This course aims to introduce students to the knowledge-based, clinical, and practical skills necessary for the prescription and application of exercise as a preventive and therapeutic medium. A particular emphasis will be placed on planned and strategic management of the chronic patient student in an exercise prescription setting; the course will look at a number of relevant chronic medical conditions, assess the influence of the condition on the exercising individual, provide research evidence to verify what is being discussed, and lay out a practical approach to exercising with specific chronic conditions.