UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO
School of Public Health
HE 370 Exercise Physiology Spring 2006
Instructor: Nora Constantino, Ph.D.
Office: Lombardi Recreation, 218
Office Hours: by appt.
Phone: 784-4041, ext. 236
e-mail: nlc@unr.edu
Class web page: http://unr.edu/homepage/nlc/he370.html
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Mission of the School of Public Health
The School of Public Health is committed to the exploration, understanding, and
promotion of health and wellness across the life span through education, research, and
community outreach to assist with the improvement of the health of our university, our
community, our state, our nation, and our world.
Objectives:
1.
2.
To understand the human body as an engine.
To apply the basic principles of physiology to various exercise conditions.
Students Responsibilities
Read, sign and submit: Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A)
Attend all class sessions
Be prepared for class (readings, written assignments, etc.)
Participate in class
Provide and consider feedback
Submit all assignments on time
Cooperate with classmates
Demonstrate ethical behavior
Honor and respect others (which includes giving your peers, the instructor and
guests, your full attention)
Faculty’s Responsibilities
Be on time and prepared for all classes
Provide consultation, advisement and/or problem-solving time for students
Provide clear instructions regarding assignments and expectations
Be prepared to provide and consider feedback
Honor and respect students
Demonstrate ethical behavior
Course Requirements
1) Text: Powers & Howley, Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and
Performance, McGraw Hill, 2004
Michael, Biochemistry for Exercise Science Human Kinetics, 2001
Supplement and Laboratory Manual: Girandola, Physiology of Exercise, Kendall
Hunt, 1992 (available to purchase as a packet in the bookstore).
2) Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A): You must read and sign the
Memorandum of Understanding. It is due at the time specified.
3) Reading Cards: 3 x 5 index cards (15 – 30, one for each lecture). You must turn in a
reading card at the beginning of class when there is reading assigned for that day. A
reading card should either comment on the reading or ask a specific question regarding
the reading. Reading cards are accepted until 10 minutes after the hour. No late cards
accepted for attendance, but you may turn them in if you have questions. Questions
asked and answered from the reading cards are potential exam material. If you did not
have time to do the reading, state so on your card. This is an opportunity for you to ask
questions that you might not otherwise ask.
4) Attendance and Participation (10% points) (Appendix B): This course focuses on
both content and process. You must be present to learn and actively participate in
class. See policy below. In addition, you will have ~10 “pop” quizzes at the end of
lecture, for 10 points each (see #5).
5) Scantrons: You will need the small scantrons for ~10 question quizzes and the
larger ones for the 4 in-class exams. You will have periodic end of class quizzes over
that specific day’s topic. These quizzes count as part of your participation grade.
Attendance/Participation Policy
1) It is imperative that you make an effort to attend every class. There is no such thing
as an excused absence. Emergencies may arise, such as sickness, family issues,
hospitalization, etc. When any emergency occurs, you are expected to inform the
instructor as soon as possible. Emergency absences shall amount to no more than
10% of the total class sessions or 3 classes. Students missing more than 3 classes
may receive an “F” for the course. To avoid this consequence, you must discuss any
attendance problems with the instructor before this becomes an issue.
2) If you exceed the number of absences and have not spoken with the instructor
regarding problems, or decide not to return to class, it is your responsibility to withdraw
from the course. If your name appears on the final grade roster, a grade of “F” will be
recorded.
3) Classes begin at the exact times specified in the schedule. If you are late twice, it
will be counted as an absence. Six times will result in your reaching the total number of
allowed absences for the course.
4) Coming to class prepared is part of participation. Read Appendix B to understand
what is meant by participation. You must complete the readings prior to coming to
class. You are also expected to stay for the entire class unless there is some
compelling reason to leave early and you have discussed this with the instructor.
5) A cell phone, while a great convenience, does not belong in the classroom.
Because we are a family for 50 minutes, 3 times a week, and anyone can answer the
phone at home, if your cell phone rings the instructor will answer it and keep it for the
remaining class time.
