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KINS 5595
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*KINS 5507 - Fundamentals of Exercise Prescription
(3-credit):
An examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription in primary disease prevention. Students will advance their knowledge in the exercise preparticipation health screening and pre-exercise evaluation processes. Students will develop exercise prescriptions for healthy adults and adults with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors and/or special considerations. Students will learn how to adjust an exercise prescription for clients taking common medications that affect the exercise response and learn behavioral strategies to improve exercise adherence.
*KINS 5508 -Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Chronic Diseases & Health Conditions
(3-credit):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription for individuals living with chronic diseases and health conditions. Students will advance their knowledge in prescribing exercise for special populations that include groups with cancer, cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, neuromuscular, and musculoskeletal diseases and conditions across the lifespan, among others.
KINS 5509 - Clinical Exercise Physiology
(3-credit):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of clinical exercise physiology. Students will advance their knowledge and understanding of the body’s adaptations to exercise across the lifespan in all major relevant systems, including musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and respiratory, as well as the metabolic responses to exercise. An understanding of how the body responds to acute and chronic exercise is crucial for the health care professional, fitness expert, strength coach, or personal trainer.
KINS 5112 - Behavioral Health Considerations
(3-credit)
Prepares students to recognize clients/patients exhibiting abnormal social, emotional, and mental behaviors. Coupled with recognition is the ability to intervene and refer to these individuals as necessary. Students learn to appreciate the role of mental health in injury and recovery and use interventions to optimize the connection between mental health and restoration of participation.
KINS 5511 - Sitting is the New Smoking
(3-credit):
Addresses concepts related to how appropriate movement and posture can promote a lifetime of physical activity and optimal joint health. The course will integrate foundational concepts with current literature related to joint injury. Strongly recommended for all clinicians in athletic training, physical therapy, and sport performance fields.
KINS 5530 - Physiology of Stressful Environments
(3-credit)
Exercising and resting responses/adaptations/illnesses to high altitude, cold, hyperbaric, polluted, and zero gravity environments. The acute and chronic effects of electromagnetic radiation fields and sleep deprivation will also be studied.
*KINS 5594 - Fundamentals of Conducting Systematic Reviews
(3-credit):
An application of the best practices for conducting scientific systematic review on a topic related to the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine. Students will advance their knowledge in systematically searching the literature with a medical librarian, triaging potentially qualifying studies, data extraction and coding, synthesizing data and critiquing the literature, and writing scientifically. KINS 5594 is a prerequisite for KINS 5508 Exercise Prescription for Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions.
*KINS 5595 - Special Topics in Exercise Prescription
(3-credit):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription for healthy populations with special considerations, and unique circumstances under which people exercise related to both athletic and clinical populations. Students will advance their knowledge in prescribing exercise for healthy populations with special populations such as children and older adults, populations with unique considerations such as the spinal cord injured and amputee athletes, and unique exercise circumstances such as environmental considerations and wearable technologies, among others.
KINS 5596 - Capstone in Exercise Prescription
(3-credit):
Capstone course for the M.S. in Exercise Prescription Professional Degree Program. The application of best practices for conducting and writing scientific systematic reviews and preparing and delivering an online educational presentation of a scientific systematic review on a topic related to the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine. Students will advance their knowledge in the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine for healthy adults, healthy populations with special considerations, populations with chronic diseases and health conditions, and unique special considerations in exercise prescription.
KINS XXXX - Lifestyle Medicine
(3-credit)
TBA
NUSC 5200 - Macronutrient Metabolism
(3-credit)
The digestion, absorption/transport and metabolism of carbohydrates, protein/amino acids and lipids; their functions, metabolic pathways and interrelationships; mechanisms regulating their metabolism; methodologies for studying metabolism and assessing nutrient requirements in man and animals.
NUSC 5325 - Principles of Nutritional Assessment
(3-credit)
Nutritional assessment as a systematic process of obtaining and interpreting data to characterize nutritional status in association with health and nutrition-specific problems for individuals and selected populations. Interpretation of dietary, anthropometric, and laboratory data as applied to case studies.
NUSC 5410 - Clinical Nutrition
(3-credit)
Application of principles of human nutrition, physiology, and biochemistry to progressive pathology of selected diseases and associated effects on nutritional status, nutritional needs, nutrient intake and utilization in the context of the nutrition care process.
