Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

E S 4660 - Exercise Prescription for Clinical Populations (3) [CAP]


When Offered: Spring
GEN ED: Capstone Experience
This course presents a comprehensive overview of the physical, physiological and metabolic responses of the human body to exercise testing and training in healthy individuals and in those with metabolic, cardiovascular and/or pulmonary disease. The student will gain an understanding of the processes involved in prescribing safe and effective therapeutic exercise in healthy individuals as well as patients with cardiovascular (hypertension, atherosclerosis), metabolic (diabetes, thyroid, obesity, osteoporosis), pulmonary (asthma, emphysema), and musculoskeletal diseases/disorders.
Prerequisite: Declared Exercise Science major or minor; E S 3002 .