Graduates will be able to:

1. Discuss topics in human performance such as wellness and physical fitness concepts,including health-related and skill-related components of fitness, fitness assessment and basic exercise program design to be used in areas such as exercise physiology, corporate wellness, strength and conditioning and personal training.
2. Practice leadership behaviors consistent with professional expectations in the field of human performance.
3. Evaluate physical fitness and apply appropriate exercise training principles in the design of fitness programs for health and performance. 
4. Read, synthesize and interpret human performance literature.

Content/discipline knowledge and skills are assessed at the college and departmental levels through essays, exams, and other projects completed in the following courses:

1. PET 3084C Personal Fitness and Wellness and PET 2930 Foundations of Health-RelatedFitness (design a personal Individualized Fitness Plan).
2. PET 3384C Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription (design, interpret and discuss two Comprehensive Fitness Evaluations; and distinguish between an apparently health population fitness plan and a special population's fitness/wellness plan)
3. PET4388C Advanced Methods of Strength and Conditioning (describe 1RM testing protocols; predict maximum strength levels of individuals; discuss a periodization program; differentiate the periodization paradigm to other training models; design Muscular Fitness Program).
4. PET 4941 Experiential Learning I (interpret different training programs for diverse populations).
5. PET 4948 Experiential Learning II (evaluate 11 characteristics of human performance professionals utilizing the Human Performance Assessment Tool - Visual Analog Scale [HPAT]).
6. IHS 4504 Introduction to Research (literature review on topic specific to human performance and research article critique).

Graduates will be able to:

1. Employ the conventions of standard written English.
2. Select a topic, and develop it for a specific audience and purpose, with respect for diverse perspectives.
3. Select, organize, and relate ideas and information with coherence, clarity, and unity.
4. Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication skills in a health science field.

Communication skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed in ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Communication skills are also assessed in the capstone course.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Select and organize information.
2. Identify assumptions and underlying relationships.
3. Synthesize information, and draw reasoned inferences.
4. Formulate an appropriate problem solving strategy.
5. Evaluate the feasibility of the strategy.
6. Assess needs, develop priorities, and implement solutions to problems using discipline specific and interdisciplinary approaches in health sciences.

Critical thinking skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Critical thinking skills are also assessed in the capstone course.