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Health Fitness Major

 
 

The Health Fitness major is a broad-based major designed to introduce students to a variety of future careers and graduate study within the health and exercise science field. Students are prepared for management of health and fitness programs in corporate and clinical settings and for graduate study in exercise physiology, public health, and health promotion.  In addition to required courses offered within the department, students complete courses in basic sciences and statistics. This major is often combined with a second academic major such as athletic training, business, psychology or communication studies. Through curriculum requirements and independent projects students are able to engage in research projects and present their findings at regional and national venues.

Each student majoring in Health Fitness must complete a twelve to fifteen week fulltime internship which may be completed either during the semester or summer following the junior or senior year. Students choose settings that best reflect their needs and professional interests.

If you have questions about a major in Health Fitness please contact either Stephanie Otto (933-6464) (e-mail sotto@gac.edu) or Dr. Bruce Van Duser ( 933-7656) (e-mail bvand@gac.edu).

Requirements for completion of a major in Health Fitness:

HES 220  Current Topics and Research Design .5 course
HES 226 Community Health .5 course
HES 234 Anatomy and Physiology I 1.0 course
HES 235 Anatomy and Physiology II 1.0 course
HES 239 Applied Human Nutrition 1.0 course
HES 305 Kinesiology .5 course
HES 308 Physiology of Exercise 1.0 course
HES 310 Physiological Assessment 1.0 course
HES 313 Health Fitness Methods 1.0 course
HES 350 Human Performance Laboratory .5 course
HES 398 Health Fitness Seminar 1.0 course
HES 368 Health Fitness Internship .5-3.0 course
Plus one of the following:
BIO 101 General Biology 1.0 course
BIO 118 Microbes and Human Health 1.0 course
CHE 107 General Chemistry 1.0 course
 

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