Major and Minor Requirements

Physical Education and Exercise Science Core:
40-41 credit hours, required for all major or certification programs: PE 200, 202, 205, 205L, 206, 206L, 207, 208, 310, 407, 408, 409, 420, 430, 435. Students must hold current CPR certification at graduation.

Major: Physical Education (can lead to Multi-Age Licensure)
46-47 hours: PE core (see above), plus PE 411, 432. (For Multi-Age teaching license, additional courses in teacher education are required.)

Major: Fitness Specialist
52-53 hours: PE core (see above), plus PE 201, 201L, 230, 432 and 496 or 497

Major: Excerise Science
55-56 hours: PE core (see above), plus PE 201, 201L, 230, 304, 304L, 432, 496

Physical Education and Exercise Science Minor
31 hours: PE 202, 205, 205L, 206, 206L, 208, 407, 409, 435, and three of the following: PE 201-201L, 207, 310, 408, 430

The major with the appropriate teacher education courses leads to a Multi-Age teaching license in physical education.

Combining the exercise science program with appropriate courses in laboratory sciences can help gain admission to graduate degree programs in the allied health fields, such as athletic training, physical therapy or exercise physiology.