Purpose:
A Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sports Science will provide students an interdisciplinary approach and comprehensive knowledge to the scientific basis of human movement, physical activity, exercise and sport performance.
Exercise scientists and exercise physiologists are professionals who specialize in assessing, evaluating, and prescribing exercise for health-related fitness outcomes of individuals in private, health, and corporate settings. Other options include the growing field of clinical exercise physiology where the Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) assesses, evaluates, and prescribes individual exercise for chronic disease populations in various medical settings. Sport scientists are professionals who assess, evaluate, and prescribe exercise and training protocols for the purpose of enhancing the sport performance potential of individuals. Sport scientists work with individual athletes, coaches, and teams in all amateur and professional sports. They also provide recommendations to promote recovery after training and offer motivational support. The interdisciplinary approach of combining natural sciences with exercise science coursework may prepare students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in areas such physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, exercise physiology, or chiropractic. The exercise and sport science major offers general elective credits, which a student can use to add a minor, or to further one’s background in the sciences or liberal arts. Recommended minors, based on student interest, may include Psychology, Chemistry or Biology, Marketing and Management.
Requirements:
To successfully complete the Exercise and Sports Science major, the following coursework is required:
- 79 credits as listed under Major Component
- 57 credits in Exercise Science Foundations
- 22 credits in Exercise Science and & Sports-Science Component
- 37 Core Credits
- 4 General Elective Credits
- A minimum of 120 credits are required for degree, the last 30 of which, and 50% of the major must be earned at La Roche University (developmental course work does not count toward the minimum number of required courses for graduation)