Exercise Science

Chair: Jean Kiernan

Note: Must take BIO 111 or BIO 100

Major in Exercise Science

B.S. degree) A total of forty-four or forty-five semester hours required. Thirty two hours in KHS, which must include KHS 214, KHS 220, KHS 304, KHS 306, KHS 320, KHS 322, KHS 400, KHS 410, KHS 423, and KHS 452, and 1-hour course from courses numbered KHS 111-170, plus six hours from any KHS course numbered 180 or above. Students may not enroll in more than 3 hours of internship. Required allied course must include PSY 211 or MAT 111 and BIO 100 or 111. With the consent of the KHS Department Chair, substitutions may be made for allied courses. Students intending on applying to Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Physician Assistant programs must take Biology 111, not Bio100, as requirement for applying to the graduate program. Students intending on applying to Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Physician Assistant programs must take Biology 111 as requirement for applying to the graduate program.

Minor in Exercise Science

A total of twenty-two semester hours required which include KHS 214, KHS 220, KHS 304, KHS 306, KHS 322, and KHS 423. Plus choose one course from the following: KHS 185, KHS 310, KHS 315, KHS 320, KHS 400, KHS 405, or KHS 435

Minor in Public Health

A total of twenty-one semester hours required which includes KHS 220, 310, 315, 324 plus the allied course MAT 111 or PSY 211. Six additional hours are to be selected from KHS 200, 214, 320, 400, 405 or courses approved by department chair.

Recommended Sequence of Classes

First Year:
Fall SemesterCompletedSpring SemesterCompleted
KHS 111-KHS 170(1 hour)KHS electives(3 hours)
KHS 214*PSY 211 or *MAT 111 – see Note A
Second Year:
Fall SemesterCompletedSpring SemesterCompleted
KHS 220KHS elective(3 hours)
*BIO 111 or *100
KHS elective (3 hours)
Third Year:
Fall SemesterCompletedSpring SemesterCompleted
KHS 304KHS 306
KHS 322KHS 410
Fourth Year:
Fall SemesterCompletedSpring SemesterCompleted
KHS 400KHS 423
KHS 320KHS 452

PSY 111 is needed as a prerequisite to PSY 211 if MAT 111 is not selected as the course.

**KHS Course (180,185,200,285,287,290,295,320,405, BIO305 and BIO306) – 9 hours total

*denotes courses that meet the Foundations and Core requirements

Note A– For Math 111, a student must have a Math ACT of at least 19 to take this course (or GSS105 is required as a prereq). Suggest GSS105 for first semester if interested in Exercise Science.