Associate Professors Buriak, Creasy, J. Maina, M. Maina; M. Rearick, Assistant Professor Holbrook; Teaching Associates Edmunds, Urbanek.
Four majors are offered by the Health and Human Performance Department: Health and Physical Education, Sport Management, Health and Exercise Science and Athletic Training.
For a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Sport Management the following units of work are required in the areas of Health and Human Performance (HHP), Business Administration (BUAD) and Economics (ECON). Required courses include HHP 200, 207, 221, 223 or equivalent, 225, 301, 315, 412, 418 or 405-407; BUAD 215, 233, 254, 364; ECON 120 OR 121. All students must obtain certification in adult, infant and child CPR and standard first aid prior to their senior year. This course may be taken at Roanoke College or through an external agency. Verification of external agency certification must be presented to the department chair.
For a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Health and Exercise Science the following units of work are required in the areas of Health and Human Performance (HHP) and Biology (BIOL). Required courses include HHP 200, 207, any two of the following: 203, 204, 205, or 206, 221, 223 or equivalent, 225, 301, 306, 315, 403, 411, 418 or 405-407; BIOL 230 and 260. All students must obtain certification in adult, infant and child CPR and standard first aid prior to their senior year. This course may be taken at Roanoke College or through an external agency. Verification of external agency certification must be presented to the department chair.
For a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Health and Physical Education the following units of work are required in the areas of Health and Human Performance (HHP) and Biology (BIOL). Required courses include BIOL 230; HHP 200, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 221, 223 or equivalent, 301, 302, 305, 306, 335, 403, 404, and 409. All students must obtain certification in adult, infant and child CPR and standard first aid prior to their senior year. This course may be taken at Roanoke College or through an external agency. Verification of external agency certification must be presented to the department chair.
This program of study is required for students interested in being licensed to teach health and physical education. Other state licensure requirements are also required. (See Education section.)
The student desiring to teach health and physical education in elementary/secondary schools may secure credits to satisfy the requirements for licensure in Virginia and other states with which Virginia has reciprocity.
Athletic Training Major
The Athletic Training Education Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The program of study is designed to prepare students for BOC certification. Students will begin the course of study during their first year at Roanoke College. Entry level courses will be taken and students will begin to gain clinical experience in the athletic training room through directed observation. During the first semester of their sophomore year, students will formally apply for consideration of acceptance to the Athletic Training major. Outlined below are the course requirements, admission procedures for acceptance into the Athletic Training major and clinical requirements.
For a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Athletic Training, the following units of work are required. They include Health and Human Performance 200, 207, 221, 223 or equivalent, 301, 306, and 403.
Once accepted into the Athletic Training major, six additional units must be taken. They include HHP 307, 308, 413, 414, 415, 416, and four clinical courses: HHP 211, 212, 213 and 214. Note that HHP 223 (or equivalent), 224, 301 and Biology 230 are prerequisite courses for admission to the Athletic Training major. Biology 260 is taken as a prerequisite or corequisite to all upper level Athletic Training courses. HHP 307, 414, and 415 will be offered every other year starting with the academic year 2007-2008. HHP 308 and 413 will be offered every other year starting with the academic year 2006-2007. HHP 416 will be taken during the senior year.
To be considered for admission to the Athletic Training major, students must meet selection criteria established by the department of Health and Human Performance.
During the first three semesters of study, students will be required to take general education courses and athletic training courses and to accumulate 100 hours of directed observation in the Roanoke College athletic training room or at practices or games. During their third semester, students may apply for admission to the Athletic Training major. Prior to admission, students must also have completed at least 12 units. The following is a list of selection criteria for admission to the Athletic Training major.
The student:
1. Must have completed at least 12 units.
2. Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.
3. Must have a minimum 2.5 GPA in HHP 223 (or equivalent),
224, 301, and Biol. 230.
4. Must submit formal application for Athletic Training
major.
5. Must have completed 100 directed observation hours during
the first three semesters.
6. Must show competency in basic athletic training skills by
submitting a signed skills checklist.
7. Must provide two positive recommendations from faculty
or staff of Roanoke College.
8. Must perform well in an interview with selection committee.
9. Must perform well on an entrance examination.
10. Must submit a completed technical standards form with
the application for admission.
Students applying for admission to the Athletic Training program must meet all criteria listed above. Applications for admission will be submitted during the third semester (fall term only) at Roanoke College, with a deadline of October 15. Students will be notified of their status no later than January 1. Enrollment into the program will be limited. Students not accepted into the program initially may re-apply the following year.
