May 01, 2024  
2021-2022 LSUA Catalog 
    
2021-2022 LSUA Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • HIST 2061 - African-American History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Course will focus on the essential place of African Americans in US History from 1619 to the present. Offered FA, SP.

    Fulfills General Education Requirements.

  
  • HIST 2100 - African History since 1400


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The significant historical developments in Africa beginning with the onset of European involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Topical emphases include political, economic, geographic, social, and ideological transformations relating to Africa’s role in a regional, international, and Atlantic world context. Offered as needed.

  
  • HIST 2920 - Selected Topics


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    An examination of topics significant to understanding human history. Course content and subject varies. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours of credit. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): the applicable survey course or permission of the instructor.
  
  • HIST 3003 - History and Social Studies


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The role of the social sciences in the study of history. This course will assist student in the teaching of social studies. Offered SP

  
  • HIST 3005 - Disasters in History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A study of selected events in history that caused catastrophic disruption of normal social, political, and/or economic patterns and an analysis of how different cultures responded to those events. Offered as needed.

  
  • HIST 3071 - Louisiana History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    General survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of Louisiana. Topics include French and Spanish colonial developments; state constitutional, political and legal developments; the unique contributions of Louisiana’s social, cultural and ethnic diversity; and the economic development of the state. Offered FA, SP, SU.

  
  • HIST 3210 - Modern East Asian History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The significant historical developments in China, Japan, and Korea from 1600 to the present, with special emphasis on the post-1800 time frame. Topical emphases include political, military, social, economic, geographic, ideological and cultural traditions and transformations in both regional and national contexts. Offered as needed.

  
  • HIST 3801 - History Practicum


    Credits: 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3-9
    Direct community or campus experience in the application of historical principles under faculty supervision. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours of credit. Offered FA, SP, SU.

    Prerequisite(s): Classification as junior or senior and permission of the instructor.
  
  • HIST 4013 - French Revolution and Napoleon


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The significant historical development during the age of the French Revolution and Napoleon. Emphasis will be given to political, military, social, economic, geographic, ideological, and cultural changes during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 1003 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4015 - Nineteenth Century Europe


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The significant historical developments in Europe between 1815 and 1919. Emphasis will be given to revolutions, ideologies, nationalism, industrialization, imperialism, and World War I. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 1003 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4017 - Contemporary Europe, 1919 to the Present


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The significant historical developments in Europe since 1919. Emphasis will be given to post-World War I democracies, totalitarianism, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, decolonization, and the new Europe. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 1003 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4050 - Colonial America and American Revolution: 1607-1783


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The cultural, economic, political, and military developments in the thirteen colonies and the struggle for American Independence. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4053 - Early American Republic


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The history of the United States from 1789 to 1820, with emphasis on the economic, political, social, cultural, national and constitutional development of the period. Offered FA

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4054 - Jacksonian America 1824-1848


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The rise of Andrew Jackson, political party development, reform movements, slavery, sectional crisis, and Mexican War. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4055 - Civil War


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A study of the causes of the Civil War, the secession crisis, military campaigns, leadership, and homefront. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4056 - Reconstruction


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A study of the political, economic, military, social, and cultural aftermath of the Civil War. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4059 - The American Teens and Twenties


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    From the election of 1912 to the Crash of 1929; Woodrow Wilson and reform at home; developments in foreign policy; World War I and its impact; social and political developments of the Jazz Age; development of the Great Bull Market and its collapse. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4060 - Age of Roosevelt


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    From the inaugural of FDR to the surrender of Japan; the Great Depression and the New Deal; the thirties’ search for an American culture; the road to Pearl Harbor; America in World War II, at home and abroad. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4065 - History of Contemporary America


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    History of America since 1945, focusing on domestic affairs. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4071 - The Antebellum South


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Economic, social, intellectual, and political development of the South to 1860. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 .
  
  • HIST 4072 - The New South


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the South since 1877. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 .
  
  • HIST 4073 - Louisiana to 1815


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Political, economic, and social development of early Louisiana. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 .
  
  • HIST 4130 - World War II


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Global crisis of the 1930s; Axis and Allied Strategies; major military campaigns, great power diplomacy; life on the home fronts; Holocaust; espionage and resistance; the experience of combat; social, political, and scientific consequences. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 .
  
