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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>We are pleased to announce the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> Higher Education Coordinating
Board has approved our request for the Bachelor of Science degree in Human
Performance. This degree program is approved to begin this fall. We
thought the following description might be helpful to the university community
in recruiting students to this program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BACKGROUND
AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Bachelor of Science in human performance is designed for
undergraduate students desiring to enter graduate programs, either in the filed
of exercise science or in a variety of professional post-baccalaureate programs
such as cardiac rehabilitation therapy, physical therapy or occupational
therapy. The program seeks to advance the exercise science disciplines through
discovery and dispersion of health and exercise-related knowledge. This degree
will serve as one of two options for students interested in the non-teaching
health major, which will be phased out because it does not reflect the learning
outcomes and rigor required in today's job market. It would be
administered by the Department of Health and Human Performance in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Education</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Human Services. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The degree will require 120 semester credit hours, including 43 hours
of core curriculum, 36 hours of required courses in the major, 8 to 19 hours of
prescribed electives and 22 to 33 hours of free electives. The two tracks --
exercise physiology and motor behavior/biomechanics - will be accommodated
by differences in the prescribed electives. The hours required for the degree
will be held to 120 because some of the prescribed electives will also fulfill
core curriculum requirements. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The implementation date is Fall 2006.</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid'><b><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>NEED</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Employment Opportunities
</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Occupational Outlook Handbook </span></i>(2006-07
edition) projects rapid growth in positions focused on therapeutic services as
the number of middle-aged and elderly individuals increases. Many of these
positions will require a master's degree, which this bachelor's
degree in human performance will prepare students to pursue. Also, the North
Central Texas Workforce Development Area has projected that in its area 64,350
jobs in educational services, accommodation and food services and health care
and social assistance will be added from 2002 to 2012. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Existing State Programs</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As previously mentioned there are three similar bachelor's
programs in <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State> at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Midwestern</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Houston</st1:PlaceName>
and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Texas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Accreditation</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>No professional accreditation currently exists for this field, although
it is likely that the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Sports
Medicine (ACSM) may develop one. It does have guidelines for programs and these
were considered in the development of the program. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Mary W. Hendrix, Ph.D.</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Associate Vice-President for Academic &
Student Affairs</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=1
color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
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style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span
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</span></font><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
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</span></font><i><font size=1 color=navy face="@Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"\@Arial Unicode MS";color:navy;font-style:
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