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Bachelor of Science in Strength & Conditioning

Course # BS001: Functional Screening
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to provide the student with an understanding of the scientific principles
underpinning postural and functional screening and the scientific literature investigating the
efficacy of such procedures. It also facilitates practical based screening such that the student
becomes competent at screening and also prescribing a movement corrective strategy.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe the mechanisms associated with movement pattern dysfunction and muscle
imbalance.
• Discuss the literature relating to the impact of abnormal posture on muscle imbalance
and function and the relationship between functional screening outcomes and injury
risk.
• Administer a basic screen for one or more athletes/players.
• Construct a basic corrective strategy including an initial screen and corrective
exercises that aim to improve muscle imbalance and movement patterns.
• State the limitations of the student’s role in assessing imbalance and dysfunction and
in diagnosing injuries.

Course # BS002: Resistance Training I
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to provide the student with a range of skills, knowledge and competencies
in the coaching and planning of resistance training across a range of activities and for a
variety of participants.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Coach a variety of exercises.
• Identify the strength related needs for individual and team athletes.
• Match the principles of training to resistance training approaches and programs.
• Construct a block of resistance training for an individual athlete or client.

Course # BS003: Resistance Training II
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to provide the student to acquire the knowledge, skill, and practical
competency in delivering safe and effective coaching practice related to Olympic style
weightlifting and related core exercise coaching and program progression.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Coach the main weightlifting exercises and their derivatives.
• Devise and illustrate appropriate exercise progressions within the broader strength and
conditioning program.
• Discuss the effectiveness of different resistance training approaches.
• Construct a periodized macrocycle strength and conditioning program for an
individual or group/team participants.

Course # BS004: Advanced Resistance Training
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
The advanced approach to coaching resistance training is designed to support the learner to
develop an understanding of a structured and periodized coaching process in resistance
training using body weight, selectorized and externally loaded exercises using a variety of
exercises including simple, complex and functional resistance exercises for team and
individual exercise prescription. Planning and periodization models are examined, and the
learner becomes competence in this important aspect of Resistance Training. The workshops
provide opportunities for task-related coaching and the learner is prepared for this through
audio-visual presentations and related instructional video files. The course throughout
focuses on the application of the principles of training to various resistance training modes
and methods.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Select and coach a wide range of resistance training exercises.
• Identify the strength related needs for individual and team athletes and individual
fitness related clients.
• Apply the principles of training to the creation of resistance training programs
including hypertrophy, power and maximum strength development.

Course # BS005: Speed Development
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to examine the characteristics of the sprint athlete and the various
components of speed. In addition, supporting literature and coaching methodology that
relates to the development of speed over the various stages of development up to and
including elite level sport will be examined. The course also provides the opportunity to
deliver practical coaching of speed related techniques.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe the factors and principles associated with speed development.
• Identify the various elements of speed.
• Coach selected speed related training modes.
• Evaluate the supporting literature for different approaches to speed development.
• Plan and provide a supporting rationale for a short-term speed development program.

Course # BS006: Endurance Development
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to provide the student with an historical background to the marathon event
as well as an opportunity to examine the characteristics and traits associated with elite
endurance performance. In addition, the student will study the various elements of endurance
and the theory of endurance training. The development process that relates to endurance and
integrated with other components will be studied. Further, the course aims to encourage the
student to apply the principles already described in relation to training in an endurance
specific manner.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Identify the factors and traits associated with elite endurance performance.
• Construct and coach endurance-based activities.
• Explain the testing method used to assess endurance capacity.
• Discuss the scientific support and application thereof for different methods of
developing endurance fitness.
• Plan and provide a supporting rationale for an endurance training macrocycle within a
sport/physical activity program.

Course # BS007: Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to develop a working understanding of anatomy, physiology, and
biomechanical principles, allowing the student to effectively apply this basic knowledge to
related courses within the program of study and ultimately to the practice of strength and
conditioning.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe and illustrate the structure and organization of the systems of the body.
• Explain the function of the muscles of the body during exercise.
• Illustrate and discuss the application of the lever system to commonly used resistance
training exercises.
• Identify the energy systems and their contribution to work during exercise.
• Analyze the biomechanical characteristics of core exercise variations.

