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INT 491 - (University Wide) A Midwife’s Tale and the Social Web
Investigates the concept of “social web” as introduced in the 1999-2000 University of Maine Class Book, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. The “social web” is a metaphor to describe how the late eighteenth century community of Hallowell, Maine was woven together by the intricate warp and woof of social relations documented in Ballard’s diary and contextualized and interpreted by historian Laurel Ulrich. Using primary, secondary and fictional sources, an interdisciplinary group of faculty will lead students through an investigation of the ethical, legal, social and spiritual issues attendant upon womanhood and women’s work in Martha Ballard’s time and today.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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INT 492 - Maine Learning Assistant Pedagogy Course
The Maine Learning Assistant Pedagogy Course is designed for students who are facilitating small-group discussions in lecture, recitations, and/or labs. This course explores issues of teaching and learning, and helps students connect with the science education literature in order to inform instructional practice. The course also covers aspects of educational theory and practical issues associated with helping students learn Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) content.
Credits: 1
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INT 500 - (ANT, SBE, ERS, PSE, QUS) Seminar in Quaternary Studies
Selected areas of study - physical, biological and anthropological - related to the Quaternary Period. One weekend field trip may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: permission.
Credits: Ar
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INT 510 - (SBE, SMS) Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Covers systematics, adaptive-functional anatomy, and life histories of free-living marine invertebrates, excluding protozoans. Laboratory emphasis on studies of living material from the local fauna. Numerous field trips required. Rec 2, Lab 6.
Prerequisites: BIO 353 or equivalent.
Credits: 5
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INT 525 - (SBE, CHB, FTY) Tropical Deforestation Seminar
Local, regional and global issues associated with tropical deforestation are addressed. Discussions focus on ecological, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of tropical forests and human interactions for understanding the causes and consequences of deforestation. Lec 1.
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 1 or 2
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INT 527 - (FTY,WLE) Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing Data Analysis in Natural Resource Applications
Analysis of satellite imagery and GIS data bases including applications of raster and vector models, land cover analysis and forest change detection, wildlife habitat analysis, hydrological assessment, and landscape characterization.
Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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INT 563 - (SBE, SMS) Marine Benthic Ecology
Advanced ecological studies of benthic intertidal and subtidal marine organisms. Includes discussion of distributions, zonation, biotic interactions, food webs, succession, hypothesis testing, problems of scale, recruitment community structure and organization. Lec 2, Rec 1.
Prerequisites: a course in ecology.
Credits: 3
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INT 570 - (CHE, CHY, ECE, MEE, PHY, SIE) Emerging Science and Technology: Integration Into K-12 Classrooms
A preplanned experience requiring regular school visits to selected K-12 schools throughout the semester, during which undergraduate and graduate science and engineering students share their knowledge of emerging science and technology with K-12 school teachers and students. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Graduate or senior standing and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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INT 579 - (BMB) Methods in Epidemiology
Introduction to the field of epidemiology, emphasizing methods for assessing factors associated with the distribution and etiology of health and disease, with emphasis on current, real-world health issues and advancement of student skills in the critique of research studies. (This course is identical to INT 479.)
Prerequisites: BMB 300 and MAT 232.
Credits: 3
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INT 586 - China Travel and Study
An intensive 10-day field trip to China. Focus on Chines people, history, culture and doing business in China. Students will visit economic development agencies and multinational companies, interview Chinese people, exchange ideas with Chinese university students, experience local customs and food, and tour important historical and cultural sites in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou.
Prerequisites: Permission
Credits: 3
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INT 598 - (University Wide) Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Advanced study of timely or experimental topics that bridge two or more disciplines.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 1-6
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INT 601 - (University Wide) Responsible Conduct of Research
Key topics in conducting research responsibly. Guidelines, polices and codes relating to ethical research. Skills development for identifying and resolving ethical conflicts arising in research. Address case studies in the context of ethical theories and concepts.
Credits: 1
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INV 101 - Exploring Innovation
This course is designed for first-year students who have chosen the Innovation Living/Learning residence community, or who are interested in finding out more about innovation in any field. The course will introduce ways of stimulating creativity and emphasize work in diverse teams. Students will 1) begin to learn principles and processes of innovation, 2) see/hear about applications of innovation in a variety of fields, 3) meet active innovators from campus and the state, and 4) get to know Innovation faculty and each other.
