The Clinical Exercise Physiology program provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to obtain careers as directors of preventive and rehabilitation exercise programs.  The students within this program are trained at both the laboratory facilities of the Adult Fitness Program and Cardiac Rehab at Ball Memorial Hospital, in what can only be described as an extensive hands on experience.  They learn every aspect of testing and training and will perfect their skills in work related duties.  

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Students accepted into the Clinical Exercise Physiology program must complete a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate courses including six hours of a thesis Project for a Master of Science degree or three hours of Research Paper.  Students must take a final oral examination covering the thesis to be given by the thesis committee.

General Course Progression

• Fall Semester
  • EXSCI 622 (3) "Foundations of Adult Physical Fitness"     
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 622 
  • EXSCI 623 (3) "Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation"
    •  Course Description:  EXSCI 623
  • EXSCI 637 (5) "Human Physical Dynamics"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 637
• Spring Semester
  • EXCSI 603 (4) "Advanced Physiology of Human Performance"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 603
  • EXSCI 638 (3) "Electrocardiography"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 638
  • EXSCI 611 (3) "Research Design/ Data Analysis for Exercise Science"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 611
• Summer Term 
  • EXSCI 640 (3) "Exercise in the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Chronic Diseases"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 640
  • EXSCI 698 (1) "Internship in Fitness and Cardiac Rehabilitation
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 698 
  • 3 hours from directed electives (optional)

• Fall Semester
  • EXSCI 630 (3) "Metabolic Adaptations to Physical Stress"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 630
  • EXSCI 698 (3) "Internship in Fitness and Cardiac Rehabilitation" 
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 698 
  • THES 698 (3) "Thesis"
    • Couse Description:  THES 698
  • 3 hours from directed electives (optional)

• Spring Semester
  • EXSCI 639 (3) "Seminar in Cardiac Rehabilitation"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 639
  • EXSCI 698 (1) "Internship in Fitness and Cardiac Rehabilitation"
    • Course Description:  EXSCI 698
  • THES 698 (3) "Thesis"
    • Couse Description:  THES 698
  • 3 hours from directed electives (optional)

Web Address: http://www.bsu.edu/apfp/cepp