Fitness Promotions and
Personal Training Concentration
- Exercise Science
Get hands-on experience before you even graduate!
If you're looking for an exciting career in a growing market and have a passion to help others live healthier lives...
Consider choosing the fitness promotions and personal training concentration of the exercise science major!
Spotlight
"My own heart transplant came during a physics class in Timken Science Hall."
- Dr. Timothy Bricker '74
Physician-in-chief Kentucky Children's Hospital
Fitness Promotions and Personal Training Concentration:
- BIOL 273 - Introduction to Human Biology
- EXSC 211 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
- EXSC 386 - Teaching Group Exercise
- HED 431 - Program Planning and Evaluation
- PE 210 - First Aid and Safety
- PE 231 - Initiative Games
- SMGT 290 - Facility and Event Management
- SMGT 301 - Management of Sport
The core requirements for the major include:
- BIOL 190 - Nutrition
- EXSC 212 - Human Fitness Assessment
- EXSC 313 - Kinesiology
- EXSC 334 - HHP Practicum
- EXSC 413 - Physiology of Activity
- EXSC 435 - Internship in Human Performance
- EXSC 461 - Fitness Programming and Prescription
- HED 300 - Community and Consumer Health
- HED 382 - Health Psychology
- HED 442 - Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- PE 100 - Personal Wellness
- PE 215 - Anatomical Structure and Function
- PE 265 - Introduction to Fitness, Physical Education, and Sport
- PE 332 - Motor Behavior
- PE 345 - Sociology of Sport
