Human & Sport Performance Certificate
Certificate Highlights
Evidence-based Approaches
The Human and Sport Performance certificate is designed for individuals wanting to advance their exercise science knowledge, emphasizing strength and conditioning and sports performance. The focus is on evidence-based approaches to applied sports science, human performance evaluation, strength and conditioning methods, training program design for various populations, and using sports performance technology.
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Designed for Working Professionals
Learn while you continue working. Our certificate program is completely online; the structure and pace is designed specifically with busy professionals in mind. Practice what you learn at your own place of employment with feedback and guidance from our student-centered faculty.
Curriculum
At the completion of the Human and Sport Performance certificate program, the student is expected to:
1. Explore foundational strength and conditioning applications, including key theories, concepts, and scientific principles.
2. Examine the use of appropriate sports performance technology to help improve training, competitive surroundings, and overall athletic performance.
3. Examine evidence-based, objective measures of movement patterns, proprioception, flexibility, and strength required of individuals engaged in physical activity.
4. Construct an advanced training program designed to enhance performance in specific ways.
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Course
Credits
HP 600Applications of Strength & Conditioning in Sport Performance3
This course will focus on the foundational applications of strength and conditioning including key theories, concepts, and scientific principles. Topics will include review of the structure and function of body systems, exercise physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, and biomechanics. Special consideration will be placed on how principles of strength and conditioning relate to various systems and client populations.
Offered Fall Semester
HP 610Advanced Sport Performance Technology3
This course will focus on technologies that have been developed to reach human interests or goals related to a particular sport. It will focus on the types, and appropriate selection and use of technology by which sport performance coaches attempt to improve training and competitive surroundings and enhance overall athletic performance. The course will provide knowledge and application of using specialized equipment and the latest modern technologies to perform tasks more efficiently, such as equipment, athletic sports gear (clothing and footwear), advanced computer stimulations and motion capture.
Offered Winter Semester
HP 620Methods & Programming in Strength & Conditioning3
This course will expose students to advanced methods in various venues of strength and conditioning. Current research and practice are examined for advanced training strategies in use at different levels of competition. Students will examine different methods currently in use in the field and discussed in the literature on selected topics and demonstrate appropriate implementation of advanced training methods. Additionally, this course will refine the students’ ability to construct an advanced training program designed to enhance performance in specific ways. The student will demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and alter a training program.
Offered Fall Semester
HS 611Functional Assessment of Movement3
The purpose of this course is to examine evidence-based, objective measures of movement patterns, proprioception, flexibility, and strength required of individuals engaged in physical activity. Students will be exposed to injury prediction/prevention research and gain clinical skills in performing a comprehensive movement assessment. Factors contributing to movement dysfunction will be identified, and techniques for movement assessment will be outlined and discussed. Through a case-based format, students will formulate and present an intervention plan to address movement dysfunctions found during functional assessments that build on the basics and focus on movement constructs that will minimize future injury risk.
Offered Summer Semester
Semester Dates
Summer 2024
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Date
Fall 2024
Type
Date
7-8-2024
Winter 2025
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Date
Admission Requirements
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a health/wellness-related field.
Tuition & Fees
Cost of Attendance
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