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  Nov 12, 2024
 
2010-2011 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Frozen) 
  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Frozen) [Archived Catalog]

Exercise Science, B.S.


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Learning Outcomes Department of Exercise Science 
Curriculum Arnold School of Public Health 

Learning Outcomes


  • Bachelors of Science students will describe the relationship among physical activity, functional capacity, health and disease across the life span.
  • Bachelors of Science students will demonstrate laboratory proficiency.
  • Bachelors of Science students will demonstrate laboratory proficiency through written and practical evaluations.
  •  Motor Development Bachelors of Science students will describe the development, analysis, and diagnosis of motor function and disabilities.
  • Motor Development Bachelors of Science students will describe the development of programs for physical/motor activity to enhance, improve, or recover motor function and coordination in all age groups.
  • Public Health Bachelors of Science students will describe the relationship between healthy lifestyles, behavior, public policy and the environment. They also will describe the methods of counseling individuals to increase physical activity levels in order to reduce risk factors for disease.
  • Scientific Foundations Bachelors of Science students will describe the relationship between biological systems and the maintenance of internal homeostasis during movement.

Curriculum


Degree Requirements (Minimum 120 Hours)


1. General Education Requirements (54 Hours)


3. Concentration Requirements


Select one of the following cognates: Health Fitness, Motor Development, Scientific Foundations, Public Health.

4. Electives**


Students in Exercise Science must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Depending on choice of concentration area, students must complete an appropriate number of elective courses.

Notes:


*Selectives are intended to enhance the major and must be selected from the cognate-specific list designated in the department undergraduate program manual. Courses taken as Selectives may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements.

**Advisor approved.

Minors


Students majoring in exercise science may pursue minors as offered by other units. In completing minors, students may apply advisor-approved courses to both the minor and the block of elective credits required in the exercise science cognates.

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