Exercise Science

Bachelor of Arts

Students planning for graduate studies in all areas of exercise science may choose this Bachelor of Arts degree. 
 
Required courses from this department include:  (64.5 hours)
  • PE 100    Personal Wellness (2)
  • PE 163    Strength Conditioning (.5hr)
  • PE 211    Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries (3 hrs)
  • PE 212    Human Fitness Assessment (2)
  • PE 265    Introduction to Fitness, Physical Education and Sport (3)
  • PE 313    Kinesiology (3 hrs)
  • PE 332    Motor Behavior (3 hrs)
  • PE 345    Sociology of Sport (3 hrs)
  • PE 413    Physiology of Activity (3 hrs)
  • PE 424    Adapted Physical Education (2 hrs)
  • *PE 432 Tests and Measurements in Physical Education (3 hrs)
  • PE 435    Internship in Human Performance (3 hrs)
  • HED 220 Core Concepts of Health (3 hrs)
  • HED 300 Community and Consumer Health (3 hrs)
Sciences Courses required are:       
  • *BIOL 131 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 hrs)
  • *BIOL 132 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 hrs)
  • BIOL 190 Nutrition (3 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)
  • CHEM 347 Biochemistry 1 (4 hrs)
*Hours met in General Education Requirements
 
Students pursuing this major will also be prepared to enter graduate programs in physical therapy if they add the following courses:
 
PHYS 211    General Physics I (5)
PHYS 212    General Physics II (5)
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