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Course Objectives:

The intent of this course is to study techniques for conducting physical fitness assessments, including tests of cardio-respiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, joint flexibility, body composition and pulmonary capacity.? Safety guidelines, precautions, and the use of fitness equipment will be addressed.

1. To develop knowledge of the principles of physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription
2. To provide the opportunity for practical experiences in using field and laboratory tests for the appraisal of physical fitness.

Grading:

Laboratory Experiences and Skills10 points

Assessment 1   10 points

Assessment 2   10 points

Written Examinations       40 points

 Exam 1                 10 points

Exam 2                  10 points

Final Exam              20 points

Class Project            25 points

 Phase 1                     5 points

Phase 2                     10 points

 Phase 3                     5 points

Phase 4                      5 points

Abstracts and Presentations 5 points.

TOTAL        100 points

Grade:

One can receive a maximum of 100 points in this class

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89 = B

70 - 79 = C

60 - 69 = D

59 and below F

Test Makeup Policy:

It is not normal policy to allow makeup tests on the assessments or exams . If a student fails to take the assessment 1, assessment 2 or the final exam he/she will receive a grade of "0" on the exam or assessment, resulting in a probable "F" in the course.

Text:

The required text for this course is:

Heyward, V. H. (2002).? Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription fourth edition.? Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Laboratory Experiences and Skills (10 points total)

You will be responsible to complete all laboratory experiences and field trip assignments. The tentative dates for the assignments are on the outline. There will be no makeup assignments. Each assignment is worth 1 point. All dates are subject to change at the instructor's discretion.? Please dress in comfortable workout attire for most classes.? We will be engaging in fitness testing during many class periods.

Written Examinations (40 points total)

Test questions will be taken from the assigned readings, homework assignments, classroom assignments, handouts and classroom discussions. The tests will consist of true and false, multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.

Assessment 1 (10 points)

Assessment one is designed to have you do a basic fitness assessment on one of your fellow students. You are responsible to administer a standard fitness appraisal at the HCCS fitness center. This will include health appraisal, strength, endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular tests. All this information will be put into a computer program and the results will be discussed with your fellow student. Next you need to give them future recommendations for their health.

Assessment 2 (10 points)

Same as assessment 2 however the client is now a member of the HCCS Fitness Center. We have to accommodate the members in their times available, therefore you might have to administer the testing protocol outside your scheduled class time. FITT Board members and other experts in the fitness field do the evaluation of this assessment. The whole protocol is mirrored after the American College of Sports Medicine Health and Physical Fitness Instructor Certification. (This is the CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE for the FITT certificate)

Abstracts and Presentations (5 points)

??????????? As part of the course requirements, students will be assigned to read, type a one page paper, and present a 5 to 10 minute review of research articles published within the past year.? For this assignment, students submit four written research abstracts periodically throughout the course and select one of these abstracts to present to the class.

Class Project (25 points)

??????????? The purpose of this project is to give you the opportunity to apply the information covered in this course via physical fitness assessments.? You should follow these steps in completing this assignment:

1. Choose an individual who is interested in having his or her physical fitness level assessed. This person should be readily accessible to you to ease scheduling of test appointments. Perhaps you could choose a family member, friend, or roommate. The same client should be used for all four phases of this project.
2. The project is divided into four parts:

• Phase I Health Screening and Evaluation: Assess your client's health status and lifestyle characteristics (medical history, medical clearance, resting HR and BP, blood lipids (if available), CHD risk analysis, and lifestyle profile.
• Phase II Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment and Aerobic Exercise Program: Assess your client's cardiorespiratory fitness status using an appropriate graded exercise test protocol and cardiorespiratory field test.
• Phase III Body Composition Assessment: Assess your client's body composition using HW, SKF, BMI, and circumference methods. Compare the results of these tests and calculate a healthy body weight for your client. Set a body composition goal (e.g., gain 2 lb of lean tissue or lose 3% body fat) for your client.
• Phase IV Musculoskeletal Fitness Assessment and Resistance Training Program: Assess your client's musculoskeletal fitness (strength and flexibility). Pinpoint weaknesses.