Laboratory
This class has a laboratory section included as part of the course. This is an exciting
opportunity for you to apply the theory that we discuss in class. You cannot learn from
the laboratory if you do not participate. Attendance to labs is mandatory. There may
be some labs that you may not be able to participate in due to an illness or injury. If this
is the case, you must notify the lab instructor in advance.
You will turn in 8 written labs. The labs will include analysis of data collected in the
laboratories. Please refer to the section on this syllabus regarding plagiarism.
The laboratory section of the course will be graded separately from the exams. Your
laboratory grade is calculated as part of your overall course grade.
Course Policies
1) Make-up Policy: Instructors must be notified in advance if you are unable to take an
exam. Make-up exams will only be given with instructor approval.
All students must be present for final exam. No one will be excused for leaving campus
early. Inform your family now that you will not leave campus until all your final exams
are completed.
2) Ethical Behavior: (Appendix C) all writing assignments and examinations must be
your original work. This department enforces the university policy on acts of academic
dishonesty (ranging from failure in the course to suspension from the University).
3) Failure to present for lab appropriately dressed will result in dismissal from the lab
with no possibility of a make-up. A missed lab will result in loss of credit for that lab.
4) This Department does not post grades. Grades will not be given by phone.
5) If you have a disability for which you will need accommodations, please contact me
or Mary Zabel, Director of the UNR Disability Resource Center (784-6000 or
mzabel@unr.edu) or go by the Disability Resource Center (Thompson 107) as soon as
possible to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
6) It is the policy in the department of Health Ecology that all written assignments be
graded on content, clarity, and synthesis of ideas, as well as writing style, including
organization, works cited, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. A percentage of your
laboratory grade in this class will be writing style, including organization, works cited,
grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
7) Plagiarism is stealing the words, thoughts, ideas, organization, or data of another
person without giving proper credit. Plagiarism includes taking ideas without credit,
copying words without quote marks and citations, paraphrasing without giving credits,
and using facts, statistics, graphics, etc. that is not common knowledge without giving
credit. Plagiarism can be avoided by putting all direct quotes (including sentences,
phrases, and author-coined words) in quotes and adding a citation; using your own
words when discussing someone else’s work (this also shows the instructor that you
know what the writing was about), and always giving credit when using other people’s
ideas and data. Instructors have electronic tools for detecting plagiarism. As is the
policy of the Department of Health Ecology, an assignment that has been plagiarized (in
part or in whole) will receive a grade of F for the assignment on first offense. If there
should be a second case of plagiarism, the student will receive an F for the course and
be reported to University officials (Klugman, 2002). If an individual copies his/her
laboratory from another person, both people will earn the same consequence.
8) Late work: see the laboratory handout for the policy on late work.
Grading:
50% Exams (n = 4)
10% Quizzes, Class Participation, and Attendance
40% Laboratory
All exams will be a combination of true/false, multiple choice, calculations, and
short essay. Exams will be returned to the instructor after an in-class evaluation.
If the exam is not returned, the student will fail the course. There will be 10
"pop" quizzes. All grading will be with the +/- system.