Course meets 1 hour per week until October break, and as an intensive “BootCamp” during the first weekend of the semester. Course fees will be charged in addition to tuition.
The BootCamp will take place in a location away from campus, e.g. at the Schoodic Education and Research Center, with students in residence there. Our activities will mix introductory lectures, presentations by and conversations with guest innovators, field trips, hands-on innovation exercises and team-building activities, and large & small group recreational activities.
Students must attend the BootCamp unless a required University of Maine activity makes this impossible. Students who are unable to attend the BootCamp are required to attend an intensive weekend overnight at the Student Innovation Center later in the semester. Activities will include team-building exercises and a demonstration of innovation principles in a fictionalized organizational setting. Students who attend BootCamp are also invivted to this weekend overnight.
Credits: 1
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INV 180 - Create: Innovation Engineering I
Provides a systematic approach to creativity, the foundation for students to understand how to generate innovative ideas in any field. Gives students the theories behind and practice using tools to generate meaningfully unique ideas. These tools engage creative stimulus, diversity, and mining for technology and economic, social and cultural trends. Examines case histories that demonstrate how social and cultural contexts and human institutions have been influenced by innovative individuals who have realized original ideas in practice.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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INV 401 - Experience: Innovation Engineering IV
Through weekly case studies and in rapidly changing peer teams, students generate ideas, articulate innovations through writing, and research potential technologies and markets in the context of real-world businesses or nonprofit organizations. Through this process, students will learn to identify the best opportunities and to set up systems for generating and implementing new ideas in a wide range of organizations.
Prerequisites: INV 180 and INV 282 and INV 392.
Credits: 3
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INV 405 - Project: Innovation Engineering V
Emphasizes the intensive application of concepts explored in earlier Innovation Engineering courses with the purpose of creating students’ own project proposals. Students will be expected to identify a problem or opportunity and to research existing solutions to the problem before developing their own ideas.
Prerequisites: INV 180 and INV 282 and INV 392, or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 406 - Make It Real: Innovation Engineering VI
Students will have an opportunity during a full semester to take their own idea from proposal stage to prototype and beyond. Projects may be individual or team-based. (Pass/Fail Grade Only)
Prerequisites: INV 405 or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 470 - Special Topics in Applied Innovation
Students will have an opportunity during a full semester to take a faculty-led project from proposal stage to prototype and beyond.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 471 - Special Topics in Innovation
Provides opportunities for reflective and theoretical approaches to topics in innovation. Topics might include: innovation and medicine, finding money for innovation, innovations and development in the third world, universal design and innovation, innovations in aquaculture.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 480 - Internship in Innovation
With submission of proposal approved by the curriculum committee and director of the Innovation Engineering academic program, students working as interns with public or private sector organizations on projects aimed at innovation may register for credit hours. May be repeated for credit up to six credit hours.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 1-6
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INV 490 - Independent Study in Innovation
With approval of curriculum committee and director of academic program, students may create a plan of study for one semester with the guidance of a faculty member in Innovation.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 1-3
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INV 510 - Innovation Engineering Accelerated
Provides students tools and confidence to lead the creation, communication, and commercialization/realization of meaningfully unique ideas in any field. Students will learn a systematic approach to creativity, practices and principles of precise, persuasive concept writing, and key components of commercialization/realization. Methods include group and individual problem-solving, business simulation and case studies, and work with real-world inventors and business.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 511 - Experience: Innovation Engineering Case Study
Through weekly case studies and in rapidly changing peer teams, students generate ideas, articulate innovation through writing, and research potential technologies and markets in the context of real-world businesses or nonprofit organizations. Through this process students will learn to identify the best opportunities and to set up systems for generating and implementing new ideas in a wide range of organizations.
Prerequisites: INV 510.
Credits: 3
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INV 590 - Using Innovation: Proposal & Project
Emphasizes the intensive application of concepts explored in earlier Innovation Engineering courses to a graduate student’s field of specialization, with the purpose of creating the student’s own proposal and project. Students will be expected to identify a problem or opportunity and to research existing solutions to the problem or opportunity and to research existing solutions to the problem before developing their own ideas. Before taking this course, students must consult with a committee consisting of an advisor in the Student Innovation Center, as well as an advisor in their major field of study or graduate program. Students will have the opportunity to take their own idea from proposal stage to prototype and beyond. Projects may be individual or team-based.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and INV 510 and INV 511 or permission.
