EXNS 588 - Environmental Exercise Physiology

3 credit hours
This course will cover the human body’s acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise in different environments. The environments include heat, humidity, cold, altitude, and water. Additionally, comparison of different individuals and different cultures acute responses and chronic adaptations to the exercise in different environments. Specific topics include thermoregulation, oxygen saturation, clothing, diver’s reflex, space, adaptability, and individual variances in responses and adaptations. This course will include laboratories which focus on these areas. Additionally, special topics of environmental exercise physiology will be introduced and covered.