| Course Code | Name | Course Description |
| AC5000-8 | Leadership in Coaching Today’s Athlete | Coaches face a wide array of tough decisions and need effective leadership and management skills to plot a successful course for their schools. In this course, students will investigate the methods, principles, and decision-making responsibilities of a coach. Through readings, interactive discussions, and independent activities, students will have the opportunity to equip themselves with skills in leadership, management, communication, and curriculum development, and they will apply these skills by taking on the role of a head coach and tackling some of the problems involved in coaching student athletes in today’s society |
| AC5002-8 | Legal Aspects in Athletics | This Master’s level course is designed to help Coaches develop knowledge, skills, and awareness of the law and how legal precedence relates to interscholastic sport settings. Students will discuss, explore, analyze, and create solutions to specific dilemmas found in athletics at the high school level. An emphasis will be placed on current events and practical applications. |
| AC5004-8 | Ethics in Sports | The purpose of this Master’s level course is to promote critical examination of ethical issues and moral dilemmas that are inherently found within interscholastic sports settings. Learners will explore, perform research, and analyze ethics and morality in interscholastic sports settings. A series of written assignments will provide reflective opportunities for learners to develop self-awareness and knowledge of how to become character driven, effective leaders. Learners will develop an understanding of character based educational athletics and will be challenged to examine personal philosophies, clarify values, and refine moral reasoning skills relative to interscholastic athletics administration. |
| ED6001-8 | Action Research for Education | This graduate course will examine a comprehensive overview of research tools utilized by education practitioners. Students will be provided with a solid understanding of research concepts, skills, and principles such as data collection, literature reviews, and evaluation methods. |
| AC5006-8 | Sport Nutrition | This course presents the principles, background, and rationale for current guidelines for athletes. Using a physiological basis, the student will explore the science behind sport nutrition. Students will develop a practical and comprehensive understanding as it relates to sport and the influence of nutrition on exercise performance, training, and recovery. Subjects to be covered include the effects of nutrition on overtraining, weight management and body composition for athletes, new research on carbohydrate intake during training, the role of protein in strength and endurance exercise training, and the latest information on exercise, nutrition, and immune function. |
| AC5008-8 | Coaching Psychology | In this course, students will explore the principles, responsibilities, and issues involved with the coaching and motivating the student athlete. Students will gain knowledge of the fields of Positive Psychology and Sport Psychology. This course will describe how to strengthen a student athlete’s daily performance and team achievement in athletics. Examples of top athletes’, musicians’ and other performers’ issues will be examined. |
| AC5010-8 | Performance Enhancement in Sport | This course will introduce the revolutionary exercise programming strategies of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The student/coach will receive a detailed insight into designing exercise programs for athletes in various sports. They will be shown how this systematic approach to program design uniquely blends the science of acute variables with the concepts of flexibility, cardio-respiratory conditioning, core, balance, reactive, speed, agility and quickness, and resistance training to develop safe and effective exercise programs for all athletes. |
| AC5012-8 | Coaching Fundamentals of Speed Development | This course will examine the trend of athletic performance with an emphasis on speed training. Students will be exposed to all aspects of speed training including the latest research on the topic. Special emphasis will be placed on speed and power training for the athlete. Students may apply to receive a certification through the National Association of Speed and Explosion (NASE) upon completion of the course. |
| ED6002-8 | Action Research Capstone | This Master’s level course emphasizes practical research skills utilized by education practitioners. Students will develop an action research project based on the scientific method and concepts presented in ED6001. The culminating product will reflect critical thinking, graduate level writing skills, and correct APA format. This course is open only to Learners pursuing the Master of Education. |
