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About This Program
Delve into the latest advances in human bioenergetics, nutrition, exercise science, and movement. American Public University’s (APU) MS in Sports and Health Sciences guides you in designing fitness plans to help people optimize their physical performance.
As a bonus, through a partnership with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), this program provides access to proprietary course content and an opportunity to seek certification as a Certified Professional Trainer (CPT), Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES), and Group Fitness Instructor (GFI). Exams through NASM are made available at preferred student pricing.
You’ll analyze humans from a physical, physiological, psychological, and functional standpoint, all the while developing your critical thinking skills with this focused master’s degree in sports and health sciences.
Through our online master’s in sports and health sciences—one of the few fully online master’s programs—you will be introduced to working with various populations striving to reach athletic, fitness, exercise, and general health goals.
What You Will Do
- Apply qualitative and quantitative research to relevant issues in sports and health sciences
- Understand the relationships between psychological behaviors such as personality, motivation, stress, and aggression
- Analyze sport movements and design movement-oriented exercise prescriptions
- Illustrate the potential for enhancement of muscle strength, muscular endurance, power, flexibility, and motor performance during anaerobic training
Degree at a Glance
Number of Credits
36
Cost Per Credit
$425 | $250*
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Program Requirements Printable Catalog Version
Students must choose a concentration for this degree program:
This general concentration allows you to select from all the concentration courses offered within this program, enabling you to create your own focused area of study.
Objectives:
This general concentration allows you to select from all the concentration courses offered within this program, enabling you to create your own focused area of study.
Choose 12 credit hours from this section.
Course ID: 4238
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This course is designed to introduce the student to theoretical and practical concepts of exercise assessment, exercise interpretation and exercise prescription. The student will develop appropriate techniques used to recommend exercise prescription for healthy and unhealthy clients. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4239
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The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding, appreciation, and ability to analyze human movement using a biomechanics approach. This course will expose the student to the laws and principles governing human motion. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of exercise and sport movements. Research with applications to a variety of sport, exercise, and clinical settings will also be included to provide the student with knowledge of current topics of interest in the field.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4240
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Contemporary research related to wide variety of areas related exercise science and human performance are discussed and explored in this course. Students discuss relevant issues facing society regarding exercise, fitness, athletic performance, kinematic movement, motor development, and biomechanical analysis. The course challenges students to analyze and synthesize current and relevant topics and offer solutions to benefit exercise science research and related industries. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4241
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This course is designed to provide an understanding of postural assessment and integrated performance profile as it relates to human performance. This course will focus on identifying and correcting musculoskeletal abnormalities and performing integrate performance assessments. The student will develop appropriate techniques used to recommend exercise prescription for individuals post assessments. This course incorporates advanced sports performance assessments and exercise techniques utilizing the Optimum Performance Training Model (OPT Model) and prepares students for the Performance Enhancement Specialist examination offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-PES). (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4721
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This course investigates methods, principles, leadership skills, and ethical decision-making responsibilities of professionals in the field of health and wellness. Readings, interactive tools, discussions, and independent activities provide students opportunities to equip themselves with skills in management, communication, team building, and personal and professional growth. Students apply these skills by taking on ethical and leadership opportunities that shape health and wellness principles and practice. This course provides practical tools they can use to approach leadership roles and ethical decisions that are implicit within health and wellness management. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4722
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This course appraises contemporary topics, concepts, principles, and theories affecting health and wellness dimensions relative to our culture and global population. Topics include disease treatment and prevention, nutrition, exercise and fitness, stress management, personal safety, and special populations. Students will explore current issues impacting personal health and wellness across society and generate strategies designed for improving quality of life and developing a healthy lifestyle for a widespread population. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4723
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This course examines administration aspects of health and wellness program design. Students learn to assess, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify health and wellness programs. Strategies for improving muscular strength, endurance, and weight-loss will be critiqued. Program design tactics and appropriate rates of progression will be analyzed for beginners and adult populations. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4724
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This course examines a range of health related coaching skills including observation, active listening, asking the right questions, and motivating clients to facilitate changes toward health and fitness goals. Students explore coaching strategies for various health and wellness professional settings such as corporate wellness and health promotion, community health organizations, personal training, senior adult, and clients with lifestyle-related diseases. Competencies in health and wellness coaching include building rapport with clients; helping clients identify goals, helping clients identify strategies for action plans geared toward reaching their goals, and building accountability measures to ensure compliance and success. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
The Exercise Science and Human Performance concentration is a scientific study of the concepts and applications designed to appraise and enhance athletic performance for researchers and practitioners. Students will develop skills to effectively assess and evaluate exercise and human performance through test administration and program design. Course content focuses on factors influencing health and performance; including adaptations to exercise, biomechanics, nutrition, testing and evaluation, exercise techniques, exercise prescription, and psychological aspects of performance.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Design an individualized exercise prescription using results from fitness and exercise testing and evaluation.
