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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 Rivier Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Bachelor of Science in Applied Exercise Science
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The Bachelor of Science in Applied Exercise Science, provides students with an overview of the study of the human body and its response to movement and exercise. It provides insight into the benefits of physical exercise and examines the connection between exercise, nutrition, and health. Students who study exercise science in an undergraduate program often take courses related to nutrition, exercise psychology, physics, chemistry, kinesiology, and anatomy and physiology. Exercise science is a broad industry and professionals in this field can work for a variety of employers, such as gyms and fitness centers, hospital rehabilitation centers, physical therapy clinics or sports teams.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the Applied Exercise Science degree requirements, graduates will be able to:
- Describe and discern the career paths in exercise science.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge base of physiological principles of exercise and their developmentally appropriate application across the lifespan.
- Identify and analyze critical components of physical movement.
- Incorporate the physiological principles of exercise as they apply to endurance & strength-based physical activity, sport performance, and rehabilitation.
- Measure and assess fitness levels, performance, and physiological effects during exercise via testing modalities that measure body composition, flexibility, muscular endurance & strength, cardio-respiratory health.
- Evaluate and predict the developmentally appropriate nutritional requirements that influence human health and physical performance.
- Design and implement physical activities, fitness programs, learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate, safe, and that are effective & efficient to enhance human health and performance.
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Major Requirements (72-74 credits)
General Education Requirements (40-42 credits)
- ENG 115 - Expositions and Arguments Credits: 3
- REL 115 - The Dignity of Creation: God and the Created Order Credits: 3
- LNS 108 - Student Success: Campus to Community I Credits: 1
- LNS 109 - Student Success: Campus to Community II Credits: 1
- BIO 112 - Stewards of the Living World Credits: 3
- SL 100 - Serving the World Credits: 1
Who is My Neighbor? Students explore this question in their second and third years.(6 credits)
- HUM 200 - Literature, Art and the Human Credits: 3
- HIS 203 - Interactions: the West in the World I Credits: 3 OR HIS 204 - Interactions: the West in the World II Credits: 3
How Shall We Live? Students explore this question in their junior and senior years. (6 credits)
- Religion Elective Credits: 3
- Philosophy Elective Credits: 3
What, then, Shall We Do? Students explore this question in their junior or senior year. (3 credits)
- Junior Year Seminar Credits: 3
Area Distribution Courses: The Core Complement (15 credits)
- Humanities course from: English, History, Modern Language, Philosophy, Religion Credits: 3
- Social Science course from: Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology Credits: 3
- Mathematics course: MA112 College Algebra or higher course level Credits: 3
- Natural Science course from: Computer Science, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, or Physical Science Credits: 3
- Modern Language: SPA 105 - Spanish for Health Care Professionals Credits: 3
General Electives (6 credits)
Degree Requirements (120 credits)
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