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Adult Fitness and Exercise Science Concentration

GENERAL STUDIES

COURSE #

COURSE NAME

CREDITS

Composition (6 credit hours)

 ENG 1010

Freshman Composition: The Essay

3

 ENG 1020

Freshman Composition: Analysis, Research, and Documentation

3

Communication (3 credit hours)

See General Studies section of the Catalog for approved courses 

3

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

 MTH 1080

Mathematical Modes of Thought

3

Historical (3 credit hours)

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3

Arts & Letters (6 credit hours)

 See General Studies section of the Catalog for approved courses

6

Social Sciences (6 credit hours)

 PSY 1001 

Introductory Psychology

3

See General Studies section of the Catalog for approved courses

Natural Sciences (minimum 6 credit hours)

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6

Multicultural (3 credit hours)

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3

Minor Requirements

HPS 3780

 Fitness Programs for Special Populations

Prerequisites:

HPS 1640: Physical Fitness Techniques & Programs

2

Fall & Spring

HPS 399C

Field Experience – Human Performance and Sport

Prerequisite:

Approval of instructor

1-3

 

HPS 4680

 Adv. Exercise Assessment Techniques

Prerequisite:

HPS 3340: Physiology of Exercise

3

Fall & Spring

HPS 4840

 Comparative Fitness Programs

Prerequisites:

HPS 1640: Physical Fitness Techniques & Programs

HPS 3340: Physiology of Exercise

2

Fall & Spring

RECR 3070

Health and Movement Problems in the Aging Adult

Prerequisites:

BIO 2310: Anatomy & Physiology I

HPS 1640: Physical Fitness Techniques and Programs 

3

 

PSY 2410

 Social Psychology

Prerequisite:

PSY 1001: Introductory Psychology

3

All

NUT 2040

 Introduction to Nutrition

No Prerequisites

3

All

Approved elective

3