Human Services - Exercise Science
DEGREE: MASTER OF ARTS 33 hours
Program Objectives
This program is designed to provide a broad based body of knowledge in related fields in order to meet the expressed needs of human services personnel in exercise science and fitness centers, both within and outside hospital settings.
This program, for persons seeking entry-level positions and for professionals who desire to upgrade their positions within the field of exercise science, allows for a tailor-made curriculum combining traditional human service skills with an emphasis in health and wellness. This program is designed to enable students to
- Pursue the increasing opportunities to assist people with health and wellness issues in various settings including, but not limited to, hospitals.
- Acquire a core of knowledge related to the realm of exercise science with an emphasis on skills related to helping professions.
- Develop competency and care-giving skills for use in exercise management settings.
- Assume positions in various health care services where management, consultation, referral skills or administration are major job responsibilities.
- Pursue doctoral level studies.
Degree Requirements
Completion of the 33 hours of course work including the Master's Capstone Experience
Areas of Study
- Required (12 hours)
- PES-6100 Contemporary Issues in Health and Wellness
- PES-6991 Internship: Exercise Science
- PSY-4201 Counseling Skills
or
SOW-4910 Social Work Practice Methods I
or
SOW-4920 Social Work Practice Methods II - SOW-4100 Ethical Issues in the Helping Profession
or
THY-6400 The Christian in Society - Related Courses (select at least one course with an * from the following categories)
- Development - select one course (3 hours)
- *PES-4431 Physical Growth and Motor Development
- PSY-4110 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
- PSY-4115 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood
- PSY-4610 Theories of Personality
- PSY-6000 Counseling and Human Development
- SOC-6110 Socialization Processes
- Counseling - select one course (3 hours)
- *PES-6200 Physical Activity for Mature Adults
- PSY-4205 Introduction to Counseling
- PSY-4625 Behavior Assessment and Management
- PSY-6010 Counseling Theory and Practice
- PSY-6015 Group Counseling
- PSY-6100 Brief Therapy
- PSY-6115 Counseling Through the Expressive Arts
- Research and Assessment - select one course (3 hours)
- *PES-4740 Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance
- PSY-4310 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
- PSY-6030 Research in Psychology
- SOC-4700 Methodology in Social Research
- SOC-6100 Methods of Evaluation Research
- Personal and Social Dynamics - select one course (3 hours)
- *PSY-4501 Physiological Psychology
- PSY-4505 Human Sexuality
- *PSY-4510 Sports Psychology
- PSY-4620 Psychology of Gender
- PSY-4645 Psychology of Adjustment and Growth
- PSY-6105 Substance/Alcohol Abuse and Treatment
- *SOC-4110 Sociology of Sport and Leisure
- SOC-4140 Sociology of Health Care
- SOC-4150 Social Psychology
- SOC-4160 Social Gerontology
- SOC-4330 Death and Dying
- SOC-4420 Marriage and the Family
- SOC-6120 Social Thought and Contemporary Issues
- SOW-4330 Loss and Mourning
- Electives (9 hours)
Choose courses from the list below or from those courses not chosen in section above: - PES-4123 Nutrition for Human Performance
- PES-4200 Fitness Testing & Exercise Prescription
- PES-4410 Biomechanics
- PES-4415 Biomechanics and Injury Prevention
- PES-4420 Physiology of Exercise
- PES-4431 Physical Growth and Motor Development
- PES-4605 Instructional Strategies for Human Performance
- PES-4650 Physical Activity for the Exceptional Child
- PES-4730 Management of Physical Activity Programs
- PES-6970 Independent Research
- PES-6980 Exercise Science and Fitness Management Practicum
- Capstone Experience
