Sport and Exercise Studies (SES)

SES 100 Personal Fitness Concepts (A, W, SP, SU, DL)
3 credits
This course of study focuses on fitness issues which affect Americans today and in the future. Emphasis is placed on establishing a basis for positive fitness through consideration of the various factors which influence fitness. Personal fitness concepts will focus attention on the need for each person to arrive at informed conclusions about how to take responsibility for his or her personal fitness.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 0 hours  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 101 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Studies  (W, SU)
3 credits                                                                                  
A survey of the health and fitness arena both private and public, to include the study of facilities, recreational options for the client, client profiles, daily operations, legal aspects, personnel issues, and program administration.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  Acceptance into the program  
Lab fee:  $2.00  

SES 102 Total Body Conditioning (A, W, SP)                
1 credit
This course involves participation in a resistance/aerobic fitness program to include cardio-respiratory fitness, strength training, and flexibility activities.
Lecture:  0 hours – Lab:  2 hours  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 104 Beginning Yoga (A, W, SP )                              
1 credit
This course provides instruction in the fundamentals of yoga such as sun salutations, bandha (core) strength, and flexibility.
Lecture: 0 hours – Lab: 2 hours  

SES 105 Introduction to Resistance Training (A, W, SP)
1 credit
SES 105 is an introduction to weight room use for the individual exerciser, including various types of resistance exercise devices, proper techniques and programs, and weight room safety. An introduction to basic anatomical and exercise concepts and their application in the use of resistance exercise modalities as a part of a total conditioning and exercise program is covered. 
Lab:  2 hours  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 106 Beginning Golf (A, SP, SU)                                   
1 credit This course provides an introduction to playing the game of golf. Laboratory experiences to include introduction to the golf swing, club selection, driving range experience, and game/course experience.
Lecture:  0 hours – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $100.00    

SES 108 Women’s Self Defense (A, W)                              
1 credit
SES 108 instructs students in the ideas of self-defense with special emphasis on the self-defense needs of women. Course will include self-defense techniques at the beginning level. Lab:  2 hours
Prerequisite:  None  

SES 109 Beginning Bowling (A, W, SP, SU)                      
1 credit
Course provides students with a thorough understanding of the scoring, techniques, skills, and fundamentals of bowling so that they can both participate and instruct others. This class allows students to participate in an individual sport and experience success in an independent environment.
Lab:  2 hours  
Lab Fee:  $50.00  

SES 113 Aquatics Management (SP)                             
2 credits
Course offers a survey of the recreational aquatics environment. Students receive hands-on training in filtration systems and their operation, along with an understanding of federal and state guidelines for licensure for pool operation and maintenance. Legal aspects of the aquatics area are covered, as are staffing requirements and training of aquatics personnel for indoor/outdoor facilities. Students also will complete the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification as a part of this course. 
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $15.00  

SES 114 Aerobic and Group Fitness (A)                        
2 credits
This course offers an introduction into the methods of teaching participation in a fitness program, including a thorough understanding of the techniques involved in various aerobic and fitness activities. Students will be able to demonstrate the basic techniques of a fitness program including safety, motivation, goal setting, and variations of aerobic and group fitness. Also covered are the history and value of dance for the client, basic dance movements, and interpretation of music and language for dance and aerobic conditioning. 
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 115 Intermediate Resistance Training    (SP)      
2 credits
This course presents an analysis of the resistance training field to include types of resistance equipment used, resistance-training methods for the client, proper lifting and spotting techniques for the various equipment, and assessment of clients. Also covered is goal setting for clients based on assessment findings and the use of periodization techniques in planning resistance training activities.  Risk management aspects of the weight area and proper care and maintenance of equipment is explained.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 105 or permission of instructor  
Lab fee:  $20.00  

SES 116 Golf Management (A)                                        
2 credits
SES 116 offers an in-depth analysis of the game of golf. Subject matter includes the history of the game, the rules of play, and a look at the growth and increasing significance of the game, both inside and outside of the industry. Students will also learn about managing a golf facility, turf and environmental issues, employment options and teaching the game. 
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $100.00  