Transfer students will be considered for admission to the Athletic Training major provided they have completed all prerequisites and have met the criteria listed above.
Athletic Training majors may incur additional costs for uniforms; travel to and from off-campus sites and to attend professional conferences.
Athletic Training Clinical Requirement
The Athletic Training clinical requirement is an integral part of the educational program for athletic trainers. Once admitted into the program students must complete four clinical courses. Each semester students will be assigned to an approved clinical instructor (ACI) and must work with the assigned ACI to complete the clinical proficiencies outlined in the Roanoke College Athletic Training Clinical Manual. In addition, students must obtain 800 hours of field experience under the direct supervision of a certified athletic trainer. The hours must be completed in an athletic training setting and may be divided between high risk sports, low risk sports, and the athletic training room. One hundred hours of directed observation during the first three semesters and 800 athletic training hours during the remaining five semesters, for a total of 900 hours, are required to complete the athletic training clinical requirement. Assessment of psychomotor skills related to athletic training will be an ongoing process throughout the four years of study. Students will also gain valuable field experience working with upper extremity sports, lower extremity sports, equipment intensive sports and general medical situations.
Physical Education General Education Requirement
All students must successfully complete Health and Human Performance 160 (Fitness for Life). In addition, students must take one other lifetime activity course (Health and Human Performance 101-157). Health and Human Performance 160 is a prerequisite for all other activity classes.
Varsity athletes may receive competency in one lifetime activity but must successfully complete Health and Human Performance 160 (Fitness for Life). Students will receive competency in a varsity sport after successfully completing the varsity season at Roanoke College.
Credit for Health and Human Performance Activities will be in addition to the total units required for graduation. Enrollment for credit in health and human performance activities is limited to the number required for graduation and cannot exceed two. The College has the capacity of offering adaptive health and human performance to individuals with disabilities who must have a modified program.
The Department offers the following one-quarter unit activity courses:
HHP 101-159 General (each 1/4 unit)
HHP 101 Tennis
HHP 102 Beginning Swimming
HHP 106 Badminton
HHP 107 Golf (Extra fees required)
HHP 110 Volleyball
HHP 114 Yoga
HHP 116 Tai Chi
HHP 122 Skiing (Extra fee required. Must provide own
transportation [arranged in class] to ski slopes.)
HHP 123 Dance-Modern
HHP 124 Dance-Jazz
HHP 128 Karate (Must provide own attire; Completion
of yellow belt can be accomplished in the
course.)
HHP 130 Scuba Diving (Swimming proficiency is
necessary and student may be required to take
a swim test. Extra fee required. Must provide
own transportation [arranged in class] for
open dives. Completion of certification is
possible in the course. Must provide own
mask, fins, and snorkel. Open dives often
scheduled on weekends.)
HHP 136 Racquetball
HHP 141 Fencing
HHP 142 Backpacking (Some Saturday and overnight
weekend hikes are scheduled and required.
Must provide own transportation [arranged in
class]. May be required to provide own equipment.)
HHP 143 Wilderness Sports
HHP 157 Intermediate Golf (May not receive credit for
this course and HHP 107. Extra green fees
required.)
HHP 158 Mountain Biking (Must provide own
mountain bicycle)
HHP 159 Pilates
160 Fitness for Life
This course is designed to introduce the student to health and
physical fitness components related to developing a healthy
lifestyle. It will include physical fitness activities, health risk
components, assessment, and the development of a personal
health and fitness plan. (1/4)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: None; this course should be taken prior to enrolling in
other HHP activity courses. *Assessment of proficiency level in these
courses may result in assignment to the intermediate level of the course.
200 Foundations of Movement
Enables students to understand, recognize, demonstrate, and
analyze fundamental movement such as locomotor, nonlocomotor,
and manipulative skills as well as related movement
concepts including space awareness, effort, and relationships. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: None.
203 Individual Activities
Enables students to understand, demonstrate and teach individual
activities including tennis, strength training, and aerobic
conditioning. (1/2)
Lecture: 3hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: None.
204 Team Sports
Enables students to understand, demonstrate, and teach team
sports including soccer, volleyball, and floor hockey. (1/2)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: None.
