Academic Teaching Responsibilities

KNES 775 Instructor: Clinical Exercise Physiology, Master of Kinesiology Program

I instructed this course in Winter 2020. Click here to view the full course outline.

Course Objectives:

This course will address exercise in different disease states through an understanding of disease pathology and how exercise can be beneficial in the prevention and/or modification of disease. Topics will include: exercise limitations in disease, physiological adaptation to different exercise training modalities and optimal exercise prescription for clinical populations.

Students will also be expected to become proficient in both their theoretical and practical knowledge of a variety of exercise tests for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. Laboratory sessions will enforce classroom-based teachings and will be conducted in clinical, performance, educational or community outreach based physical activity/fitness settings.

Specific objectives are as follows:

1. To develop knowledge of the physiological limitations to exercise in different disease states.

2. Through an understanding of different disease pathology, understand why exercise can be beneficial in the modification of disease.

3. To develop technical expertise in the testing of clinical populations.

4. To develop skills in the interpretation of clinical exercise data.

5. Through an understanding of a patient’s disease, their physiological limitations determined through testing and an understanding of exercise physiology and physiological adaptation, prescribe appropriate exercise training for a variety of clinical populations.

KNES 479 Instructor: Advanced Fitness Appraisal and Exercise Prescription

I instructed this course in both the Fall 2018 and 2019. Click here to view the full course outline.

Course Objectives:

1. To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to assess the physical fitness status of apparently healthy individuals; including the areas of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, endurance & power, body composition and flexibility.

2. To provide the optimal experiential learning in a lab setting, for the in-depth physiological assessment of a variety of populations.

3. To enhance critical thinking, problem-solving and creative thinking via multiple projects and interactive lectures.

4. To provide the knowledge necessary to interpret fitness test results and develop appropriate exercise prescriptions for apparently healthy individuals.

5. To strengthen calculation and mathematical skills.

6. To develop both oral and written communication/interpretive skills necessary for effective counselling and client guidance.

KNES 673 Instructor: Exercise Physiology, Master of Kinesiology Program

I instructed this course in both the Fall 2017 & 2018. Click here to view the full course outline.

Course Objectives:

1. To ascertain an advanced working knowledge of human physiology in the exercise paradigm, including the fundamental principles of cardiovascular, neuromuscular, respiratory physiology, and energy metabolism.

2. To develop an understanding of the adaptive responses of the human body to acute and chronic exercise stress.

3. To demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, and written communication skills necessary for scientific inquiry through participation in experiential lab investigations.