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Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science with a Human Performance Emphasis

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Degree Requirements

60 credits minimum (38 credits upper division); 16 supporting = 76 total credits.

Required Courses:

  • EXSC 201/201L: Functional Anatomy and Functional Anatomy Lab 1

  • EXSC 202/202L: Exercise Physiology and Exercise Physiology Lab 1

  • EXSC 301/301L: Biomechanics and Biomechanics Lab

  • EXSC 302: Motor Development Across a Life Span

  • EXSC 494: Capstone

  • EXSC 300: Exercise Prescription

  • EXSC 303: Nutrition

  • EXSC 325: Stats & Research Methods in Exercise Science

  • EXSC 340: Motor Learning and Control

  • EXSC 401/401L: Advanced Biomechanics and Advanced Biomechanics Lab

  • EXSC 470/470L: Advanced Exercise Physiology and Advanced Exercise Physiology Lab

  • EXSC 487: Clinical Exercise Physiology

  • EXSC 461: Exercise Psychology

  • CHEM 151: General Chemistry

  • CHEM 151L: General Chemistry Lab

  • CHEM 152: General Chemistry II

  • CHEM 152L: General Chemistry II Lab

Select one of the following:

  • PHYS 201/201L: General Physics I and General Physics I Lab (or)

  • PHYS 211/211L: Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lab

Required Supporting Courses

Support courses are those courses from outside the department that fulfill foundational knowledge requirements (prerequisites) for students in Exercise Science.

  • BIOL 223/223L: Human Anatomy and Human Anatomy Lab

  • BIOL 224/224L: Human Physiology and Human Physiology Lab

  • MATH 151: Precalculus

  • PSYC 200: General Psychology

BIOL 223 and BIOL 224 (Anatomy and Physiology) are prerequisites for EXSC 201 (Functional Anatomy) and EXSC 202 (Exercise Physiology). Students are advised to take Anatomy and Physiology as early as possible in their course sequence.

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