Canisius College

Faculty:
Peter M. Koehneke, Chair; Khalid W. Bibi, Director; Dennis W. Koch.

The Health and Human Performance MS program prepares students in the areas of rehabilitative and preventive health, with special emphasis on cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and health promotion. With the appropriate certifications, graduates of the program are trained for positions such as cardiac rehabilitation specialists, stress-testing technologists, health promotion program directors and health and fitness consultants.

Geared towards students and professionals in the allied health professions, the program’s curriculum focuses on preparing students for new careers or for career advancement. The program provides a choice between two sub-fields; preventive health or rehabilitative health, with the appropriate selection of courses from the offerings listed below. In addition, students will have the choice between a practical emphasis or a research emphasis. The latter option is primarily for students who plan to pursue doctoral studies.

The program may be completed within one academic year plus summer, or longer.

Admission
In addition to meeting the general requirements for admission to the graduate school of education and human services, the applicant must complete the following undergraduate or graduate requirements:

1. At least one year of anatomy and physiology
2. Kinesiology or the equivalent
3. Physiology of Exercise or the equivalent
4. Official transcripts from all academic institutions attended
5. Interview with program director
6. TOEFL for foreign students

The 38-credit hour MS program offers students an option between two subfields (clinical rehabilitative or preventative) and the choice between an internship or research (thesis) experience. The program prepares students matriculated in the clinical rehabilitative tract to practice in clinical settings as part of the health care team. Students will learn how to administer and interpret exercise tests and develop programs of exercise, counseling and education for individuals with chronic cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic and musculoskeletal diseases. Students in the preventative tract are prepared to practice in exercise and health promotion programs with apparently healthy or moderate risk populations.

Core (26 hrs)

Clinical Rehabilitative tract (12 hrs)

Preventative tract (12 hrs)

COURSES 2004-2006

HP 500 Introduction to Health Care Systems (3 credits)
A survey of the American Health Care Systems that examines the elements related to the organization, delivery, financing, and planning of health services. This course introduces an understanding of the forces shaping the present and future health care delivery system. SPRING

HHP 501 Epidemiology of Exercise (3 credits)
The study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in a population and applications to control specific health problems. The literature regarding lifestyle choices that promote optimal health care and functioning will be reviewed and behaviors regarding self protection, self care and health promotion will be discussed. FALL.

HHP 502 Nutrition (3 credits)
Study of nutrition principles, behavior and counseling, as well as clinical applications of nutrition as it relates to health, clinical exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation. SUMMER.

HHP 520 Exercise Prescription in Health and Disease (3 credits)
This course presents a comprehensive overview of the physical, physiological and metabolic responses of the human body to exercise testing and training in health and disease. An understanding of the processes involved in prescribing safe and effective therapeutic exercise in healthy individuals as well as patients with heart and lung disease, diabetes and obesity will be reviewed along with environmental and legal considerations in the prescriptive process. FALL

HHP 531 Applied Statistics for the Health Professions (3 credits)
Selects appropriate statistical procedures, analyze data, and interprets the results. Uses SPSS for Windows to cover descriptive statistics, tests of differences and to develop methods of presenting tables and graphs. FALL

HHP 575 Special Topics in Health and Disease (3 credits)
Readings and discussion of research in areas related to disease prevention and health promotion. Prerequisite: Second year standing. SPRING

HHP 582 Functional Conditioning (3 credits)
This course provides an overview of the physiological responses and adaptations to resistance training. Training theories and methodology for program design for different populations will also be discussed. SPRING

HHP 601 Electrocardiography (3 credits)
This course is designed to present the theoretical principles of electrocardiography. Topics include a review of cardiac physiology including the normal sequence of cardiac muscle depolarization and repolarization, determination of heart rate and rhythm, electrical axis, and the diagnosis of cardiac rhythm in 12-lead ECG. Special emphasis will be placed on myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, treatment and clinical evaluation. Pharmacological interventions and the impact of the ECG, as well as exercise will be discussed. Co-requisite: HHP 611. SPRING

HHP 602 Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation (4 credits)
Details the functions of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems emphasizing normal function, pathophysiology, initiation and progression of disease and current treatment. Special reference will be made to the role of exercise as a therapeutic modality. Prerequisite: HHP 636. SPRING

HHP 603 Thesis I (3 credits)
Provides initiation to scholarly investigation. Requires students to submit a written research proposal for approval by a thesis/project committee and to present an oral proposal at a college seminar. Prerequisite: Permission of program adviser. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

HHP 604 Internship I (3 credits)
Offers a supervised part-time internship in clinical and non-clinical exercise programs or in clinical exercise testing laboratories. Includes clinical exercise testing, exercise prescription and/or exercise leadership experiences. Requires students to complete a minimum of 150 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of adviser and second year standing. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

HHP 611 Clinical Exercise Testing (2 credits)
Offers a practicum in clinical-graded exercise testing, including determination of EKG, blood pressure, pulmonary and metabolic response to exercise and prescription of exercise for at-risk to high-risk persons in cardiopulmonary prevention, intervention and rehabilitation programs. Prerequisites: HHP 501, HHP 521, and must be taken concurrently with HHP 601. SPRING

HHP 613 Thesis II (3 credits)
Continues HHP 603 with an approved thesis proposal and culminates in an approved written thesis. Prerequisite: HHP 603. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

HHP 614 Internship II (3 credits)
Continues the supervised internship in another role in a clinical exercise program or clinical exercise-testing laboratory. Students are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours. Requires three case studies to be completed and approved by the faculty supervisor. Prerequisite: HHP 604. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

HHP 621 Cardiopulmonary Pharmacodynamics (3 credits)
Study of the current medications used in the treatment of congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, angina and hypertension, asthma, COPD; the effects of these medications during acute and chronic exercise and cardiac emergency medications. Prerequisite: HHP 520. SPRING

HHP 631 Research Design and Methodology (3 credits)
Considers research methods and designs used in a variety of professional settings. Emphasizes the development of research techniques, including the ability to define research problems; develop hypotheses; review and interpret literature; apply research designs; organize, analyze and present data and draw relevant conclusions. SPRING

HHP 636 Advanced Physiology of Exercise (3 credits)
Details the function of organ systems emphasizing mechanisms of control and function during exercise. FALL

HHP 573 Counseling Theory and Process (3 credits)
Historical and current theories of counseling and psychotherapy. Application of those theories to realistic case situations and development of the individual student’s approach to the helping relationship. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

HHP/EDC 583 Counseling Theory and Process (3 credits)
Historical and current theories of counseling and psychotherapy. Application of those theories to realistic case situations and development of the individual student’s approach to the helping relationship.