Course # BS008: Youth Athletic Development
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
The aim of this course is to describe physical activity and movement development
opportunities within society in general and specifically within a physical education, sporting
and non-sport related setting. The course traces the development of the child through to
adulthood in terms of rudimentary, fundamental and athletic movement skill and sport
specific skills.
In addition, the course considers the origins and principles of long-term athletic planning as
well as the stages of development within a range of models. The course also aims to critique
the limitations of such models in terms of the practical application of a model’s aims and
outcomes. The course aims to develop the theoretical and applied skills of the learner in
devising a long-term plan adapted to his or her sport.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Identify the opportunities and challenges that exist in enhancing and attaining a
mature stage of development in physical movement patterns
• Assess and Coach rudimentary and fundamental movement skills.
• Construct a program of practical progressions of formal and informal play and
physical activity.

Course # BS009: Sport and Exercise Nutrition
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course provides the learner with key nutritional knowledge that will allow the learner to
support physical performance in terms of energy and its recovery within the role as strength
and conditioning coach or exercise specialist. Understanding the limitation of their role the
learner will become competent in describing the recommended nutritional guidelines to
support performance. Further, their remit will allow for an understanding of the limitations of
current knowledge in nutritional supplementation. The learner will also demonstrate
specialized assessment and application skills within the area of nutritional analysis and be
competent to formulate a nutritional program for a specified athlete following a dietary
assessment and activity demands assessment.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe the recommended nutritional guidelines to support exercise participation and
athletic performance.
• Demonstrate specialized assessment and application skills within the area of
nutritional analysis.
• Formulate a nutritional program for a specified athlete or client following a dietary
assessment and activity demands assessment.

Course # BS010: Coaching Skills
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to investigate the impact that practical coaching and coaching style has on a
strength and conditioning coach’s performance and to provide them with a theoretical and
practical basis upon which to develop effective coaching strategies. The course aims to
provide the opportunity to evaluate and develop the student’s own coaching skills through a
range of practical activities.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe the different approaches and styles of coaching.
• Describe the traits of an effective coaching process.
• Explain the complex discontinuous nature of motor skill development.
• Formulate an appropriate coaching plan and justify the proposal giving due
consideration to the athlete’s needs and stage of development.
• Evaluate the coach’s own coaching approach/style.

Course # BS011: Coaching Technology and Fitness Testing
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
The learner can expect to gain a broad understanding of the issues relating to technology in
sport and to be able to display specialist skills in using and interpreting specific technological
items that relate to the physical, physiological and biomechanical assessment of the
individual athlete or team. The course also aims to provide the learner with the opportunity to
become a specialist in assessing fitness and in analyzing data gained and reporting on test
outcomes as well as reviewing the effectiveness of a given technology and effecting a more
targeted programming of strength and conditioning.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Critically evaluate the efficacy of commonly used coaching technologies within the
sport and exercise industries. (PLO2)
• Assess the reliability of gym-based work-related instruments and applications.
(PLO5)
• Exhibit specialized technical and practical skills in testing and monitoring
performance. (PLO5)
• Evaluate fitness testing outcomes and make appropriate recommendations. (PLO3)

Course # BS012: Business of Fitness and Sport
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course will address key concepts related to the business of sport and exercise and in
particular on providing case study guidance as to effective practice in the market opportunity
creation, marketing and the use of social media in the promotion of a potential business. The
foundations of creating a business based on supplying services and innovative technologies
that capture the ever changing and varied context of the support of sport related training,
general exercise, health and fitness will be considered.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Display a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the goals and objectives of
a business in the strength and conditioning and personal training fields.
• Display a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the regulatory laws and
requirements affecting small business.
• Critically evaluate the potential of social networks and media in supporting a
sport/exercise business.
• Develop a plan for an effective independent business.

Course # BS013: Injuries and Rehabilitation
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
In this course the learner will get to focus on injuries and rehabilitation as they relate to sport
and exercise in general. The development of knowledge, skills and competencies with respect
to factors associated with injury and injury risk reduction and later stage management of
injury rehabilitation is an important focus for the modern S&C coach. The course aims to
provide a coach-focused description of the common injuries in sport and the epidemiology of
injuries. The factors associated with injury in sport and the incidence, type and severity of
injury that occurs will be elucidated. The course also aims to clarify the role of the strength
and conditioning specialist in injury management as well as their role within the sport support
team in relation to injury preventive and rehabilitation practices.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Recognize the factors associated with injuries in a variety of sports.
• Present a sports specific profile on injuries and make recommendations for screening
and training practices.
• Reflect on the role played in injury risk reduction practice within a team support
setting.
• Construct a collaborative specific injury focused risk reduction program.

