Sports and Exercise Studies, B.S.

Major Code: (7441)

Bachelor of Science Learning Outcomes

The successful student is able to:

• Plan safe and effective exercise programs that will develop those physiological mechanisms needed to support and enhance the performance of skilled athletes, develop the physical fitness of healthy non-athletes, and reduce the effects of hypokinetic diseases in the general population.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform client-appropriate fitness assessments for the health-related components of physical fitness, including cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, and flexibility.
• Describe the scientific basis of exercise programming, incorporating knowledge from exercise physiology, human anatomy, biomechanics, and motor learning.
• Describe basic concepts in regard to the relationship between nutrition and health/performance outcomes.
• Analyze human movement skills, diagnose errors, and then prescribe modifications that will enhance the effectiveness of movement skill performance.