Exercise Science

Bachelor of Arts

Exercise Science Coordinator:  Steve Wirick
 
 
Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science
 
Core Requirements:  41 hours
  • PE 100    Personal Wellness (2 hrs)
  • PE 212    Human Fitness Assessment (2 hrs)
  • PE 215    Anatomical Structure and Function (3 hrs)
  • PE 265    Introduction to Fitness, Physical Education and Sport (3 hrs)
  • PE 313    Kinesiology (3 hrs)
  • PE 332    Motor Behavior (3 hrs)
  • PE 334    HHP Practicum (1 hr)
  • PE 345    Sociology of Sport (3 hrs)
  • PE 461    Fitness Programming and Prescription (3 hrs)
  • PE 413    Physiology of Exercise (3 hrs)
  • PE 435    Internship in Human Performance (3 hrs)
  • HED 300 Community and Consumer Health (3 hrs)
  • HED 382  Health Psychology (3 hrs)
  • HED 442  Biostatistics & Epidemiology (3 hrs)
  • *BIOL 190 Nutrition (3 hrs)

*Meets Gen Ed. requirement for Health and Wellness

Three Exercise Science Concentrations:
 
I.  Pre-Physical Therapy Concentration:  (32 hrs)
  • BIOL 131    Human Anatomy I (4 hrs)
  • BIOL 132    Human Anatomy II (4hrs)
  • CHEM 131   General Chemistry I (4 hrs)
  • CHEM 132   General Chemistry II (4 hrs)
  • *PHYS 211  General Physics I (5 hrs)
  • PHYS 212   General Physics II (5 hrs)
  • PE 433        Rehab & Modalities in Sports Medicine (3 hrs)
  • PSYCH 344    Abnormal Psychology (3 hrs)

* Meets Gen. Ed. requirement under Lab Science

Total of 73 hrs. for the core and the concentration. 
Recap of all the hours:
52 hrs. in Gen. Ed. (8 included in the major) = 44 hrs. gen. ed. plus 41 in the core, plus 32 hrs. in the concentration = 117 hours.  Careful planning needs to occur to include 2 hours at the 300-400 level ot meet the 39 Upper Division hours.
 
II. Exercise Physiology Cencentration: (32-33 hours)
  • PE 386    Teaching Group Exercise (2 hrs)
  • PE 433    Rehab and Modalities in Sports Medicine (3 hrs)
  • *BIOL 131 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 hrs)
  • BIOL 132 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 hrs)
  • BIOL 371 Microbiology (4 hrs)
  • CHEM 131 General Chemistry I (4 hrs)
  • CHEM 132 General Chemistry II (4 hrs)
  • CHEM 221Organic Chemistry I (4 hrs)
* Meets Gen. Ed. requirement under Lab Science
 
Total of 73-74 hrs. for the core and the concentration. 
Recap of all the hours:
52 hrs. in Gen. Ed. (7 included in the major) = 45 hrs. gen. ed. plus 41 in the core, plus 32-33 hrs. in the concentration = 118-119 hours.  Careful planning needs to occur to include 4-5 hours at the 300-400 level ot meet the 39 Upper Division hours.
 
III. Fitness Promotions and personal Training Concentration: (23 hrs)
  • #PE 386    Teaching Group Exercise (2 hrs)
  • PE 210      First Aid and Safety (3 hrs)
  • PE 211      Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries (3 hrs)
  • PE 231      Initiative Games (2 hrs)
  • #PE 290    Facility Design and Event Planning (3hrs)
  • #PE 411    Mangement of Sport (3 hrs)
  • HED 431    Program Planning & Evaluation (3 hrs)
  • *BIOL 273    Human Biology (4 hrs)
* Meets Gen. Ed requirements under Lab Science and Health and Wellness
# Every-other-year courses
 
Recap of all the hours:
Total of 64 hrs for the core and the concentration
52 hrs in Gen. Ed. (7 included in the major) = 45 hrs. in gen. ed., plus 41 hrs. in teh core, plus 23 hrs in the concentration = 109 hours.
 
Fitness Promotions and Personal Training Minor (19 hours)
This minor is designed to provide students with a framework of academic and practicial training skills necessary to prepare them to sit for the Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certificate exam from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  The minor includes the following:  PE 212, 215, 313, 386, 413, 461; HED 431.
 
1.800.521.1146