Strong Teachers Make for Stronger Students
Gain innovative coaching and teaching practices to help train your roster of athletes. With Cal State East Bay’s Sport Performance Program Expanded Collection, you can pick and choose what courses best suit your goals and the needs of your students throughout the year.
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Developed by doctoral faculty in Cal State East Bay’s Kinesiology Department
Give Your Earnings a Boost
Cal State East Bay’s self-paced courses are widely accepted by school districts throughout the United States for salary increment units to help move you up on the salary schedule. Courses are offered in an asynchronous online format, enabling you to learn at your own pace and study from the comfort of your home, classroom, or office.
The cost of the courses, knowledge gained, ease of pace, great communication from California State University, East Bay makes this my number one choice for continuing my education.
You can take this class anywhere you go and you can pace yourself however you want.
Stay on Top in Your Field
As a Cal State East Bay student, you will receive the most up-to-date knowledge and advanced techniques in the field of education and sports, making you an invaluable team member in your workplace.
In fact, the majority of teachers and coaches who complete CSUEB courses quickly move-up on the salary pay scale. You’ll enjoy relevant and innovative course curriculum that you can immediately apply to your job.
Here is what previous students had to say about the courses:
The courses have helped me gain a deeper understanding of issues in my subject area that I've been able to immediately use in my classes. I have received credit toward teacher re-certification and salary increase.
It helped me get the necessary credit for increased pay, and I obtained useful knowledge about the human body and sports.
It has helped me be a better teacher and coach by using what I have learned through the program. It has also moved me across the pay scale, which helps me right now and ups my retirement pay when the time comes.
Create Your Own Unique Curriculum
The Sport Performance Program Expanded Collection is a self-paced, online program comprised of individual courses. Whether you choose to take just one course or enroll in multiple courses at a time, your education is entirely up to you.
Course fees include all required course materials and exams, as well as access to one-on-one instruction via e-mail or phone.
To successfully complete a course, you must:
Complete the required reading
Engage in sport activities
Take the self-administered final exam
Submit your test by the submission deadlines
Complete all requirements within one year of enrollment
Each course is worth two semester units. The total number of graduate credits you receive will depend on the number of courses you complete.
It was easy to incorporate the assignments into my Physical Education curriculum and the knowledge that I gained was very helpful.
Course credits are widely accepted by school districts throughout the United States for salary increment units to move you on the salary schedule. However, you are responsible for verifying applicable policies to ensure acceptance with your district or institution prior to enrolling.
Choose from a variety of course subjects:
| KIN 850: Youth Sport Matters |
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| This course will bring critical sociological analyses to cultural issues surrounding youth sport. The course is built on the assumption that youth sport is an important location to more deeply understand more expansive social issues and tensions. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which various social relationships and inequalities are simultaneously sustained and disrupted in a youth sport setting. |
| KIN 851: Hot Topics in Exercise Training and Performance |
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| This course examines hot topics in exercise training and performance. Topics include current research findings and insights on the role of: nutrition and performance, protein and carbohydrate ingestion/supplementation in exercise and performance, hydration and performance, high intensity interval training to enhance endurance performance, training the gut for performance, speeding recovery from exercise, training the core for enhanced performance, prevention and treatment of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), ergogenic aids for enhanced training and performance, diabetes and competition, and environmental issues and performance. |
| KIN 852: Peak Experiences in Sport |
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| This course examines special experiences reported by athletes as part of their sport participation to occur during certain sport performances. Included are notions of the "Zone", altered states of consciousness, spiritual connections, and "Flow" in sport. The course explores the nature of these subjective (personal and group) experiences and some of the psychological and metaphysical explanations discussed in the professional literature. |
| KIN 853: Get Moving! |
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| Integrating Physical Activity in Schools Recent research indicates that poor diet and lack of physical activity are increasingly important factors in the development of childhood obesity. This course provides teachers and administrators with ideas for integrating physical activity across the curriculum and creating effective school wellness programs. |
| KIN 854: Hello Exercise, Goodbye Stress: the Physiological Benefits of Exercise |
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| When we are stressed, what hormonal and physiological changes occur? How do these changes impact our health? This course provides an in-depth understanding of the physiological responses to stress. We will examine the potentially deleterious effects of stress related diseases and review literature regarding the benefits of exercise in mitigating these effects. |
| KIN 855: Mind Over Matter: Mental Skills for Olympic Performance |
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| This course examines mental skills developed by high performance athletes such as participants in the Winter Games. Discover how research and theory in sport psychology are put into practice with athletes, coaches, and teams. Many principles and techniques used with elite athletes can be applied to youth, recreational sport, and other achievement activities. Explore how these concepts are employed by actual athletes/coaches (observed through the media), and how they can be applied in your own coaching or teaching. |
| KIN 856: Modern Olympics: Political Games |
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| Analyze the Modern Olympics as a globally significant political and commercial event. Explore the political processes of the modern Games, how they are organized and produced, and the social consequences of these processes. Learn how the televised broadcast impacts ideas of nationality, race, gender, age, and (dis)ability. |
