WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
PLAINVIEW CAMPUS
Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging, learning-focused, and distinctively Christian environment for professional success,
and service to God and humankind.
I. COURSE INFORMATION:
Course
EXSS 4163- Personal Trainer Practicum I
Term
Fall 2015
Class Time & Location Tue./Thu.: 10:50am-12:05pm, Laney Center Fitness Room & 208
Prerequisite
Junior standing and an EXSS Fitness Management specialization
II. INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:
Instructor
Dr. Charles C. Huang
Office
Laney Center Room 204
Phone
2913791
Email
huangc@wbu.edu
Office Hours MO, WE, FR 8:00am-10:30am; 3:00pm-5:00pm;
TU, TH 3:00pm-5:00pm
III. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Student designs and plans personal fitness prescriptions based on personal and physical
characteristics and developments; monitors and oversees the workout for the client. Include a
minimum of 45 hours of work with the client. Prerequisites: Junior standing and an EXSS
Fitness Management specialization.
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IV. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
American College of Sports Medicine. (2014). ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer. 4th
Edition.
V. COURSE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES:
Students will be able to:
1. Assess physical fitness with certain fitness tests and apply appropriate practices to
motivate clients to exercise
2. Teach, critique, and practice perfect techniques and skills of training clients
3. Understand how to work with clients with different fitness levels and help clients to see
their improvement
4. Develop a total personal training plan
5. Apply new techniques of training
VI. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Regular attendance and participation is expected! Any student who misses 25% or more of the
regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of “F” for the course. Therefore, if you
are absent a total of 8 class periods, you will be given a grade of “F” regardless of your
academic standing. In case of an unavoidable absence, students should contact the instructor to
report the absence, to obtain assignments or to turn in assigned work.
1. Tardies: Roll will be taken at the beginning of class. If you walk in late and attendance
has already been taken, you must make a point to see the professor after class so that you
are marked off as being at class, however, you will be counted as tardy. Failure to see the
instructor after class if you missed roll call will result in being marked as absent that day.
NOTE: *2 tardies = 1 absent!*
2. Participation: Students are expected to attend and participate in class discussion
activities. Points will be taken from your attendance grade for not participating in class.
VII. DISABILITY STATEMENT:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of
Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational
program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the
coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation
requests at (806) 291-3765. Documentation of disability must accompany any request for
accommodations.
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VIII. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance/Participation:
Absences
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 or more
Points
100
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
“F” for the class
2. Personal Trainer Practicum Portfolio (750 points)
(1) Resume & Personal Philosophy (10 points)
(2) New Client Intake Form (10 points)
(3) PAR-Q & YOU (ACSM’s Resources for PT, p287, 288) (10 points)
(4) Health and Medical Questionnaire (www.ExerciseIsMedicine.org) (10 points)
(5) Fitness Assessment (www.ExerciseIsMedicine.org) (100 points)
(6) Informed Consent Form (www.ExerciseIsMedicine.org) (10 points)
(7) Daily Logs (25 @ 10 points each for 250 points total)

In detail, identify activities (training plan) performed each day to keep a
thorough record of what is accomplished through your practicum experiences.

Personal reflection: identify strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, etc.
(8) Client Feedback Form (50 points)
(9) Instructor’s Evaluation (200 points)
(10)
Self-Evaluation (100 points)
3. Presentation (50 points)
You will be expected to give a lecture on related topic to your clients.
4. Exams (100 points)
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You will have 2 exams on information from your certification. These are not to be missed
except for emergencies or institutional excused absences. If you miss an exam, you will
automatically receive a zero for that exam. If you have a valid excuse for missing and
exam, it must be presented at the very next class that you attend and you will be expected
to take the exam at that time as well.
5. Dress Code
You can wear workout clothes, but with it being professional and not sloppy.
IX. GRADING:
Your grade will be determined as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Attendance/Participation
Portfolio
Presentation
Exams
Total
100 points
750 points
50 points
100 points
1000 points
Grading Scale:
900-1000
800-899
700-799
600-699
0-599
X. UNIVERSITY GRADING SYSTEM:
A
B
C
D
F
A
B
C
D
F
Cr
NCR
I
W
WP
WF
X
IP
90-100%
80-89.9%
70-79.9%
60-69.9%
0-59.9%
for Credit
No Credit
Incomplete*
for withdrawal
Withdrawal Passing
Withdrawal Failing
No grade given
In Progress
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points
were recorded. This course is a credit course.
*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated
in the official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an
earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is
converted to the grade of F. An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent
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record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in the official
University calendar of the next regular term.
XI. Grade Appeals: Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against
prejudices or capricious academic evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been
held to realistic academic standards, just evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may
appeal the final grade given in the course by using the student grade appeal process described in
the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for advanced placement examinations or
course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course grade, which may be upheld,
raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any recommendation to lower a course
grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly
Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals
Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper
evaluation.
Tentative Course Schedule *subject to change*
Date
8/20
8/25
8/27
9/1
9/3
9/8
9/10
9/15
9/17
Day
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Topic/Event
Introduction; Introduction to machines
Screening; Pre Fitness Test
Pre Fitness Test
Introduction to weight training on machine
Workout
Workout
Workout
Introduction to free weights/circuit training Workout
Circuit training
9/22
9/24
9/29
10/1
10/6
10/8
10/13
10/15
10/20
10/22
10/27
10/29
11/3
11/5
11/10
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Circuit training
Circuit training
Video
Outdoor workout
Topic Lecture – Group I
Outdoor workout
Outdoor workout
Fall Break – No Class Workout
Midterm Exam
Outdoor workout
Workout
Workout
Workout
Workout
Workout
5
11/12
11/17
11/19
11/24
11/26
12/1
12/3
12/8
Mon.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Thu.
Tue.
Topic Lecture – Group II
Workout
Workout
Workout
Thanksgiving – No Class
Post Fitness Test
Post Fitness Test
Final Exam; 12:30pm-2:30pm
X. ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of
academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all
forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or
plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty
member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of any
case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved. The faculty
member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of
the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has been
penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed.
Plagiarism
“Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral
works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts),
as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or
simply the work of a fellow student.
1. When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or
data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete,
accurate, and specific references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through use of
quotation marks as well. By placing one’s name on work submitted for credit, the student
certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate
acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an
acknowledgement of indebtedness.”
Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag
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