UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new
and revised academic programs.Proposing department should complete this
form. For more information, call the
Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ___Christopher A Knight_______________phone
number___6175__________
Department:Kinesiology and Applied
Physiologyemail
address__caknight@udel.edu____
Date: ___November 5, 2010__________________________________
Action:___Revise Exercise Science Major
& Concentration___________
Effective term________11F_________________________________________________________
Current degree_____BS___________________________________________________
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: _____BS_______________________________
Proposed
name:_____NA_______________________________________________________
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:
Exercise
Science / Biomechanics &Motor Control
Undergraduate
minor:____________________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement
change:_________________________________
(Must
attach your Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of
Study:______________________________________________
(Example: Animal
Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor /
concentration:___________________________________________
List new courses required for
the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program
objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?
(Be aware that approval
of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through
the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
1.
KAAP417
“Introduction to LabView” will be proposed for this concentration. This course will be a pre-requisite for
KAAP427 (Bioemchanics II: Measurement of Human Motion) and will prepare
students to work with biomechanical data from motion capture systems. The significant volume of data that must be
managed when conducting a biomechanical analysis of human motion (ie. Walking)
requires using either a commercial software package or the ability of the
student to write their own analysis code.
Since the purpose of the KAAP427 course is to teach students the details
of conducting a 3D kinematic/kinetic analysis, the commercial software packages
function like a black box, obscuring the finer points that are critical to
understanding the analysis. LabView is a
graphical programming language, and students can become very proficient in
reading data, manipulating data, and graphing results in a very short time,
typically in 10-14 weeks. Pre-requisite
skills in this language will enable students to work with the details of human
motion analysis, and specifically, 3D kinematics and kinetics, as they are
applied to measures typically captured in clinical/research motion analysis
settings.
2.
KAAP200
“Statistics in Health Sciences” will provide statistical training in methods
that are specific to the health sciences using highly relevant examples.
Explain, when appropriate,
how this new/revisedcurriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate
education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
Goal 1 is addressed by the addition of KAAP417
“Introduction to LabView” which will prepare students for quantitative
reasoning and the use of information technology.
Goal 2: By offering a content specific statistics
course (KAAP200) we will improve the manner in which we address goal number 2
(critical thinking). Students will be
better equipped to understand and therefore contemplate meaningful examples
from within the Health Sciences. This
will likely cause the students to approach problem solving with greater enthusiasm,
resulting in better outcomes and retention.
Identify other units affected
by the proposed changes:
None.
Describe the rationale for
the proposed program change(s):
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the
curriculum or program.)
Background: Following a department split, the Department of Health, Nutrition and
Exercise Sciences became the Departments of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
(KAAP) and Behavioral Health and Nutrition (BHAN). KAAP retains the name
“Exercise Science” for one of its majors.
We are taking this opportunity to improve the mechanics of thismajor,
its three concentrations (Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics & Motor
Control, Medical Scholars) and our two minors (Exercise Science, Strength and
Conditioning) by renumbering some classes, consolidating some 3-credit courses
with their 1-credit lab sections, and revising the Biomechanics and Motor
Control concentration. All of these
program revisions are related to some extent.
In this proposal:
1.
KAAP205
will be renumbered to KAAP105. Freshman
Seminar in Exercise Science is being renumbered to from 205 to 105 to match
placement of this of this course within the first year program of study.
2.
We
propose concentration requirements that allow PHYS201/202 or PHYS207/208 and this
standardizes the requirement across all three concentrations in the Exercise
Science Major. Accordingly, these
physics courses will be moved from concentration requirements to major
requirements.
3.
KAAP428/429
are the 3 credit Motor Control & Learning course and its co-requisite lab
section. 429 will be deactivated and the
lab will become part of 428, elevating it from 3 credits to 4.*
4.
