If you enjoy health and exercise and want to help others achieve personal goals and improve quality of life, 运动科学学位可能是你的正确选择. Exercise science is a multidisciplinary area of study that combines biological, physical and health sciences to understand the human body and how it responds to movement through exercise and sport. In this field you’ll work with people of all ages and abilities to improve their physical health and wellbeing.
Our program prepares you to work in a variety of health and fitness professions including personal training, 健身俱乐部管理, 训练。, 力量和调节, 临床健康教育与康复. 和, 如果你想继续你的学业, you’ll be prepared for certification exams and graduate levels of study in exercise science or other health-related disciplines. 威尼斯游戏大厅提供以下相关领域的研究生课程:
关于运动科学专业
Combine your interests in health and science to help others remain healthy, 积极主动，实现个人目标.
威尼斯游戏大厅’s 运动科学 major is truly interdisciplinary and combines science, nutrition and fitness courses to prepare you for any career in exercise science. You’ll take basic science classes such as chemistry and anatomy to teach you how the body works and then move onto applied science courses like exercise physiology to learn about the body in motion and application courses which will teach you the skills needed to become an exercise scientist.
The majority of your classes involve hands-on experiences—for example, 你们将和同伴一起测试心率, blood pressure and skin fold and also be able to apply these practices to some of our NCAA Division III student athletes. You’ll also look at the relationship between chemistry and nutrition, to understand how the foods we eat affect and improve health and performance. 如果你对身体如何运动最感兴趣, 你会知道我们跑步的时候内心发生了什么, 跳跃或收缩肌肉.
除了了解典型的活跃和健康的身体, you’ll gain a basic understanding of populations who have different medical conditions. Any career you choose in exercise science may encounter clients or patients dealing with issues such as stroke recovery, 糖尿病或心肺疾病. The courses you take will help prepare you to handle these situations successfully.
把你学到的东西付诸实践
我们的项目提供大量实践经验的机会. 其中可能包括高级实习, 配备校园健身设施, 与大学和社区健康项目合作, assisting with 力量和调节 for our NCAA Division III athletic teams. 在我们的顶级课程中，在项目教师的监督下, our students have opportunities to serve as personal trainers to Carroll faculty and staff, creating individual training programs they administer throughout the semester. The Capstone course will also assist students in developing their resume and interview skills to hit the ground running after graduation.
在你完成我们的课程之后, 你将准备好参加个人培训的认证考试, 力量和调节, 健身专家和健身教练. Our students have gone onto graduate school and also started professional careers as personal trainers, fitness instructors as well as 力量和调节 coaches working in health clubs, 体育表演设施和企业健身项目.
辅修课程包括 心理学, 社会学, 西班牙语, 业务, 训练。.
加速研究生课程选择
虽然不是必需的, exercise science majors may choose to further their study through the following accelerated path to our graduate Exercise Physiology program:
运动科学至运动生理学理学硕士(MEXP)
Complete your undergraduate degree and earn a 运动生理学理学硕士 (MEXP) from Carroll in five years. You’ll spend three years in undergraduate studies to learn the basic knowledge needed for two years of graduate level courses.
At Carroll you’ll receive the support you need from multiple areas on campus as you prepare to apply to graduate school. Advisors will help ensure you complete the requirements to be a qualified applicant for any of the graduate programs in which you’re interested. 和 if you decide to apply for Carroll’s 运动生理学理学硕士 (MEXP) you’ll have a competitive advantage over other applicants.