Fitness and Wellness Promotion, B.S.
The B.S. in Fitness and Wellness Promotion is designed to provide education and experiences for students seeking careers in personal training, corporate wellness, and health and fitness facility ownership. Students will take courses in group fitness programming, wellness programming and assessment, entrepreneurship in fitness, wellness, and sport and will receive additional training in exercise physiology and sport management. Students will choose from various electives to tailor the degree plan to their areas of interest within the broad field of exercise and sport science.
Degree Requirements
Academic Core –57 hours
see Bachelor of Science Academic Core
B.S. Fitness and Wellness Major Requirements
12 hours (6 upper level) at UMHB
12 hours minimum upper level
Recommended Support Courses
EXSS 2353 will fulfill the Global Issues category of the core.
Required Support Courses
Fitness & Wellness Promotion Study By Year
Junior Year
| EXSS 3354 | Performance Nutrition | 3 |
| EXSS 3310 | Communication in Sport | 3 |
| EXSS 3360 | Sport Venue/Event Management | 3 |
| EXSS 3374 | Sport Promotion/Marketing | 3 |
| EXSS 3379 | Exercise and Sport Psychology | 3 |
| EXSS 3396 | Physiology of Exercise II | 3 |
| EXSS 4330 | Wellness Programming and Assessment | 3 |
| EXSS 3107 | Advanced Cardiovascular Training | 1 |
| EXSS 3135 | Advanced Resistance Training | 1 |
| Lab Science (Non Biology) | 4 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
UMHB 1005
| Fine Arts Experience X 2 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Summer
| EXSS 4398 | Internship in Exercise Science | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Senior Year
| EXSS 4320 | Group Fitness Programming | 3 |
| EXSS 4350 | Principles and Techniques of Strength Training and Conditioning | 3 |
| EXSS 4325 | Entrepreneurship in Fitness, Wellness & Sport | 3 |
| EXSS 4344 | Administration of Exercise and Sport Science | 3 |
| Scientific Inquiry | 3 |
| Electives (Upper Level) | 13 |
UMHB 1005
| Fine Arts Experience X 2 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 28 |
Freshman Year
| ENGL 1321 | Rhetoric & Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 1322 | Rhetoric & Composition II | 3 |
| CSBS 1311 | Engaging the Old Testament | 3 |
| CSBS 1312 | Engaging the New Testament | 3 |
| EXSS 2340 | Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science | 3 |
| MATH 1304 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| UMHB 1101 | Freshman Seminar | 1 |
| COMM 1320 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| EXSS 2352 | Personal Fitness & Wellness | 3 |
| Social Science | 3 |
UMHB 1002
| Chapel X 2 | |
UMHB 1005
| Fine Arts Experience X 2 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 31 |
Sophomore Year
ENGL
| Literature | 6 |
| EXSS 3390 | Anatomical Kinesiology | 3 |
| EXSS 3395 | Physiology of Exercise | 3 |
| EXSS 2353 | Lifespan Nutrition | 3 |
| World Ideas or Philosophy or Non-US History | 3 |
| BIOL 2140 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 2141 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 2340 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 3 |
| BIOL 2341 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 3 |
| Social Science | 3 |
| Fine Arts | 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
UMHB 1002
| Chapel X 2 | |
UMHB 1005
| Fine Arts Experience X 2 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 32 |