Course Descriptions

HPR 501: Corrective and Adaptive Physical Education (3 hrs.)
Recognition of and corrective exercises for functional abnormalities. Adapted techniques in instructional settings. 

HPR 511: Adapted Activities and Techniques in Therapeutic Recreation (3 hrs.)
The principles and techniques for adapting recreation programs and activities to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

HPR 513: Organization and Administration of Recreation (3 hrs.)
Designed to study the organization and administration of recreation agencies and their policies.

HPR 515: Business Procedures for Parks and Recreation (3 hrs.)
A study of specific business procedures and administrative policies.

HPR 517: Legal Aspects of Recreation and Leisure Services (3 hrs.)
Legal issues related to leisure service management, including legal foundations, legal liability, land use policy, employment regulations, disabled services, and current issues.

HPR 524: Community Recreational Resource Services and Organizations (3 hrs.)
A study of the varied agencies that provide community recreation services and the operation of specialized recreation facilities.

HPR 533: Advanced Management in Recreation (3 hrs.)
A study of advanced policy and procedures in recreation programs and services.

HPR 534: Facility Design and Maintenance (3 hrs.)
The principles and applications of design and maintenance concepts as they apply to indoor and outdoor sport and recreation facilities.

HPR 536: Park and Recreation Planning (3 hrs.)
Fundamental principles and methodologies dealing with proper identification, allocation, and use of recreational resources.

HPR 543: Outdoor Education (3 hrs.)
A study of outdoor education, specifically its philosophy, programs, methods, and resources. Organization, programming and conducting programs and activities in educational settings.

HPR 544: Operational Administration of Commercial Recreation (3 hrs.)
Emphasizes appropriate management skills that are essential to the successful operation of a commercial recreational enterprise.

HPR 547: Interpretation of Cultural and Natural Resources (3 hrs.)
The interpretive process as applied to natural and cultural resources.

HPR 550: Procedures in Therapeutic Recreation (3 hrs.)
Prerequisites: HPR 350, or SPE 400 or 402. The study of theories guiding the delivery of therapeutic recreation services and the application of techniques in therapeutic recreation practice.

HPR 551: Therapeutic Recreation Programming (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 350 or SPE 400 or 402. Procedures for conducting and interpreting individual assessment, program plans, selecting of interventions, and evaluation programs.

HPR 552: Gerontology and Therapeutic Recreation (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Graduate in recreation program, gerontology minor, or permission of instructor. An overview of the bio-psycho-social aspects of aging and the provision of recreation services for therapeutic recreation.  

HPR 553: Administration in Therapeutic Recreation (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 350. Must be taken within two semesters of internship. Professional Therapeutic Recreation practice issues, including certification, accreditation, ethics, standards of practice, management and supervision, research, and evaluation.

HPR 564: Issues in Commercial Recreation (3 hrs.)
Insight into issues that cause problems and lead to trends for the commercial recreation service industry.

HPR 575: Medical Aspects of Athletic Training (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Team physician and trainer relationships. Studies the physical examination, emergency equipment, medical terminology, and problems related to the team doctor.

HPR 577: Seminar in Sports Medicine (1-3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 575. A study of modern techniques used in sports medicine relevant to coaches, trainers, and team physicians.

HPR 578: Specialized Studies in Developmental Disabilities (1-6 hrs.)
Specialized study and skill acquisition in the area of developmental disabilities. Topics vary.

HPR 580: Introduction to Driver Education (3 hrs.)
Critical analysis of traffic accidents, attitudes, factors, essential knowledge of automobile operation, and traffic laws.

HPR 581: Traffic Safety Education (3 hrs.)
An in-depth study of major traffic safety problems, including driver, pedestrian, engineering, and enforcement.

HPR 582: Laboratory Programs in Driver Education (3 hrs.)
An examination of aims, objectives, and the role of laboratory programs in driver education.

HPR 583: Methods of Driver and Traffic Safety Education (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 580. Concurrent enrollment in HPR 583L. Methods of teaching in driver education programs.

HPR 583L: Driver Education Laboratory (1 hr.)
Concurrent enrollment in HPR 583. This course is designed to provide students with supervised practical experience in using instructional tools of Driver Education.

HPR 584: Simulation in Driver Education (3 hrs.)
Prerequisites: HPR 580 and HPR 583. Analysis of audiovisual instructional techniques used in Driver Education.

