Utilizes biomechanical principles and video analysis. Covers methods of teaching gymnastics and dance. Includes tumbling, parallel bars, balance beam, and floor exercise in gymnastics, and jazz, creative, square, and folk in dance. Utilizes biomechanical principles and video analysis. Studies the stages of growth and development from birth to adulthood, including how people develop locomotor and non-locomotor skills.
Students experience a wilderness area while hiking, camping, and studying the natural history.
Covers use of therapeutic exercise in rehabilitation of injuries. Discusses role of exercise injury prevention. Students research and design rehabilitative exercise programs for specific injuries. Emphasizes application of principles of rehabilitation covered in 410 and 412. Focuses on application and efficacy of therapeutic modalities used in injury rehabilitation.