Strength & Conditioning (STRG)
STRG 298 Practicum I 3 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: EXSC 310
Practicum I is a 70-hour experience where students will be matched with a strength and conditioning coach and gain exposure to the field. Students will get hands-on experience in various aspects of strength and conditioning in both the weight room and field settings. Students will also learn the material necessary to sit for the NSCA-CPT exam, which covers content areas related to consultation/fitness assessment, program planning, exercise technique, and safety/emergency procedures.
Offered: Resident
STRG 325 Advanced Strength Training 2 Credit Hour(s)
Advanced Strength Training is a lab-based class that will apply advanced principles and methods of strength training through experiential implementation. Fundamental aspects of physiological adaptation and evidence-based practice will be integrated with programming to provide a comprehensive resistance training experience.
Offered: Resident
STRG 335 Speed, Agility, and Quickness 2 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: EXSC 310
The speed, agility, and quickness course will focus on field-based movement techniques that support a competitive athlete. Students will learn the theoretical application of common skills and techniques as well as hands-on testing and evaluation, and practical coaching methods. These skills will also be supported with content covering metabolic conditioning and repeated sprint ability, as well as plyometric training.
Offered: Resident
STRG 340 Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course includes the theories, organization, methods, and techniques involved in the teaching and coaching of strength training, physical conditioning, and personal training.
Registration Restrictions: Junior status
Note: Formerly KINE 340
Offered: Resident
STRG 345 Applied Strength Training and Conditioning 2 Credit Hour(s)
In Applied Strength Training and Conditioning, students will integrate theory and practice in a course designed to provide lab-based examples of sport-specific conditioning. In-depth coaching techniques will be applied to topics including resistance and power training, speed and agility training, aerobic conditioning, and periodized programming. Students will also conduct original research related to sport performance.
Offered: Resident
STRG 398 Practicum II 2 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: STRG 298
Practicum II is a 140-hour hands-on experience under the tutelage of a strength and conditioning coach. It is meant to continue to build on the experience of practicum I and develop students’ practical abilities outside of the classroom setting. Students will continue to learn by doing in both weight room and field settings.
Offered: Resident
STRG 401 Seminar in Strength and Conditioning 1 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: EXSC 340 or STRG 340
The Seminar in Strength and Conditioning provides students with a comprehensive overview of the existing scientific literature including strength and power training, speed and agility, and metabolic conditioning. Students will also be exposed to article review, critique, and presentation criteria.
Registration Restrictions: ((EXSC 340 or STRG 340) and Senior Status)) or instructor permission
Offered: Resident
STRG 440 Programming and Periodization for Strength and Conditioning 3 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: EXSC 340 or STRG 340
Programming and Periodization for Strength and Conditioning provides students the opportunity to go deeper into various models of periodization to become comfortable with creating individualized sports performance programs for specific athletes. Students will integrate principles of periodization and programming to develop their own individual training philosophies.
Registration Restrictions: ((EXSC 340 or STRG 340) and Senior Status)) or instructor permission
Offered: Resident
STRG 480 Essentials of Sport Science 3 Credit Hour(s)
Prerequisite: EXSC 320
Essentials of sport science provides students with a comprehensive overview of the most important performance assessment and monitoring strategies used in strength and conditioning practice. The theories and processes behind sport science will be established and followed up with detailed application to the needs analysis, data collection, and data analysis procedures used by sport scientists.
Registration Restrictions: Senior Status
Offered: Resident
STRG 486 Strength and Conditioning Specialist Workshop and Certification 1 Credit Hour(s)
The Strength and Conditioning Specialist Workshop and Certification Course will assist students in preparing for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) credential, available through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). The course will focus on building mastery in the major content areas outlined by the NSCA: Exercise science, nutrition, sport psychology, exercise technique, program design, organization and administration, and testing and evaluation. Registration
Note: Students should speak to their faculty advisor before enrolling to evaluate their readiness for the exam.
Offered: Resident
STRG 499 Strength and Conditioning Field Experience 4-5 Credit Hour(s)
The strength and conditioning field experience is designed to facilitate a 300-hour internship under the guidance of a qualified strength and conditioning coach. Specific professional and ethical standards of practice will be presented throughout the internship along with an emphasis on developing coaching skills related to warm-up, flexibility, exercise technique, spotting, Olympic-style lifting, progressions/regressions, test selection and administration, program design, and periodization.
Offered: Resident