HPR 586: Innovative Programs in Driver Education (3 hrs.)
New and unique teaching methods of driver and traffic safety education.

HPR 588: Motorcycle Safety Education (3 hrs.)
Analysis of motorcycle traffic problems and methods of teaching classroom and laboratory phases of motorcycle education.

HPR 589: Driver Education for Special Students (3 hrs.)
Curriculum development and teaching materials in traffic safety education for special education students.

HPR 597: Professional Collaboration for Developmental Disability Services (3 hrs.)
Study of the interdependent contributions of relevant disciplines in training, service, and research.

HPR 598: Families of Developmentally Disabled (3 hrs.)
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of families of the developmentally disabled.

HPR 599: British Studies (3-6 hrs.)
Involves variable topics. Lectures and supervised research in England. Offered exclusively through the USM College of International and Continuing Education.

HPR 601: Exercise Physiology (3 hrs.)
The study of the physiological basis of muscular activity with special attention to general effects on body functions.

HPR 602: Graded Exercise Testing (3 hrs.)
Study and application of graded exercise testing safely and reproductively so as to obtain valid and reliable data.

HPR 604: Advanced Motor Development (3 hrs.)
A study of the motor aspects of human growth and development process.

HPR 605. Policy and Governance in Sport (3 hrs.)
The study of governing agency policy formation processes and administrative implementation in amateur and professional sport organizations.

HPR 609: Sport Psychology (3 hrs.)
Designed to acquaint the student with the concepts concerning the role of sport psychology in athletics and physical education. Emphasis will be placed on identification and appropriate application of psychological techniques to achieving optimal performance.

HPR 612: Financial Aspects of Sport (3 hrs.)
Advanced principles and applications of finance and economics in the sport industry.

HPR 620 Introduction to Sport Security Management (3 hrs)
This course will address the nature and scope of terrorism activity and issues involved in securing the homeland from domestic and international threats to sports events. Motives, methods, and impact of terrorism activity in sport will be discussed. This course also includes an examination of the basic legislation and operations of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its role in protecting the United States by detecting, deterring, preventing, and responding to potential threats. Table top exercises will be used during this course.

HPR 626 Threat and Risk Assessment for Sport Venues (3 hrs)
This course provides an overview of the Homeland Security/ODP threat and risk assessment methodology as it applies to sports event venues. Students will learn how to identify vulnerabilities, analyze, and mitigate risk, and harden sport facility physical protection systems. Weapons of Mass Destruction (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclearn, and Explose [CBRNE]) will also be discussed.

HPR 628 Sport Event Emergency Response Planning (3 hrs)
This course provides an overview of emergency response and security plans for major sporting events, including crowd management, perimeter and access control, vendor and contractor management, and consequence and crisis management. A virtual stadium software program will be utilized in this course.

HPR 630: Socio-Ethical Issues in Sport (3 hrs.)
Advanced study of such social issues as gender, race and ethnicity, aggression, politics, religion, and class and social mobility within the context of the sport industry.

HPR 642: Sport Venue and Event Management (3 hrs.)
Provides a practical background in all facets of managing a sports event and facility. The content includes organizational structure and staffing, financial management, risk management, operations and maintenance, crowd control and security, marketing an event, and measuring the economic impact of an event.

HPR 670: Organizational Leadership in Sport Administration (3 hrs.)
Special emphasis on problems of the athletic administrator and coach in organizing and directing the athletic programs and sport businesses.

HPR 672: Advanced Development of Strength and Conditioning Programs (3 hrs.)
Provides the sport practitioner with a solid knowledge of the appropriate physiological systems and their responses to training and conditioning for each individual sport. Application of pre-player measurement, development, and application of specific training and conditioning principles for each individual athlete and/or sport in order to eliminate incorrect or contradindicative training will be highlighted. Students will complete the course with the ability to develop and implement exercise prescriptions specific to each sport. Integration of the effects of proper, safe, and legal nutritional and chemical ergogenic aids as they relate to training and conditioning will also be incorporated into the course.

HPR 675: Advanced Sport Coaching Methodology (3 hrs.)
Provides the mechanical concepts underlying sport techniques and examines models for qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movements. It includes use of current video and computer technology to apply a variety of qualitative models to selected sport skills.

HPR 676: Trends and Issues in Sport (3 hrs.)
An in-depth study and analysis of the athletic profession as it relates to trends and issues surrounding coaching and administrative decision-making.