Basic skills you will gain

Interpersonal

A complete battery of physical assessments must be performed on each student in the class (Assessment 1).

Students must complete the same battery of physical fitness tests on a random fitness enthusiast (Assessment 2 Capstone Experience).

Information

Students will acquire test data, input it into a computer program, interpret the results and share the recommendations with the client (Assessment 1 and 2 Capstone Experience).

Technology

Students choose procedures and fitness related equipment to assess fitness levels (Assessment 1 and 2 Capstone Experience).

Students understand overall intent and proper procedures for setup and administration of fitness tests (Classroom/Fieldtrip Assignments).

Thinking Skills

Reading: Read technical books, articles and journals to obtain information about trends in the field (Midterm and Final Exam).

Write: Write papers and summaries related to health or fitness fields (Classroom/Fieldtrip Assignments).

Reasoning: Students will make decisions regarding proceeding with a fitness test based upon the physical conditioning of the subject (Assessment 1 and 2 Capstone Experience).

Support Services:

Library: The library is located on the second floor of the San Jacinto Building, at the east Wing. The Librarians are dedicated to helping you find whatever you need. Be sure to obtain an HCCS library card and a Texshare card as well for use at selected area libraries.

Open Computer Labs: Computers are available for word processing in SJAC 204, the Macintosh Interdisciplinary Lab in JDB 203-204, Check for hours.

General Class Procedures

Disability Policy: A student who feels that he/she has any special needs or disabilities which may affect his/her ability to succeed in college classes or participate in college programs/activities is encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Support Service (DDS) at the Central College immediately. Your instructor is not allowed to arrange any accommodations and/or modifications unless instructed to by the Office of DDS. (713) 718-6164

Special Rules:?

1)You cannot use cell phones in lecture or lab (because they distract other students learning).? Please turn cell phone ringers to vibrate or off.

2)Please refrain from inappropriate behavior in the classroom (arguing with other students, excessive cursing, talking very loudly during lectures, etc?) or you will be asked to leave and that days absence will count against you.

3)I will follow the school policy on punishment for cheating in class.

Make-up Exams:

You should contact me prior to missing a scheduled examination by phone, in-person, by e-mail, or by voice mail.? I will offer an opportunity to take an alternative examination only to those who make prior contact with me.? Make-up exams may be administered in the school testing center or in the classroom at my discretion.? Make-up exams may either be approximately 20 minutes long oral or in a typed version comparable to the missed test (again at my discretion).

YOU CANNOT TAKE MORE THAN TWO MAKE-UP EXAMS (LECTURE /LAB INCLUSIVE) DURING THE SEMESTER.

ALL MAKE-UP EXAMS HAVE TO BE TAKEN WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE DATE OF THE MISSED EXAM.

THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP FOR THE FINAL EXAM.

Withdrawal Policy

Withdrawal from the course after the official day of record and prior to ?W? Day, (see current catalog for this date) will result in a final grade of ?W? on your transcript.? No credit will be awarded for a course earning a ?W?.? If you stop attending class and do not officially withdraw, you will receive an ?F? for the course.

Scholastic Dishonesty/ Plagiarism: According to the Student Handbook for the Houston

Community College System, scholastic dishonesty includes cheating on a test, plagiarism, or collusion.

Cheating on a test includes:

Copying from another student?s test paper; using (during a test) materials not authorized by the person giving the test.

Collaborating with another student during a test without authority; knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of an un-administered test; bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.

Plagiarism means the appropriation of another?s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of the work into one?s own written work offered for credit.

Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit.

Please note the possible consequences of such dishonesty, as stated in the current student handbook. ?Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade of 0 or F for the particular assignment, failure in the course, and /or recommendation for probation or dismissal from the college system???

Items due or exams are marked in bold.

*This is a tentative schedule because we do not know what days we will have our scheduled field trips.? Each day we engage in a lab we will review testing HR, BP, and prior tasks.

Week Fall 2005- Exercise Testing .

