Course Descriptions

HPE 001 Foundations of Fitness (.0 course)
This course is required of all Augsburg students outside the HPE majors. It seeks to improve the student’s knowledge and understanding of the components of physical fitness and how they contribute to personal lifelong health and well-being. This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills needed to assess, monitor, and discipline oneself to maintain a lifestyle of fitness and wellness. (Fall, spring)

HPE 002, 003 Lifetime Activity (.0 course)
Lifetime activity courses are designed to improve proficiency in a selected physical activity. Students will be able to understand and demonstrate basic skills, strategy, and rules of the activity. (Fall, spring)

HPE 007 Lifetime Activity – Hybrid (.0 course)
This Lifetime Activity course is designed to improve proficiency in one or more student selected activities. Students will understand and demonstrate fundamentals and benefits of selected activities. This course will be taught in a hybrid format, blended between in-person lab experiences and online discussions and reporting. (Fall, winter, spring WEC)

HPE 008 Foundations of Fitness – Hybrid (.0 course)
Foundations of Fitness is designed to improve the student’s knowledge and understanding of physical fitness, nutrition and stress and how they influence health and well-being. This course provides knowledge and skills needed for an individual to maintain a lifestyle of fitness and wellness. This course will be taught in a hybrid format, blending in-person lab experiences with online discussion and reporting.

HPE 104 Components of Fitness Training
This course implements a performance-based approach designed to enable the student to become well educated in strength and cardiovascular training. The proficiencies will address the specifics of knowledge and performance in fitness training. This course will implement optimal research-based theories for improving aerobic and muscular strength for the purpose of designing an individualized strength and aerobic conditioning program. (Fall, spring)

HPE 110 Personal and Community Health
Concepts and practices of health and healthful living applied to the individual and the community. (Prereq.: ENL 111 or 112 or HON 111. Fall, spring)

HPE 114 Health and Safety Education (.5 course)
Principles and practices of safety education in school and community life. National Safety Council First Aid and CPR certifications. (Fall, spring)

HPE 115 Chemical Dependency Education (.5 course)
An analysis of chemical use and abuse and what can be done for the abuser. Includes information about school health education and services. (Fall, spring)

HPE 205 Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science (.5 course)
An introduction to the professional field of health, physical education, and fitness. Includes history, current trends, and professional opportunities related to health, human performance, and wellness. Students also will examine the components of a healthy lifestyle found on the wellness continuum. (Fall, spring)

HPE 215 Health and Exercise Psychology
Study of the impact of psychological, behavioral, social, and biological interactions on exercise and health. Specific physiological and psychological benefits associated with exercise are addressed along with health promotion, intervention, and adherence. Examples of topics covered include anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, self-efficacy, and determinants of exercise. (Spring)

HPE 220 Motor Learning (.5 course)
The study of the processes associated with developing motor skills and performance, and how this relates to motor development. (Spring)

HPE 254 Introduction to Developmental/Adapted Physical Education (.5 course)
A general overview of developmental/adapted physical education from early childhood through grade 12. The role of school-based health and physical education programs for students with disabilities will be addressed. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Fall)

HPE 275 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries (.5 course)
Emphasis placed on preventing and treating common athletic injuries. Practical experience in taping and training room procedures. A lab accompanies this course. (Prereq.: HPE 114. Spring)

HPE 280 Coaching Theory (.5 course)
Theory, philosophy, organization, and supervision of coaching. Includes psychology of sport and how psychological factors affect participation in sport.

HPE 300 Nutrition for Exercise Science
This course provides an integrated overview of the physiological requirements, food sources, and functions of carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals and their impact on health and performance. Students will evaluate and design nutritional regimens to support optimal athletic performance, ultimately examining nutritional supplements, ergogenic aids, and anabolic steroids and the safety and efficacy of legal and banned substances.

HPE 304 Advanced Fitness Training
This course is designed to examine and apply the latest in scientific research of advanced personal training. Participants will be exposed to established training methods for developing advanced workouts as well as a variety of breakthrough exercises that may result in fitness improvements. Ultimately, students will create and optimize aspects of the different training phases for their year-round program design. (Prereq.: BIO 103, HPE 104, HPE 114. Spring)

HPE 305 Stress Management (.5 course)
This course introduces students to concepts related to stress and stress management. Along with the study of the role of stress in dysfunction of the human body, individual assessments and reflection are used to assist students in developing a greater understanding of the role of stress in their life. Individual stress management plans will be constructed. (Fall)

