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James Jensen
Thomas Franco
Brennan Glynn
Madison Riccardi
Nancy Roche
Writing 1010-013
25 November 2014
Exercise and Sports Science
In the world of human health, the University of Utah is one of the best universities to
study the body and how we can further improve its longevity and health. The College of Health
is overviewed and ran by David H Perrin. Within the College of Health is the Exercise Sport
Science Department and its goal is to enhance health, quality of life, and human performance
through discovery, dissemination, and application of the scientic foundations of physical
activity (ESS WEBSITE). Through the explorations and studies within this major the department
hopes to further be recognized in enhancing the global goal of universal health. One cannot do
this without understanding the complex and complicated literacy practices within the
undergraduate major. Through observations and research one would conclude that the most
important literacy practices are the intricacies between people within in the domain, and the way
the information is mediated to students.
The interactions between people in the ESS major are largely one sided conversations
with professors and TAs being in positions of power and controlling all forms of
communication. Most of the interactions take place in a lecture type setting. Students take notes
without contributing much to the conversation. This dynamic allows to the teacher to direct the

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class in the way they see fit. The person leading the lecture, generally a professor, decides when
communication starts and when it should be stopped.
Exercise and Sports Science requires an enormous amount of hands on experience. An
excellent way for a student in this major at the University of Utah to gain extra experience is
with internship opportunities. The social practice for this text is to help graduate students get
more experience in their major through internships. The CSME, at the University of Utah, main
mission is to promote understanding and enthusiasm for science and mathematics in present and
into the future of their field. From this article our group has learned how to get more involved
with the major and gain experience through an internship. This written text is helping by
promoting how people in this major can gain more hands on experience. This text was written
between 2012 and 2014, and has not changed from when it was printed. The text could have
been made more public by being printed in the university paper, or even by email to students at
the University. The text is coming from the Center for Science and Mathematics, and is written
by the University of Utah
Summer Undergraduate Research Program provided by the University of Utah is another
great opportunity to gain extra experience outside what is required in this major. The social
practice of this text is: teaching undergraduates how to work in a lab. It also gives students in an
opportunity to learn and gain more experience in their field. Certain practices like prior lab
experience would help students navigate within this field. Students need certain skills already to
be able to interact effectively in a biology lab. Students can receive credit for Biol 4955 or Biol
4995 at the University of Utah. They will also be more experienced making future classes and
merging into the job market easier. This text was written this year, 2014, meaning that all the
information is up to date for current students. In the past the application process to get into the

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program would have been different. The application requirements might have been more relaxed
and the pay would have been less. The text could have been made more exclusive requiring
higher standards for students. The biology department funds the research program and are the
people who select which students make it into the program.
Graduate Studies in Pharmacology and Toxicology . The social practices this text
provides are opportunities to enhance graduate training and education. With researches in
Neurosciences, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, and molecular and biochemical toxicology,
you will gain a better understanding of what this program entails. Students will need previous
skills that were learned in an undergraduate program, to be able to understand the written and
verbal text used in this graduate program. The written text is letting people know what this
graduate program will be teaching, and what exactly the program is about. The text was written
this year, 2014, so the information is up to date. In the past, the text and the application for the
program would have been vastly different from what it is now; the application process in the past
could have been much more tedious and long without the advancement and use of email. The
text could have gone into more detail about the application process, and how competitive it is.
The Health Sciences center at the University of Utah is comprised of the School of Medicine,
College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, and the College of Health. The text is coming from
the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah.
Through observing the artifacts, classes, and the environments one is surrounded by one
can conclude that literacy in the major is very important. One does not see people who have not
already invested their time in their major. All the pamphlets, websites, books, and interviews one
would notice that the written text and conversations are set up for graduate level students or
people who are very involved within the major. The social practice of being able to understand

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the literacy within the major Exercise and Sports Science is hard, but when you add the text and
visuals it makes it even harder for an outsider to come in and join quickly.
For somebody outside the major of Exercise and Sports Science communication between
them and somebody fluent in the ESS discourse is difficult. Vocabulary used between members
of this major tends to be very complex. Without struggling to understand the language it is easy
to pick out an outsider. Looking at brochures, pamphlets, and flyers picked up from these
building the complexities can be observed. This is a form of gatekeeping demonstrated by the
people in charge of distributing these artifacts. Gatekeeping weeds out the people they are not
looking for and helps draw in those who can actually contribute in a conversation about Exercise
and Sports Science.
As you can see, the major of Exercise and Sports Science is a very complex one. Between
classes, language, and the study of the major, one that is not in the field would not be able to
understand what those that are in the major do. The department as a whole are looking to
enhance universal health, and without the understanding of what is being taught in this major and
the language of this major, you will not be able to contribute to the the conversations and help of
enhancing the health and overall performance. One that is not inside this major, or even one that
just started to learn about this field of study will not be able to understand the literacy or the
visuals that come along with it. The complexity and importance of ESS is one that is hard to
understand. Those that are planning on majoring in Exercise and Sports Science should plan on
spending a lot of time trying to understand the language so that they in return will be able to
contribute in the conversations within the major.