HPR 677: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sport (3 hrs.)
Legal concepts and ethical issues impacting sport administration and coaching policy formation and practice.

HPR 678: Assessment &Intervention for Handicapped Children (birth - 5 years) (3 hrs.)
Current issues and theories regarding assessment and intervention procedures for at-risk and handicapped young children, birth through 5.

HPR 679: Care and Treatment of Athletic Injuries (3 hrs.)
Techniques and facilities for adequate prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.

HPR 680: Research Techniques (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Graduate level statistics course or permission of the instructor. Introduction to methods and design problems specific to research in human performance and recreation. Designed to promote an understanding of the theory, tools, and processes involved in designing human performance and recreation research studies.

HPR 682: Applied Research Methods and Statistics (3 hrs.)
Legal concepts and ethical issues impacting sport administration and coaching policy formation and practice.

HPR 684: Sport Skills Analysis (3 hrs.)
Provides the mechanical concepts underlying sport techniques and examines models for qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movements. It includes use of current video and computer technology to apply a variety of qualitative models to selected sport skills.

HPR 688: Medical Aspects of Developmental Disabilities (3 hrs.)
Medical conditions, diagnostic tests, and other health care issues relevant to individuals with developmental disabilities.

HPR 691: Research (1-16 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of School Director required. Topics and procedures must be approved by graduate advisory committee. For master's level graduate students only.

HPR 694: Field Problems (1-16 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Designed to provide master's level students opportunities for practical application of relevant theories in professional field settings.

HPR 696: Practicum (1-6 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Designed to provide master's level students opportunities for practical application of relevant theories in professional field settings.

HPR 697: Independent Study and Research--Hours arranged.
Not to be counted as credit toward a degree. Students actively working on a thesis, consulting with the major professor and/or using other resources of the University may enroll in this course. Students who are not in residence and are not enrolled in at least 3 hours of thesis but who are actively working on a thesis, consulting with the major professor, and/or using other resources of the University must enroll in this course for at least 3 hours each semester.

HPR 698: Thesis (1-6 hrs.)
For a total of 6 hrs. Credit deferred until thesis completed.

HPR 701: Advanced Exercise Physiology I (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 601 or equivalent course. Concurrent enrollment in HPR 701L required. The study of the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and muscular systems during and after physical activity.

HPR 701L: Advanced Exercise Physiology I Laboratory (2 hrs.)
Co-requisite: HPR 701. Use and care of exercise physiology laboratory equipment.

HPR 703: Advanced Kinesiology (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology or permission of instructor. The application of anatomical and physiological principles of kinesiology to physical activity.

HPR 704: Tests and Measurement in Human Performance (3 hrs.)
Tests of fitness, skills, and abilities. Administration and interpretation.

HPR 705: Motor Learning (3 hrs.)
Physical and psychological variables essential to the acquisition of motor skills.

HPR 706: Cardiovascular Physiology (3 hrs.)
Physiology of the heart with emphasis on normal versus abnormal conditions affecting human performance.

HPR 707: Physiological Response of Women to Physical Training (3 hrs.)
Study of women's physiological abilities, susceptibility to injuries, gynecological problems, and psychological aspects of coping with physical training.

HPR 708: Pediatric Exercise Physiology (3 hrs.)
The study of the effects of exercise and training in children with particular attention to physiological changes that occur prior to and during puberty.

HPR 710: Problems and Emerging Trends in Recreation (3 hrs.)
Problems and emerging trends related to recreation with emphasis on problem solving and evaluation.

HPR 711: Research and Evaluation in Recreation and Leisure (3 hrs.)
Designed to develop knowledge and understanding relative to research methods most utilized in recreation.

HPR 712: Philosophical Foundations in Recreation (3 hrs.)
Prevailing concepts, theories, and professional philosophies affecting recreation.

HPR 713: Special Field Studies in Recreation (3 hrs.)
Encompasses the application of various theories to realistic field situations and pertinent areas of concern.

HPR 714: Ethics in Sport Industry (3 hrs.)
Not included as a required course in new Master of Science in Sport Management program. Advanced study of ethic history, theory, models, and application as they relate to the decision-making responsibilities of sport participants and management.

HPR 715: Sport Marketing and Public Relations (3 hrs.)
This course examines the marketing process in the sport business industry. Through the process, the student will study the theories, research, and development of sport marketing and public relations. The course focus will be on the implementation of a sport marketing plan. The course will also look at the communications and public relations activity as it pertains to sport organizations. Emphasizes athletic promotion, fundraising, finance, economics, and marketing.

