PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete the program in Exercise Science will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate cognitive and psychomotor competence in the assessment of structure and function of the body including typical, anomalous, and pathological states.
  2. Write technically in the context of the review and synthesis of professional literature.
  3. Communicate orally to a target audience in topics of medicine and exercise science.
  4. Conceptualize, exhibit, and teach from art they create, reflecting the structure and function of the human body and/or the implements manipulated by or acting upon the body.
  5. Demonstrate ethical behavior, whether undergraduate students or alumni through volunteer or professional settings, and treat others as they wish to be treated as per the example of Jesus Christ.
  6. Demonstrate preparation to articulate their post-graduate educational and career callings in light of their life purposes.

LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLEUNITS
KPE 101Orientation to Kinesiology, Physical Education, Athletic Training1
KPE 280Introduction to Athletic Training2
BIO 130Human Anatomy and Physiology I4
BIO 140Human Anatomy and Physiology II4
BIO 210Cell Biology and Biochemistry4
BIO 220Microbiology of Infectious Diseases4
CHE 152General Chemistry I4
CHE 153General Chemistry II4
PSY 103General Psychology3
Certification in First Aid and CPR
 TOTAL30

UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

COURSETITLEUNITS
ATR 385Pathology of Injury and Illness3
KPE 312Motor Learning and Motor Development3
KPE 325Structural Kinesiology2
KPE 327Applied Biomechanics2
KPE 340Physiology of Exercise3
KPE 440Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation of Human Performance3
PED 300Optimal Health2
PSY 321Abnormal Psychology3
One additional upper-division elective in the Department of Kinesiology: 
KPE 430Advanced Exercise Physiology OR
One of the following:
3
ATR 387Assessment of Lower Extremity Pathology(3)
ATR 388
Assessment of Head, Spinal and Upper Extremity Pathology(3)
ATR 410Therapeutic Exercise(3)
ATR 415Therapeutic Modalities and Pharmacology(4)
KPE 488Internship in Kinesiology(3)
BIO 470Neuroscience(3)
PSY 308Developmental Psychology-Birth Through Adolescence(4)
 TOTAL 24-25