Credits: 3
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IV 511 - Experience: Innovation Engineering Case Study
Through weekly case studies and in rapidly changing peer teams, students generate ideas, articulate innovation through writing, and research potential technologies and markets in the context of real-world businesses or nonprofit organizations. Through this process students will learn to identify the best opportunities and to set up systems for generating and implementing new ideas in a wide range of organizations.
Prerequisites: INV 510 or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 100 - Introduction to Athletic Training
Designed to encourage students to observe certified athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals relative to athletic training. Areas of study include bloodborne pathogen training, rules of patient confidentiality, information about the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and other governing bodies for certified athletic trainers and other material as it relates to working in an athletic training setting.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 1
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KPE 201 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills I
Lab based class with first clinical experience. Focuses on the critical thinking and application of injury prevention and immediate care of injuries and illnesses. Direct supervision by trained personnel during clinical experience.
Prerequisites: KPE 250 and KPE 100.
Credits: 3
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KPE 202 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills II
Introduction to assessing muscle strength, range of motion, and girth measurements. Students build on assessing a patient’s level of fitness learned in KPE 253. Clinical experience continues focus on immediate patient care and incorporates course content to patient care. Direct supervision of trained personnel during clinical experience.
Prerequisites: KPE 100 and KPE 253.
Credits: 3
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KPE 209 - Wilderness First Responder
The curriculum uses the principles of long-term care, improvised resources, and varying environmental conditions as the framework for learning. Now the most widely recognized and most often required outdoor leader certification, the Wilderness First Responder course was first developed and taught by SOLO in the mid-1980’s. Created to provide outdoor leaders, guides, and rangers with the knowledge needed to deal with crises in remote settings, this 80-hour certification course meets DOT National Standards for First Responder with additional protocols for extended-care situations. The practical simulations and labs provide practice in backcountry leadership and rescue skills. Like all SOLO programs, the emphasis of the WFR is on prevention and decision-making.
Credits: 3
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KPE 223 - Lifeguard Training
Develops the necessary skills and competencies to qualify as a certified American Red Cross nonsurf lifeguard.
Prerequisites: permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 233 - Volleyball
Instruction to develop skills and teaching techniques in this leisure net sport.
Prerequisites: KPE major or permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 237 - Swimming Skills
Teaching and improving the skills in swimming, springboard diving, water polo, and related aquatic skills. Each phase developed carefully and fully, enabling the more capable to learn how to teach these basic skills at each level, including the beginning level.
Prerequisites: KPE major or permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 250 - Prevention and Care for Sports Injuries
Involves instruction in and practice of first aid and emergency medical care procedures specific to an active population. Students will practice life saving techniques such as respiratory and cardiac care. They will learn and practice injury prevention using taping and bracing techniques. Students will learn and practice how to assess and manage acute injury care for active individuals.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 253 - Theory and Techniques for Strength and Conditioning
Familiarizes the student with different physical conditioning techniques and regimens. Investigates specific traits and components of strength and conditioning programs and develops competencies for program prescription.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 262 - Methods of Teaching Physical Activity
Methods of teaching physical activity to all age groups and ability levels. Teaching models and practical application of models will be stressed. Teaching effectiveness techniques, theories, principles, instructional design and methods of evaluation will be examined.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 263 - Individual and Net Games
This is a required skills class for KPE teaching majors. Students will learn specific skills and teaching activities in golf, tennis, badminton, volleyball and other individual sport skills.
Prerequisites: KPE Majors only.
Credits: 3
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KPE 264 - Team Sports and Invasion Games
This is a required skills class for KPE teacher candidacy majors. Students will learn specific skills and sequential teaching activities for selected team sports including basketball, lacrosse, team handball, and soccer. Emphasis will be placed on teaching content specific pedagogy while using a sport education / invasion game instructional model.
Prerequisites: KPE Majors only.