KAAP430/431
are the 3 credit Exercise Physiology course and its co-requisite lab
section. 431 will be deactivated and the
lab will become part of 430, elevating it from 3 credits to 4.*
*The above revision offers these two
courses to students in the same manner as the parallel course KAAP426 (4
credits Biomechanics with lab).
5.
KAAP375
“Neuromechanical Basis of Human Movement” is proposed to be removed from major
requirements. With the successful
expansion of KAAP310 to KAAP309&310 (Pre-clinical Anatomy and Physiology I
and II) in prior years and the creation and refinement of KAAP428, this course
material is being covered elsewhere.
This represents an improvement because the fundamental neurophysiology
of movement is delivered early in the program of study (in 309) to support
multiple courses while the more specific applications of this knowledge are
examined first hand in laboratory (428).
6.
The
revised 4-credit KAAP428 will move from the Biomechanics and Motor Control
concentration requirement to an Exercise Science major requirement. Our Exercise Science major seeks balance across the
subdisciplines of Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, and Motor Control &
Learning. The existing
major requirements currently include Exercise Physiology with lab (430), and
Biomechanics with lab (426) but not Motor Control and Learning
with Lab (428). Moving this course
addresses the desire to have balanced undergraduate training in each of these
three subdisciplines.
7.
A
vast majority (>90%) of students in the Biomechanics and Motor Control
concentration advance to professional degree programs to become physical
therapists, occupational therapists, physician’s assistants, and medical
doctors. The current concentration
requirements in biomechanics and motor control were designed primarily for
those students interested in pursuing an advanced degree in biomechanics or
motor control. While an understanding of
biomechanics and motor control provides an optimal foundation for students
planning on pursuing a professional degree, especially for those entering
physical therapy, occupational therapy and orthopedics, there is widespread
reluctance among these students to choose a concentration that requires several
higher level mathematics courses and two engineering courses. The proposed changes to the concentration
represent an effort to provide a focus in biomechanics and motor control that
is tailored to their professional goals.
Students who wish to pursue an advanced degree in biomechanics or motor
control can complete the current concentration requirements by selecting the
current required courses as electives.
Consequently, MATH 242,MATH 341/349, CISC108, MEEG112 and MEEG 211 have
been removed from the concentration, and PHYS201 and PHYS202 have been added as options for
PHYS207 and PHYS208. In addition,
KAAP417 “Introduction to LabView” will replace CISC108.
8.
With
the recent initiation of University Breadth Requirements, we have
re-categorized courses that satisfy the University requirements (PSYC100,
NTDT200).
9.
KAAP200
“Statistics in Health Sciences” is added as an alternate to STAT200 in major
requirements. This will offer statistical
training in methods that are specific to the health sciences using highly
relevant examples.
10.
HESC 430 was
incorrectly named as “Physiology of Activity” in the previous catalog. The proposal includes a revision with the
correct name “Exercise Physiology”.
