BS in Health and Human Performance, Exercise Science Concentration

Are you interested in working with people to promote well-being through applying solutions to health problems related to physical inactivity. If you are, Exercise Science is the concentration for you. In Exercise Science, you focus on human response and adaptation to exercise by studying the underlying mechanisms that affect exercise and how exercise contributes to individual health.

Your 120-hour degree program of study includes:

a 34-hour university general education program. The goal and framework of this program is designed to provide maximum transferability and flexibility for students within the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) system. For a full listing of current FHSU courses that apply toward the KBOR Systemwide Transfer GE program please click here.
a 24-hour core of professional courses common to all Health and Human Performance majors, and
a 21 hour Sport and Exercise Therapy Concentration Core
a 20 hour cognate area

Program Summary

General Education (34 hours)

Health and Human Performance Core (24 hours)

HHP 201 Concepts in Fitness (1)
HHP 210 Introduction to HHP (3)
HHP 220 Responding to Emergencies (3)
HHP 280 Care & Prevention of Exercise and Sport Injuries (3)
HHP 330 Adapted/Special P.E. (3)
HHP 340 Tests & Measurements (2)
HHP 390 Physiology of Exercise (3)
HHP 440 Kinesiology (3)
HHP 450 Program Organization and Admin. (3)

Exercise Science Concentration Core (21 hours)

HHP ___ Aquatics (1)
HHP 230 Principles of Nutrition (3)
HHP 312 Fitness Leadership (2)
HHP 313 Health Promotion and Wellness (3)
HHP 441 Mechanical Kinesiology (3)
HHP 445 Clinical Exercise Physiology (3)
HHP 447 Inst. In Exercise Physiology (3)
HHP 465 Internship in HHP (2-4)

Cognate Area (20 hours)

HHP 332 Lifespan Nutrition (3)
HHP 473 Culminating Experience
BIOL 345/345L Human Anatomy w/ Lab (4) OR BIOL 230/230L Anatomy & Physiology I w/ Lab (4)
BIOL 346/346L Human Physiology w/ Lab (4) OR BIOL 231/231L Anatomy & Physiology II w/ Lab (4)
HHP 612 Physiology of Aging
HHP 619 Exercise Testing and Prescription for the Elderly

Recommended Elective Courses for Consideration

These course are recommended in order to satisfy admission requirements of many professional programs. Several of these courses may be taken as a part of the 34 hour General Education requirement and the remaining selections are considered general electives.

MATH 110 College Algebra (3)
BIOL 180 Principles of Biology (3)
BIOL 180L Lab Experience in Biology (1)
BIOL 245 Medical Terminology (2)
CHEM 120 University Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 120L University Chemistry Lab (2)
CHEM 122 University Chemistry II (3)
CHEM 122L University Chemistry Lab (2)
MATH 250 Elements of Statistics (3)
MATH 331 Calculus Methods (3)
PHYS 111 Physics I (4)
PHYS 111L Physics I Lab (1)
PHYS 112 Physics II (4)
PHYS 112L Physics II Lab (1)
IDS 350 Diversity in the United States Political Science (3)
PSY 100 General Psychology (3)
PSY 300 Abnormal Psychology (3)
SOC 140 Introduction to Sociology (3)
IDS 400 Bioethics (3)