Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
Spring 2027
Clinical Exercise Testing and Prescription for Health Professionals
Clinical course covering exercise testing and prescription for chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Students learn ECG interpretation, medication effects, and program design.
offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Julie Cousins
Summary
1 / 6
Past student reviews · Ann Ward
The student reported a mismatch between lecture content and exam questions, noting that the instructor said one thing in class but tested differently.
What you’ll be able to do
Administer pre-exercise screening and safely conduct exercise testing
Identify commonly used medications for chronic diseases and their effects on exercise
Identify exercise limitations and contraindications to exercise associated with the chronic diseases
Apply concepts of exercise prescription to the development of comprehensive exercise training programs for individuals with chronic diseases
Apply knowledge related to movement and physical activity to a clinical population to enhance human health and quality of life
Demonstrate effective collaboration skills by working collaboratively with peers on group projects and discussion
Critically evaluate current research literature to inform decision-making in clinical exercise programming for individuals with chronic diseases
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
546546 letter grades
A58.2%58.2%
AB32.4%32.4%
B5.9%5.9%
BC2.9%2.9%
C0.4%0.4%
D0.2%0.2%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapANAT&PHY 235, 335 or 435
- take one
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Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ANN WARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JULIE COUSINS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 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 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 20 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Ann Ward
A past student found the course poorly organized and felt it lacked practical application for their career plans.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Ann Ward
The student reported a mismatch between lecture content and exam questions, noting that the instructor said one thing in class but tested differently.
Past student reviews · Ann Ward
Feedback described the lectures as mumbled and slow, with the instructor simply reading slides rather than elaborating on the material.
Topics
- Exercise prevention and management of chronic health conditions
- Basic ECG interpretation
- Medications' effects on exercise
- Exercise prescription for specific chronic diseases
- Pre-exercise screening and testing
- Exercise limitations and contraindications
Skills
- Basic ECG interpretation
- Designing exercise prescriptions for chronic diseases
- Identifying medications' effects on exercise
- Developing comprehensive exercise training programs
- Collaborative work on group projects
- Evaluating research literature for clinical decisions
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A81.0%81.0%
AB9.5%9.5%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C4.8%4.8%
D4.8%4.8%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
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UW–Madison
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Selected offering source records
Clinical Exercise Testing and Prescription for Health Professionals
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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