CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY ABROAD
Examines physiological responses and adaptations to exercise and physical activity, with particular focus on the role that both the physical environment (temperature, altitude, etc.) and the cultural environment (cultural history, norms, etc.) play in these exercise responses. Topics include acute responses to exercise in normal environments and then in extreme environmental conditions (heat and cold, high altitude, and space environments). Consider exercise adaptations in athletes. Examine health consequences of low-levels of physical activity and consider the socio-cultural barriers to health promotion activities among the indigenous Maori in New Zealand, and compare them to at risk populations in United States. Requires completion of ANAT&PHY 235 or 335 and a valid passport.
Topics
- acute responses to exercise in normal environments and then in extreme environmental conditions (heat and cold
- high altitude
- and space environments)
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Consent of instructor Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the physiological challenges and responses during exercise in the extremes of the physical environment (temperature and altitude extremes) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the role that “cultural environments” play in our view of the physiological effects of exercise and our view of exercise as a healthy activity Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize benefits and barriers to exercise in New Zealand’s native Maori population Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify the similarities and differences in extreme health that built environments produce and how culturally responsive physical activity can be used to promote health in indigenous populations Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the physiological challenges and responses during exercise in the extremes of the physical environment (temperature and altitude extremes) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the role that “cultural environments” play in our view of the physiological effects of exercise and our view of exercise as a healthy activity Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize benefits and barriers to exercise in New Zealand’s native Maori population Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify the similarities and differences in extreme health that built environments produce and how culturally responsive physical activity can be used to promote health in indigenous populations Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027