Exercise Science Health Fitness Track
Recommended Course Sequence
Prepares graduates seeking careers in the fitness related fields such as exercise specialists and/or personal trainer 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 | EXSC 200 Introduction to Exercise Science | 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 |
| GEN ED Area 1.1 (Arts & Humanities) | 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 |