Tentative Schedule*
Date
Topic
1/23
Introduction, Schedule, Energy Requirement
1/25
Energy Requirement
1/27
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
1/30
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
2/1
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
2/3
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
2/6
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
2/8
Energy Transfer in the Body & Exercise
2/10
Measurement of Human Energy Expenditure
2/13
Muscle Energy Expenditure
2/15
Endocrine System and Exercise
2/17
Exam 1 (Energy Transfer)
2/20
Holiday, No Class
2/22
Pulmonary Structure & Function Introduction
2/24
Pulmonary Structure & Function Introduction
2/27
Pulmonary Structure & Function Continued
3/1
Pulmonary Structure & Function Continued
3/3
Pulmonary Structure & Function Continued
3/6
Pulmonary Structure & Function Continued
3/8
Cardiovascular Structure & Function
Reading/Assignment
PH: 1 & 2, H: Ch. 2 & 4
PH: Ch. 3, H: Ch. 2 & 4
PH: Ch. 3, H: Ch. 5 & 6
PH: Ch. 3 7, H: Ch. 6
PH: Ch. 3 7, H: Ch. 6
PH: Ch. 3& 4, H: Ch. 7
PH: Ch 3 & 4, H: Ch 7
PH: Ch 3 & 4, H: Ch. 8
PH: Ch 3, 4, & 6
PH: Ch 3 & 4
PHK: Ch. 5
PH: Ch 10
PH: Ch 10
PH: Ch 10
PH: Ch 10
PH: Ch 11
PH: Ch 11
PH: Ch 9
3/10
Cardiovascular Structure & Function
PH: Ch 9
3/13
Cardiovascular Structure & Function
PH: Ch 9
3/18
Cardiovascular Structure & Function
PH: Ch 9
3/17
Exam 2 (Pulmonary and Cardiovascular)
PH: Ch 9
3/20-24
Spring Break, No Class
3/27
Skeletal Muscle: Structure & Function
PH: Ch 8
3/29
Skeletal Muscle: Structure & Function
PH: Ch 8
3/31
Skeletal Muscle: Structure & Function
PH: Ch 8
4/3
Fiber Types & Muscle Biopsy
PH: Ch 8
4/5
Neural Control of Human Movement
PH: Ch 7
4/7
Muscle Soreness
PH: Ch 8
4/10
Strength Training
PH: Ch 13 & 16
4/12
Training for Aerobic & Anaerobic Power
PH: Ch 21
4/14
Ergogenic Aids
PH: Ch 25
4/17
No class, review for exam
4/19
Exam 3 (Skeletal Muscle to Ergogenic)
4/21
Body Composition Assessment
PH: Ch 18 & 23
4/24
Obesity and Weight Control
PH: Ch 18 & 23
4/26
Obesity and Weight Control
PH: Ch 18 & 23
4/28
Exercise at Medium & High Altitude
PH: Ch 24
5/1
Sport Diving
PH: Ch 24
5/3
Exercise & Thermal Stress
PH: Ch 24
5/5
Exercise & Thermal Stress
PH: Ch 24
5/8
Exam 4 (Body Comp. to Thermal Stress)
5/15
Final Meeting 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Mandatory Attendance
* This schedule is tentative. We may finish a section earlier and have exams earlier. If
an exam is rescheduled it will be for a Monday, allowing you the potential extra time on
the weekend to study.
PH: Powers and Howley, Exercise Physiology
H: Houston, Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science
Instructor’s Idiosyncracies:
I have certain attitudes towards learning. The most important is that YOU are
active learners. It is up to you to learn the material and question when you do not
understand. I am here to assist you, but not to learn for you. The field of exercise
physiology has lots of people giving out lots of information. Some are worth listening to
and others are not. I do not expect you to become an expert, but I do have the
expectation that you will question what you hear and attempt to understand the
information from a scientific perspective rather than just “it’s popular.” We may not
always agree on topics. I ask that you support your beliefs with scientific data, not
hearsay or rumor. People will be looking to you for advice. Be informed!
I also have a very sarcastic sense of humor. If my teasing or humor offends you,
please let me know, or if you want to remain anonymous, leave a note. I also talk fast,
especially when I’m excited about something. The field of exercise physiology is very
exciting to me. Sometimes, my passion can overtake my tongue. Stop me and ask me
to SLOW down. I won’t be offended.
Please ask questions when you don’t understand a concept. Many times there
are other students in the class who have the same questions and are too shy to speak
out. The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask. If I don’t know the answer, I will
tell you what I do know.
I have a few pet peeves. One pet peeve is students who pick for points. When I
grade, I try to grade everything as blindly as I can. I do not have any idea whose test I
am grading or whose papers I am grading. Therefore, I try to be as fair as I can.
Because we have so much to learn from each other, it is expected that you will
attend class and actively participate.