Exercise & Sports Studies
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If you want a career related to physical activity, this major is for you. You will not only learn how health, physical activity, and social factors relate to the sports and fitness industries, but you will also get hands-on-experience led by educated faculty.
As an Exercise and Sports Studies major, you take core classes that give you a solid foundation in exercise and sports studies, and select an emphasis to focus on an area of interest. All the emphases are designed to prepare you for continued studies at the graduate level. You may choose an emphasis in sports administration, fitness and wellness, recreation, or sports studies.
Students can also minor in Exercise and Sports Studies.
A degree in Exercise and Sports Studies provide you with adequate preparation to begin a career in any of these settings: professional athletics, college/university strength and conditioning, high school, health and fitness industry, personal training, corporate fitness, sports medicine clinics, exercise physiology/research, community organizations, military, athletic administration, cardiac rehabilitation, sports psychology, and coaching.
LOCATION: Main residential campus in Fayette, Iowa
MAJOR IN EXERCISE & SPORTS STUDIES
Core Classes
- (2) HPER 101 Introduction to HPER
- (1) HPER 102 First Aid/CPR/AED
- (4) BIO 135 Principles of Biology I
- (3) PSY 190 General Psychology
- (3) PSY/EDU 142 Human Growth and Development
- (2) HPER 166 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries
- (2) HPER 226 Foundations of Physical Fitness
- (3) HPER 283 Sports Nutrition
- (3) HPER 302 Exercise Physiology
- (3) HPER 305 Kinesiology
- (3) HPER 318 Psychology of Exercise and Sport
- (3) HPER 334 Sport Law and Legal Issues
- (2) HPER 360 Motor Learning
Total: 34 credits