| KIN 857: Understanding Sport Nutrition, what Should I Eat? |
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| Understanding the Science Behind Nutrition Sport nutrition is the practice of consuming nutrients to improve sport performance. While some individuals are involved in competitive physical activity, and others are concerned with improving their body composition, strength, cardiovascular endurance, or general fitness level-the same general nutrition principles apply to both. This course examines how food and sport supplements interact with the body's biological functions to affect exercise and sport performance. |
| KIN 858: Effectively Integrating Fitness Education Into Physical Education |
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| This course provides physical education teachers and movement education personnel with ideas for effectively integrating health-related fitness and activity into quality physical education programs at the kindergarten through twelfth grade levels. Additionally, this course will instruct on the use of fitness testing as an educational and motivational tool encouraging lifelong physical activity participation. |
| KIN 859: Explanations for Everyday Occurrences in Sport and Life |
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| What are spoonerisms and how can they be explained? Was John McEnroe really a brat or did he have preconceived intent when he berated umpires? Wayne Gretzky was one of the greatest hockey players of all time, but some believe his individual skills were only average. Why was he so great? This course will examine the research in motor learning and control that can help explain the above as well as answer many questions related to sporting events and movement activities in everyday life. Students will examine issues on perception, decision making, attention, and skill learning,development, and retention. |
| KIN 860: Developing Skill in Sport & Physical Activities |
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| This course examines scientific principles behind the development of skill in sport and other physical activities, and explores practical applications in contemporary training of athletes and physical performers. Following current research evidence and the practice of sport science professionals, this course provides information that teachers, coaches, and parents can apply to improve skill practice at all levels of expertise. Practical coaching tips are surveyed that facilitate learning, decision-making, concentration, and performance skills in beginners to elite performers. |
| KIN 861: Do You Live in an Environment that Promotes Obesity? |
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| Gain a greater understanding of the issues that underlie the current obesity epidemic. Explore the influences of: family and culture; access to resources and transportation systems; public policy; and the media on individual health behavior. This course provides physical education teachers and movement education personnel from Kindergarten through 12th grade with a broader knowledge of obesity, and offers tools for practitioners to address the epidemic within their communities. |
| KIN 862: Myths & Truths in Youth Sport Coaching |
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| Utilizing current research evidence and the practice of sport science professionals, this course provides the scientific evidence that contradicts commonly held sport coaching myths. Teachers, coaches, and parents can apply information from the course to improve their coaching practices and facilitate learning, performance, enjoyment, and developmental outcomes for all in youth sport. |
| KIN 870: The Mechanics of Flying-The Science of Swimming Faster |
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| This course will blend the scientific insights that affect performance with practical application in order to help students better understand the mechanics of swimming. Topics will include fluid mechanics, stroke analysis, injury prevention and strength, and conditioning training. |
| KIN 871: “We Need To Move Forward As A City": Contemporary Issues In Sport Mega Events |
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| Sport mega-events such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League are presented in terms of their spectacular pageantry, athletic excellence, and global harmony. Yet, they also raise concerns about human rights, social benefit, and inclusion. Students will thus examine sport mega events in order to understand how they impact citizens in host nations and cities. |
| KIN 872: Running Mechanics and Gait Analysis |
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| Health care professionals, coaches and runners should understand the multifactorial nature of running injuries in order to prevent and optimally treat injuries. This course will blend the scientific insights that affect performance as well as an in-depth assessment of foot, knee and hip mechanics in order to help students better understand gait mechanics. |
Paul Carpenter
Given a thimbleful of facts, it's remarkable how we will make a bathtub full of generalizations.
Dr. Carpenter completed his bachelor's degree (Hons) at Liverpool Polytechnic in the United Kingdom and his master's degree and PhD in Kinesiology at UCLA. Dr. Carpenter has a wealth of administrative experience having served as a Department Chair for more than 20 years. He served in this role at University of East London in the United Kingdom and at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb, Illinois before coming to East Bay in 2014. Prior to taking the chair position at the University of East London, he was a faculty member at DeMontfort University in the United Kingdom for eight years.
Dr. Carpenter also has a wealth of teaching experience having taught classes in research methods, sport psychology, sport management, physical education, and sport sociology in-person, online, and hybrid at both private and public universities in the United Kingdom and the United States. He also has a strong scholarly record and has published numerous articles and presented at many professional conferences primarily in the area of sport psychology with a particular focus on sport commitment.
In addition to his academic work, Dr. Carpenter practices what he preaches with respect to the importance of being physically active. He is an avid cyclist and competes in long distance endurance events. He commutes to work daily on his bike and has been doing so for over 30 years. Having grown up in England, football (soccer) is also his passion, and he plays in the university's intramural soccer league.
Ready to Enroll?
Registration for any of the Sport Performance Expanded Collection courses is always open and there are no admission requirements to enroll.
*Cal State East Bay alumni: The Forever Pioneer Discount is available for this program. Registration must be processed via this Forever Pioneer form in order to qualify for the discount.
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