Exercise Testing and Prescription

Catalog description

This course is designed to highlight principles of exercise prescription and assessment in various populations to include the general population, children/adolescents, elderly, pregnant women, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic disorders, and those with chronic disease and disability. Course content is based on guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and provides a foundation for future ACSM certification. Health related physical fitness rather than performance-based fitness emphasized. Prerequisites: PED 321, 322