  • HIST 4132 - Contemporary World History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    The history of the world from 1945 to present, emphasizing the transformations of international relations, the international economy and the developing world. Offered as needed.

  
  • HIST 4195 - Special Studies in World History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    May be repeated for credit when topics change. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): three hours of history and permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4197 - Special Studies in United States History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    May be repeated for credit when topics change. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; and permission of history faculty.
  
  • HIST 4901 - Independent Study


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Reading and research on selected topics. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours of credit. Offered FA, SP, SU.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 2055  and HIST 2057 ; permission of instructor; classification as junior or senior; and grade point average of at least 3.0.
  
  • HNDI 1001 - Elementary Hindi I


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Basic lexicon and structures of Hindi with emphasis on communicative language use and exploration of Indian culture. Offered FA.

  
  • HNDI 1002 - Elementary Hindi II


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Basic lexicon and structures of Hindi with emphasis on communicative language use. May include presentation of culture and cinema. Offered SP.

    Prerequisite(s): HNDI 1001 .
  
  • HUMN 2001 - Humanities Seminar


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Topics vary according to instructor. An interdisciplinary study of literature, philosophy, history, music, communication, and the visual or performing arts.  Students will develop the ability to appreciate, understand, and evaluate ancient or current ideas, themes, and information in traditional and multimedia sources. Offered as needed

    Fulfills General Education Requirements

  
  • INTL 2000 - Introduction to International Studies


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    An introduction to the field of international studies; emphasis on developing an understanding of the political and cultural relationships that exist and have exited among the regions, peoples, and nations of the world. Offered as needed.

    Fulfills General Education Requirements.

  
  • INTR 1320 - American Sign Language I


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    An introductory course in American Sign Language designed to develop basic receptive and expressive language skills. Emphasis will be on development of appropriate handshapes and movements necessary to produce accurate signs. Student will learn basic language structures, acquire a working vocabulary and knowledge of sentences, phrases, and appropriate non- manual behaviors in ASL. The use of the voice by instructor and students is held at a minimum. Offered as needed.

  
  • INTR 1321 - American Sign Language II


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Designed to develop expressive and receptive signing skills. Emphasis on vocabulary acquisition, understanding and use of ASL and linguistic structures. The natural language approach and cultural interactions are used to develop appropriate conversational skills. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): INTR 1320 .
  
  • INTR 2320 - American Sign Language III


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A conversational course focusing on specific grammatical and cultural topics. Emphasis on the development of fluent conversational skills using grammatical non-manual signals and markers. Student will learn how to narrate, describe, compare, and comment. Narratives of native language users are used for beginning text analysis of ASL. Interactive ASL lessons without voice lead to expand vocabulary mastery and fluency. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): INTR 1321 .
  
  • INTR 2321 - American Sign Language IV


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    An advanced ASL performance course integrating cultural and linguistic competencies ranging from informal to formal communication events. Emphasis on greater fluency in the use of idiomatic language use and the mastery of vocabulary and syntax. Linguistic competence is enhanced through interactive discourse with users of native language. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): INTR 2320.
  
  • KINS 1121 - Fencing


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1123 - Archery


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1124 - Tennis


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered FA, SU)

  
  • KINS 1125 - Golf


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered FA, SU)

  
  • KINS 1126 - Gymnastics


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1127 - Modern Dance


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1129 - Badminton


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1130 - Bowling


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1131 - Ballet


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1132 - Ballroom Dancing


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1134 - Folk and Square Dancing


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1135 - Water Exercises


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered SP)

  
  • KINS 1136 - Swimming


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    (Offered as needed)

  
  • KINS 1140 - Scuba Diving


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Basic techniques and procedures in Skin and Scuba Diving. Three hours laboratory per week. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1136  or permission of Instructor.
  
  • KINS 1142 - Aerobic Conditioning.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered FA.

  
  • KINS 1146 - Weight Training.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 1152 - Dance Theatre


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 4
    Participation in the performing modern dance theatre. Four hours laboratory per week. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by audition.
  
  • KINS 1153 - Jazz Dance.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 1157 - Aerobic Dance.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 1161 - Self Defense.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 1223 - Archery II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1224 - Tennis II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1225 - Golf II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1125  or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1226 - Gymnastics II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1126  or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1257 - Aerobic Dance II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1157  the preceding semester (excluding summer session) or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1261 - Self Defense II


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1161  or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 1337 - Lifeguard Training.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 1338 - Water Safety Instructor’s Course.


