Overview
With this Science of Exercise offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder you will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs.
Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI).
Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia.
Skills You Will Gain
- Training
- Nutrition
- Fitness And Nutrition
- Public Health
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- The Energetics of Exercise
- Physiological Systems During Exercise
- Exercise for Fitness & Performance
- Exercise in Health, Wellness and Disease
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
- 3 hrs/week
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Disciplines
Sport and Exercise Science Kinesiology View 14 other Short Courses in Sport and Exercise Science in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- Beginner level
- No previous experience necessary
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International
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National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 1 months.
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Funding
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