Coaching Minor - Program Requirements (pdf)

Highlights of what you will learn as a student with a minor in coaching include (19 credits):

BIOL 2103 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (LIB ED ELC)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1009; fall, every year)
Systems approach to anatomical structures and physiological functions of human body. Key concepts at chemical, cellular, tissue, and organ levels. Emphasizes special relationships of structures and their related functions within integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and endocrine systems. Lab.

SRM 2000 - Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries
(3.0 cr; Prereq-BIOL 2103; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Instruction/practice in fundamental athletic training skills. Historical perspective of athletic training as a career. Basic terminology of injuries. Prevention, taping, immediate care.

SRM 2100 - Psychology of Sport
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Sport in terms of motivation/performance. Sport and human development.

SRM 3001 - Sports Nutrition
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Biol 1009 or Chem 1001 or FScN 1123; spring, every year)
Nutrition principles applied to fitness and sport. The six nutrients, body composition, training and conditioning, weight maintenance, nutrition in competitive sports.

SRM 3010 - Topics in Coaching
(2.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Philosophies, theories, methods, and techniques of coaching different sports.
*Select at least one of the following:
Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

SRM 3020 - Coaching Practicum
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3010; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Students apply coaching technique in clinical setting.

SRM 3320 - Exercise Physiology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Biol 1464; fall, every year)
Responses/adaptations of body's physiological systems to physical activity, biochemical foundations of these changes. Sport nutrition. Exercise and immune function. Body composition analysis, muscle metabolism, exercise bioenergetics.

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