- Analyze the functional anatomy of the lower and upper extremities during exercise and human performance.
- Synthesize sports nutrition and supplementation findings into recommendations for professional practice.
- Assess concepts associated with functional movements as they pertain to integrated training.
- Generate mental training strategies to improve an athlete’s performance.
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 4238
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This course is designed to introduce the student to theoretical and practical concepts of exercise assessment, exercise interpretation and exercise prescription. The student will develop appropriate techniques used to recommend exercise prescription for healthy and unhealthy clients. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4239
|
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding, appreciation, and ability to analyze human movement using a biomechanics approach. This course will expose the student to the laws and principles governing human motion. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of exercise and sport movements. Research with applications to a variety of sport, exercise, and clinical settings will also be included to provide the student with knowledge of current topics of interest in the field.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4240
|
Contemporary research related to wide variety of areas related exercise science and human performance are discussed and explored in this course. Students discuss relevant issues facing society regarding exercise, fitness, athletic performance, kinematic movement, motor development, and biomechanical analysis. The course challenges students to analyze and synthesize current and relevant topics and offer solutions to benefit exercise science research and related industries. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4241
|
This course is designed to provide an understanding of postural assessment and integrated performance profile as it relates to human performance. This course will focus on identifying and correcting musculoskeletal abnormalities and performing integrate performance assessments. The student will develop appropriate techniques used to recommend exercise prescription for individuals post assessments. This course incorporates advanced sports performance assessments and exercise techniques utilizing the Optimum Performance Training Model (OPT Model) and prepares students for the Performance Enhancement Specialist examination offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-PES). (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
The Health and Wellness Management concentration helps give students the knowledge to design and implement wellness programs. Students will develop skills to effectively design and manage health and wellness programs for individual clients and corporate settings. Course content focuses on topics crucial to effective fitness leadership and quality management in health and wellness occupations.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Implement programs for exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle change in designing health and wellness programs for clients in private, community, and corporate settings.
- Construct an ethical and leadership philosophy for managing a corporate wellness facility and program.
- Evaluate the role of healthier fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle habits have on disease prevention, general health, and overall well-being.
- Hypothesize solutions to current challenges facing the fitness, wellness, and healthcare industries.