Credits: 3
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KPE 265 - Outdoor and Adventure Activities
This course is broken down into four connected, but different sections. The focus of this course is a well-rounded adventure education background. Nordic Sports covers the fundamentals of two areas of Nordic skiing: classical cross country and skating cross country. Climbing Wall Management course emphasizes the presentation of sound fundamental skills to climbing gym participants, the formation of risk assessment and risk management skills. Orienteering covers the basic tools of map, compass and GPS. Challenge Course Facilitator will instruct students apply the educational concepts of adventure-based methods, and to facilitate and process adventure-based activities.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 266 - Dance Activities
This is a required skills class for KPE majors in the teaching tract. Students will learn specific skills and teaching methods in dance activities.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 270 - Motor Development and Learning
The understanding and application of major principles in the development and learning of motor behavior from conception through adolescence. The effects of development in the cognitive and affective domains upon the motor domain.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 271 - History and Philosophy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Provides historical and philosophical knowledge in relation to physical education and sport. Current sociological issues will be discussed. Oral and written presentations will be required covering historical, philosophical and social issues relating to sport and physic physical education.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: ENG 101.
Credits: 3
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KPE 273 - Anatomy and Pathologies of Injuries and Conditions
Familiarize students with human anatomy and the pathology associated with sports and fitness injuries. Students will focus on human neuromusculoskeltal anatomy, physiological responses of tissues to trauma and the etiology and signs and symptoms of common sports specific injuries and conditions.
Prerequisites: BIO 208 or KPE 250.
Credits: 3
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KPE 274 - Measuring ROM and Flexibility
Students interested in allied health professions will learn and practice techniques for measuring flexibility and joint ranges of motion for the entire human body. A strong musculoskeletal anatomy base is required.
Prerequisites: KPE 273
Credits: 1
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KPE 275 - Assessing Muscular Strength
Students interested in allied health professions will learn and practice techniques for measuring specific muscles and muscle groups using manual tests, dynamometers, and isokinetic equipment.. A strong musculoskeletal anatomy base is required.
Prerequisites: KPE 273
Credits: 1
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KPE 276 - Manual Muscle Testing and Goniometry
For students interested in allied health professions to learn and practice techniques that measure flexibility and joint range of motion of nonhealthy patients by using goniometry and inclinometry. The student will also learn how to assess muscular strength using a technique termed manual muscle testing.
Prerequisites: KPE 273
Credits: 3
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KPE 278 - Health Education
Examines all the factors that influence health. Serves as a channel for education students in all the choices they have for creating positive, healthy lifestyles. Current health issues and information will be presented and discussed.
Credits: 2
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KPE 280 - Introduction to Paddle Sports
Covers the fundamentals of paddling; general water safety, basic paddle strokes, maneuvers, river and sea hydrology specifically in the disciplines of canoeing, sea kayaking, and white water kayaking. In addition, we will get in-depth with swift water rescue, trip organization and water group management. Discussion and projects will focus upon, current issues in paddling, equipment development and sport specific training.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 283 - Introduction to Nordic Sports
Covers the fundamentals of two areas of Nordic skiing: classical cross country and skating cross country. Discussions and projects will focus upon personal fitness, equipment development and sport specific training.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 284 - Rock Climbing-Principles and Movement
Focuses on developing personal movement skills related to rock climbing and helps participants become more familiar with various techniques for climbing slabs, face, cracks and overhangs. Includes basic rope management skills such as knot tying and belaying. Students are expected to develop a concurrent fitness training plan and measure their climbing progress over the length of the course.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 285 - Climbing Wall Instructor
The Professional Climbing Instructor Association (PCIA) Climbing Wall Instructor Course provides instructors and potential instructors with an in-depth and standardized understanding of the skills essential to teaching climbing in an indoor setting. It is the first step in a sequential approach to professional climbing instructor development. The course reinforces the importance of teaching technically accurate information and debunks many common climbing myths. The course emphasizes the presentation of sound fundamental skills to climbing gym participants, the formation of risk assessment and risk management skills and basic problem solving skills such as belay transitions and on-wall coaching and assist techniques.
Credits: 3
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KPE 286 - Challenge Course Facilitator Skills
This course familiarizes the student with the use of cooperative games and group initiatives in adventure-based programming. These activities are used to foster personal confidence, decision-making, problem-solving skills, communication and trust among team members. Students will learn to apply the educational concepts of adventure-based methods, and to facilitate and process adventure-based activities. The second half of this course applies the aforementioned programming specifically focusing on low and high ropes course elements to help individuals and groups learn about concepts such as decision-making and problem-solving, leadership, and how to be a team player. The course will also introduce students to the technical methods and skills required to conduct ropes course activities, as well as the associated management issues of safety, and liability.
