Health Behavior and Fitness, BS

The Bachelor of Science with a major in health behavior and fitness provides you with the skills to assist others in living a healthy life with an emphasis on wellness and physical activity. The curriculum explores a range of areas around healthy lifestyle choices including exercise, nutrition, psychology and wellbeing. This degree provides students with a strong foundation to pursue careers in corporate health, fitness, personal tratining, wellness coaching and related health and exercise industries as well as to pursue advanced degrees in these areas.

Degree requirements

Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 42 hours must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the General University requirements in the Academic policies section of this catalog and the College of Education requirements.

Major requirements

Pre-theory core

Pre-theory core to be completed with C or better before taking 4000-level HLTH courses.

Health core

Culture awareness

PUBH 3010 - Social Justice and Behavioral Foundations in Public Health

Exercise and fitness

Minor

Minimum of 18 hours, 6 of which must be advanced. Recreation, Event and Sport Management Minor (for non-majors) is preferred.

Electives

Hours required for electives may vary based on course selection and the University Core Curriculum requirements . Electives may be required to satisfy the advanced hour requirement (42) and/or the minimum total hours required for the degree. For specific information, see an academic advisor.

Other course requirements

Other requirements

Students must have:

a 2.5 GPA for the major (including both HLTH and KINE core courses),
a 2.0 overall GPA, and
a C or better in all HLTH and KINE courses.