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 4721
|
This course investigates methods, principles, leadership skills, and ethical decision-making responsibilities of professionals in the field of health and wellness. Readings, interactive tools, discussions, and independent activities provide students opportunities to equip themselves with skills in management, communication, team building, and personal and professional growth. Students apply these skills by taking on ethical and leadership opportunities that shape health and wellness principles and practice. This course provides practical tools they can use to approach leadership roles and ethical decisions that are implicit within health and wellness management. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4722
|
This course appraises contemporary topics, concepts, principles, and theories affecting health and wellness dimensions relative to our culture and global population. Topics include disease treatment and prevention, nutrition, exercise and fitness, stress management, personal safety, and special populations. Students will explore current issues impacting personal health and wellness across society and generate strategies designed for improving quality of life and developing a healthy lifestyle for a widespread population. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4723
|
This course examines administration aspects of health and wellness program design. Students learn to assess, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify health and wellness programs. Strategies for improving muscular strength, endurance, and weight-loss will be critiqued. Program design tactics and appropriate rates of progression will be analyzed for beginners and adult populations. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4724
|
This course examines a range of health related coaching skills including observation, active listening, asking the right questions, and motivating clients to facilitate changes toward health and fitness goals. Students explore coaching strategies for various health and wellness professional settings such as corporate wellness and health promotion, community health organizations, personal training, senior adult, and clients with lifestyle-related diseases. Competencies in health and wellness coaching include building rapport with clients; helping clients identify goals, helping clients identify strategies for action plans geared toward reaching their goals, and building accountability measures to ensure compliance and success. (Prerequisites: SPHS501 and SPHS503)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
With growing evidence that exercise and activity can help alleviate the burden of chronic disease, it is important for Health and Fitness Professionals to understand the positive effects of exercise on chronic diseases. This concentration will prepare the learner to design and implement fitness programs for individuals and groups who suffer from one or more chronic diseases. Students will learn the role of fitness professionals in the healthcare continuum, be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of common chronic diseases, and design and implement fitness programs for individuals who suffer from common chronic diseases.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Analyze effects of exercise and activity on health and chronic diseases
- Evaluate the roles and limitations of fitness professionals in the healthcare continuum
- Create safe and effective fitness programs for those suffering the effects of chronic diseases using industry best practices
- Utilize critical thinking skills to synthesize relevant knowledge to implement fitness programs for individuals who suffer from common chronic diseases
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 4238
|
This course is designed to introduce the student to theoretical and practical concepts of exercise assessment, exercise interpretation and exercise prescription. The student will develop appropriate techniques used to recommend exercise prescription for healthy and unhealthy clients. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4239
|
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding, appreciation, and ability to analyze human movement using a biomechanics approach. This course will expose the student to the laws and principles governing human motion. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of exercise and sport movements. Research with applications to a variety of sport, exercise, and clinical settings will also be included to provide the student with knowledge of current topics of interest in the field.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5422
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This course will explore the use of exercise as a preventive and restorative modality for individuals with, or at risk for, chronic musculoskeletal concerns. This course will provide a deeper understanding of how to apply exercise physiology, biomechanics, and exercise prescription principles for those in need of remedial exercise programming and will prepare the learner to design and implement these fitness programs. (Prerequisite: SPHS506)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5423
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or at risk for, chronic physiological and metabolic concerns. This course will provide a deeper understanding of how to apply exercise physiology, biomechanics, and exercise prescription principles for those in need of exercise programming, with particular attention to working with clients with cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases (esp. type 2 diabetes) so that learners can effectively manage many common chronic diseases, particularly in primary and secondary prevention. (Prerequisite: SPHS525)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 4232
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This course will introduce the student to graphical presentation of data, histograms and confidence intervals for binomial probabilities. One-sample and two-sample t-test as well as regression and correlation with two variables will also be discussed. The student will learn the concept of hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, multivariate regression and correlation, partial correlation coefficients, analysis of variance and covariance, and multiple comparison procedures. The analysis of research data will be emphasized in this course to provide the student with real world examples in the field of Sports and Health Sciences.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4235
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Designed for learners involved in the fields of health and exercise science, this course surveys and critically evaluates the basic principles of human physiology with direct application to acute and chronic exercise. Particular attention is paid to lifestyle risk factors that can lead to heart disease.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4234
