EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

Coordinator Scott Trappe, Ph.D.

The Exercise Physiology program is housed in the Human Performance Laboratory and began training graduate students in the area of applied and exercise physiology at the masters level in 1965.  The Ph.D. program in Bioenergetics was added in 1981 and together these two programs have fostered a variety of research projects that include carbohydrate metabolism, heat stress, fluid balance, over-training and tapering in runners, swimmers, and cyclists.  This applied approach continues today with the focus on limits of human performance and clinical investigations of aging, space flight, children, and diabetes to name a few.  For more information click here.

REQUIRED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Students accepted into this degree program may major in either physical education or biology, and must complete a minimum of 33-34 semester hours of graduate work including six hours of thesis (THES 698) for a Master of Science.  Students must take a final oral examination covering the thesis to be given by the thesis committee.

COURSES (15 HOURS)

EXSCI 603. Advance Exercise Physiology (4 hrs)

EXSCI 611. Research Design (3 hrs)

EXSCI 630. Metabolic Adaptation (3 hrs)

EXSCI 637.Human Dynamics (5 hrs)

DIRECTED ELECTIVES (6-10 HOURS)

EXSCI 633. Seminar (2-6 hrs)

CHEM 563. Principles of Biochemistry I  (3 hrs)

CHEM 564. Principles of Biochemistry 2 (3 hrs)

RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS (6 HOURS)

THES 698. Thesis (6 hrs)

EXAMPLES OF ELECTIVE COURSES

EXCSI 634.Mechanical Analysis (3 hrs)

EDPSY 641.Statistical I Methods or (3 hrs)

EDPSY 642.Statistical Methods II (3 hrs)

BIO 524. Biophysics (3 hrs)

BIO 557. Molecular (4 hrs)

BIO 558. Advanced Cell Mol (4 hrs)

BIO 559. Bioenergetics (4 hrs)

Web Address: www.bsu.edu/hpl