Degree Requirements
Foundations Courses
- ENG 101, 102
- QR 101
- RA 101
- ACS 101 or ACS 103
Breadth Areas
- Fine & Performing Arts (BFPA) - Any BFPA course
- Humanities (BHUM) - Any BHUM course (PHIL 321 recommended)
- Information & Communication in Society (BICS)
- Life Science (BLS) - BIOL 140 or 150 (C or better)
- Physical Science (BPS) - CHEM 120A/124A or CHEM 121A/125A (C or better)
- Social Science (BSS) - Any BSS course (PSYC 111 is recommended)
Experiences
- Lab (EL) - CHEM 124A/125A
- Health (EH) - PBHE 111 (or any EH elective)
- Global Cultures, Race, and Equity Education (EREG)
- U.S. Race, Gender, and Equity (ERGU)
- Interdisciplinary Studies Course
- FST 101 Succeeding & Engaging at SIUE
Major Requirements
- KIN 275, 310, 315, 316, 319, 340, 350, 412, 416, 417, 426, 460, 464
- BIOL 240A, 240B
Approved Major Electives (18 hours)
- BIOL 151, 220, 250
- CHEM 120B/124B
- CHEM 121B/125B
- CHEM 241A, 241B
- CHEM 451
- KIN 211, 270, 418, 460, 490
- MATH 150
- NURS 234
- PBHE 111, 240
- PHIL 320, 321
- PHYS 131, 132
- PSYC 201, 203, 204, 431
Approved major electives from appropriate disciplines approved by the advisor.
Senior Assignment and Clinical Internship
Students are required to complete a community-based senior assignment project. The exercise science senior assignment challenges students to apply their formal course training to a meaningful and impactful project with a community partner. In addition, all exercise science students must complete a 200-hour internship in a community-based allied health setting. The internship provides students with their first professional experiences. Exercise science students have completed their internships in physical and occupational therapy organizations, hospital and medical centers, research centers, strength and conditioning organizations, and a wide range of health-focused businesses.
Major Electives
Exercise science students may tailor their elective courses to meet their career and graduate school goals. The exercise science program has established pre-professional and graduate school elective suggestions that are commonly required for admission into a wide range of allied health programs. Exercise science students may choose elective groups in pre-physical therapy, pre-occupational therapy, pre-medical school, exercise physiology, and health and corporate wellness.
Retention
To be retained in the Exercise Science program, students must:
- Earn a C or better in Biology 140 or Biology 150 or its equivalent
- Earn a C or better in Chemistry 120A and Chemistry 124A or Chemistry 121A and Chemistry 125A or their equivalents
- Earn a B or better in KIN 275, Introduction to Careers in Nutritional and Exercise Sciences
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher
Students in the Exercise Science program who are advised in School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Student Services must maintain a 2.75 GPA. Students that fall below a 2.75 GPA will be first placed on programmatic warning for a semester to increase their GPA. Students will be allowed only one programmatic warning during their academic career. Following the programmatic warning, students that continue to fall below the required 2.75 GPA will be placed on departmental probation for one year. Students not regaining the required 2.75 GPA following this period will be dropped from the program and withdrawn from all Exercise Science (KIN) courses. Students may reapply to the Exercise Science major once their GPA has reached 2.75. Students may only be on departmental probation once during their academic career and if a student’s GPA falls below the required 2.75, they will not be allowed to reapply to the Exercise Science program.