205 Non-Traditional Games and Activities
Enables students to understand, demonstrate, and teach nontraditional
games and activities including Frisbee, speedball,
and other unique activates in physical education. (1/2)
Lecture-Laboratory: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: Permission.
206 Fundamentals of Rhythms and Dance
The development of skill and teaching progressions in rhythmic
movement, folk, modern, social, and square and aerobic
dance. (1/2)
Lecture-Laboratory: 3 hrs/wk.
207 Health Fitness Concepts and Applications
Provides the prospective physical educator with the physiological,
psychological and social bases for engaging in regular
physical activity. The emphasis of the course will be on understanding
and being able to create and apply key concepts of
health related fitness and wellness. Students will be expected
to develop individualized physical fitness programs, perform
physical fitness assessments, develop activities to enhance
physical fitness across the lifespan, and be engaged in a regular
physical fitness program. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 160.
211 Clinical I
Clinical experiences designed to provide students with formal
instruction and evaluation in Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies.
Students will work with an Approved Clinical
Instructor throughout the semester and must complete 10
hours of clinical experience each week in addition to regular
class meetings. The focus of this clinical will be therapeutic
exercise and acute care of injury and illness. Completion of
Therapeutic Modalities Basics will be required of those students
who have not completed HHP 214: Clinical IV. (1/4)
Lecture: 2 hrs/wk; clinical 10 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Athletic Training major.
212 Clinical II
Clinical experiences designed to provide students with formal
instruction and evaluation in Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies.
Students will work with an Approved Clinical
Instructor throughout the semester and must complete 10
hours of clinical experience each week in addition to regular
class meetings. The focus of this clinical will be risk management,
pharmacology, nutritional aspects of injury and illness
and general medical conditions. (1/4)
Lecture: 2hrs/wk; clinical 10 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Athletic Training major.
213 Clinical III
Clinical experiences designed to provide students with formal
instruction and evaluation in Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies.
Students will work with an Approved Clinical
Instructor throughout the semester and must complete 10
hours of clinical experience each week in addition to regular
class meetings. The focus of this clinical will be injury assessment
and evaluation. (1/4)
Lecture: 2hrs/wk; clinical 10 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Athletic Training major.
214 Clinical IV
Clinical experiences designed to provide students with formal
instruction and evaluation in Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies.
Students will work with an Approved Clinical
Instructor throughout the semester and must complete 10
hours of clinical experience each week in addition to regular
class meetings. The focus of this clinical will be therapeutic
modalities, psychosocial intervention, health care administration
and professional development. Completion of Therapeutic
Exercise Basics will be required of those students who have
not completed HHP 211: Clinical I. (1/4)
Lecture: 2 hrs/wk; clinical 10 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Athletic Training major.
221 Professional Concepts and Leadership Development
This course is designed to introduce students to the historical,
philosophical, scientific, and professional aspects of health and
human performance and to begin to prepare them to be leaders
in the profession. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
223 First Aid and Safety
The causes, consequences, and reduction of accidents in all
areas of life. First aid procedures including prevention, recognition,
and care for injury and sudden illness. (1/2)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk. for 1 /2 of the term.
224 Introduction to Athletic Training
An overview of the profession of athletic training. This course
will provide an introduction to injury prevention, recognition,
management, and rehabilitation. The role, duties, and responsibilities
of an athletic trainer will also be discussed. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
225 Contemporary Issues in Sport Management
A study of the sports industry through examination of problems
and issues faced by contemporary sport managers.
Unique characteristics of sport and resulting social and ethical
responsibilities of sport managers are discussed. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 221 or permission.
301 Personal and Community Health
An understanding of the principles and problems of personal,
school, and community health as applied to everyday living. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
302 Physical Education Methods and Materials I:
PreK-7
A progressive program of developmentally appropriate activities
for children kindergarten through seventh-grade level.
Recommended for PreK-7 certification. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.; Observation in schools.
Prerequisite: HHP 200, 221 or permission.
305 Adapted and Developmental Physical Education
Designed to examine appropriate movement/physical education
experiences for individuals who have disabling conditions.
(1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 200, 221 or permission.
306 Motor Behavior
An examination of human motion using concepts from motor
control, development and learning. Considerations for study
will include basic neurophysiology and mechanics, fundamental
human movement skills and their adaptation to various
stimuli, and principles of motion analysis. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk; Laboratory 1.5 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: BIOL 230 and HHP 200 or permission.
