Explain how exercise impacts diverse physiological, biophysical and metabolic systems in humans.
Describe how physical activity and exercise performance are impacted by disease, disability, and aging through lifespan.
Explain how physical activity and exercise can be used in the prevention and management of chronic disease and disability through lifespan.
Describe the implementation of functional assessment evaluations (exercise, or motion analysis).
Interpret the results from functional assessment evaluation (exercise, or motion analysis) as they apply to healthy, disabled, or diseased populations.
Identify the long term benefits of regular physical activity and exercise on lifespan and population health.
Implement appropriate training and nutritional strategies to improve physical performance.
Describe the mechanisms of injury and repair and the use of exercise as a therapeutic agent.
Describe the use of physical activity as a means to achieve public health goals as established by local, state and federal agencies.
In oral or written form, communicate ideas and exchange constructive criticisms.
Develop a personal plan for ongoing education and professional development after graduation.
Describe the basic concepts of research design including selection of appropriate observational and experimental models; design of experimental interventions for animals and human subjects.
Comprehend principles of ethics, laboratory safety, issues in individual and community trials; demonstrate and value ethical principle in authorship of proposals obtain approval from review boards.
Write a grant proposal; develop a budget for a grant proposal; Review and analyze grant proposals on the basis of their intrinsic strengths and weaknesses.
Research, write and defend a dissertation proposal and a dissertation.
Be able to perform functional assessment evaluations specific to the discipline or sub-discipline of exercise science and nutrition.
Be able to design experiments related to exercise science.
Describe the impact of the environment on exercise performance.