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Jul 01, 2025
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BIO 3630 - EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
credits: 4.0
This course provides students with an opportunity to deepen understanding of the body’s responses and adaptations to exercise. Emphasis is placed on bioenergetics as well as circulatory, respiratory and neuromuscular responses to the physical stress of exercise. Also discussed are the effects of environmental factors, ergogenic aids, and training techniques on athletic performance. Principles and techniques of evaluating health and fitness by examining heart rate, oxygen uptake, lactic acid processing, caloric expenditure and rating of perceived exertion. Laboratory experiences will allow students to integrate and apply the concepts of exercise physiology through investigative experiments. Objectives: A) To Describe cardiorespiratory concepts relative to acute and chronic effects of exercise; B) Describe neuromuscular concepts relative to acute and chronic effects of exercise; C) Describe and analyze the physiologic consequences of training; E) Evaluate factors that affect training success and factors purported to improve human performance; F) Measure and evaluate a person’s physical performance, including aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness, cardiovascular and respiratory capacities, neuromuscular strength and endurance, and body composition; G) Describe various control steps and mechanisms of metabolism (ATP production and ATP utilization); H) Predict interactions of metabolism, circulation, and structural adaptations in response to exercise and training. Method of Instruction: Two lectures and one laboratory per week along with assigned readings. Method of Evaluation: Weekly Quizzes, Laboratory Reports, Participation, and Final Exam. NOTE: Participation component will be based on completion of Lab reports. LAB FEE: $75.00.
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and BIO 1211 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II
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