HPR 720: Administration of Human Performance Programs (3 hrs.)
Personnel management, budgetary concerns, facilities management, program supervision, and other problems faced by administrators of professional preparation programs.

HPR 722: Administration of Intramural and Extramural Activities (3 hrs.)
Planning and implementation of secondary and collegiate level recreational sport programs.

HPR 723: Advanced Methods of Teaching Physical Education (3 hrs.)
Advanced teaching functions in the physical education contextual framework. Styles of teaching, reflective experience, and systematic observation techniques introduced.

HPR 725: Facilities Management in Human Performance and Recreation (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 434/534 or course equivalent. Management of instructional, recreational, and sports facilities, including planning processes of facilities design and renovation, maintenance, program scheduling, special events, and funding resources. 

HPR 730: Cardiac Rehabilitation (3 hrs.)
Attention is given to components of myocardial infarction and cardiac rehabilitation programs.

HPR 733: Nutrition and Human Performance (3 hrs.)
The study of diets and dietary ingredients thought to increase physical capacity with special attention paid to ongoing research in nutrition and athletic performance.

HPR 734: Advanced Biomechanics (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 703. The study of the mechanical foundations and advanced analytical techniques of human motion.

HPR 735: Electrocardiography (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 706 or equivalent course. This course is designed to provide an understanding of resting and exercise electrocardiograms.

HPR 742: Program Design in Human Performance ( 3 hrs.)
Fundamental principles and bases of curriculum construction for physical education programs in school and non-school instructional settings.

HPR 744: Foundations and Trends in Human Performance and Recreation (3hrs.)
Historical trends and current issues surrounding the development of the subdisciplines within human performance and emerging professions. 

HPR 745: Analysis of Teaching and Supervision in Physical Education (3 hrs.) Prerequisite: HPR 723 or instructor approval. Issues and techniques in supervision of teaching in physical education. Advanced methods in analysis of teacher/student behavior and content development.

HPR 780: Graduate Seminar (1 hr.)
May be repeated for a total of 2 hours. Current trends and issues in human performance.

HPR 790: Seminar in Recreation ( 3 hrs.)
A seminar course pertaining to selected current professional topics in all areas of recreational study.

HPR 791: Research (1-16 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of department head. Topics and procedures must be approved by graduate advisory committee. For doctoral students only.

HPR 792: Special Problems (3 hrs.)

HPR 796: Practicum (2-6 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Designed to provide doctoral students with opportunities for practical applications of relevant theories in professional field settings.

HPR 797: Independent Study and Research
Hours arranged. Not to be counted as credit toward a degree. Students actively working on a dissertation, consulting with the major professor and/or using other resources of the University may enroll in this course. Students who are not in residence and are not enrolled in at least 3 hours of dissertation but who are actively working on a dissertation, consulting with the major professor, and/or using other resources of the University must enroll in this course for at least 3 hours each semester.

HPR 801: Physiology of Aging (3 hrs.)
The study of the physiological basis of human aging through examination of organ systems and the impact of physical activity on the aging process.

HPR 805: Advanced Exercise Physiology II (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 701. Emphasis on systems of energy delivery and utilization, enhancement of energy capacity, and work performance. Concurrent enrollment in HPR 805L required.

HPR 805L: Advanced Exercise Physiology II Laboratory (2 hrs.)
Prerequisite: HPR 701 Co-requisite: HPR 805. Application of advanced laboratory techniques in the study of human performance.

HPR 807: Functional Evaluation and Exercise Testing (3 hrs.)
Emphasis will be placed on functional anatomy, exercise, physiology, pathophysiology and electrocardiography.

HPR 821: Advanced Administration of Human Performance Programs (3 hrs.) Prerequisite HPR 720 or HPR 670 or instructor permission. Analysis of leadership and supervision for effective management of collegiate human performance programs.

HPR 840: Professional Preparation in Human Performance (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor. Extensive reading and discussion of human performance in Physical Education administration and pedagogy.

HPR 845: Research on Teaching Physical Education (3 hrs.)
Prerequisite:HPR 745. The analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of past and present research concerning teaching effectiveness in psychomotor skill instruction.

HPR 898: Dissertation (12 hrs.)
Credit deferred until dissertation completed.