Have you ever considered how the body moves or how it responds to exercise? What can be done to prevent injuries or to restore the injured body to health? As a student in this major you will study the human body and how it works in health and disease. This degree was designed to fulfill the requirements needed to be recognized by the major governing bodies that oversee the field of exercise science. Possible career opportunities include coaching, biomechanist, corporate fitness director, exercise physiologist, personal trainer, and a strength and conditioning coach just to name a few. This major will also prepare students for graduate study. In addition to fulfilling exercise science coursework, the major also leaves room for you to take electives in other areas of interest that can result in a formal minor.

Goals & Objectives

• Integrate liberal learning skills including critical thinking, writing and speaking within the major.
• Provide a firm foundation in Christian personal and professional morals, values and ethic behavior within the field of exercise science.
• Enable the students to recognize the importance of lifelong fitness of the mind and lifelong fitness of the body.
• Provide theoretical and practical knowledge and skills needed to establish a lifestyle that promotes health and prevents disease.
• Provide a major that prepares students for a career in exercise science and for graduate study.