SES 117 Introduction to Tae Kwon Do (SP)                  
2 credits
This course provides and introduction to coaching and participating in the activity, including a thorough understanding of the rules and sport strategy. Also covered are the history of the art form, self- defense strategies, and concepts of tournament sparring and tournament implementation.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours  

SES 190 SES Freshman Seminar (A, W, SP)                     
1 credit
This seminar offers a survey of the sport and exercise studies profession and academic discipline. Class prepares students for navigating the SES curriculum and applicable academic technologies and learning tools. The course will introduce students to campus resources available for their research and writing assignments, update them on the technology skills required for graduation, familiarize them with industry trends, and introduce them to personal development skills that they can adapt for subsequent use. This course must be taken in either the first or second quarter of enrollment in the Sport and Exercise Studies program.
Lecture:  1 hour
Prerequisite: Admission to the SES program  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 205 Activities Programming for the Elderly in Long-Term Care (On Demand)
9 credits
This course demonstrates how management of an activity department promotes the psychosocial, physical, emotional, creative and intellectual well being of residents. SES 205 provides students with a practical and theoretical framework from which to develop and manage a comprehensive program of activities within long-term care settings. This course uses the NAAP/NCCAP curriculum known as the mepacourse. Students are awarded a certificate of completion (accepted by the Ohio Department of Health) when the course is completed with a grade of “C” or higher. This certificate also qualifies the student to apply for National Certification.
Lecture:  9 hours  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 213 Aquatic Programming for Individuals with Disabilities (On Demand)  
3 credits                                                                      
This course focuses on adaptive aquatic content which utilizes specialized instructional technology to maximize learning and participation of individuals with disabilities. The inclusive or community setting will be emphasized since acquisition of skills and water safety knowledge should occur in as normalized a manner as possible. Practicum opportunities with diverse populations will highlight the learning experiences.
Lecture:  2 hours – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $20.00  

SES 214 Advanced Dance Exercise (On Demand)        
2 credits
This course offers students a thorough understanding of the skills and fundamental techniques of fitness instruction, allowing them to both participate in and teach group fitness activities. The value of dance as exercise and its variations for the client, the movements and techniques of dance exercise, and the principles and legalities that guide fitness instructors are presented. Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 114  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 215 Advanced Resistance Training (A)                 
3 credits
This class studies systems of physical conditioning and includes discussion of progressive resistance exercise through super sets, pyramiding, split routines, plyometrics and isokinetics. Students will learn about program development involving interval, continuous, and circuit training. Nontraditional training is explored, too, including partner resistance training. Other topics covered are the advantages and disadvantages of commercial exercise equipment in developing cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength. Musculoskeletal risk factor identification and programming for post-injury rehabilitative fitness will also be included. Lecture:  2 hours – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 115  
Lab fee:  $20.00  

SES 217 Advanced Tae Kwon Do (On Demand)               
2 credits
This course features instruction in the teaching methods and practice of advanced Tae Kwon Do. Instruction will include a thorough understanding of the fundamentals, techniques, and skills of the sport.  Course also includes marketing Tae Kwon Do, advanced self-defense strategies, weaponry, and concepts of Olympic competition events.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 117 or permission of the instructor  

SES 222 Tennis (SP)                                                                                                 
2 credits
This course instructs students in coaching and participation in tennis. Students receive a thorough understanding of the history, rules and strategy of the sport. They also learn coaching techniques for clients and tournament set up/implementation for the facility.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours   L
ab fee:  $20.00  

SES 223 Racquetball (W)                                                     
2 credits
Course includes instruction in coaching and participation in the sport. Students gain a thorough understanding of the history, rules and strategy of the game. They also learn coaching techniques for clients and tournament set up/implementation for the facility.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $20.00  

SES 224 Sport Management Foundations (W, SU, DL)  
5 credits
This course presents an advanced study of the facilities required for the recreational environment, including an analysis of indoor and outdoor designs and utilization. It also presents an overview of the personnel process, staffing requirements, and staff development procedures. SES 224 also offers a study of activity programming for the club environment, to include class structure, tournament procedures, proper selection of activities, and equipment needed as well as its proper care and storage. 
Lecture:  5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 101  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 225 Athlete Intervention (SP, DL)                             
3 credits
This course is designed to train sport managers to help athletes avoid or deal with the challenges of alcohol, drugs, and illegal drug use. The program allows sport managers to develop rules and expectations about drug and alcohol use, communication with parents and guardians, and behavior monitoring skills. Lessons on development of policies related to athlete usage and consequence and/or infraction guidelines.
Lecture:  3 hour – Lab: 0 hours  
Lab fee:  $5.00  

