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ENS 2318 Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription

Students learn and experience the process of risk stratification, fitness assessment in the five components of fitness and exercise testing for low- to moderate-risk individuals. Integration and analysis of results and norms to design individualized exercise prescription.

Division: Health Sciences
Department: Exercise Science
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: No

Prereqs: ENS 1118 and BIO 1121 and MAT 1130 or MAT 1445 

Outcomes

  • Utilize metabolic calculations, normative standards, and assessment measurements and interpret results.
  • Identify and utilize coronary artery disease risk factors, risk stratification, and physiological changes associated with exercise.
  • Analyze results of fitness assessments and develop exercise prescriptions.
  • Explain, demonstrate, and perform fitness assessments and exercise testing.

Credit Hours: 3

Classroom Hours: 3