Sport Exercise & Hlth Behavior

Catalog description

This course examines psychological theories and research related to sport, exercise and health behavior. This course provides students with a comprehensive view of sport, exercise and health-related behavior models and theories and bridges the gap between theory, research and practice. It allows students to gain a foundational understanding of behavior within sport, exercise and health while learning how critical these factors are in preparing and designing effective environments and programs within diverse populations including athletes and non-athletes. This course also includes historical and theoretical perspectives of sport, exercise and health behaviors; intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental/situational roles and factors that affect performance, adherence and psychological development in sport, exercise and health-related settings; and skills to develop intervention strategies and techniques related to behavior maintenance or change or increases in performance.