Exercise & Sport Physiology

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this major, exercise and sport physiology students will possess the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to:

• Implement assessment protocols and pre-participation health screening procedures to maximize participant safety and minimize risk. 
• Determine participant’s readiness to take part in a health-related physical fitness assessment and exercise program. 
• Implement cardiorespiratory exercise prescriptions using the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, and type) for apparently healthy participants based on current health status, fitness goals and availability of time.
• Implement exercise prescriptions using the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, and type) for flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance for apparently healthy participants based on current health status, fitness goals and availability of time. 
• Prescribe and implement exercise programs for participants with controlled cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic diseases and other clinical populations.
• Conduct and interpret cardiorespiratory fitness assessments. 
• Conduct assessments of muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. 
• Conduct anthropometric and body composition assessments.

^{Learning outcomes are modified from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) standards.}