees.

MST 1450 - 2 Credits - Bio Behavioral Management
This course will look at the mind/body connection and how it influences health.  It will cover the biopsychosocial model and will train students in how to teach relaxation and stress management techniques to clients.

PER 2540 - 4 Credits - Medical First Responder/First Responder
The purpose of this course is to provide the first responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical help can arrive. The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an emergency. The course teaches the skills a first responder needs to act as a crucial link in the emergency medical services (EMS) system. The contents of this course meets or exceeds all requirements of the Michigan Department of Public Health for licensure of those who successfully complete it as Medical First Responders (MFR.) This course includes professional rescuer CPR certification. This course is equivalent to courses previously called Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care and meets or exceeds all requirements of the American Red Cross for the Emergency Response course. Course/lab fees.

PER 2840 - 3 Credits - Recreational Leadership
The student will identify and define major aspects of leadership techniques and the personality traits of effective leaders. The student will then demonstrate his leadership abilities through class participation in planning and leading fifteen low organized games which they will select from a card file of fifty games he has compiled.

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