Exercise Science & Sports Medicine

exercise science and sports medicine students

Job Outlook

  • Learn to prevent injuries, relieve pain, and increase strength and flexibility in patients

  • Work with professionals to gain experience in exercise science, sports medicine, physical, and occupational therapy

  • Gain a strong knowledge of the skeletal and muscular anatomy of the human body

  • Learn about nutrition, healthy eating, fitness, and body composition evaluation

FAQs

What can I do when I graduate?

What would I do in this class?

What can I do with further training?

  • Fitness center worker

  • Health spa worker

  • Sporting facility worker

  • Physical therapy aide

  • Long-term care facility worker

  • First Aid and emergency procedures

  • Sports-specific training

  • Fitness training and coaching

  • Nutrition and weight management

  • Sports psychology

  • Personal fitness

  • Injury prevention

  • Flexibility

  • Exercise physiology

  • Athletic trainer

  • Physical Therapist/ Assistant

  • Occupational Therapist

  • Strength conditioning

    science researcher

  • Exercise Physiologist

  • Sports Physiologist

Program Quick Facts

To be successful in this field, Exercise Science students must be able to

  • Perform first aid and emergency procedures

  • Perform sports-specific training

  • Demonstrate fitness training and coaching techniques

  • Demonstrate fitness training and weight management practices

  • Examine sports psychology

  • Recognize and rehabilitate sports injuries

  • Practice and demonstrate injury prevention

  • Demonstrate and perform flexibility movements

  • Examine exercise physiology

Instructors

 College Credits

Available Certifications

Lab Fees

Jamey Harlan

 University of Akron
Kent State University

  • NASM Certified Personal Trainer

  • CPR ARC Heartsaver

  • BLS CPR/First Aid

  • EKG Technician

  • OSHA 10 

Level 1 - $57.00
Level 2 - $48.00
(optional testing fees for ACSM Grp Trainer Certification $279)
(optional testing fees for ACSM Personal Trainer Certification $279)
Exercise Science Level 1 & 2 Uniform Info

exercised science

exercise science