Exercise Science, BS

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Exercise Science Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	*Fall Cr.*	Spr. Cr.
First Year
COGNATE	BIOL 110-111 - (E) Structure and Function of the Human Body	4	4
GE NSCI	CHEM 112-113 - (E) General and Analytical Chemistry /CHEM 112L-113L	4.5	4.5
GE WRTG-SPCH	WRTG 107 - Composition - COMM 100 - Public Speaking	3	3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminars ¹
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy		3
MAJOR	EXSC 210 - Sport and Exercise Physiology		3
GE QUAN	MATH 103 - (Q) Pre-Calculus Mathematics or MATH 114 - (Q) Calculus I	4
		15.5	17.5
Second Year
COGNATE	BIOL 245 - (W: lab only) General Physiology (S)		4.5
MAJOR	EXSC 212 - Nutrition in Exercise and Sport *	3
MAJOR	EXSC 229 - Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology	3
MAJOR	EXSC 313 - Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3
COGNATE	PHYS 120/120L - (E) General Physics I –PHYS 121/121L - (E) General Physics II	4	4
MAJOR	CHED 230 - (D,S) Health Promotion/Disease Prevention and Health Disparities	1	3
MAJOR	PHED 112 First Aid/CPR/AED
GE S/BH	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology		3
		14	17.5
Third Year
MAJOR	EXSC 240 - Prevention and Care of Sports Injuries	3
MAJOR	EXSC 375 - Exercise Testing/Programming for Health and Performance	3
MAJOR	EXSC 442 - Clinical Exercise Physiology *		3
COGNATE	EDUC 120 - (Q,W) Applied Statistics , PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences or MATH 204 - (Q) Special Topics of Statistics	3
GE T/RE	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible - T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
GE PHIL	PHIL 210 - Ethics		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective	3
GE HUMN (D)	HUMN ELECT (D) - Humanities Elective (Cultural Diversity)		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECTIVE - Free Elective	3	3
		18	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	PSYC 238 - Exercise and Sport Psychology	3
MAJOR	EXSC 350 - Nutrition through the Life Cycle or EXSC 360 - Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning or EXSC 412 - (W) Current Topics in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine or CHED 413 - (W) Worksite Health Promotion		3
MAJOR	EXSC 435 - (D) Exercise, Nutrition and Women’s Health *	3
MAJOR	EXSC 440 - Advanced Physiology of Sport and Exercise	3
MAJOR	EXSC 448 - Research Methods in Exercise Science		3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective		3
GE PHIL-T/RS	ELECT - Philosophy or T/RS Elective	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective	3
		15	15
	Total: 127.5 Credits

* Includes service-learning component

¹The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

Exercise Science, BS

Exercise Science Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 127.5 Credits