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the
Course Catalog. If this is a revision,
be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the
credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)
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Current |
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAJOR: EXERCISE SCIENCE CONCENTRATION: BIOMECHANICS AND
MOTOR CONTROL CURRICULUM CREDITS UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS ENGL 110 Critical
Reading and Writing 3 (minimum
grade C-) First Year
Experience (FYE) 0-4 Breadth
Requirement 12 Discovery
Learning Experience (DLE) 3 Multi-cultural
Courses 3 DEPARTMENT
BREADTH REQUIREMENTS Humanities
and Communication Skills 9 Social
Sciences PSYC 100
General Psychology 3 PSYC 325
Child Psychology or PSYC 334
Abnormal Psychology 3 Natural/Biological
Sciences and Mathematics CHEM 103
General Chemistry 4 CHEM 104
General Chemistry 4
or MATH 241
Analytic Geometry and Calculus A 4-6 NTDT
200 Nutrition Concepts 3 BISC
207 Introductory Biology I 4 BISC
208 Introductory Biology II 4 MAJOR
REQUIREMENTS(minimum grade C- in each) STAT 200 Basic
Statistical Practice 3 HESC 180
Introduction to Exercise Science 3 HESC 205
Freshman Seminar in Exercise Science 1 HESC 309
Pre-Clinical Anatomy and Physiology I 4 HESC 310
Pre-Clinical Anatomy and Physiology II 4 HESC 353
Pre-Professional Seminar 1
HESC 400
Research Methods 3 HESC 426
Biomechanics I 4 HESC 430
Physiology of Activity 3 HESC 431
Physiology of Activity Lab 1 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS
(minimum grade C- in each) CISC 108 Computer Science 3 HESC 427
Biomechanics II 3 HESC 428
Motor Control and Learning 3 HESC 429
Motor Control and Learning Lab 1 PHYS 207
Physics I 4 PHYS 208
Physics II 4 MATH 242
Calculus B 4 MATH 341
Diff Eq & Linear Algebra 3 Or MATH 349
Linear Algebra 3 MEEG 112
Statics 3 MEEG 211
Dynamics 3 ELECTIVES After required courses
are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum
credits required for the degree. CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 120 |
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAJOR: EXERCISE SCIENCE CONCENTRATION: BIOMECHANICS AND
MOTOR CONTROL CURRICULUM CREDITS UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS ENGL 110
Critical Reading and Writing 3 (minimum
grade C-) First Year
Experience (FYE) 0-4 Satisfied by
KAAP105 in Major Requirements Discovery
Learning Experience (DLE) 3 Can be satisfied by KAAP400 in Major Requirements Multi-cultural
Course 3 UNIVERSITY BREADTH REQUIREMENTS (12) (minimum grade of C-) Creative Arts and Humanities 3 History & Cultural Change 3 Social and Behavioral Sciences PSYC100General Psychology 3 Math, Natural Sciences&Technology NTDT200 Nutrition Concepts 3 MAJOR
REQUIREMENTS (64/65) (minimum
grade of C-) KAAP 105 Freshman Seminar in Exercise Science 1 KAAP 180
Introduction to Exercise Science 3 CHEM 103
General Chemistry 4 CHEM 104
General Chemistry 4 BISC
207 Introductory Biology I 4 BISC
208 Introductory Biology II 4 MATH 221
Calculus I Or MATH 241
Analytic Geometry and Calculus A 3/4 MEDT 200 The Language of Medicine 3 PHYS 201 or 207 Physics I 4 PHYS 202 or 208 Physics II 4 STAT 200
Basic Statistical Practice PSYC 325
Child Psychology Or PSYC 334
Abnormal Psychology 3 KAAP 309
Pre-Clinical Anatomy and Physiology I 4 KAAP 310
Pre-Clinical Anatomy and Physiology II 4 KAAP 353
Pre-Professional Seminar 1 KAAP 400
Research Methods 3 KAAP 426
Biomechanics I 4 KAAP 428 Motor Control & Learning 4 KAAP 430 Exercise Physiology 4 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9) (minimum grade C-) KAAP 417Introduction to LabView 3 KAAP
427Biomechanics II: Meas of Human Motion 3 KAAP 301
Motor Development 3 ELECTIVES After required courses
are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum
credits required for the degree. CREDITS TO
TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 120 |
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APPENDIX
Supporting Email from Medical Technology Chair
Hello Todd,
To confirm
our discussion, the Department of Medical Technology welcomes the addition of
students from the Athletic Training major and the Exercise Science major in our
course MEDT 200 Language of Medicine.
The addition of 150-175 of your students per year can be accommodated,
if divided between the fall and spring semesters.
I look
forward to hearing if your faculty approve this curriculum revision.
Anna.
Anna Ciulla
Chair and
Associate Professor
Department of
Medical Technology
Willard Hall
Education Building, Room 305
University of
Delaware
Newark, DE
19716
302-831-2849
(Office)
302-831-4180
(Fax)
aciulla@udel.edu