NUSC 5600 - Pathophysiology of Metabolic Diseases
(3-credit)
Biochemical, physiological and molecular aspects of energy metabolism and inflammatory pathways involved in pathogenesis of metabolic diseases; diet and dietary component contribution to pathogenesis.
NUSC 6311 - Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Balance
(3-credit)
Central and peripheral regulation of energy balance and how this affects body weight and risk for chronic disease. Relative contribution of genetic and metabolic factors, diet, and exercise on the pathophysiology of obesity.
NUSC 5700 - Precision Nutrition
(3-credit)
Studies the foundation of precision nutrition which encompasses research focusing on the interaction between nutrients and human/microbial genes and identifies genetic backgrounds contributing to individual differences in macro and micronutrient metabolism. Examines the effects of dysregulated nutrient-gene interactions in pathophysiological conditions.
* Courses marked with an asterisk are a part of UConn’s Exercise Prescription Online Graduate Certificate. All credits earned in the Exercise Prescription Online Graduate Certificate may be transferable to UConn’s Masters of Science in Exercise Prescription.
MS Program Courses, 30-Credits
Core Courses (24 credits / 3 credits per course)
KINS 5222 Mental Health Considerations in Ex Sport
KINS 5507 Fundamentals of Exercise Prescription
KINS 5508 Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Chronic Diseases & Health Conditions
KINS 5509 Clinical Exercise Physiology
KINS 5511
Sitting is the New Smoking
KINS 5594
Fundamentals of Conducting Systematic Reviews
KINS 5595 S
pecial Topics in Exercise Prescription
KINS 5596
Capstone in Exercise Prescription
Elective Courses (6 credits / 3 credits per course)
KINS 5099 Independent Study (1-6 credits)
KINS 5220 Exercise & Sport Psychology
KINS
5223
Lifestyle Medicine
Other courses within KINS, AH, or NUSC as approved by advisor.
Certificate Courses, 12-Credits
(12 credits / 3 credits per course)
KINS 5507 Fundamentals of Exercise Prescription
KINS 5508 Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions
KINS 5594
Fundamentals of Conducting Systematic Reviews
KINS 5595 Special Topics in Exercise Prescription
All credits earned in the Exercise Prescription Online Graduate Certificate may be transferable to UConn’s Masters of Science in Exercise Prescription.
About Our Courses
All courses are delivered asynchronously with set assignment due dates for each module.  In this way it accommodates students’ busy schedules.  Each module topic builds upon the previous module’s topic.
Course Offerings (Subject to Change)
Course offerings for the Graduate Certificate and Master’s Exercise Prescription program are planned as follows.
All offerings may be subject to change based on instructor availability, enrollment, and program needs.
SU ‘26
Fall ‘26
Spring ‘27
SU ‘27
Fall ‘27
Spring ‘28
5507*
5507*
5508*
5507*
5507*
5508*
5509
5594*
5220
5509
5594*
5220
5595*
5223
5595*
5223
5224
5596
5222
5596
5596
5596
* Certificate Courses
Note:
KINS 5507
is offered in a 5‑week summer format and in an accelerated 7‑week format during the first half of the fall semester.
KINS 5594
is offered in an accelerated 7‑week format during the second half of the fall semester.
All other courses are full 14-week courses.
See the University Credit Hour Policy for the estimated
credit hour/workload
for each of 3-credit courses offered for 5, 7 and 14weeks depending on the course.
Course Descriptions
KINS 5220 - Exercise and Sport Psychology
(3-credit):
The course will examine psychological factors associated with participation and performance in sport and physical activity. The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of psychological principles, motivators, barriers to, and theories that influence physical activity and sport.
KINS 5222 - Mental Health Considerations
(3-credits):
The course will examine mental health considerations in sport and exercise. The course will closely examine the impact that exercise and sport performance can have on the individual and athlete’s mind and body as they devote time, energy, and effort into their sport. Engaging in sport individuals and athletes navigate unique stressors and can be at greater risk compared to the general population to experience a negative impact on their mental health and well-being. Topics to be covered may include athlete identity, mental health stigmas, personality disorders, disordered eating, substance abuse, sports specialization, and other psychiatric disorders.
