Courses
Kinesiology
0410-Physiology of Exercise 3 s.h.
Survey of the broad spectrum of exercise physiology. The physiology concepts presented are applied to research, rehabilitation, preventive medicine, and coaching. Such topics as nutrition and performance, weight control, stress testing, and ergogenic aids are discussed in detail. Basic laboratory techniques and classical experiments are demonstrated.
0412-Exercise and Nutrient Metabolism 3 s.h.
The scientific principles controlling the relationship between exercise, nutrition, and weight control will be examined. Special emphasis will be directed toward the practical application of these principles for the development of individualized weight control programs.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE 3 and PE 100 or PE 310 or PE 410 or permission of instructor
0413-Exercise and Aging 3 s.h.
A study of the potential influence of exercise on the aging process. The scientific principles that govern aging processes and the influences of exercise on these processes will be reviewed as well as the development of exercise programs for geriatric populations.
0437-Racial Minorities and Sport 3 s.h.
This dual level course focuses on the positions and roles of African American and other persons of color in American sport. Topics to be covered will assist in consciousness raising of white students and students of color to the unique experiences and challenges of racial minority participants in sport.
0439-Self Development and Sport 3 s.h.
A group process experiential course which focuses the student's attention on the patterns and practices of his/her own sport or exercise. Assessments of satisfactions and areas for change will be followed by action plan development for future experiences.
0442-Physical Agents in Sports Medicine 3 s.h.
Physiological basis for the application of physical agents commonly used by athletic trainers. Physical agents include those dealing with heat, cold, and electricity. Application of these agents addressed. Basic physical properties of light, heat, sound, and electricity.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: NATA-certified athletic trainer or certified physical therapist or permission of instructor
0443-Orthopedics in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine 3 s.h.
This course deals with the theories and methods of orthopedic medicine as they are specifically applied to the understanding, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries. Course content will include general principles related to the evaluation of orthopedic and sports injury. Current theory and research related to the assessment of athletic injuries will be presented.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: NATA-certified athletic trainer or certified physical therapist or permission of instructor
0444-Rehabilitation Methods and Techniques for Sports-Related Injuries 3 s.h.
This course is designed to provide the student with both the theoretical cases and some practical experience relative to rehabilitation therapy as it applies to sports-related injuries. Topics to be covered include manual muscle testing, goniometry, theories of pain and its management, and various therapeutic exercise modalities.
Prerequisite: NATA-certified athletic trainer or certified physical therapist or permission of instructor
0445-Athletic Training/Sports Medicine Practicum A 1-4 s.h.
Open only to those students who do not have the 800 clinical hours prerequisite. A practicum in which the student will serve as an athletic trainer working with interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic teams at a NATA- approved affiliated site and under the direct supervision of a NATA-certified athletic trainer. Students sign up for credits on the basis of the number of hours needed to satisfy the 800-hour requirement: 1 credit per 200 hours needed.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Current first aid and CPR certification, permission of instructor and program director
0446-Athletic Training/Sports Medicine Practicum B 2 s.h.
A practicum in which the student will satisfy the 200-hour clinical experience requirement by serving as an athletic trainer in a NATA-approved affiliated health setting working under the direct supervision of a clinical instructor.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Current first aid and CPR certification, permission of instructor and program director
0447-Athletic Training/Sports Medicine Practicum 2 s.h.
A practicum in which the student will satisfy the 200-hour requirement by serving as an athletic trainer in a NATA-approved allied-health setting such as the Temple University Sports Medicine Clinics. Students will perform athletic training duties under the supervision of certified athletic trainers and orthopedic surgeons.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Current first aid and CPR certification, permission of instructor and program director
0448- Laboratory Techniques in Athletic Training 3 s.h.
This course is specifically designed for students currently enrolled in the graduate athletic training program. This course will provide students with knowledge and application of selected laboratory instrumentation utilized in the athletic training division of the Biokinetics Research Laboratory. Topics include, but are not limited to, instrumentation used in testing of the following areas: Motion analysis, electromyography, strength, joint laxity, and pain threshold.
0450-Meeting Children's Needs Through Movement Activities 1-3 s.h.
The study of low organized games as a growth and development tool for use by the elementary physical educator, classroom teacher, therapist, recreator, special educator, and child care staff.
Prerequisite: All students must attend first weekend of course
0451-Meeting Preschoolers' Needs Through Movement Activities 1 s.h.
The study of low organized games as a growth and development tool of the 3-5 year old child. Topic: Eric Erikson's first three stages of development.
0455-Creative Approaches to Teaching Physical Education 3 s.h.
For elementary and secondary physical education teachers. Focuses on fostering creative behavior in learners. Developing an understanding of creativity and the creative person. Links established between creative learner behavior and the teaching behavior with which it is associated. Participants practice and receive feedback about their teaching behavior.
0466-Underwater Photography 3 s.h.
The purpose of this course is to prepare basic/advanced divers and skin divers in underwater photography. The course will introduce basic photographic concepts and develop skills and knowledge in underwater photography. The course will advance to composition and the creation of underwater photography as an art form. Principles and practical applications of underwater photography will include underwater cameras, housing, lighting systems, lenses, films, composition, maintenance, matting, and framing. Requires a portfolio of underwater slides from the pool produced by the student.
Prerequisite: basic diver certification or permission of instructor
0473-Introduction to Movement Analysis 3 s.h.
Includes basic mechanical analysis techniques and experience with common instrumentation systems such as cinematography, videography, electrogoniometry, and electromyography.
Prerequisite: PE 202 or equivalent
0502-Applied Exercise Physiology: Cardiovascular Function 3 s.h.
Cardiovascular dynamics at rest and in response to muscular work of varying degrees of intensity. Properties of the vascular system, functional anatomy of the heart, electrocardiography, peripheral vascular control, and the effect of training on the cardiovascular system.
Prerequisite: PE 310 or 410 or equivalent
0504-Supervision and Administration of Physical Education 3 s.h.
Focuses on the supervision of teachers and the management of aspects of the program such as equipment, facilities, scheduling, and public relations. Emphasis on improving the teacher-learning process, human relations, organization, communication, delegation, and promotion. Problem solving approach used.
0506-Psychological Bases of Motor Behavior 3 s.h.
This course focuses on the psychology of motor behavior, with particular emphasis on motor learning and motor development.
Prerequisite: PE204 or consent of the instructor
0507-Psychology of Kinesiology 3 s.h.
This course focuses on the basic psychological variables which influence, and are influenced by, human movement activity. A diverse set of topics within exercise and sport psychology is explored.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE205 or consent of the instructor
0508-Sociology of Kinesiology 3 s.h.
This course focuses on the social structural/contextual variables which influence, and are influenced by, human movement activity. Among the variables examined are the following: socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, dominant-subordinate perceptions, value formation and conflict.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE205 or consent of the instructor
0510-Pedagogy in Kinesiology 3 s.h.
This course provides the student with an introduction to pedagogy in higher education, preparing the student to become a more effective teacher/professor at the college/university level.
0511-Cellular Adaptations to Exercise 3 s.h.
Control and regulatory mechanisms at the systems, tissue, and cellular levels during exercise. The biomedical adaptations produced by training discussed, with emphasis on regulation of protein synthesis and degradation in muscle, and metabolic regulation during exercise.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE 310 or 410, 512 and 513 or permission of instructor
0512-Applied Exercise Physiology: Neuromuscular Function 3 s.h.
Skeletal muscle force as modified and affected by fatigue, velocity of contraction, neural factors, and training is studied. Force-velocity relationships are examined from a morphological basis involving fiber type, motor unit recruitment, and fatigue with applications to power output.
Prerequisite: PE 310 or PE 410 or equivalent
0515-Graded Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription 3 s.h.
Enhances the knowledge and skills of persons interested in preventive and rehabilitative exercise programs. Exercise in the diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation of coronary heart disease, as well as the techniques of exercise stress testing. Emphasizes the development of exercise prescriptions from graded exercise test data.
Prerequisite: PE 502 or equivalent
0537-Psychosocial Interactions and Skilled Performance 3 s.h.
Research is reviewed and designed, with a focus on the enhancement of performance in both competitive and expressive settings. Applied sport psychology consulting programs are reviewed and designed.
0540-Psycho-Social Analysis of Low Organized Games I. 3 s.h.
Analysis of the variables found within the human movement experience of low organized games. Students will learn to select, modify, and/or create movement activities to meet human social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs.
0550-Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education 3 s.h.
Investigates psychometrics as they apply to physical education. Assessments' role within education is explored, technology's impact on measurement and evaluation is examined. Psychomotor, cognitive and affective domains serve as the basis for constructing instruments and tests.
0552-The Analytic Study of Teaching 3 s.h.
Systematic study of the teaching process and environments for learning for analyzing student's own teacher behavior. Information from research on teaching in the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains introduced to support these conceptual frameworks.
0554-The Physical Education Curriculum 3 s.h.
Examines the meaning and purpose of curriculum, its components and levels, and basic curriculum writing skills. Emphasis placed on examining the scope and sequence of various organizing centers such as sport, fitness, movement, dance, aquatics, adventure, personal protection, social skill, etc.
0555-Curriculum Development and Writing 3 s.h.
Focuses on the process of curriculum development and writing. Emphasis on constructing "teacher friendly" curriculum, relevant to students and society.
Prerequisite: PE554
0591-Humanistic Physical Education 3 s.h.
Humanistic physical education as it relates to present practices and future developments within the field of physical education.
0595-Seminar in Physical Education 3 s.h.
Designed to study current issues, problems and topics in physical education. Focus on reviewing literature, conducting research, and discussing topics, with production of a paper to resolve or summarize the issue or problem.
0618-Introduction to Environmental Physiology 3 s.h.
Mechanisms of physiological response of healthy person to desert, arctic, mountain, and undersea environments. Effects of environmental stresses upon exercise performance. Principles of human thermoregulation are demonstrated in a laboratory setting.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE 410 and 502 or permission of instructor
0619-Seminar: Physiology of Exercise 3 s.h.
Interrelationship of exercise and physiology. Physiological mechanisms underlying the human capacity for muscular work and stress are closely examined. Recent literature surveyed.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PE 410 or equivalent and PE 511, 512, 513
0630-Seminar in Psychosocial Development Through Sport 3 s.h.
This course is grounded in the assumption that every living human being has the capacity to learn, improve, and enhance potential. Course work examines the role of movement activity in facilitating development throughout the life span.
0649-Seminar in Athletic Training/Sport Medicine 1-3 s.h.
Designed to provide the student with analytical skills and practical experiences relative to research as it applies to sports related injuries.
0709-Internship in Physical Education 3-6 s.h.
Provides supervised field and/or clinical experiences in psychological aspects of sport and physical activity, and exercise science.
Prerequisite: permission of instructors
0799-Preliminary Examination Preparation 1-3 s.h.
For students who have completed all course work and have not passed the preliminary examination.
0899-Pre-Dissertation Research 3 s.h.
Prerequisite: For students who have passed the preliminary examination but do not have an approved proposal.
0901-Research Methods in Physical Education I. 1 s.h.
Basic understanding of research methods and related techniques necessary to evaluate research literature in physical education and related fields. Attention to the selection of research problems. Part I.
0902-Research Methods in Physical Education II. 2 s.h.
Basic understanding of research methods and related techniques necessary to evaluate research literature in physical education and related fields. Attention to the selection of research problems.
Prerequisite: PE 901
0903-Research Design 3 s.h.
Focuses on basic elements in research design necessary to continue the process of becoming a successful researcher in kinesiology. Students will gain knowledge about different types of research and strategies for addressing research questions.
Prerequisite: PE 901 and 902, introductory graduate level statistics course, or permission of the instructor
0910-Mentored Research I. 3 s.h.
This course exposes the Ph.D. student to the basic nature of Behavioral and Somatic Science research. Learning experiences will consist of journal article review, laboratory/field techniques, and subject or data collector exposures as directed by faculty mentors.
0911-Mentored Research II. 3 s.h.
This course provides the Ph.D. student with the opportunity to be involved in research, under the direction of the faculty mentor, as the assistant project director and as the project director for pilot studies. The student will gain experience in these roles with close supervision by the faculty mentor.
Prerequisite: Mentored Research I.
0912-Mentored Research III. 3 s.h.
This course provides the Ph.D. student with the opportunity to assume the role of director of a research project under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The research project will represent a piece of the ongoing line of research of the faculty mentor. The responsibilities assumed by the student will be comparable to the responsibilities of a project director of research funded by a research grant.
Prerequisite: Mentored Research I and II.
0930-Seminar in Kinesiology 3 s.h.
This course is designed to enable doctoral students to gain a perspective of the discipline, both historically and philosophically, prepare them for the issues they may face in the "real world," particularly higher education, and help them initiate their dissertation.
0953-Laboratory Experiments and Analysis 1-3 s.h.
A study of the use of instruments which measure metabolism, body composition, pulmonary and cardiovascular function, and blood composition. Hands-on experience in the use of instrumentation is provided.
0956-Independent Research 1-12 s.h.
Students present proposal to instructor, who advises them on their project. Students obtain a letter of agreement from department Chair indicating the number of credits involved, prior to registration.
0960-Master's Research in Physical Education 3 s.h.
Course open to Master of Education candidates doing either the project option or the first three credits of the thesis option.
0961-Master's Thesis in Physical Education 3 s.h.
Course open only to Master of Education candidates completing the last three credits of the thesis option.
0962-Master's Continuing Research 1 s.h.
For master's candidates in final stages of the project or thesis. Taken by arrangement with department adviser/coordinator. Satisfies continuous registration requirement in final semester.
Prerequisite: completion of all other course requirements for master's degree program
0999-Doctoral Dissertation in Physical Education 3-9 s.h.
Continuous registration during the fall and spring terms required from after completion of the preliminary examination until the dissertation has been completed and accepted by the graduate faculty.
Prerequisite: limited to candidates for the doctoral degree