Applied Physiology and Sport Management

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Associate Professor Scott Davis, Department Chair ad interim

Professors: Eric Bing, Peter Weyand
Associate Professor: Scott Davis 
Clinical Associate Professors: Megan Murphy, David Bertrand
Clinical Assistant Professors: Kristie Abt, Sarah Brown, Peter Carton, Jr., Ryan Kota 
Senior Lecturers: Caitlin Anderson, Brian Fennig, Donna Gober
Lecturers: Laura Robinson-Doyle, Haemin Kim-Breunig, Bradley Warren

Department Information

The Department of Applied Physiology and Sport Management offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Its undergraduate programs include a major and four minors in applied physiology and sport management. Its graduate programs include a Master of Science in Health Promotion Management, a Master of Science in Sport Management, and a Ph.D. in education with an emphasis in applied physiology. The department also offers sports and fitness activity courses available as electives. The undergraduate and graduate programs have access to the department’s three laboratories, which include the Applied Physiology Laboratory (research/teaching space equipped with an environmental chamber, force plates, and teaching pods); the Integrated Physiology Laboratory (specializes in the study of autonomic function in health and disease with a focus on individuals living with multiple sclerosis); and the Locomotor Performance Laboratory (specializes in the study of terrestrial locomotion by examining the relationship between muscle function and metabolic energy expenditure and performance).

Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The Simmons Ph.D. in education is a school-wide degree that allows doctoral students to focus their studies in select areas, including applied physiology. For more information on this degree, students should see the description of the Ph.D. program at www.smu.edu/EducationPhD or in this catalog.

Programs

• Health Promotion Management, M.S.H.P.M.
• Sport Management, M.S.S.M.

Courses

• APSM 7103 - Doctoral Research Seminar
• APSM 7104 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7204 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7301 - Biomechanics Research Tutorial
• APSM 7302 - Physiology Research Tutorial
• APSM 7304 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7404 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7504 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7604 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7704 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7804 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours
• APSM 7904 - Research Hours and Dissertation Hours

Health Promotion Management

• HPM 6301 - Health Promotion in the Workplace
• HPM 6302 - Epidemiology and Current Issues in Health
• HPM 6303 - Behavior Theory in Health Promotion
• HPM 6310 - Research Methods and Biostatistics
• HPM 6321 - Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation I
• HPM 6322 - Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation II
• HPM 6331 - Communication in Business and Health
• HPM 6332 - The U.S. Healthcare System
• HPM 6430 - Internship

• SPRT 6049 - Graduate Full-Time Status
• SPRT 6220 - Sport Organizational Design
• SPRT 6221 - Sports Law
• SPRT 6222 - Case Studies in Sports Law
• SPRT 6223 - Sports Sponsorship
• SPRT 6224 - Case Studies in Sports Sponsorship
• SPRT 6225 - Advanced Sport Communication
• SPRT 6226 - Research Design in Sport Management
• SPRT 6227 - Sports Facility Management
• SPRT 6228 - Ethics in Sport
• SPRT 6430 - Master of Science in Sport Management Internship
• SPRT 6435 - Master of Science in Sport Management Internship

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