HPE 315 Exercise Testing and Prescription (.5 course)
This is a course in exercise testing and prescription relative to the cardiopulmonary system. The course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological responses of the body to clinical exercise testing and to develop a basis for the exercise prescription in health and disease. The content of this course is focused toward the knowledge and skills required for taking the ACSM Health Fitness Instructor (HFI) certification exam. (Prereq.: MPG III, HPE 357. Fall)

HPE 316 Human Sexuality
A study of the psychological, social, and biological components of human sexuality. (Spring)

HPE 320 School Health Curriculum (.5 course)
Techniques for developing a course of study in school health based upon growth and development for grades K-12. Examination of national standards and pedagogy for health education, curriculum, and assessment included. (Prereq.: HPE 110. Fall even years)

HPE 324 K-6 PE Games and Activities (.5 course)
This course integrates theory and practice in teaching age- and skill-appropriate activities to elementary students. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 205. Spring)

HPE 334 7-12 Sport Skills and Activities (.5 course)
Theory and practice in skills and teaching selected games and activities. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 205. Fall)

HPE 335 Outdoor Education (.5 course)
A course designed to provide knowledge and develop skills in a variety of outdoor educational activities and to study the natural environment in which these activities occur. The course will include a three-day camping/hiking trip. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 114, HPE 205. Fall even years, spring even years)

HPE 340 Organization and Administration of Physical Education Programs (.5 course)
A survey of management, leadership, and decision making for physical education and athletic programs. (Prereq.: HPE 205 and pass CT assessment or GST 100. Fall)

HPE 350 Kinesiology
A study of the mechanics of movement with an emphasis on the use of the muscular system. An analytic approach to the study of movement and how it relates within the physical education and health fitness fields. A lab accompanies this course. (Prereq.: BIO 103. Co-req.: HPE 357. Fall)

HPE 351 Physiology of Exercise
The major effects of exercise on the systems of the body and physiological principles applied to exercise programs and motor training. A lab accompanies this course. (Prereq.: ENL 111 or 112 or HON 111, BIO 103. Spring)

HPE 357 Measurement of Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science (.5 course)
Concepts of statistics and the use of statistical procedures in health, fitness, and physical education programs. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, ANOVA, correlation, and linear regression. (Prereq.: MPG 3, HPE 104, and either HPE 110 or HPE 205. Fall)

HPE 358 Assessment of Health and Physical Education (.5 course)
Standards, assessment, and evaluation of tests in health and physical education. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 357 and either HPE 110 or HPE 205. Fall)

HPE 365 Physical Education Methods (K-6)
Procedures, materials, and issues for teaching physical education in grades K-6. An in-depth view of all aspects of teaching physical education to elementary-aged children. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 324. Fall)

HPE 368 Physical Education Methods (7-12)
Procedures, materials, and issues involved in teaching physical education in secondary schools. An in-depth view of all aspects of teaching physical education to secondary-aged students. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 104, HPE 334. Spring)

HPE 390 Instructional Methods and Materials in Health Education
Principles and methods of instruction applied to health education grades K-12. Emphasis on teaching/learning strategies and student assessment. Evaluation and development of materials included. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Prereq.: HPE 110. Spring)

HPE 410 Administration and Supervision of the School Health Program (.5 course)
Historical background, legal basis, and school health services relationship to community and school health programs and resources. (Prereq.: HPE 110. Fall even years)

HPE 450 Current Health Issues (.5 course)
This course uses critical thinking skills to examine current health issues in text and media from a sociological, political, economic, and medical perspective. (Prereq.: HPE 110 and pass CT assessment or GST 100. Fall odd years)

HPE 473 Physical Education Curriculum (.5 course)
Techniques for developing a course of study in physical education based upon growth and development for grades K-12. Examination of national standards and pedagogy for physical education, curriculum, and assessment included. (Prereq.: HPE 205. Fall)

HPE 490 Exercise Science Seminar and Keystone
This course will provide the student with the pinnacle component of the Exercise Science degree plan. The keystone will provide an understanding of human responses to exercise and its relevance to a diverse and challenging world, as well as help develop a basis for research as this relates to the major. The student will choose a research topic in the field of kinesiology or exercise physiology, design a research study, recruit subjects, conduct testing, evaluate data, and present their research to the Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science Department at the end of the semester. The student will also choose from a number of options to advance their career and improve their marketability in the field. (Prereq.: HPE 350, HPE 351)

Internships and Independent Study Courses

HPE 199 Internship

HPE 299 Directed Study

HPE 397/399 Internship

HPE 499 Independent Study/Research
Open only to junior or senior majors.