Exercise Science with a Pre-Occupational Therapy Concentration (BS)
This program is designed for students intending to pursue graduate education in Occupational Therapy. These courses represent the most common pre-requisite courses for OT programs, but it remains the student’s responsibility to ensure that their desired graduate school’s requirements have been met.
The following requirements are in addition to the Bachelor of Science core requirements, found here.
Exercise Science Core and Major Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Program Core | ||
| BIO-151 | GENERAL BIOLOGY | 4 |
| BIO-241 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I | 4 |
| BIO-242 | ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II | 4 |
| KIN-341 | ANATOMICAL KINESIOLOGY | 4 |
| Choose one of the following (Pre-PT majors must take MAT-121, 122 or 131) | 3-5 | |
| COLLEGE MATHEMATICS | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA | ||
| PRE-CALCULUS | ||
| CALCULUS I | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| BIO-347 | INTRO TO NUTRITION | 3 |
| KIN-1XX | Activity Course | 1 |
| KIN-211 | HISTORY & PRINCIPLES OF KINESIOLOGY | 3 |
| KIN-251 | MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING | 3 |
| KIN-342 | EXERCISE PHYS I | 3 |
| KIN-345 | MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION | 3 |
| KIN-346 | EXERCISE TESTING & PRESCRIPTION | 3 |
| KIN-362 | FIRST AID, INJURY PREVENTION, TREATMENT | 3 |
| KIN-380 | INTERNSHIP 1 | 6 |
| KIN-402 | PROFESSIONAL CAPSTONE SEMINAR | 1 |
| KIN-403 | PROF CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJ | 1 |
| KIN-444 | EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY II | 3 |
| MAT-151 | STATISTICS | 3 |
| or BIO-121 | BIOSTATISTICS | |
| Total Hours | 55-57 | |
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ExSCI, PT, and OT Majors only. Cardiac Rehab majors take KIN-381 INTERNSHIP - CARDIC REHAB in their own concentration
Pre-Occupational Therapy Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PSY-111 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSY-235 | LIFESPAN DEV PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSY-353 | ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSY-441 | PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCH | 3 |
| SOC-111 | INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| SCI-242 | MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 2 |
| Total Hours | 17 | |