Course # BS014: Research Methods and Data Management
6 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course includes an in-depth description and consideration of the basic skills of research
design and prosecution within the quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It will
promote the continued use of data provided to the learner and drawn/ recorded/gathering by
the learner within their own working environment and used in a formal statistical manner
such that the learner becomes confident in recording and then conducting basic statistical
analyses within their own coaching environment.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Understand effective research designs and statistical concepts.
• Analyze athlete data using quantitative and qualitative statistics.
• Create a research proposal in relation to an applied S&C project.

Course # BS015: Professional Practice Portfolio
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
Recognizing the experiential learning that occurs within the coaching environment of the
learner has been central in introducing this new course at Level 7 to the program. This course
will allow the learner to draw from their specific working environment and to compile a
record of their activities related to planning, agreeing, implementing and reviewing their
coaching practice. This will form a portfolio that will form the basis for self-reflection and
will include feedback elements drawn for the participants and colleagues involved within the
coaching setting. The portfolio will include an audio-visual presentation which tracks the
development process undertaken.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in delivering an effective S&C program.
• Synthesize previous learnings as applied to their coaching practice in their working
environment.
• Critically evaluate their work performance within a real-world setting.

Course # BS016: Strength and Conditioning for Special Populations
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course aims to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity initiatives and programs in
promoting physical activity and fitness. This course also aims to facilitate the student’s
previous learning in the application of strength and conditioning principles and methods in
formulating and coaching appropriate and progressive programs of strength and conditioning
to a variety of special populations.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Display an understanding of the varied programs of physical activity that exist within
society and within the health and fitness industry.
• Evaluate the impact and limitations associated with different physical activity and
fitness programs.
• Adapt standard strength and conditioning routines to specific special population
needs.
• Evaluate the potential limitations of standard strength and conditioning interventions
within a given special population.
• Assess the current gaps in the provision of strength and conditioning and exercise to
special populations.
• Formulate appropriate models of coaching, training, and long-term planning relevant
to the target population.
• Evaluate own learning needs in relation to the management and provision of exercise
and development programs to special populations.

Course # BS017: Sport and Exercise Psychology
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
Review of this previous course has resulted in the re-structuring of this course to reflect a
more concentrated focus on sport and exercise psychology. Preparing the participant to
perform is impacted by many factors and approaches including physical, nutritional and
psycho-emotional components. Drawing from the realm of the psychology of sport and
exercise the course will assist the learner to evaluate their own needs and that of the athlete
within the broader program in planning, delivering and evaluating a sports and exercise
psychology support program.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Demonstrate understanding of the theoretical foundation of the psychological
processes that influence human performance in athletic settings.
• Identify and apply psychological techniques and strategies to enhance performance in
sport and exercise settings.
• Evaluate the needs of clients and plan interventions based on this evaluation.
• Participate in a structured team environment across a range of athlete-player support
systems.

Course # BS018: Health and Wellness
6 Credit Hours
The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (www.sportanddev.org,
2020). Within this context the practice of and delivery of programs of S&C is becoming more
and more expansive in its reach and remit. Going beyond the practice of prescribing and
supervising a physical program of training the S&C specialist is now required to have a wellinformed understanding and knowledge of the issues that impact on the ability and capacity
to perform in a physical, psychological and emotional manner.
Encouraged by the responses from a number of stakeholders this course is designed to
address general well-being through the various components of physical, mental/emotional,
social, environmental and intellectual health within the community of participants and
support staff. Critical issues in relation to general health and well-being are considered and
this moves from an individual perspective to a group community and workplace environment.
The course considers the evidence that exists describing the benefits of engaging in healthy
lifestyle choices across all these sectors. Further, interventions that are used and seek to
promote greater health and wellness related benefits are considered within the remit of the
S&C coach and exercise specialist.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Demonstrate a critical understanding and knowledge of the impact and contribution of
sport and exercise to the mental health of the individual athlete/client.
• Critically evaluate strategies and techniques used to maintain positive health and
wellness for the individual athlete or client.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the effectiveness of interventions for the enhancement
of physical and mental health within the wider community.
• Design an evidence-based health and wellness intervention for individuals
participating within a sport and exercise environment.

