Exercise Science (BS)
This program provides a challenging educational experience for students who wish to pursue health/fitness careers. The major provides hands on experience in the health/ fitness industry tied to core academic preparation in the science of exercise and health. Students of exercise science will have the requisite coursework for graduate programs in Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, and Exercise Science. Graduates of an exercise science program may work in community, retail, or medical fitness centers, hospital-based clinical exercise rehabilitation, clinical research, corporate wellness programs, and nonprofit health promotion organizations.
Exercise Science Major
Majors will complete four prerequisite courses, a core consisting of ten courses plus two electives spread out across their four years. All Majors are required to have CPR and First Aid Certifications by March 1 of the senior year. The suggested sequence for core courses is:
First Year or Sophmore Year
| STAT 118 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC 101 | Introduction to Psychological Science | 4 |
| NUTR 112 | Introduction to Nutrition Science | 4 |
| EXSC 100 | Introduction to Exercise Science | 2 |
| EXSC 110 | Form and Function in Resistance Exercise | 2 |
First Year
BIOL 113, MATH 118: prereq. for BIOL 246
CHEM 111, CHEM 112: prereq. for BIOL 231
Sophomore Year
Junior Year
| BIOL 332 | Exercise Physiology | 4 |
| PSYC 232 | Health Psychology | 4 |
| EXSC 361 | Exercise Assessment & Prescription | 4 |
| CPR with AED Training | |
| First Aid Certification (offerd during EXSC 361 lab at cost) | |
BIOL 332: prereq. for SNHS 361
PHYS 110: prereq. for BIOL 362
Senior Year: total of 8 credits:
*required for class of 2023+; Counts as .5 ExSci elective for classes of 2020-2022
**optional for class of 2023+, this will count as a replacement elective for PHYS 111
BIOL 370: 8 credits
For Students in the Accelerated Physical Therapy Program:
DPT 612/13 Professional Seminar (2 credits) and the tutorial components of DPT 672/73 Frameworks of Physical Therapy: Musculoskeletal 1 and 2 (4 credits) are the equivalent of the Capstone and Biology 370 Internship.
DPT 622/23 Fundamentals of Movement Sciences 1 and 2 are equivalent to BIOL 362 Kinesiology.
PHYS 111 is both a requirement for the DPT program and an elective from the Exercise Science list.
The second Exercise Science elective is satisfied by DPT 652, Evidence-Based Practice
Exercise Science Electives:
NUTR 311: CHEM 223 prereq.
SOCI 345: SOCI 101 prereq.