Offered as a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Major
This Clinical Exercise Science Concentration offers students training in the application of exercise science for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and conditions, human performance, and health and well-being and other allied health related skills. In addition to our core offerings in the department, students will take a variety of courses specifically designed to provide quality instruction through a curriculum that educates, trains, and prepares the students to enter various careers in the health, fitness, clinical, strength and conditioning, research, or exercise data science industries and or prepares them for the rigors of higher level Master’s and beyond educational programs.
With the Clinical Exercise Science concentration, students develop an understanding of how the human body responds to, changes with, and benefits from exercise.
The Clinical Exercise Science Concentration student is open to degree-seeking students at SOU who wish to build upon the core foundation of Health and Exercise Science to prepare them for careers in Health and Clinical Exercise Science fields as well as prepare them for the rigors of continued education at the graduate or higher level.
Every Clinical Exercise Science Concentration student will take courses in Biology, Nutrition, and Medical Terminology as well as many other offerings specific to the desired outcome of this concentration (as shown in the catalog). The curriculum combines science-based coursework and integrates internship components to a student’s curriculum in order to add a real-world working experience. These opportunities provide a showcase in which the student can demonstrate education and experience gained during undergraduate work. Every Health and Exercise Science major will take a range of courses associated with our core curriculum. To earn a BA or BS in Health and Exercise Science, students must have a GPA in major courses of at least 2.5.
The undergraduate capstone experience is designed to bring reflection and focus to the whole of your college experience. It encourages students to integrate facets of interests with important concepts from Health and Exercise Science. Capstone is a culminating college experience that focuses on features of your interests and requires the use of skills, methodology, and knowledge you have learned throughout your undergraduate curriculum in Health and Exercise Science.
Contact: Ryan Weatherwax – 541.552.6526 – weatherwr@sou.edu
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SOU Health & Exercise Science
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6526
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