Course # COM101: Introduction to Oral Communication
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the essentials of the spoken and written message as it
relates to the sender and the receiver, the design of the message, and the environment in
which the message is delivered. Students gain experience in preparing and delivering both
formal and informal talks. The students will be introduced to the fundamentals of
communications necessary to achieve success in various social and professional situations.
This course can be used as partial fulfilment of the general education requirement.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Understand the role of communication in personal and professional success.
• Develop awareness of appropriate communication strategies.
• Prepare and present messages with a specific intent.
• Analyze a variety of communication acts.

Course # ENG101: English Composition
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course provides students with the rhetorical foundations that prepare them for the
demands of academic and professional writing. In this course, students will learn and practice
the strategies and processes that successful writers employ as they work to accomplish
specific purposes. In college, these purposes include comprehension, instruction,
entertainment, persuasion, investigation, problem-resolution, evaluation, explanation, and
refutation. In addition to preparing students for academic communication, this corecurriculum course prepares students to use writing to realize professional and personal goals.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Communicate effectively in speech and writing and demonstrate proficiency in
reading.
• Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills in analyzing information.
• Recognize when information is needed and have the knowledge and skills to locate,
and evaluate.
• Use computers to access, analyze or present information, solve problems, and
communicate with others.
• Effectively use information for college level work.
• Use computers to access, analyze or present information, solve problems, and
communicate with others.

Course # ENG201: College Composition
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
The four literary forms – poetry, drama, the short story, and the novel – are studied. Major
emphasis is on teaching students to read critically and to write critical essays based on the
analysis of various literary works. Students are encouraged to take ENG 200 prior to taking
other 200 –level courses.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Analyze and evaluate the elements of fiction in short stories and in the novel
including plot, dynamic character, setting, dramatic irony, situational irony,
exposition, foreshadowing, flashback, and theme in critical essays.
• Analyze and evaluate the elements of drama from the modern period as well as
ancient Greek tragedy including characterization, theme, resolution, rising and falling
action, influence of Greek tragedy on modern theater.
• Analyze, evaluate, and create poetry.

Course # ENV101: Introduction to Environmental Science
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of environmental science. Environmental
Science presents a broad overview of environmental processes and their influence on
humans. Emphasis is placed on introducing students to what it means to think critically about
what it means to take care of the environment we live in. Topics include Earth systems and
the physical interactions among different systems, climate and climate change, soils and food
supply, energy systems, surface water and groundwater, waste generation and management,
pollution, and catastrophic natural processes.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Explain the basic chemistry and biology behind environmental issues.
• Explain the interactions between humans and other organisms within environmental
issues.
• Describe how we can affect environmental issues in the future.

Course # MAT101: College Algebra
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course is designed to bridge the gap between high school mathematics and college level
mathematics and science courses. While much of the content is a review of high school
algebra topics, the emphasis is on application and higher order thinking skills. The topics
covered in this class are: equations (linear, quadratic, conic, polynomial, exponential,
logarithmic, and rational); graphing (inequalities, equations, functions and relations);
calculator use (both scientific and graphing); trigonometric functions and their applications.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Solving linear, quadratic, rational, radical, and absolute value equations and their
applications.
• Finding equations of, and graphing, lines and circles and their applications.
• Fundamental concepts of functions, including composition of functions and inverse
functions, and their application as mathematical models.
• Fundamental properties of polynomials, the factor and remainder theorems, and the
number of real zeros of a polynomial.
• Solving systems of linear equations in two or three variables and applications.
• Solving exponential and logarithmic equations.

Course # MAT201: Introduction to Statistics
5 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview to statistics and the art of using data to make
numerical conjectures about problems. Basic statistical concepts and methods are presented
in a manner that emphasizes understanding the principles of data collection and analysis
rather than theory. Much of the course will be devoted to discussions of how statistics is
commonly used in the real world.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Identify the difference between qualitative and quantitative data, be able to organize
the data and present a meaningful overview of the data through the use of frequency
distributions, measures of central tendency
• Understand the rules involved in developing outcome probabilities and how to apply
the appropriate counting methods in the development of the probabilities of outcomes
in an experiment.
• Understand the difference between a discrete probability distribution and a continuous
probability distribution.
• Understand linear regression analysis and lines of best fit.