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

Prerequisite: EXSC 310 and PHED 225

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

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

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

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

Prerequisite: ATTR 205 and EXSC 101 and EXSC 310 and EXSC 311 and EXSC 320 and EXSC 333 and EXSC 340 and EXSC 345 and EXSC 350 and EXSC 351 and EXSC 401 and EXSC 410 and EXSC 411 and EXSC 440 and EXSC 461 and PHED 225 and STRG 298 and STRG 325 and STRG 335 and STRG 398 and STRG 480

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