Exercise Science Health Fitness Track
Recommended Course Sequence
Prepares graduates seeking careers in the fitness related fields such as exercise specialists, personal trainer, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, biomechanics, health fitness coach, or physical education teacher within the management of community health fitness programs, hospitals/wellness programs, sports medicine and the sports industry.
| Freshman Year | |||
| Fall Credits | Spring Credits | ||
| GEN ED Area 6.1 (EXSC 100 Freshman Experience) | 1 | GEN ED Area 1.1 (Arts & Humanities) | 3 |
| GEN ED Area 6.3 (EXSC 111 Personal Health and Fitness) | 3 | GEN ED Area 3 (BIOL 112 Principles of Biology II) | 3 |
| GEN ED Area 3 (BIOL 111 Principles of Biology I) | 3 | BIOL 114 Principles of Biology II Lab | 1 |
| GEN ED Area 3 (BIOL 113 Principles of Biology I Lab) | 1 | GEN ED Area 5 (ENGL 102 Basic Composition II) | 3 |
| GEN ED Area 5 (ENGL 101 Basic Composition I) | 3 | GEN ED Area 4 (MATH 109 College Algebra) | 3 |
| BUAD 132 Introduction to Business | 3 | GEN ED Area 2 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) | 3 |
| EXSC 200 Introduction to Exercise Science | 3 | ||
| Total Freshman- 33 | 17 | 16 | |
| Sophomore Year | |||
| Fall Credits | Spring Credits | ||
| EXSC 202 Personal and Community Health | 3 | EXSC 252 Sports Psychology | 3 |
| GEN ED Area 2 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) | 3 | BIOL 232 Human Anatomy and Phys II | 3 |
| BIOL 231 Human Anatomy and Phys I | 3 | BIOL 234 Human Anatomy and Phys II Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 233 Human Anatomy and Phys I Lab | 1 | ACCT 200 College Accounting | 3 |
| GEN ED Area 1.2 (ENGL 203 Fundamentals of Contemporary Speech) | 3 | GEN ED Area 6.2 (BUED 212 Computer Concepts/Application) | 3 |
| DMST 210 Writing for Public Communication | 3 | ||
| Total Sophomore – 29 | 16 | 13 | |
| Junior Year | |||
| Fall Credits | Spring Credits | ||
| EXSC 222 Intermediate Swimming OR EXSC 223 Tai Chi Foundations OR EXSC 224 Fundamentals of Basketball | 1 | EXSC 302 Sport Medicine and First Aid | 3 |
| EXSC 332 Exercise Physiology | 4 | EXSC 355 Exercise Testing and Prescription | 3 |
| EXSC 455 Health Fitness Management | 3 | MATH 210 Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| BUAD 213 Business Software Application | 3 | EXSC 265 (Contemporary Issues in Kinesiology or EXSC 382 (Socio-Cultural Analysis of Sport) | 3 |
| CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 | GEN ED Area 5 (ENGL 305 Technical Writing) | 3 |
| CHEM 113 Principles of Chemistry Lab | 1 | ||
| Total Junior- 30 | 15 | 15 | |
| Senior Year | |||
| Fall Credits | Spring Credits | ||
| EXSC 411 Applied Kinesiology | 4 | EXSC 360 Exercise & Sport Nutr Online | 3 |
| EXSC 445 Health Aspects of Aging | 3 | EXSC 490 Internship in Exercise Science | 6 |
| EXSC 464 Adult Health Fitness Programming Online | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| EXSC 475 Advanced Strength and Conditioning | 3 | ||
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| Total Senior – 28 | 16 | 12 | |
| Exercise Science Heath Fitness Track Total – 120 |
