Health and Wellness Management Track

The Exercise Science & Health Promotion major is science-based and provides students with training for careers that follow the present and future trends for health awareness and wellness.

The Health and Wellness Management track prepares students for careers in the ever‑growing fields of corporate health and wellness, and professional services needed for the health- and fitness‑conscious baby boomers.

This track would strongly prepare students for graduate studies in Community Health, Health Education & Administration, and Sports and Fitness Management.

Requirements for the Health and Wellness Management Track
(all courese 3 credits unless noted)

• BIO 230 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
• BIO 231 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)
• BUS 120 - Principles of Management 
• ESH 201 - Aging, Physical Activity, and Health 
• ESH 220 - Health Promotion/Disease Prevention 
• ESH 225 - Fundamentals of Exercise Physiology 
• ESH 319 - Personal Training and Group Exercise Instruction (2 credits)
• ESH 360 - Body Composition and Nutrition 
• ESH 370 - Laboratory Methods in Exercise Science 
• ESH 388 - Internship* (5 credits)
• ESH 410 - Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Training and Rehabilitation 
• ESH 440 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injury
• ESH 465 - Health and Wellness Programming 
• ESH 470 - Methods of Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription
• ESH 488 - Internship* (6 credits)
• MKT 230 - Principles of Marketing
• PED 111 - First Aid and CPR (1 credit)
• COM 330 - Organizational Communication 
  or 
  COM 331 - Presentation Communication 
  or
  ENG 340 - Public Speaking 

Three of the following courses for 9 credits:

• BUS 164 - Leadership and Supervisory Skills
• BUS 232 - Sports Management
• BUS 236 - Sports Facilities Management 
• HRM 310 - Training and Development
• PSY 316 - Positive Psychology and Health

Total for Health and Wellness Management Track: 67 credits

ESH majors must take BIO 101 (4 credits) along with any other science course that fulfills their Scientific literacy requirements for the Core.

*To be eligible for an off-campus internship in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, students must have a 2.5 minimum GPA in the major.