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 1340 - Advanced Scuba Diving


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Advanced techniques and procedures in scuba diving. Three hours laboratory per week. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): Basic Open Water Certified Diver.
  
  • KINS 1600 - Personal and Community Health


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A survey of current problems affecting the overall health of the individual and society in our modern environment. Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 1999 - Special Topics


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Identification, analysis, and practice of skills and techniques fundamental to exercise/sports, rules, strategies, and appropriate safety procedures. Three hours of lab. May be repeated for a maximum of four hours of credit when topics change. Offered FA, SU.

  
  • KINS 2010 - Nutrition in Health and Disease


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Course designed primarily for students planning to enter the health field. Principles of nutrition and dietary modifications relating to health and disease conditions across the ages. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1001  or CHEM 1201 ; or BIOL 1001  or BIOL 1201 .
  
  • KINS 2500 - Human Anatomy


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Structural human anatomy and its application basic to an understanding of problems in athletic and corrective physical therapy. Offered FA.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1201  or BIOL 1161  
  
  • KINS 2501 - Principles and History of Physical Education


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A study of the scientific, philosophical, and historical foundations of health education and physical education. Offered FA.

  
  • KINS 2504 - Principles of Conditioning


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    Methods and concepts of training and conditioning; physical fitness and current trends; participation in selected activities designed to promote fitness for educational institutions and social agencies. Offered FA.

  
  • KINS 2507 - Methods and Materials in Physical Education for the Elementary School


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    For elementary school teachers. Progressively graded programs of physical activities for elementary schools; preparation in skills, attitudes, and knowledge requisite to health education of children. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 2508 - Practicum in the Teaching of Individual Sports


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    competency in the activity to be taught and permission of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of three hours of credit when experience represents different individual sports. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 2510 - Introduction to Sport and Leisure Administration


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Introduction to the academic and professional field of sport administration. Offered, FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 2520 - The Coaching of Gymnastics


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    Principles and techniques of coaching gymnastics; Organization and administration of practice and various levels of competition. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 1126  or KINS 1226 ; and permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 2540 - Adapted Physical Education


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Laws affecting individuals with special needs; the motor abilities of special needs children; the adjustment of programs to suit their needs and interests. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 2600 - Methods and Materials in Health & Physical Education for the Elementary School


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Methods and materials for health and physical education at the kindergarten and elementary levels will be examined. Preservice teachers will experience lecture sessions with the incorporation of a variety of hands-on laboratory activities. Participation in activity sessions, practice in teacher, and field experiences will be required. Preservice teachers will acquire requisite skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to positively impact the health and physical education of children. Offered FA, SP, SU.

    Prerequisite(s): EDCI 2030 or permission of the chair of the Department of Education.
  
  • KINS 2601 - First Aid


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Designed to teach the lay person proper techniques required to complete CPR, rescue breathing, the choking procedure, and wound care. Information regarding shock, poisoning, fractures, and unconsciousness is included for adults, children, and infants. Offered FA, SP, SU.

  
  • KINS 2602 - Methods and Materials in Health Education for the Elementary School


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Designed for elementary education majors. Preparation of the elementary school teacher in skills, attitudes, and knowledge requisite to health education of children. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 2800 - Beginning Modern Dance


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    For majors or minors in physical education. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 3010 - Nutrition in Wellness and Being


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Nutritional interpretation of the principles of diets and modified diets relating to the prevention of and intervention in biochemical and physiological changes of disease. Offered FA, SP, SU.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1201  or KINS 2010  
  
  • KINS 3502 - Tests and Measurements


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    An introduction to testing and evaluation in physical education and exercise science settings. Current research in the field and statistical techniques involved. Offered FA.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2504  or KINS 2600  
  
  • KINS 3510 - Techniques and Methods of Teaching Physical Education (K-12)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    Current teaching methods and materials in physical education; teaching styles, aids, and formulation of lesson and unit plans. Offered as needed.

