Course Descriptions
Health Science
HSC2600 Intro Athletic Training (3)
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the profession of athletic training. This beginning level course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic principles of athletic training, including prevention, assessment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. In addition, the student will be required to earn CPR certification from the American Red Cross or the National Safety Council.
HSC3200 Kinesiology (3)
This course is a comprehensive study of human movement as it relates to sport activities. It includes the study of physical principles as they apply to the analysis of sport movements from a mechanical, psychological, anatomical, and maturational viewpoint.
HSC3300 Sports Psychology (3)
This course is an introduction to the complex and exciting field of sport psychology. These major topics will be covered; communication skills for athletic trainers/coaches, reinforcement principles and understanding motivation. Competition, cooperation and character development will be explored. The cognitive, psycho motor and affective domain models of learning will be used to explore behavior modification in sports.
HSC3600 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injury (3)
Emphasizes minimization of causes, symptoms, and complications relating to injuries incurred by athletes.
HSC3900 Health Science Seminar I (1)
Assists students in developing their senior project. Students will prepare review and analysis of the available literature for their area of research in a directed study or small group format during this seminar.
HSC4410 Nutrition (3)
The study of the importance of nutrition in the enhancement of sport performance and the prevention of disease, particularly cardiovascular disease, cancer and obesity. Food supplements, dietary programs, additives, vitamins, and exercise are studied for their effects on various age populations.
HSC4810 Physical Therapy Internship (1-5)
Health Science majors shall be given the option to include in their contract program 1 to 5 internship units. The accepted work experience must be done at a State Licensed Health Science facility and only after the student has achieved advanced junior or senior class status. Fifty hours of Internship work will be equivalent to one (1) Physical Therapy Internship unit.
HSC4820 Health Science Teaching Assistant (1-3)
Student will assist with tasks and projects assigned by the instructor of record for each course. Prerequisite: Junior/Senior standing with instructor's approval.
