The B.S. in Kinesiology with Fitness Management and Personal Training Emphasis is designed for students who want careers in personal fitness training, recreational fitness, and related fields.
What you'll learn
- Kinesiology Requirements
- HPER-L 135 Learning Community: Physical Education-Exercise Science (for new students & transfers with <15 hours)
- HPER-H 160 First Aid and Emergency Care
- HPER-H 180 Stress Prevention and Management
- HPER-H 195 Principles/Applications of Lifestyle Wellness
- HPER-H 350 Complementary/Alternative Approaches to Health
- HPER-H 363 Personal Health
- HPER-N 220 Nutrition for Health or FN 30300 Essentials of Nutrition
- HPER-P 200 Microcomputers Applications in Kinesiology
- HPER-P 205 Structural Kinesiology
- HPER-P 212 Introduction to Exercise Science
- HPER-P 215 Principles and Practice of Exercise Science
- HPER-P 246 Performance & Teaching of Cardiovascular & Resistance Training
- HPER-P 258 Activities for People with Special Needs
- HPER-P 373 Resistance Exercise/Sports Conditioning
- HPER-P 393 Professional Practice Programs in Health, Physical Education and Recreation (Practical Experience)
- HPER-P 397 Kinesiology
- HPER-P 403 Theory and Practice of Cardiovascular Exercise
- HPER-P 405 Introduction to Sport Psychology
- HPER-P 409 Basic Physiology of Exercise
- HPER-P 410 Physical Activity Programming for Individuals with Disabilities and Other Special Populations
- HPER-P 416 Fitness Management
- HPER-P 417 Physical Activity and Disease: Prevention and Treatment
- HPER-P 419 Fitness Testing and Interpretation
- HPER-P 420 Exercise Leadership & Program Design for Apparently Healthy & Special Populations
- HPER-P 443 Internship: Physical Education (Internal capstone)
- HPER-R 275 and HPER-R 100 Camp Brosius Leadership Training
- General Education Requirements
- Core Communication—Required: ENG-W 131 English Composition I
- Core Communication—Required: COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- Social Science—Required: PSY-B 110 Introduction to Psychology
- Social Science—Choose course from *Common Core list (Recommended: BUS-W 200 OR BUS-X 100)
- Cultural Understanding—Choose course from *Common Core list
- Arts & Humanities—Choose course from *Common Core list
- Life & Physical Science—Required: BIOL-N 212 & BIOL-N 213 Human Biology I & Lab
- Life & Physical Science—Required: BIOL-N 214 & BIOL-N 215 Human Biology II & Lab
- Analytical Reasoning—Choose course from *Common Core list (Recommended: Math-M 118 or higher)
- Analytical Reasoning—Choose course from *Common Core list
- Electives (10 credits)
- COMM-C 392 Health Communication
- FN 33000 Diet Selection and Planning
- PBHL-A 322 Principles of Epidemiology
- PSY-B 356 Motivation
- SHRS-W 361 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- HPER-H 366 Health Problems in the Community
- FN 31300 Principles of Healthy Menu Planning & Food Programs
- HPER-HXXX HPER-H Electives
- HPER-EXXX HPER-E Electives