The course will examine the specificity of what constitutes professional development, exercise physiology professional organizations, professionalization of exercise physiology, certification, licensure, and accreditation. This course emphasizes student use of exercise physiology instrumentation to study currently important laboratory techniques. Special attention is given to the analysis of the exponential and equilibrium methods for determining cardiac output and its relationship to oxygen consumption. Emphasis is also placed on the student's ability to plan for and engage in an intensive laboratory study of a specific research problem. Courses not a part of the regular exercise physiology curriculum but taught because of a special need, interest, or opportunity.
Emphasis is on initiating and completing an independent research project.
The Chair must approve the topic.