  
  • KINS 3513 - Introduction to Motor Learning


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Principles of motor learning and improvement of physical performance; role of growth and development; and emotional and psychosocial phenomena in motor learning and performance. Offered FA

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2500  or BIOL 1161  or permission of instructor
  
  • KINS 3515 - Exercise Physiology


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Basic physiological concepts of the muscular, metabolic, cardiorespiratory systems; behavior of each system in relation to exercise; determination of normal and abnormal physical responses to exercise; development of a philosophy of scientific inquiry. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2500  or BIOL 1161 ; and KINS 2504 
  
  • KINS 3535 - Exercise Testing & Prescription


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Principles, techniques, and practice of exercise testing and prescriptions in field, clinical, and lab settings. Offered FA, SP

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of “C” or higher in KINS 3515
  
  • KINS 3546 - Perceptual Motor Development of Individuals with Special Needs


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    Designed for students interested in adapted physical education, the course focuses on perceptual motor development of individuals with special needs and the strategies needed to assist them. Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 3600 - Methods and Materials in Health and Physical Education for the Middle and Secondary School


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    Methods and materials for health and physical education at the middle and secondary school levels will be examined. Preservice teachers will experience lecture sessions with the incorporation of a variety of “hands-on” laboratory activities. Participation in activity sessions, practice in teaching, and field experiences will be required. Preservice teachers will acquire requisite skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to positively impact the health and physical education of children. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): a grade of “C” or higher in KINS 2600  or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 3605 - Health and the Aging Process


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    A study of the aging process and its relationship to the physical, social, psychological, and intellectual aspects of health. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2500  or BIOL 1161   
  
  • KINS 3660 - Stress Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Sources of stress; evaluation of stress-related diseases; techniques for promoting stress reduction; prevention of stress-related diseases. Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 3800 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Sport


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Introduction to basic ethical and legal principles required to successfully address managerial situations that arise in sport industry settings; ethical concepts and theories that provide the foundation for the rendering of comprehensive decisions, including but not limited to issues involving Title IX, the use of drugs, antitrust, labor, intellectual property and religion. Offered FA, SP

  
  • KINS 3801 - Sport Strategies and Planning


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Principles and procedures involved with strategies and planning of professional and intercollegiate athletics. Offered FA, SP

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2510
  
  • KINS 3900 - Psychology of Sport and Exercise


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Psychological aspects of sport and exercise with emphasis on factors that influence preparation, participation, performance, and adherence. Offered FA, SP.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2000  or PSYC 2060  or permission of instructor.
  
  • KINS 4501 - Special Topics


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    For students interested in additional study in sports management and administration of kinesiology. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours of credit when topics vary. Offered as needed

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor
  
  • KINS 4503 - Mechanics and Techniques in Physical Activities


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Focus on the biomechanical movement principles that benefit individuals in both an instructional environment and a competitive environment. Offered FA

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2500  or BIOL 1161  
  
  • KINS 4508 - Methods in Coaching Individual and Team Sports - Part I


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    This course is a study of the coaching methods used in various fall sports (individuals and team) with an emphasis on fundamentals, instruction, rules, safety, basic athletic training concepts, and principles of conditioning. The duties and responsibilities of a coach as well as management and organization of individual and team sports will be examined. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2504 .
  
  • KINS 4509 - Methods in Coaching Individual and Team Sports - Part II


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Laboratory Hours: 3
    This course is a study of the coaching methods used in various spring sports (individuals and team) with an emphasis on fundamentals, instruction, rules, safety, basic athletic training concepts, and principles of conditioning. The duties and responsibilities of a coach as well as management and organization of individual and team sports will be examined. Offered as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2504 .
  
  • KINS 4510 - Introduction to Sports and Leisure Administration


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Introduction to the academic and professional field of sports administration. Offered FA.

  
  • KINS 4513 - Facilities Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Preventative maintenance, facility planning, event administration, box office management, house and ground management, systems management, marketing, finance and personnel administration. Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 4517 - Sports Administration


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 0
    Policies and practices in the administration of athletic programs in academic settings. Offered FA, SP.

  
  • KINS 4535 - Methods for Individuals with Physical Disabilities and Other Challenges


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Laboratory Hours: 2
    This course provides knowledge related to disabilities in the physical education setting. Broad discussion relates to adapting activities to meet the needs of students with special needs. Offered FA, SP.

    Prerequisite(s): KINS 2540  or permission of the instructor.
 

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