fitness minor
Minor
The Fitness minor offers courses that provide the beginning knowledge, skills, and abilities to implement fitness programs and preventative health programs in private, corporate, commercial, and community settings for apparently healthy individuals. The minor provides non-Exercise Science majors with essential course work to develop entry level skills and gain foundational knowledge in the areas of resistance training, exercise program design, functional anatomy, motivational and behavior change strategies, and wellness/health coaching.
This course applies principles of anatomy to the study of human motion and resistance training. The course will explore human movement through applied anatomy and biomechanics, as well as through the analysis of exercises and sport movements. Students will be able to identify, describe, execute, and progress common resistance training exercises for the upper extremity, lower extremity, and trunk that target specific musculature. Students will utilize their anatomical knowledge base to evaluate exercise technique and form.
This course studies the effects, benefits, and sources of major nutrients. It includes an overview of nutritional issues involved in disease processes and nutritional needs for an active population. Special focus on patient assessment and development of dietary plans based on energy expenditure.