体育科学学士-运动科学

该大学提供运动科学的文学学士学位和运动科学的理学学士学位。运动科学计划是专门为学生准备职业培训，运动生理学家，力量教练或心脏康复训练而设计的。许多学生在相关健康领域（医学院，医师助手，物理治疗，脊椎按摩师）或领域（运动生理学，生物力学，运动心理学）中继续深造学习。
The University offers a bachelor of arts (BA) and a bachelor of science (BS) in exercise science. The Exercise Science Program is designed specifically to prepare students for careers as personal trainer, exercise physiologist, strength coach, or cardiac rehabilitation. Many students continue their education with post-graduate study in allied health areas (medical school, physician's assistant, physical therapy, chiropractor) or within the field (exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology). Coursework in the major provides a cross-discipline choice of courses to meet each student's career interests, including study in the following areas: Analysis of human motion, Human physiology, Kinesiology and Physiology of exercise. Minors are available in coaching, dance, strength and conditioning, or other fields of students' interest. The program offers opportunities for on-site learning, with the internship as the culminating experience. Opportunities for laboratory experience are offered in physiology, biomechanics, graded exercise testing and prescription, and sports activity. Instruction is centered in the 230,000-square-foot Health and Human Services Building. Numerous opportunities exist in Terre Haute and the surrounding area for students to volunteer with children and adults as coaches, instructors, and mentors. These include the local hospitals, clinics, fitness facilities, and the school corporations.<br><br>Exercise science graduates will find a growing demand for their skills and talents in a variety of movement and fitness-based activity settings. Career opportunities include the following: Clinical exercise instructor, Health fitness instructor/leader in corporate or hospital settings and in public or private fitness centers, Personal trainer, Professional positions in the business of exercise/wellness, Strength and conditioning coach and Post-graduate education. Many students continue their education with post-graduate study in allied health areas (medical school, physician's assistant, physical therapy, chiropractor), or within the field (exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology).