Offered by Department of Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation & Leisure Studies

Exercise Science Major

Exercise Science
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by major = 48
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 30
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
      • SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 9 including:
      • PHYS 205GS, General Physics I - 4 hours
      • PHYS 205LGS, Physics I Laboratory - 1 hour
      • Take ONE of the following options:
        • Take 1 course:
          • CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
        • OR take 2 courses:
          • CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
          • CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 6 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
      • FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 3 including:
  • MATH 102GS, College Algebra - 3 hours
  • *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level.
• Major Option = 35
• Minor or 2nd Major = 24
• For specific requirements see #3 of Bachelor of Science Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
• Suggested minors for Exercise Science majors include: Biology, Chemistry, Health Science, Psychology or Public Health.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 110
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 10
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Exercise Science = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

Please see the Department for Entrance Requirements. Other information available at the program's Web page.

1. Exercise Science Requirements (35 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • PE 229, Wellness Interventions - 3 hours
     • PE 305, Fitness Leadership - 3 hours
     • PE 310, Introduction to Human Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours
     • PE 360, Introduction to Anatomical Biomechanics - 4 hours
     • PE 422, Administration of Strength Programs - 2 hours
     • PE 461, Physiology of Exercise - 4 hours
     • PE 467, Fitness Testing - 3 hours
     • PE 468, Public Health Aspects of Physical Activity - 3 hours
     • PE 475, Research Methods in Exercise Science - 3 hours
     • REC 477, Internship - 4 hours
   • Take 3 hours from:
     • PE 469, Sports Nutrition - 3 hours
     • PE 473, Special Topics in Exercise Nutrition - 3 hours