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PHED 352 — BIOMECHANICS and BIOMECHANICS LAB

4 credits CIM Verified
6
Objectives
59
Matches
0
Reviewed
12
Occupations
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Top occupation matches for this course
46.7% Human Factors Engineers and Ergonom 12t
46.2% Choreographers 8t
41.1% Industrial Ecologists 7t
37.3% Exercise Physiologists 6t
42.6% Dancers 6t

Learning Objectives & Matches

LO2 CIM

1. Describe human movement using appropriate vocabulary

10 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Actors 4.7/5
47% ok

Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.

Producers and Directors 4.4/5
44% ok

Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.

Coaches and Scouts 4.4/5
43% ok

Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.

Operating Engineers and Other 4.5/5
42% ok

Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.

Coaches and Scouts 3.6/5
41% ok

Explain and demonstrate the use of sports and training equipment, such as trampolines or weights.

Producers and Directors 4.4/5
41% ok

Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.0/5
40% ok

Train users in task techniques or ergonomic principles.

Couriers and Messengers 4.4/5
40% ok

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.

Robotics Technicians 4.1/5
40% ok

Modify computer-controlled robot movements.

Choreographers 4.2/5
39% ok

Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.

LO3 CIM

2. Apply Newton’s Laws to human motion

9 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Administrative Law Judges, Adj 4.3/5
39% ok

Rule on exceptions, motions, and admissibility of evidence.

Physicists 4.0/5
38% ok

Teach physics to students.

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Co 4.5/5
37% ok

Rule on exceptions, motions, or admissibility of evidence.

Robotics Technicians 4.1/5
34% ok

Modify computer-controlled robot movements.

Middle School Teachers, Except 4.2/5
32% ok

Assign lessons and correct homework.

Coaches and Scouts 3.6/5
32% ok

Explain and demonstrate the use of sports and training equipment, such as trampolines or weights.

Mechatronics Engineers 3.5/5
31% ok

Create mechanical models to simulate mechatronic design concepts.

Physical Therapist Assistants 4.7/5
30% ok

Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

Coroners 4.9/5
30% ok

Observe and record the positions and conditions of bodies and related evidence.

LO4 CIM

3. Relate key biomechanical concepts to human motion

10 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.7/5
49% ok

Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

Coaches and Scouts 4.4/5
46% ok

Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.

Physical Therapist Assistants 4.2/5
43% ok

Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Robotics Technicians 4.1/5
41% ok

Modify computer-controlled robot movements.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.3/5
41% ok

Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools, such as checklists, surveys, videotaping, or force measurement.

Operating Engineers and Other 4.5/5
41% ok

Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.

Producers and Directors 4.4/5
41% ok

Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.2/5
41% ok

Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.

Coaches and Scouts 3.6/5
40% ok

Explain and demonstrate the use of sports and training equipment, such as trampolines or weights.

Mechatronics Engineers 3.5/5
40% ok

Create mechanical models to simulate mechatronic design concepts.

LO5 CIM

4. Summarize human movements in terms of biomechanical factors

10 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.7/5
52% ok

Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

Coaches and Scouts 4.4/5
50% ok

Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.

Choreographers 4.2/5
46% ok

Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.

Coaches and Scouts 3.6/5
44% ok

Explain and demonstrate the use of sports and training equipment, such as trampolines or weights.

Operating Engineers and Other 4.5/5
44% ok

Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.

Dancers 4.5/5
43% ok

Study and practice dance moves required in roles.

Physical Therapist Assistants 4.2/5
42% ok

Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Exercise Trainers and Group Fi 4.8/5
42% ok

Plan routines, choose appropriate music, and choose different movements for each set of muscles, depending on participants' capabilities and limitations.

Dancers 4.4/5
42% ok

Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.3/5
42% ok

Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools, such as checklists, surveys, videotaping, or force measurement.

LO6 CIM

5. Calculate human movements in terms of biomechanical factors

10 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.7/5
48% ok

Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.3/5
47% ok

Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools, such as checklists, surveys, videotaping, or force measurement.

Freight Forwarders 4.4/5
45% ok

Calculate weight, volume, or cost of goods to be moved.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 4.2/5
44% ok

Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.

Human Factors Engineers and Er 3.6/5
42% ok

Estimate time or resource requirements for ergonomic or human factors research or development projects.

Coaches and Scouts 4.4/5
41% ok

Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.

Industrial Ecologists 3.9/5
41% ok

Perform analyses to determine how human behavior can affect, and be affected by, changes in the environment.

Operating Engineers and Other 4.5/5
39% ok

Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.

Bioengineers and Biomedical En 3.9/5
39% ok

Develop models or computer simulations of human biobehavioral systems to obtain data for measuring or controlling life processes.

Robotics Technicians 4.1/5
39% ok

Modify computer-controlled robot movements.

LO7 CIM

6. Apply biomechanical theories to real-world problems

10 O*NET task matches
Batch:
Mathematicians 3.7/5
50% ok

Apply mathematical theories and techniques to the solution of practical problems in business, engineering, the sciences, or other fields.

Mechatronics Engineers 3.5/5
44% ok

Create mechanical models to simulate mechatronic design concepts.

Operations Research Analysts 4.0/5
44% ok

Specify manipulative or computational methods to be applied to models.

Statisticians 4.2/5
44% ok

Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.

Mechanical Engineering Technol 4.0/5
44% ok

Assemble or disassemble complex mechanical systems.

Biostatisticians 3.6/5
43% ok

Apply research or simulation results to extend biological theory or recommend new research projects.

Data Scientists
43% ok

Propose solutions in engineering, the sciences, and other fields using mathematical theories and techniques.

Materials Engineers 3.6/5
43% ok

Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.

Bioengineers and Biomedical En 4.1/5
42% ok

Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.

Biochemists and Biophysicists 4.5/5
41% ok

Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.

Source: Course learning outcomes from EWU's official Course Inventory Management (CIM) system. O*NET task matches are computed by comparing each learning outcome statement against every O*NET task statement using sentence-embedding similarity; faculty review confirms which matches count as preparation evidence.