KINS 5223 - Lifestyle Medicine
(3-credits):
This course provides an in-depth exploration of lifestyle medicine, emphasizing the role of lifestyle choices in health and the prevention and management of chronic diseases and health conditions. KINS 5223 covers topics related to physical activity, nutrition, stress management, chronic disease, and health promotion, and the role of social determinants of health on these health behaviors.
KINS 5224 - Mental Health and Well-Being for the Individual in Sport and Exercise
(3 credits):
Prepares healthcare providers, coaches, and other sport or exercise professionals working in demanding environments with the knowledge and strategies necessary to prioritize their mental health and well-being. With a focus on resilience, job satisfaction, work-life balance, burnout prevention, and effective coping strategies, students will gain a deeper understanding of the mental health challenges unique to working in sport, exercise or healthcare.
KINS 5507 - Fundamentals of Exercise Prescription,
Required First Course for the Certificate and Prerequisite for some of the MS courses
(3-credits):
An examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription in primary disease prevention. Students will advance their knowledge in the exercise preparticipation health screening and pre-exercise evaluation processes. Students will develop exercise prescriptions for healthy adults and adults with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors and/or special considerations. Students will learn how to adjust an exercise prescription for clients taking common medications that affect the exercise response and learn behavioral strategies to improve exercise adherence.
KINS 5507
is offered in a 5‑week summer format and in an accelerated 7‑week format during the first half of the fall semester.
KINS 5508 -Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Chronic Diseases & Health Conditions
(3-credits):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription for individuals living with chronic diseases and health conditions. Students will advance their knowledge in prescribing exercise for special populations that include groups with cancer, cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, neuromuscular, and musculoskeletal diseases and conditions across the lifespan, among others.
Prerequisites: KINS 5507 & KINS 5594
KINS 5509 - Clinical Exercise Physiology
(3-credits):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of clinical exercise physiology. Students will advance their knowledge and understanding of the body’s adaptations to exercise across the lifespan in all major relevant systems, including musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and respiratory, as well as the metabolic responses to exercise. An understanding of how the body responds to acute and chronic exercise is crucial for the health care professional, fitness expert, strength coach, or personal trainer.
Prerequisite: KINS 5507
KINS 5099 - Independent Study
(1-6 credits)
Kinesiology related independent study course work that the students can tailor to their career interests and goals that requires instructor consent.
KINS 5511 - Sitting is the New Smoking
(3-credits):
Addresses concepts related to how appropriate movement and posture can promote a lifetime of physical activity and optimal joint health. The course will integrate foundational concepts with current literature related to joint injury. Strongly recommended for all clinicians in athletic training, physical therapy, and sport performance fields.
KINS 5594 - Fundamentals of Conducting Systematic Reviews
(3-credits):
An application of the best practices for conducting scientific systematic review on a topic related to the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine. Students will advance their knowledge in systematically searching the literature with a research services librarian, triaging potentially qualifying studies, data extraction and coding, synthesizing data and critiquing the literature, and writing scientifically. KINS 5594 is a prerequisite for KINS 5508 Exercise Prescription for Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions.
Prerequisite: KINS 5507
KINS 5507
is offered in a 5‑week summer format and in an accelerated 7‑week format during the first half of the fall semester.
KINS 5595 - Special Topics in Exercise Prescription
(3-credits):
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of exercise prescription for healthy populations with special considerations, and unique circumstances under which people exercise related to both athletic and clinical populations. Students will advance their knowledge in prescribing exercise for healthy populations with special populations such as children and older adults, populations with unique considerations such as the spinal cord injured and amputee athletes, and unique exercise circumstances such as environmental considerations and wearable technologies, among others.
Prerequisite: KINS 5507
KINS 5596 - Capstone in Exercise Prescription
(3-credits):
Capstone course for the M.S. in Exercise Prescription Professional Degree Program. The application of best practices for conducting and writing scientific systematic reviews and preparing and delivering an online educational presentation of a scientific systematic review on a topic related to the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine. Students will advance their knowledge in the use of exercise/physical activity as medicine for healthy adults, healthy populations with special considerations, populations with chronic diseases and health conditions, and unique special considerations in exercise prescription.
Final course in the MS program.
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