Exercise Science Health and Fitness Track
Students in this track are immersed in the science of movement and learn a variety of skills used in health and fitness related occupations, such as health coach, personal fitness trainer, strength and conditioning specialist or serving as an exercise specialist in corporate wellness, health education, or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
Requirements
| Required Core Courses | ||
| EXR 201 | Introduction to Exercise Science | 3 |
| EXR 212 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| EXR 222 | Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| EXR 233 | Personal Health and Wellness | 3 |
| EXR 301 | Motor Learning | 3 |
| EXR 302 | Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| EXR 325 | Evidence-Based Research Concepts | 3 |
| EXR 329 | Kinesiology and Biomechanics | 3 |
| EXR 331 | Physiology of Exercise and Sport | 4 |
| EXR 352 | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | 3 |
| EXR 483 | Seminar in Exercise Science | 3 |
| EXR 498 | Senior Exit Assessment | 0 |
| MLS 225 | Nutrition | 3 |
| Required Courses; Health and Fitness Track | ||
| EXR 363 | Exercise and Sport Psychology | 4 |
| EXR 375 | Principles of Strength and Conditioning | 4 |
| EXR 412 | Exercise Management for Special Populations | 3 |
| EXR 451 | Exercise Testing and Prescription | 3 |
| IPL 300 | ECCE: Internship Applied Learning 1 | 2-12 |
| EXR Electives | 12 | |
| Other Required Courses (General Education, Prerequisites, ECCE Requirements) | ||
| BIO 201 & BIO 202 | Basics of Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Basics of Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 8 |
| CHE 141 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| or CHE 124 | General Chemistry for the Health Professions | |
| COM 112 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Rhetoric and College Writing | 3 |
| ENG 102 | College Writing and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| MAT 111 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| MAT 121 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 201 | Principles Of Psychology | 3 |
| SOA 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Freshman Seminar (Humanities or Social Science) | 3 | |
| Comparative Societies (Humanities or Social Science) | 3 | |
| Humanities | 3 | |
| Visual/Creative/Performing Arts (Humanities) | 3 | |
| ECCE (Speaker Series, Global Awareness, US Communities, Engagement Experience Electives) | 7 | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 123-133 | |
| 1 | Fulfills the ECCE Engagement Experience requirement |