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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog | Expires Aug. 2030

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Exercise Science Major (B.S.)

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Exercise Science is the scientific study of exercise and sport. As a discipline, exercise science is interdisciplinary and heavily rooted in the physical and life sciences including chemistry, biology, and physics. The field of exercise science involves the study of physical activity and the impact it has on health, fitness, and athletics. Exercise science graduates can choose from careers in university research and teaching facilities, sports medicine clinics, hospital and cardiac rehabilitation centers, public health organizations, corporate fitness centers, health and community fitness clubs, personal training, and athletic coaching.

Students seeking professional employment in athletics, club, community, corporate, or clinical health/fitness settings as well as preparation for graduate education in exercise science or related healthcare fields would take this major. Program and course competencies are designed to meet American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCS) outcomes.

Students must complete the interdiciplinary major requirements; a minor is not required.

General Education Required Courses

SVSU requires a total of 124 credits including 42 upper level credits and 2 CI (!) courses.

Fulfull the 10 General Education categories to meet the University General Education requirements (35 credits)

Students are required to fulfill the following General Education courses as part of the Exercise Science degree requirements.

Category 3

Complete one of the following courses to fulfill General Education and Exercise Science Major requirements (4 cr).

MATH 132A - Statistical Methods: General Statistics 4 cr
MATH 132B - Statistical Methods: Biostatistics 4 cr
PS 225! - Statistics 4 cr
PSYC 299 - Statistics 4 cr
SOC 225 - Statistics 4 cr

Category 4

Complete BIO111A (4 cr) and one of the following Chemistry courses (3-4 cr) to fulfill General Education and Exercise Science Major requirements.

Category 6

Complete the following course to fulfill General Education and Exercise Science Major requirements (4 cr).

PSYC 100 - General Psychology 4 cr

Category 10

Complete one of the following courses to fulfill General Education and Exercise Science Major requirements (3 cr).

Kinesiology Core

Complete the following courses to fulfill the Kinesiology Core Requirements for the Exercise Science major.

Exercise Science Core (13 cr)

Complete the following courses to fulfill the Exercise Science Core requirements for the Exercise Science major.

Exercise Science Electives (12 cr)

Complete four courses from the following to fulfill the Exercise Science Elective requirement for the Exercise Science major:

Interdisciplinary Major Requirements

To meet the requirements for this interdisciplinary major, students must complete courses from at least three departments outside of Kinesiology. These courses must total at least 14 credits and include at least one upper division (300-400 level) course.

Students will meet this interdisciplinary requirement by completing BIO 232 and 233, one Physics course (PHYS 107, PHYS 111/111L or PHYS 150), and an additional upper level course from the list below.

Biology Requirements

Students must complete the following two courses as part of the Interdisciplinary Major Requirements.

One course in Physics from

Students must complete one of the following courses:

PHYS 107 - Our Physical World 4 cr
PHYS 111 - General Physics I 4 cr
PHYS 150 - Physics for Health Sciences 4 cr

Upper Division Requirement

Students must complete one of the following courses to fulfill the upper division course requirement of the Interdisciplinary Major Requirements.

HS 310 - Healthy Aging 3 cr
HS 320 - Chronic Illness and Long Term Care 3 cr
HS 340 - Principles of Public Health 3 cr
HS 341 - The U.S. Health Care System 3 cr
HS 410 - Principles of Health Behavior Change 3 cr
PSYC 310 - Child Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 314 - Infant Development 3 cr
PSYC 315 - Adolescent Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 330 - Motivation 3 cr
PSYC 346 - Neuropsychology 4 cr
PSYC 350 - Social Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 367 - Behavior Modification 3 cr
PSYC 370 - Theories of Personality 3 cr
PSYC 372 - Abnormal Psychology 4 cr
PSYC 380 - Cultural Psychology 4 cr
PSYC 470 - Health Psychology 4 cr
SOC 300 - Social Inequal & Human Diversity 3 cr
SOC 305 - Sociology of Aging 3 cr
SOC 307 - Sociology of Medicine 3 cr
SOC 308 - Sociology of Mental Health 3 cr
SOC 315 - Crosscultural Aging 3 cr
SOC 346 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 cr
SOC 350 - The Family 3 cr
SOC 435 - Environmental Sociology 3 cr
SW 302 - Child Abuse & Neglect 3 cr
SW 303 - Child Welfare Policies & Procedures 3 cr
SW 304 - Introduction to Gerontology 3 cr
SW 311 - Chemical Dependency: Overview 3 cr
SW 313 - Social Work & Health Care 3 cr
SW 314 - Social Work and Sexual Violence 3 cr
YS 310 - Diverse Youth and Families 3 cr
YS 311 - Work With Juvenile Delinquents 3 cr
YS 315 - LGBTQ Youth & Families 3 cr
YS 318 - Issues in Sexuality for Youth & Families 3 cr
YS 347 - Problems of American Youth 3 cr
YS 349 - Group Work with Youth 3 cr