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An evaluation of the physical, physiological, and psychological factors that affect motor skill acquisition, performance, retention, and transfer. With a focus on voluntary movement, topics include nervous system control of movement, sensory and perceptual contributions to motor learning, information processing, optimal conditions for learning motor skills, preferred modes of feedback delivery during learning, and individual variability in motor skill acquisition. Students will apply the principles of motor learning to coaching, fitness, and rehabilitation settings. Additionally, they will analyze motor learning settings and determine adjustments to be made in those settings to foster motor skill acquisition for a variety of populations.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4233
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Nutrition plays an integral part of our daily lives. It becomes even more important for athletes, who push the physical limits of their body. Providing adequate fuel is essential and can make a difference between success and failure. Yet most athletes and coaches lack basic nutrition knowledge important for enhancing strength, speed and endurance. This class will focus on the nutritional needs and requirement of athletes. First, the student will recognize and establish sound nutrition principles and the nutrients that play a role in determining these principles. Nutrients and other food constituents are integrated into the human body. These affect the athlete's metabolism, health, and performance. The student will trace the metabolic fate of dietary components and recognize how each nutrient and/or food constituent affects metabolism, health and performance. Using this knowledge, the student will design several healthy diets that optimize performance. (Prerequisite: SPHS502)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4236
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This course is designed to introduce the student to theoretical and practical concepts of strength exercise assessment, strength exercise interpretation and strength exercise prescription. Current research on strength training and methods is incorporated into the classroom for analysis and application. The student will develop appropriate techniques and methods used to recommend strength exercise prescription and programming for healthy and unhealthy clients. (Prerequisite: SPHS501)
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4237
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Sport Psychology is the scientific study of how individuals behave in sport and exercise, and the practical application of that knowledge to performance enhancement strategies. Students in this course will investigate human behavior patterns in sports and exercise settings. Human behavior is complex, dynamic, and social. There are no easy answers when you try to determine why people behave in a certain fashion. However, this course will focus on interpreting and applying fundamental behavioral tendencies related to biological and psychological models of personality structure, motivational orientations, psychological interventions, and social dynamics. In addition, students will create useful psychological interventions that demonstrate their ability to distinguish the need for normal sport enhancement strategies from serious psycho/physical behaviors that require other professionally trained experts. Psycho/social relationships to sport performance will be analyzed. Behavior management strategies, modeling, aggression, and group dynamic models will be critiqued as students design philosophies that guide training and intervention strategies.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 4889
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Critical Thinking in the Sports and Health Industries course will prepare both Sports Management and Sports and Health Science graduate student to address issues associated with critical thinking in these major areas of study. Students will be afforded the opportunity to begin to compile artifacts and signature assignments related to their field of study of Sports Management or Sports and Health Sciences. The course is intended to provide a foundation from which the student may use the knowledge and practices gained in this course throughout the rest of their graduate program.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Select any courses that have not been used to fulfill major requirements. Credits applied toward a minor or certificate in an unrelated field may be used to fulfill elective credit for the major.
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 4688
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This course requires students to complete a culminating research project based from theories, research methods and analytical skills, and substantive knowledge obtained through their master's curriculum in sports and health sciences. Research options involve concepts and applications covered throughout the student's learning experience in the master's curriculum; including bioenergetics of exercise and training, techniques in exercise, program design and prescription, and administration of testing and assessment of fitness, health, and wellness.
NOTE: This course may not be taken until all other courses are COMPLETED and student has a 3.0 GPA.
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 07/31/23 - 12/29/23 | 01/01/24 - 02/25/24 | Winter 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/28/23 - 02/02/24 | 02/05/24 - 03/31/24 | Winter 2024 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/23 - 03/01/24 | 03/04/24 - 04/28/24 | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/30/23 - 03/29/24 | 04/01/24 - 05/26/24 | Spring 2024 Session B | 8 Week session |
Admission Requirements
- All APU master's degree/graduate certificate programs require a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an institution whose accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA®).
- Please read all graduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
- There is no fee to complete the APU admission application for this program. View steps to apply.
CHEA® is a registered trademark of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Materials Cost
Most courses in this program use Open Educational Resources (OER). These teaching, learning, and research materials are made available to you at no cost, meaning there are minimal book costs associated with earning this degree.
Technology fee: $85 per course
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