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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Exercise Science, B.S.


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Department of Health and Human Performance  
Vaughn Barry, program coordinator

615-898-5535
Vaughn.Barry@mtsu.edu

The major in Exercise Science offers preparation for positions in corporate, hospital, and public wellness and fitness centers. The program also offers preparation for students seeking graduate degrees in exercise science and allied health, cardiac rehabilitation, and physical/occupational therapy.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Exercise Science, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirement 60 hours*
Electives 19-23 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase. 

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Electives (19-23 hours)


Curriculum: Exercise Science


Freshman


  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy (BIOL 1030/1031 rec.) OR Electives 4 credit hours *
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours
  • PHED activity 1 credit hour
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours (HLTH 1530/HLTH 1531 recommended)
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • *NOTE: BIOL 1030 /BIOL 1031  prerequisite for BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011 .

  • 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 30 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Subtotal: 28 Hours


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