SES 226 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries (W, SU)
3 credits                                                                                                                                          This course covers the recognition, treatment, management, and prevention of basic injuries sustained by individuals while participating in athletic activities. It includes basic taping and treatment procedures introduced and applied in the athletic environment. Lecture:  2 hours – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite: SES 100 or permission of instructor  
Lab fee:  $10.00  

SES 230 Fitness Concepts for Special Populations (A, SP, DL)                            
3 credits
Course offers a survey of the response of children, seniors, and physically challenged persons to exercise. Emphasis is placed upon choosing appropriate and challenging activities that will result in a positive physiological response while accommodating the social, developmental and physical needs of potential clients. 
Lecture:  3 hour – Lab: 0 hours  
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 231 Exercise Physiology (A, SU, DL)                          
3 credits
SES 231 offers instruction in the testing processes used for individual evaluation, to include proper techniques used for body fat, analysis, aerobic and anaerobic capabilities, muscle mass, flexibility, and program development for the athlete.
Lecture:  3 hours
Prerequisite:  BIO 121 or 261 with a “C” or better
Lab fee:  $15.00  

SES 233 Outdoor Community Recreation (A)                   
3 credits
This course offers a survey of the outdoor recreational market and its application through corporate America. SES 233 presents a review of outdoor recreational opportunities, basic activities, skills, and necessary equipment. Course also covers present safety, liability, and associated programming issues, and examines the business, career, and recreational applications of this specialized market.
Lecture:  2 hours – Lab: 2 hours  
Lab fee:  $50.00  

SES 234 Sport Marketing (A, SP, DL)                              
5 credits
SES 234 is an advanced study of internal and external sports marketing strategies for the club. Class presents promotional guidelines and a discussion of the many concepts involved in promoting an activity. Also studied is the budgetary process, differentiation of budget styles, and implementation of the budgetary process in both the private and public sector. 
Lecture:  5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 101 and 224  
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 235 Sport Law (A, W, SP, SU, DL)                            
3 credits
This course presents a survey of the legal framework of the athletic environment. It includes study of the nature of the legal system and the law pertaining to sports, tort law, contractual agreements, and civil law.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 0 hours  
Lab fee:  $2.00  

SES 236 Exercise Physiology Laboratory (A, SU)            
2 credits
This course is a corequisite with SES 231. Emphasis will be placed upon psychomotor skill and decision-making improvement in assessing fitness components in the apparently healthy. Skills will include assessment techniques of vital signs, muscular flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, body composition, anaerobic capacity, and cardiorespiratory fitness.
Lab:  4 hours
Corequisite:  SES 231  
Lab fee:  $15.00  

SES 237 Corporate Health (SP, DL)                                  
3 credits
This course presents an assessment and analysis of current health and wellness issues related to the work environment. Course work will emphasize the major wellness components of fitness, nutrition, safety, and behavior modification and how these components can be introduced into the worksite. This course will also focus on the financial and administrative issues associated with worksite health promotion.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 101 or permission of instructor  
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 238 Aging Fitness and Exercise (SU, DL)                 
3 credits
Physical activity can significantly improve the quality of one’s life at all ages, although the type and intensity of activity may change. This course will present the essential information needed to provide older adults with safe and effective fitness programming. The physiology of aging, the techniques and tools for motivating older adults, personal fitness, pre-exercise screening, and fitness assessment are presented. 
Lecture:  2 hours – Lab:  2 hours  
Lab fee:  $10:00  

