3 Credits
Presents the foundation of athletic training. Studies contemporary principles and methods of conditioning, prevention, and first-aid care of injuries occurring in athletics. Introduces the fundamentals of taping and wrapping techniques, inspection and physical examination, and training room procedures.
1 Credits
Provides students with direct experience in injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletes under the supervision of an athletic trainer. Prepares students who wish to transfer into a four-year athletic training program. One and one-half class hours. Prerequisites: PED 255 and HED 205 each with a grade of 'C' or higher, and interview with and permission of the College's head athletic trainer during the second half of the student's first semester.
1 Credits
Provides academic and practical experience in injury evaluation and the development and implementation of rehabilitation programs. Prerequisite: PED 256 with a grade of 'C' or higher.
3 Credits
Introduces students to marketing, promotion and advertisement, sales, and the elements of the marketing mix as they pertain to the sport enterprise, including the coverage of decision making and planning from the sport manager's perspective and sponsorship strategies utilized in the sports industry. Specific topics include: the nature of sport marketing, studies of sport consumers and consumer behaviors, data based marketing research, the sport product, managing sport brands, licensing, pricing and promotion, sales, electronic media, public relations, and the marketing mix. Also examined will be the legal aspects of sports marketing and ideas for future trends.
2 Credits
Focuses on fitness theory, basic fitness training and conditioning principles, while working toward specific individual fitness goals. Also emphasizes personal behaviors for optimal wellness.
3 Credits
Allows students to practice sport management theory in a practical setting oriented toward professional development, leadership, and management. Provides sport management and administrative work experience (promotions, planning, organization, media support, etc.) in the community. Studies professional character development, communication skills, ethics, and etiquette. Promotes career preparation and provides opportunities for learners to develop skills necessary to become leaders in the athletic profession. Prerequisites: PED 251 & PED 258
3 Credits
Introduces high school and college level coaching. Presents coaching philosophy, roles and responsibilities, legal requirements, discipline, respect, motivation, practice planning, teaching methodology, conditioning and coaching ethics. Includes New York State mandated Child Abuse Prevention Workshop, SAVE Legislation (Schools Against Violence in Education), Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Abuse, and Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use. Mandated Reporter and SAVE Legislation Certification available.
3 Credits
Introduces the history of interscholastic athletics in New York State. Presents the objectives, rules, regulations and policies of athletics, as well as performance skills, technical information, and organization and management practices. The special training and conditioning of the athletes in specific sports, the fitting of equipment, specific safety precautions and officiating methods will also be examined. An internship that will include practical experience as a coach in the specific sport and periods of observing other approved coaches in that specific sport will also be required.
3 Credits
Introduces the foundations of personal training. Prepares students for certification in personal training or for pursuing a career in fitness center management. Discusses basic principles including functional anatomy of the human body, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition for performance and health, and weight management techniques. Provides hands-on training in pre-exercise assessment, flexibility assessment, resistance training techniques, and cardiovascular training techniques. Introduces design of an individualized workout plan for varying populations.
3 Credits
Promotes opportunity to practice and improve skills to become effective personal trainers. Provides students with direct experience in pre-exercise assessment, flexibility assessment, resistance training techniques, and cardiovascular training techniques. Encourages professional interaction with clientele and opportunities to design and implement fitness and nutritional programs. Prerequisite: PED273.
3 Credits
Introduces students to Sport Facility Management, Facility Development, Facility Systems and Operations, Facility Administration and Event and Activity Management. Specific topics include History and Future of Sport Facilities, Facility Management Basics, Human Resources, Facility Planning, Site, Design and Construction, Maintenance Systems, Sport Facility Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance and Budget, Legal Responsibilities and Security, and Sport Facility Preparation and Event Management.
4 Credits
Examines the functional capacity and the adaptations of the human body to the demands of sport and exercise. Metabolic, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular adjustments in relationship to exercise of varying intensities and duration will be studied. Additional topics include the relationship between physical activity and various diseases, as well as, the effects of ergogenic aids commonly used in sport and exercise.
3 Credits
Introduces student to contemporary/popular musical theatre movement techniques and choreographers. Surveys history and aesthetics of the time period selected through studio work, video, film, text and discussion. Includes rehearsal and performance of a final dance project.
1 Credits
Internship course for candidates that already hold a NYS athletic coaching certificate in a specific sport and are looking to obtain a certificate in an additional sport. The internship will include practical experience as a coach in the specific sport by observing other approved coaches and supporting the athletic program with application of practice drills and sessions.
4 Credits
This course is designed to gain the knowledge in technical and procedural aspects of both adult and pediatric phlebotomy required to become a Phlebotomy technician. Concepts in infection control, legal issues, supplies, special collection and basic clerical skill used for patient interaction are included. This course prepares students to take the national certification exam to become a Phlebotomist.
3 Credits
Introduces major ideas and philosophers of the Western Hemisphere. Defines and analyzes a number of these ideas and develops a historical progression.
3 Credits
Introduces principles of good argument and techniques developed by logicians for use in mathematics, philosophy, and the other sciences. Practices defining and solving problems in informal fallacies, logical reasoning and symbolic expression.
3 Credits
Engages in dialog to work toward a definition of good and evil as expressions of society's evolving values. Examines a variety of controversial moral issues from daily experience and explains the contradictory solutions people reach by appealing to different philosophical premises.
3 Credits
Engages in dialectic among students and demonstrates the art of countering an argument with an argument. Enquires into the meaning, nature, and problems concerning the existence of God and the religious experience. Explores both evidential and non-evidential justifications for the existence of God, as well as atheistic justification for the non-existence of God.