Exercise Science Major
The Exercise Science
Program is designed to prepare students for entry-level
positions in various health and fitness occupations, or for
graduate education in exercise science or other pre-professional
health-related disciplines such as physical therapy, physician
assistance and medicine. The program is also designed to
prepare students for professional certification by appropriate
organizations. The academic foundation of exercise science
is in physiology, bioenergetics, and movement anatomy and
mechanics, with applications to exercise responses and
adaptations, strength and conditioning, sport performance, and
disease and injury. Courses include human anatomy &
physiology, fitness instruction, exercise physiology, fitness
and stress testing, kinesiology, and injury prevention and
emergency management. The program requires a
375-hour
internship experience (10 credits), and includes many hands-on
opportunities in health and fitness initiatives and scientific
research.
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