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Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences: Health Fitness
Curriculum
Admission | Retention, Progression, and Graduation | Curriculum
Health Requirements |
Fitness and Wellness Center and EHSS Labs
The Health Fitness major consists of 124-125 credit hours. Students must complete all required USM core curriculum and Sports Medicine core requirements as well as all major course work.
HEALTH FITNESS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
(56 credit hours) |
| REQUIRED (44 credits) |
| Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
| BUS 200 |
Introduction to Business |
3 |
| BUS 260 |
Marketing |
3 |
| RHF 109 |
Beginning Weight Training |
1 |
RHF 108
RHF 122
RHD 126 |
Step Aerobics or
Aerobic Kickboxing or
Stability & Physioball Exercise |
1 |
| SPM 230 |
Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport |
3 |
| SPM 260 |
Exercise Leadership |
3 |
| SPM 315 |
Group Exercise Instruction |
3 |
| SPM 325 |
Methods of Resistance Training |
3 |
| SPM 350 |
Health Promotion Programs |
3 |
| SPM 385 |
Health Fitness Practicum I |
3 |
| SPM 395 |
Health Fitness Practicum II |
3 |
| SPM 450 |
Exercise for Special Populations |
3 |
| SPM 481 |
Fitness Facility Management |
3 |
| SPM 495 |
Clinical Internship/Co-op |
9 |
| ELECTIVES (12 credits) |
| Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
| SPM 340 |
Therapeutic Exercise |
3 |
| SPM 398 |
Independent Study |
1-3 |
| SPM 431 |
Advanced Exercise Physiology |
3 |
| SPM 495 |
Clinical Internship/Co-op |
3 |
| CON 280 |
Holistic Health |
3 |
| CON 281 |
Holistic Health II |
3 |
| CON 321 |
Health Related Research |
3 |
| BIO 201 * |
Genetics |
3 |
| BIO 281 * |
Microbiology - Human Disease |
3 |
| BIO 345 * |
Pathophysiology |
3 |
| BIO401 * |
General Physiology |
3 |
| BIO 431 * |
Immunology |
3 |
| PSY 400 |
Ind Study: Sport Psychology Institute |
3 |
| PSY 400 |
Ind Study: Health Psychology Institute |
3 |
| SPM 400 |
Sport Nutrition Symposium |
3 |
| ITS 300 |
Ergonomics/Time Study |
3 |
| ITS 320 |
Occupational Safety & Health |
3 |
| ITS 321 |
Workplace Design Ergonomics |
3 |
| ACC 110 # |
Financial Accounting Info Decision Makers |
3 |
| ACC 211 # |
Managerial Accounting Information |
3 |
| BUS 165 # |
Consumer Studies |
3 |
| BUS 280 # |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
| BUS 340 # |
Managing Organization Behavior |
3 |
| BUS 346 # |
Personnel and HR Management |
3 |
| BUS 363 # |
Advertising |
3 |
| BUS 367 # |
Managerial Marketing |
3 |
| BUS 385 # |
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Formation |
3 |
RHF 118 |
Yoga |
1 |
| RHF 121 |
Self Defense |
1 |
| RHF 124 |
Taí Chi-Quigong |
1 |
| RHF 127 |
Pilates |
1 |
Other courses per departmental permission .
Students may take any 3 of the RHF 1 credit courses as electives.
| UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM (31-32 credit hours) and SPORTS MEDICINE CORE REQUIREMENTS (37 credit hours) |
University Core and Sports Medicine Core courses
* Along with required biology courses (BIO 111, 112, 211, 212), students who enroll in any 3 other "*" courses satisfy requirements for a biology minor offered through the Department of Biological Sciences.
#Along with required business courses (SBU 200, BUS 360), students who enroll in any 5 other " # " courses satisfy requirements for a business administration minor offered through the School of Business .
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