Credits: 3
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KPE 287 - Ropes Course Management
Familiarizes you with the concepts of adventure based programming which relies on activities such as cooperative games, group initiative and problem solving elements, trust activities, and low and high ropes course elements to help individuals and groups learn about concepts such as decision making and problem solving, leadership and how to be a team player. Introduces the technical methods and skills required to conduct ropes course activities, as well as the associated management issues of the safety, liability and staffing training.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Instructor permission, and KPE 286.
Credits: 1
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KPE 288 - Introduction to Top Rope Rock Climbing
Covers the fundamentals of belaying, rappelling and anchor establishment for traditional and re-directed top rope climbing. Upon completion, students should be able to begin climbing on their own. Note: This course should only be taken by students who are personally interested in learning to rock climb. Participants will be required to provide a moderate amount of personal equipment.
Prerequisites: KPE 284 or Instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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KPE 300 - Professionalism in Athletic Training
Designed to familiarize students of the relationships between athletic trainers and other health care professionals. Students will study the professional aspects of being an athletic trainer and observe health care providers such as nurse practitioners, orthopedic surgeons, and emergency medical technicians.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 1
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KPE 301 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills III
Through hands-on experience under the direct supervision of a certified athletic trainer, the student will focus on evaluating and treating athletic injuries using assessment skills, therapeutic modalities skills necessary for the profession. Focuses on lower extremity evaluations using theories and problem solving skills while in an athletic training setting.
Prerequisites: KPE 202, KPE 386 and KPE 388.
Credits: 3
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KPE 302 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills IV
Focus in on evaluation and treatment sing assessment skills, therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation exercises for head, cervical/thoracic spine and upper extremity injuries. The student will develop competency and proficiency in these skills while working in and athletic training setting and will be under the direct supervision of a certified athletic trainer.
Prerequisites: KPE 301, KPE 385, and KPE 387
Credits: 3
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KPE 303 - Pharmacology in Athletic Training
Provides information in pharmacology applications including indications, contraindications, precautions and interactions of medications commonly used for injuries, illness or conditions of the physically active. Regulations of various local and national governing bodies will be discussed.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 1
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KPE 311 - Maine Wilderness Guide
Establishes a professional field foundation for students pursuing careers in recreational guiding, wilderness education and outdoor program management. Participation requires a significant commitment from the student. Provides instruction in a variety of general outdoor skills that are essential to be an outdoor guide. Topics include: environmental ethics, camping skills, equipment and clothing selection and use, weather, travel techniques, navigation, safety and risk management, wilderness emergency procedures, specialized travel and trip planning. Each topic is explored in depth and students are asked to practice teaching methods during the course.
Prerequisites: KPE 209 or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 344 - Principles of Coaching
Supplies an appreciation and background in the art of coaching. Deals with the complex problems facing those that accept the challenge of handling our youth of today in a sport setting. The complete role of the effectiveness of the coach will be surveyed. Field trips to study experienced coaches will be required.
Prerequisites: sophomore standing.
Credits: 3
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KPE 350 - Educational Gymnastics, Games and Dance
Development of basic games analysis technique, gymnastic progressions and spotting techniques and group dance development and organization for the elementary and secondary schools. To develop skills in teaching games, dance and gymnastics, utilizing movement themes and activity.
Prerequisites: KPE 262; KPE major or permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 364 - Elementary School Physical Education
Specifically designed for the elementary physical educator for the purpose of studying the movement education curriculum used in elementary schools. Emphasis will focus on effective teaching techniques, instructional planning and on the progression of skills used in games, dance and gymnastics. A laboratory teaching experience will be implemented at a local elementary school.
Prerequisites: KPE 262 and permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 365 - Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary Physical Education
Provides the preservice teacher with an opportunity to practice learned effective teaching behavior in various teaching settings. Also provides the preservice teacher with an overview of secondary schools.