SES 239 Quantitative Methods in Exercise Science (AU, SU)
3 credits                                                                                  
This course focuses on methods of quantifying metabolic demand, identifying risk factors, determining appropriate assessment protocol, and developing proper fitness programs for clients who are apparently healthy, at increased risk, or with known disease.  Course work will emphasize calculating and estimating metabolic demand of exercise, normal physiological response to exercise, and the abnormal physiological response to exercise. This course will also focus on the appropriate selection of fitness protocols for those clients who suffer from compromised health.
 Lecture:  3 hours
Prerequisite: SES 231 and 236  

SES 241 Kinesiology (W, DL)                                        
5 credits
This course introduces the fundamentals of kinesiology and biomechanics with a discussion of both anatomical and mechanical principles. These concepts will be applied in the analysis of a wide variety of basic motor skills, exercise and sport activities. 
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisites:  BIO 121 or 261 with grade of “C” or higher and SES 231 and 236 or permission of instructor  
Lab fee:  $15.00  

SES 242 Exercise Prescription (W, SU)                             
3 credits
This course provides the art and science of using fitness-related data to make informed individual exercise prescriptions. Emphasis will be placed on the use of objective measures of fitness assessments to drive goal and time dependent decision-making. Measures include using prescriptive principles on behavior modification to support exercise adherence, risk stratification, fitness-related technology, cardiorespiratory activities, musculoskeletal flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance.
Lecture:  2 hours – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 231 and 236  

SES 280 History of Sport in the United States: 1840–Present (SP, DL)
3 credits                                                                                 
This course is an in-depth analysis of the history of sport, athletics, and recreation in the United States of America. Lecture and related activities will explore the role of sport in the lives of Americans since 1840 and assess the economic, political, social, and psychological impact sport has played as part of the larger historical framework of the nation.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab:  0 hours  
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 292 Practicum I (A, SP)                                           
3 credits
This course presents an opportunity for practical training in the sport profession to include activity preparation, personnel evaluation, and budget analysis. This course also includes an on-campus seminar which will discuss issues relating to the profession. Summative assessment will include a combination of objective tests, performance checklists, and evaluation by the on-site supervisor. Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 14 hours Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor.   Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 294 Practicum II (W, SU)                                         
3 credits
This course is a continuation of SES 292. Students will work in conjunction with a current sport manager to gain insight on budgetary implementation, program and facility operation and to assist in the daily operation of a fitness facility. This course also includes an on- campus seminar to discuss issues relating to the profession. Summative assessment will include a combination of objective tests, performance checklists, and evaluations by the on-site supervisor.
Lecture:  1 hour – Lab: 14 hours
Prerequisite:  SES 292   
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 298 Special Topics in Sport (On Demand, DL)    
3 credits
This course brings together concepts discussed in previous program courses. Topics revolve around exercise prescription for special populations, some disease states, or social aspects of sport such as homophobia in sport. Also explored will be the development and modification of institutional programming based on individual and group needs as well as resources, content and delivery of health promotion programs.
Lecture:  3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor  
Lab fee:  $3.00  

SES 299A Active Living I (A, W, SP, SU, DL)                     
1 credit
Active Living Every Day is the first course of a two-quarter sequence that focuses on helping sedentary people become and stay physically active for a lifetime. This evidence-based course uses established behavior change models, such as the stages of readiness to change, to empower people to overcome barriers to physical activity. Participants find ways to fit physical activity into their daily lives and maintain active lifestyles even when difficult life situations arise. Lecture/Discussion:  1 hour – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor  

SES 299B Active Living II (A, W, SP, SU, DL)                    
1 credit
 This course continues Active Living I.
Lecture/Discussion:  1 hour – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor  

SES 299C Healthy Eating I (A, W, SP, SU, DL)                 
1 credit
Healthy Eating Every Day is the first course of a two-quarter sequence that helps people establish a balanced and healthy approach to eating. This course presents a sensible, realistic way of eating that is in line with, and complements, the new USDA Nutrition Guidelines. Healthy Eating Every Day uses an evidence-based, cognitive behavioral approach to help people change their diets. Participants learn to identify the reasons for their poor eating choices and to acquire the lifestyle-management skills they need to improve eating habits permanently. Lecture/Discussion:  1 hour – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor  

SES 299D Healthy Eating II (A, W, SP, SU, DL)                
1 credit
This course continues Healthy Eating I.
Lecture/Discussion:  1 hour – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor