ACADEMIC Classes Spring 2008
Business Practices in Sport (13) - NEW
Overview of the planning and management of intercollegiate sports and recreation. Course will focus on elements of planning and management, business contracts, finance, facility development, legal issues, risk management, human resources, security, and operations and event management in a university setting. Course will also study how an athletic and recreation department is organized and end with a discussion on career opportunities in sports and recreation administration.
Th _________9:00 - 11:00 am ______Ray Purpur __________AFSC Kissick Auditorium
Mind, Body, Spirit (73)
The spiritual components of daily living and optimal health are commonly neglected in prevailing education, medical and psychological paradigms. This introductory course will explore that neglect by examining spiritual features of everyday life primarily from a psychological perspective with a focus on health. Topics covered will include cultivating gratitude, forgiveness, life purpose and kindness as well as mind, body, spirit solutions to everyday problems. Meditation and other stress management practices will be explored.
Tue 4:15-6:05 pm Fred Luskin 200-030
Introduction to Nutrition (75)
How to optimize nutrition for health and performance. Topics include macronutrients, fad diets, sugar addiction, low-calorie sweeteners, caloric restriction, disease prevention, and nutrition.
Tue _________6:00 - 8:40 pm _______Clyde Wilson _________Hewlett 101
Lifestyle Fitness Challenge (84)
Exploration and improvement of overall health. Wellness, physical fitness, nutrition, cardio endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and stress management. Introductions to weight and cardio equipment, outdoor workouts, spinning, strength and tone workouts, and yoga. Before and after fitness assessment.
T/Th 4:30-6:00pm Janelle Spanier Tresidder Fitness Center
Science of Wellness (109)
The Science of Wellness course will highlight sport science technology available within the Human Performance Lab and how it can be used to measure lifestyle health. The goal for the course will be to inform individuals on the benefits of healthy living and to motivate them to adopt such practices.
M 4:00-6:00pm Gordon Matheson, MD ACSR Human Performance Lab
Sports Nutrition with Clinical Applications (123)
Principles governing fluid and energy balance under conditions of exercise stress and recovery; how these principles correlate to health and disease. Prerequisites: 74 (may be taken concurrently); HUMBIO 120, 155; or consent of instructor
Th ___________6:00 - 9:00pm __Clyde Wilson _________160-330
