Health, Human Performance, and Recreation

HEALTH, HUMAN PERFORMANCE & RECREATION The graduate programs in the Department of Health, Human Performance, & Recreation (HHPR) are focused on diverse aspects of health, human behavior, and quality of life. Graduates from HHPR will find great vocational opportunity in the areas of exercise physiology, health education, and coaching.

Master's Degree Programs Opportunities for practicum, internship, and independent study experiences exist for all degree and specialization areas. Each student must successfully complete core and specialty course requirements, pass a written comprehensive examination, and successfully complete a culminating experience which may consist of a thesis, internship, and practicum.

Master of Science in Exercise Physiology (MS EP) and Sport Pedagogy (MS SPPE): The master of science degree programs prepare students for careers as exercise physiologists, physical education specialists, and coaches.

For each MS major, a six-hour core curriculum is required in research design and statistics.

Master of Public Health (MPH): The MPH prepares students for careers in public and community health education.

Course requirements in this major include core courses in public health and requirements specific to the specialization of community health education.

Master of Athletic Training (MAT): The MAT degree is a 5-year joint degree program that links the undergraduate Health Science Studies and Master's of Athletic Training (MAT) degree program so that students can receive two degrees in five years. Students will be able to enter the joint degree program or apply to the MAT program as a traditional graduate student.

Doctoral Degree Program Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology, Exercise Nutrition, and Health Promotion (PhD KENHP) The doctoral program is uniquely designed to train researchers to conduct multidisciplinary clinical research evaluating the role of exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, and performance. The total 72 credit hour requirement for the degree includes: n 6 hours of professional development and ethics n 12 hours of research methods and

statistics courses

n One course in at least three of the following areas

(9 hours total): Exercise Physiology/Nutrition,

Nutrition in Family and Consumer Sciences,

Motor Behavior/Biomechanics, and Health Promotion

n 15 hours of directed research (generally 3 hours

per semester)

n 12 hours of dissertation work n 18 hours of graduate courses in HHPR and FCS or

relevant coursework in other departments/programs

Contact Joe Shim, PhD | Graduate Program Director Department of HHPR One Bear Place #97313 | Waco, TX 76798 254-710-4009 | Email: Joe_Shim@baylor.edu baylor.edu/HHPR

HHPR RESEARCH FACULTY RODNEY BOWDEN, PHD

PAUL GORDON, PHD

PANOS KOUTAKIS, PHD

Metabolic syndrome and

Physical activity and lifestyle-

Development of improved diagnostic

medical, nutritional, and

based research related to obesity

and treatment methods for

behavioral interventions to

and associated cardio-metabolic

patients with peripheral

reduce risk and investigation

health in both adult and peadiatric

artery disease (PAD) including the

of cholesterol

populations

evaluation of cytoskeletal proteins

and inflammatory markers to

How skeletal muscle and adiposity

and their association with muscle

reduce hypercholesterolemia

influence systemic

morphology

and inflammation through

inflammatory responses and

dietary changes and through

metabolic dysfunction

medical interventions

RENEE UMSTATTD, PHD Health promotion through physical

BETH LANNING, PHD

activity behavior specifically in the

DALE CONNALLY, PHD

Improvement of quality of

application, measurement, and

Professionalism among recreation

life through animal assisted

evaluation of how theoretical

interventions, specifically equine

constructs promote, explain, and

Leisure and spiritual attitudes

assisted interventions working

predict physical activity behaviors

with military personnel and children

with Autism

and sports ministers and the impact on behaviors

Constraints of students at

faith-based colleges and

DARRYN WILLOUGHBY, PHD The effects of resistance exercise

BRIAN LEUTHOLTZ, PHD

and training and/or nutritional

Exercise prescriptions for individuals

intervention on the pre-and post-

EVA DOYLE, PHD

translational mechanisms and the

Professional development issues

Performance benefits of sport

oxidative-and inflammation-

Culturally competent approaches

supplements, plant, and

mediated signaling mechanisms

in community health

herbal extracts

promotion including community-

based participatory research to

assess needs and promote health in Job satisfaction and philosophy of premier high school coaches in underserved communities

universities

GLENN MILLER, PHD

ANDREW GALLUCCI, PHD Adverse health behaviors

among college aged students,

specifically the correlation

and motivations associated with

prescription drug misuse

PETER GRANDJEAN, PHD Human metabolic and cardiovascular

responses to exercise and

weight loss specifically

determining the immediate and

short-term responses to exercise

interventions

with chronic diseases

the United States

Challenges of securing quality

sport management internship

experiences

YUNSUK KOH, PHD The role of exercise and obesity on risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and metabolic syndrome, focused on the effects of exercise interventions on blood lipid and lipoprotein metabolism

CHRIS WYNVEEN, PHD Human dimensions of natural resource

management in the meanings of

recreational visitors ascribe to

parks and other protected area

KELLY YLITALO, PHD Physical functioning, obesity,

and diabetes specifically the

role of obesity and

cardio-metabolic health in

the development of peripheral

neuropathy and the role of

neuropathy as a leading

contributor to the limitations in

physical functioning and disability