Spring 2027

Physiology of Exercise

Physiology of Exercise covers fundamental knowledge of how human physiological systems adapt to meet various exercise demands.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 William Schrage

Summary

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Past student reviews · Gary Diffee

Exams were difficult, featuring short-answer application questions and strict grading, with limited time provided to complete them.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the primary muscular, metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory adaptations to exercise training.

  • Explain the biochemical changes that are caused by muscle contraction and how these change with the repeated muscle contractions.

  • Explain the cardiorespiratory response when moving from rest to exercise to maximal exercise.

  • Compare different modes of exercise and explain the metabolic and cardiovascular adjustments as well as adaptations in exercise-trained adults.

  • Discuss how environmental conditions influence the cardiovascular and metabolic response to exercise.

  • Design and conduct an experiment in exercise physiology, analyze the data collected, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the experimental approach.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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PHYSIOL 335,ANAT&PHY 335, or KINES 235

KINES 314 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 79.8% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 75.7% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=78 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

GARY DIFFEE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WILLIAM SCHRAGE is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1000
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 304Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 305Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 306Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Gary Diffee

Gary Diffee made the class fun and accessible, emphasizing that students could earn an A through hard work and study.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 79.8% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 75.7% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=78 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Gary Diffee

Exams were difficult, featuring short-answer application questions and strict grading, with limited time provided to complete them.

Past student reviews · Gary Diffee

Lectures were sometimes disorganized on the chalkboard, but the instructor provided outlines to help students stay on track.

Topics

  • Adaptability of human physiological systems to exercise demands
  • Muscular, metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory adaptations to training
  • Biochemical changes during muscle contraction
  • Cardiorespiratory responses from rest to maximal exercise
  • Comparison of exercise modes and adjustments in trained adults
  • Environmental influences on exercise responses
  • Experimental design and data analysis in exercise physiology

Skills

  • Describe primary muscular, metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory adaptations to exercise training.
  • Explain biochemical changes caused by muscle contraction and their progression with repeated contractions.
  • Explain cardiorespiratory responses transitioning from rest to maximal exercise.
  • Compare exercise modes and explain metabolic/cardiovascular adjustments in trained adults.
  • Discuss environmental influences on cardiovascular and metabolic exercise responses.
  • Design and conduct exercise physiology experiments, analyze data, and evaluate experimental approaches.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.13 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
KINES 314 · Spring 2027

Physiology of Exercise

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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