Week 1 (Aug 29- Sep 2) Class orientation and chapter one (Physical activity, health, and

chronic disease). Lab# one due over testing out resting heart rate.

Week 2 (Sep 5-9)  Monday September 5^th is Labor day (no class). Start chapter two.

Lab # two due over testing out blood pressure.

Week 3 (Sep 12-16)Chapter two (Preliminary health screening and risk

classification). Video over exercise risk factors.

Week 4 (Sep 19-23) Engage in and discuss different types of health questionnaire

forms. Lab # three due over exercise HR and BP. Start chapter three (Principles of assessment, prescription, and exercise program adherence).

Week 5 (Sep 26-30) Continue with chapter three.? Review for exam # one.

Week 6 (Oct 3-7) Exam # one (over chapters 1-3). ?Go over answers to exam #1.

Lab # four due over step test.  Start chapter four (assessing cardiorespiratory fitness).

Week 7 (Oct 10-14) Continue with chapter four. Lab # five due over VO₂Max tests

on 1.5 mile treadmill test and/or other methods.

Week 8 (Oct 17-21) Phase I of class project due. Exercise equations video.

Start chapter six (Assessing strength and muscular endurance). Lab # six memorial park VO₂Max test due.

Week 9 (Oct 24-28) Continue with chapter six.? Review for exam# two.

Week 10 (Oct 31- Nov 4) Exam # two (over chapters 3, 4, and 6). Lab # seven

due over YMCA hand ergometer, one minute sit-ups test,

and one minute push-ups test.

Week 11 (Nov 7-11) Start chapter eight (Assessing body composition). Phase II of

class project due. *November 10^th is the last day to drop. Lab # eight due over % body fat, skin fold, BMI, HW ratio, and HW circumferences.?

Week 12 (Nov 14-18) Phase III of class project due. Lab # nine due over submax

bench press, leg press, and other physical parameters. Review principles and any flaws of hydrostatic weighing, bioelectrical impedance and other methods of measuring body parameters.? Complete chapter eight.

Week 13 (Nov 21-25) Chapter ten (Assessing flexibility and designing stretching

programs).? Sit and reach box will be used as well as other flexibility tests will be performed. Practice and review of all skills needed for assessments # one and two.? November 24-27 Thanksgiving break (no class). Assessment one due (completed in class and discussed Wednesday).

Week 14 (Nov28 ? Dec 2) Miscellaneous testing protocols for plyometrics (discussion over

Vertec uses), agility, spirometry, ECG, and EMG testing.

Complete chapter ten. Assessment two due (completed on students own time and reviews discussed in class Wednesday).

Week 15 (Dec 5-9) Phase IV of class project due.?

Students present 5-10 minute abstracts using PowerPoint (I will provide you with a format and outline of how to do it in advance).

Review for final.

Week 16 (Dec 12-16) Final exam. Wednesday December 14^th at 10:00AM.

This syllabus may be modified for the benefit of the class.? I will try to arrange 1-3 possible field trips to medical facilities for us to see actual testing in progress.

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

ACCIDENT OR INJURIES WAIVER

The Houston Community College System assumes no liability for accidents occurring on student trips, domestic or foreign, and provides no funds to defray medical costs as the result of accident or injury.

Individual participation is entirely voluntary.? All participants are strongly urged to have their own health insurance.

In case of accident or injury, the participant must notify the individual in charge of the activity, who will complete an accident/injury report at the time of the accident/injury.? On activities to foreign countries, the individual in charge may make arrangements for medical consultation only.???

The injured should contact his/her private physician for treatment.? Information concerning this treatment should be relayed to the College Student Life office and HCCS Student Development Office as soon as possible.

Students, parents, and/or guardians understand that participation in college sponsored activities is entirely voluntary, and that HCCS is not responsible for injuries and/or problems arising as a result of travel to or from the activity or during the activity itself.? HCCS does not pre-inspect transportation vehicles, lodgings, or meeting areas in advance.? All students, staff, and faculty travel at their own risk.

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