Prerequisites: KPE 262 and permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 367 - Adapted Physical Education
Helps teachers, coaches, and recreation personnel meet state and federal requirements for equal opportunities for handicapped persons. Content includes etiology and characteristics for handicapping conditions; implications for teaching; direct experience with handicapped persons.
Credits: 3
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KPE 372 - Statistical Methods and Assessments in Physical Education
Trains students to conduct tests and measurements leading to evaluation in physical education, health/fitness, and athletic training. Considerable attention is given to methods of analysis including descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, t-test, and ANOVA.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE Major or Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 376 - Kinesiology
An introduction to the analysis of human motion based on anatomic knowledge, basic biomechanics and kinesiological principles as they apply to teaching and coaching sport skills.
Prerequisites: BIO 208.
Credits: 3
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KPE 377 - Biomechanics
The applied study of physics and kinesiology in the analysis of human movement. Computerized, data acquisition models are used to aid the student in measurement and interpretation of human kinematics.
Prerequisites: KPE 273 and KPE 376.
Credits: 3
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KPE 378 - Physiology of Exercise
Develops an understanding of the integration and regulation of physiological functions during physical activity. Through investigation of factors affecting human performance, and the coordinated adjustment of body functions to the stress of exercise, students will become more aware of the theoretical and practical applications of exercise science.
Prerequisites: BIO 208, KPE 253.
Credits: 3
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KPE 384 - Practicum in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Leadership experiences under staff supervision in the service program. Limited opportunities also exist in local public schools.
Credits: 1-3
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KPE 385 - Evaluation of Upper Extremity Injuries and Conditions
Provides theories and techniques for the assessment and evaluation of athletic related injuries specific to the upper extremity. Students are expected to have an understanding of musculoskeletal, neurological and vascular anatomy as well as the biomechanics and injuries specific to the upper extremity. Determination of severity and referral protocols will be presented in reference to management and treatment. The class will consist of lectures and practical lab applications.
Prerequisites: KPE 273.
Credits: 3
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KPE 386 - Evaluation of Lower Extremity Injuries and Conditions
Provides theories and techniques for the assessment and evaluation of athletic related injuries specific to the lower extremity. Students are expected to have an understanding of musculoskeletal, neurological and vascular anatomy as well as the biomechanics and injuries specific to the lower extremity. Determination of severity and referral protocols will be presented in reference to management and treatment. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: KPE 273.
Credits: 3
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KPE 387 - Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries
Addresses flexibility, strength, proprioception, coordination, cardiovascular, and ergonomic needs as they relate to a patient with musculoskeletal problems. Patience assessment and the use of exercise equipment, program development, and progressions will be discussed. The student will practice these skills in a lab setting.
Prerequisites: KPE 273 or permission.
Credits: 4
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KPE 388 - Therapeutic Modalities
Provides specific content in the application and analysis of physical agents utilized in the treatment of athletes, including heat, cold, electricity, light, sound, water, traction and massage. Course format includes lab time to allow the student to become proficient with such modalities. Lec 3, Lab 2.
Prerequisites: KPE 273.
Credits: 4
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KPE 389 - Aquatherapy
Provides the medical practitioner in-depth background and understanding of the use of the aquatics medium to facilitate fitness, sport specific training, and therapeutic rehabilitation.
Prerequisites: KPE 387
Credits: 1
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KPE 398 - Problems in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Individual work on a problem in the area of health, physical education or recreation.
Credits: 1-3
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KPE 400 - General Medical Conditions and Disabilities in Sport
Offers an overview of general medical topics designed to meet the needs of advanced athletic training students for recognizing and managing medical conditions and disabilities of the physically active. The student will become competent in screening, treating and referring the athlete appropriately for significant medical problems. Structured by body systems combining didactic teachings with practicums.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 3
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KPE 401 - Athletic Training Seminar
The highest level athletic training course. Students will prepare for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification athletic training certification exam. The student is required to complete 150 hours in a clinical setting under the supervision of an Approved Clinical Instructor or Clinical Instructor. Will include completion of skills proficiencies as required by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Education Council as well as mentoring Levels 1 and 2 Athletic Training Students. Students will discuss recent sports medicine research.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; ATR or KPE major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 3
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KPE 425 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Provides specific content in health promotion and disease prevention and explores current public health issues. Program planning, needs assessment, intervention strategies and evaluation models will be presented with the constructs of epidemiological principles as they relate to increasing employee health and wellness and decreasing the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: KPE Major, Junior standing or Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 426 - Exercise Prescription and Leadership
Provides specific knowledge, skills and competencies needed to appropriately develop, prescribe, instruct and manage various kinds of exercise programs for diverse populations.