307 Athletic Training Administration
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding
of concepts and applications of effective athletic training
administration. Topics will include organizing and
managing athletic training facilities, facility design, budgeting,
record keeping, etc. (1/2)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: Admission to Athletic Training major; HHP 221 or permission.
308 Athletic Injury Prevention
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding
of techniques utilized to prevent athletic injuries.
Major topics will include general medical conditions and
assessment, pre-participation examinations, pharmacology,
physical conditioning techniques, prophylactic taping, bracing,
and padding utilized in sports medicine. (1/2)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: Admission to Athletic Training major; HHP 221.
315 Behavioral Perspectives in Sport
A study of the behavioral factors related to sport participation
and coaching athletes. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 221 or permission.
335 Coordinated School Health Programs
This course is designed to guide prospective health educators
in conceptualizing, implementing, and assessing comprehensive,
coordinated school health programs in PreK-12 settings.
Included will be content and experiences related to the eight
component school health program model (Allensworth and
Kolbe) and special topics and issues related to implementing
effective programs. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 221 and 301 or permission.
403 Exercise Physiology
An examination of the human physiological response to exercise
and physical work. Both acute and chronic adaptations are
considered. Standard laboratory techniques are introduced and
used to examine physiological change under a variety of exercise
conditions. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk; Laboratory: 1.5 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: BIOL230 and 260 or permission.
404 Physical Education Methods and Materials II: 8-12
This course is designed to prepare students in effective curriculum
design, instructional delivery, performance assessment,
and classroom management specific to teaching physical education
in Grades 8 -12. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: HHP 200 and 221, or permission.
405, 406, 407 Independent Study and Research
A program of advanced intensive study and experience in
health and physical education under the guidance of the
departmental staff. (Admission with the approval of the faculty
of the department and on the recommendation of the directing
professor.) (1/2, 1, 1/2)
409 Health Education Methods and Materials: PreK-12
This course is designed to prepare students in effective curriculum
design, instructional delivery, performance assessment,
and classroom management specific to teaching health education.
(1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 221 and 301 or permission.
411 Exercise Testing and Prescription
An advanced, in-depth examination of exercise testing and
prescription as is established by ACSM and NSCA guidelines.
The course uses concepts from exercise physiology, motor
behavior and health fitness and synthesizes them into a coherent
framework for developing exercise training regiments for
individuals of all ages and abilities, including both normal and
diseased populations.(1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk; Laboratory: 1.5 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 207 and 403 or permission.
412 Advanced Principles and Practice of Sport Management
An in-depth analysis of the sport industry with special emphasis
given to the sport manager’s roles and functions. Students
will develop a thorough understanding of the following principles;
facilities management, event management, risk management,
marketing, finances, sponsorship, communications,
compliance and career preparation. This course is designed to
integrate key concepts from previous courses while requiring a
comprehensive understanding of the industry. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisite: HHP 225.
413 Therapeutic Exercise in Sports Medicine
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding
of exercise for the prevention and rehabilitation of
athletic injuries. It will focus on the design and implementation
of functional exercise progressions utilized in the rehabilitation
process. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: Admission to Athletic Training major or successful completion
of BIOL 230 and permission.
414 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding
of the use of various therapeutic modalities to treat
sports related injuries. Theory supporting the use of therapeutic
modalities will be studied and hands-on clinical experience
will be provided. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: Admission to Athletic Training major or successful completion
of BIOL230 and permission.
415 Evaluation of Athletic Injuries
This course will provide students with a thorough understanding
of the procedures for evaluation of athletic injuries.
Emphasis will be placed on the head, spine, and upper and
lower extremities. (1)
Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
Prerequisites: Admission to Athletic Training major or successful completion
of BIOL230 and permission.
416 Athletic Training Internship
An opportunity for students to gain practical work experience
in an area related to athletic training. (1)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
418 Internship
Practical experience in a physical education related area such
as corporate fitness program, youth activity league, or health/
fitness club. (1)
Prerequisite: Permission of department or faculty.
495, 496, 497 Honors Project
A program of independent study culminating in a paper, artistic
creation, or performance.
Prerequisite: To qualify for consideration to receive honors in the major,
a student in his/her senior year or in the summer prior to the senior
year must work under the guidance of his/her committee. A written
proposal and application must be approved by the committee and
department. A minimum GPA of 3.4 in the major is required. 495
Honors Project is prerequisite for 497 Honors Project. (1/2, 1, 1/2)