Course Descriptions
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HPHY 101 Exercise as Medicine (4)
The effects of exercise on health and in the prevention and treatment of disease.
(Fall Term)
HPHY 102 Exercise and Wellness across the Life Span (4)
Processes affecting physical activity and exercise from infancy through elder adulthood. Topics include physiological, sensory-motor, and cognitive factors across the life span.
(Spring Term)
HPHY 103 Exercise and Performance (4)
Structure and function of the human body including movement analysis. Topics include training and exercise responses; sport, daily living, and workplace performance; and injury adaptations.
(Winter Term)
HPHY 313 Human Physiology I: Nerve, Muscle, Senses (3)
Systems physiology. Action potentials, muscle contraction, synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, neural reflexes, central processing of information.
Prereq: BI 212. (Fall and Summer Term)
HPHY 314 Human Physiology II: Homeostatic Mechanisms (3)
Circulatory, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems.
Prereq: HPHY 313. (Winter and Summer Term)
HPHY 316 Human Physiology I: Laboratory (2)
Laboratory activities related to action potentials, muscle contraction, synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, neural reflexes.
Pre- or coreq: HPHY 313 or equivalent. (Fall and Summer Term)
HPHY 317 Human Physiology II: Laboratory (2)
Laboratory activities related to circulatory and respiratory physiology.
Prereq: HPHY 316; coreq: HPHY 314 (Winter and Summer Term)
HPHY 333 Motor Control (4)
Introduction to the processes of control and coordination in the performance of motor skills. Neurophysioloical, mechanical, and cognitive bases of motor skill acquisition.
Prereq: ANAT 311, HPHY 313. (Spring Term)
HPHY 362 Tissue, Injury, and Repair (4)
Exploration of the physiology of injury and trauma. Emphasis on inflammation and healing of connective tissue injury as well as therapeutic strategies and rationale.
Prereq: ANAT 312 and HPHY 313 or equivalent. (Fall and Summer Term)
HPHY 371 Physiology of Exercise (4)
Physiology of exercise, physical conditioning, and training: significance of these effects for health and performance.
Prereq: HPHY 314, 317. (Spring Term)
HPHY 381 Biomechanics (4)
Fundamental principles of physics applied to the analysis of human movement. Emphasis on developing abilities to analyze human movements quantitatively.
Prereq: PHYS 201; pre- or coreq: ANAT 311, HPHY 313.
(Winter and Summer Term)
HPHY 403 Thesis (1-4)
For honors students during the terms in which they conduct research or write a thesis.
HPHY 404 Internship (5-16)
Field experience in an agency, institution, or business. Practice knowledge from courses: planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and developing professional competence.
HPHY 405 Reading and Conference (1-15)
Reading and assignments in connection with other courses for extra credit. Honors Readings.
HPHY 407/507 Seminar (1-5)
Topics are offered regularly in such areas as health sciences, motor control, biomechanics and physiology.
HPHY 409 Practicum (1-15)
Current topics include Preoccupational Therapy and Prephysical Therapy.
HPHY 418 Integrative Endocrinology (3)
Study of the endocrine system and how it regulates and controls various physiological systems from genetic, molecular, cellular, organ, and whole-organism perspectives.
Prereq: HPHY 313, 314. (Spring Term)
HPHY 470/570 Environmental Physiology (4)
Examination of physiological adaptations to acute and chronic exposure to extreme heat, cold, and high altitude.
Prereq: HPHY 314. (Fall Term)
HPHY 471/571 Training in Health and Performance (4)
Investigates how regular exercise influences quality of life, longevity, and ability to perform physical activity. Emphasizes integration of theory and practice.
Prereq: HPHY 371. (Winter Term)
HPHY 485/585 Gait Analysis (4)
Study of walking including the impairments and functional limitations contributing to disabilities. Provides fundamental terminology, techniques, and data interpretation used in gait analysis.
Prereq: HPHY 381 or equivalent; courses in fundamental physics, linear algebra.
(Fall Term)
HPHY 486/586 Orthopedic Biomechanics (4)
Principles of musculoskeletal biomechanics relating to concepts in surgical and nonsurgical orthopedics. Course is beneficial to those pursuing careers in medicine and health sciences.
Prereq: HPHY 381 or equivalent; courses in fundamental physics, linear algebra.
(Fall Term)
HPHY 606 Special Problems (1-16)
Selected problems in the field of human physiology.
HPHY 610 Experimental Course (1-5)
Current topics include Neural Control of Posture and Locomotion and Respiratory Physiology.
HPHY 667 Musculoskeletal Adaptations to Stress (4)
Structural and mechanical responses of muscle, tendon, and bone to chronic alterations in force accompanying growth, exercise, and injury.
Prereq: ANAT 312.
HPHY 668 Physiology of Injury (4)
Physiological regulatory mechanisms controlling injury, inflammation, and pain. Therapeutic modalities used to mitigate the consequences of these responses that accompany physical activity.
Prereq: ANAT 312.
HPHY 669 The Female Athlete (3)
Literature-based investigation into the unique negative and positive adaptations observed in women during acute and chronic exercise.
Prereq: ANAT 312.
HPHY 670 Advanced Respiratory Physiology (4)
Explores advanced concepts in respiratory physiology; included exercise adaptations and examples of pathophysiology.
Prereq: HPHY 470/570 or equivalent.
HPHY 676 Human Cardiovascular Control (4)
Cardiovascular physiology, including central control of blood pressure and flow regulation. An integrative approach toward how the cardiovascular system is coordinated with overall body function.
HPHY 682 Biomechanics (4)
Discusses kinetic analysis of human movement and will focus on quantitative analysis of human gait. Both theoretical and applied aspects of kinetic gait analysis are addressed throughout course.
Prereq: HPHY 681 or equivalent, basic physics and linear algebra.
(Winter Term)
HPHY 684 Kinematics of Human Movement (4)
Theory and application of kinematic analysis of human motion. Emphasis on two- and three- dimentional kinematics, including data collection, analysis, and modeling.
Prereq: HPHY 381 or equivalent.
HPHY 685 Kinetics of Human Movement (4)
Experimental methods and mechanicsl theories associated with the analysis of joint forces and movements during human motion.
Prereq: HPHY 381 or equivalent.
HPHY 686 Biomechanical Principles of Balance Control (4)
Anatomy, biomechanics, and neuromuscular control of balance during locomotion. Mechanisms of age-related attenuation of balance control and gait stability.
Prereq: HPHY 381 or equivalent.