Prerequisites: KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 427 - Health Fitness Internship
Supervised experience in fitness, health promotion and in conducting recreation programs in camp, community, social agency or institution situations.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: KPE 426
Credits: 3-6
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KPE 483 - The Comprehensive School Health Program
Examines the components of a school health program. Includes policies, procedures and activities designed to promote health of students and staff. Components that will be addressed include: health instruction, curriculum development, school health services, environment and promotion. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Credits: 3
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KPE 484 - Methodology of Teaching Health Education
Focuses on the appropriate methodology necessary for teaching health education (K-12). Content, curriculum, and evaluation models will be presented within a theoretical framework that emphasizes critical inquiry and practical application. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Credits: 3
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KPE 490 - Nutrition for Sports and Exercise
In-depth study of the role nutrition plays in the training regime of athletes and those in the general population who include regular exercise in their personal lives. Topics include: digestion and absorption of food nutrients, bioenergetics, fluid balance and rehydration, ergogenic aids, proper wieght lost and disordered eating.
Prerequisites: FSN 101 and KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 560 - Assessment and Evaluation of Human Performance
The assessment and evaluation of selected anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects of human performance for the purpose of developing prescriptive exercise programs based upon individual needs, goals and interests.
Prerequisites: KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 573 - Motor Performance and Learning
Study of motor performance to aid the instructor to provide better theoretical framework to structure learning experiences for skillful individual performance.
Credits: 3
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KPE 575 - Current Studies in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Analysis of current and emerging trends in kinesiology and physical education based on experiments, research, literature and empirical observations.
Credits: 3
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KPE 580 - Mechanical Analysis of Human Movement
Analysis of activities provide the student with scientific basis for teaching and evaluating correct form for execution of the fundamental movements.
Credits: 3
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KPE 584 - Evaluative Procedures in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Introduces the student to various evaluative techniques which are designed to improve teaching effectiveness and student learning. Emphasis will be placed on utilizing various strategies of evaluation in the instructional setting.
Prerequisites: KPE 372.
Credits: 3
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KPE 588 - Advanced Exercise Physiology
Broadens the knowledge base of graduate students and to identify potential research areas. Involves in depth study of selected topics in exercise physiology and requires students to extensively utilize the current research literature.
Prerequisites: KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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LAS 499 - Senior Capstone in Interdisciplinary Studies
Students develop extended research projects or engage in significant internship experiences related to their individualized programs of study in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. Projects are supervised by the student’s advisory committee and must be approved by the college’s Interdisciplinary Studies Committee.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: permission.
Credits: 3
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LAT 101 - Elementary Latin I
Fundamentals of the Latin language.
Credits: 4
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LAT 102 - Elementary Latin II
Fundamentals of the Latin language.
Prerequisites: LAT 101 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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LAT 199 - Review Latin
Fast-paced review of elementary Latin grammar for those who have taken two or more years of high school Latin but do not feel qualified to go on to LAT 203/204; substantial written assignments. The course is also appropriate for students at all levels who have been away from Latin for sometime and wish to review their Latin skills. This class is not the equivalent of LAT 203/204 level language courses. Lec 2.
Prerequisites: 2 years of high school Latin or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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LAT 203 - Readings in Latin Literature I
Selections from Latin prose authors: Cicero, Caesar, the letters of Pliny. Facility in reading through grammatical analysis will be emphasized.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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LAT 204 - Readings in Latin Literature II
Selections from Latin poetry. Meter, scansion and the interpretation of poetry will be emphasized.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: LAT 199 or LAT 203 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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LAT 247 - Latin Prose Composition and Stylistics I
Review of grammar and syntax, with particular attention to Cicero and Tacitus.
The writing of prose, especially in the style of Cicero. Required for majors;
should be taken in the junior year or earlier, if possible.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: LAT 204 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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LAT 248 - Latin Prose Composition and Stylistics II
Continued study of grammar and syntax. Required for majors; should be taken in the junior year or earlier, if possible.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: LAT 247 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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