Biomechanics
| Course Title | Biomechanics |
| Course Number | PE 454 |
| Credit Hours | 3 |
| Time | MWF 9-10:00 |
| Place | SNF 373 |
| Instructor | Melissa Hauschild-Mork |
| Office | PEC 271 |
| Phone | 688-5023 office |
| Office Hours | MWF 10:00-12:00 |
| Required Text | Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise-McGinnis |
Course Description: The principles of human movement and their application to physical education and athletics. (Standard 2)
Course Rationale: This course has a mixture of students. This mixture includes future physical education teachers, trainers, health care professionals, health promotion students and prospective coaches. All of these professions use the principles of biomechanics to improve performance, improve training and to reduce the chance of injury during human performance.
The instructor will use the constructivist approach where the student will build a knowledge base, skills and attitudes from classroom activities. The students will apply classroom information to sport movement and will be expected to formulate applications for their field of study.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion
of the course, the student will be able to:
A. Understand
and describe joint structure, functions, actions, axes, stability and mobility.
B. Describe
and understand human movement using terminology generally accepted by the HPER profession.
C. Observe
and analyze human movement using biomechanical principles to support their
conclusions.
Course Content:
A. The study
and analysis of human movement.
B. The movement
of a system within a frame of reference.
C. Types of
motion exhibited by a system.
D. The body’s
link system and its movements.
E. Anthropometric
characteristics of the body.
F. Functional
aspects of the muscular system.
G. Types and
functions of muscular tension.
H. Force,
movement, torque and rotation.
I. Body balance
and stability control.
J. Biomechanics
of the musculoskeletal system (musculoskeletal machines).
K. Biomechanics
of major joints/areas of the body.
L. Application
of biomechanics to fitness activities.
M. Force and
motion relationships.
N. Observing
and analyzing performance.
O. Torque
and motion relationships.
P. Angular
momentum.
Q. Throwlike
and pushlike movement patterns.
R. Performance
analysis of pushlike movement.
S. Performance
analysis of throwlike movements.
T. Analysis
of projectile related activities.
U. Fluid forces.
V. Application
of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in sport.
W. Analysis
of activities in which the body rotates free of support/while supported.
Course Requirements:
*Content Review Assignments: 7 x 20 points=140 points
Content Tests: 4 x 35-40 points=150 points
Pop Quizzes: To total 50 points
*Video Analysis: 6 x 20 points = 120 points
Final Practical Exam: 100 points (50 points cumulative written test/50 points Analysis)
*These assignments are class generated. They will not be collected for grading. You will receive points for these assignments if you were present in class on the dates they were completed. If you have a University Excused absence for a date that an assignment is due-you must complete the work and submit it for grading!!
Total Points: 560 points
Grading: Based on a 92%, 84%, 76%, 68% Scale
560-515 points= A
514-470 points= B
469-426 points= C
425-381 points= D
380 and below= F
Student Expectations:
 | Students are required to be in class and be in class ON TIME. This is a course preparing you for a profession in HPER. It is generally accepted that part of professionalism is attendance and punctuality. |
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| Students are expected to turn in assignments promptly. Professionals get their work done on time and take responsibility for their actions. |
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| Students are expected to participate in class discussion. Professionals in this field should be eager to learn and express their thoughts and feelings about subject matter that concerns them. |
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| Students are expected to act respectfully in the classroom. No sleeping, reading newspapers, leaving early without permission, etc. Professionals are attentive and respectful. |
Professionalism Policy:
 | You will loose 5 points each day you are 5 minutes or later getting to class. |
| You will loose 5 points each day you leave class early without permission. |
| You will loose 5 points each time you are caught reading a newspaper, working on other homework, sleeping, or being disruptive during lecture. |
| Students will NOT receive credit AT ALL for work that is turned in late - unless cleared with the instructor PRIOR to the assignment due date. |
ADA Statement:
South Dakota State University is committed to providing equal access to University programs and services for all students. Under University policy and federal and state laws, students with documented disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations to ensure the student has an equal opportunity to perform in a class. If any member of the class has such a disability and needs special academic accommodations, please notify me and make the appropriate arrangements with the Office of Disabilities Services. The ODS is located in Room 145 of Binnewies Hall. To schedule an appointment, call 605.688.4505 and request to speak with Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks, the Coordinator of Disability Services. Reasonable accommodations may be arranged after the Office of Disabilities Services has verified your situation. Do not hesitate to contact me if any assistance is needed in this process.
Academic Freedom and Responsibility Statement
Freedom in learning. Students are responsible for learning the content of any course of study in which they are enrolled. Under Board of Regents and University policy, student academic performance shall be evaluated solely on an academic basis and students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study. Students who believe that an academic evaluation is unrelated to academic standards but is related instead to judgment of their personal opinion or conduct should first contact the instructor of the course. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may contact the department head and/or dean of the college which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation.
Cheating and Dishonesty Policy:
The consequences of academic cheating and dishonesty range from any and all plagiarized or compromised assignments, tests and other forms of evaluations being given zero credit as per offense to a student being given a failing grade for the class in which the offense took place. There is also the possibility that any student who has committed a cheating offense may face disciplinary probation or expulsion from the University. The full policies are found in Chapter 1 of the Student Code (01:10:23:01-1; 10:23:04) of the SDSU student Policies Manual.