Overview

Exercise physiology is the comprehensive delivery of professional services concerned with the analysis, improvement, and maintenance of health and fitness, rehabilitation of heart disease and other chronic diseases and/or disabilities, and the guidance and counsel of athletes and others interested in athletics, sports training, and human adaptability to acute and chronic exercise. Academic preparation offers a unique and comprehensive study of human stress, physical activity, and lifestyle issues. Results from exercise physiology research studies help to discern the psychophysiological effects of exercise, and the extent to which regular exercise helps in developing and maintaining cardiovascular and musculoskeletal integrity.

Degrees Offered/Careers

The Department of Exercise Physiology offers a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in Exercise Physiology. Exercise physiologists are prepared for careers in the management of health related risk factors, fitness and athletic development, and cardiopulmonary programs to rehabilitate patients with heart and/or lung disease, and careers in research in the above-mentioned areas of healthcare. Students who graduate from The College of St. Scholastica are encouraged to sit for the "Exercise Physiologist Certification" exam. Many are board certified exercise physiologists who work in professional sports, fitness industry, clinical settings, research, pharmacology, the military, and government research. Still other students have been accepted into exercise physiology graduate programs and/or other healthcare areas of study. Learn more about what our alums are doing on our Alumni Web site.

Program Information

• Catalog (includes entrance requirements, course descriptions,etc)
• Course Schema (advisement materials)

Admissions Information

• Undergraduate Admissions
• Transfer Admissions
• Graduate Admissions

Related Information

ATHENS Project
As the healthcare industry is being transformed by health information technologies of this type, students must be prepared to effectively use these tools in their future healthcare workplaces. Students in the Exercise Physiology program at The College of St. Scholastica have significant levels of hands-on experience using a state-of-the-art electronic medical record system to gain confidence and competence in using this type of information technology as a tool to enhance the quality of their professional practice. For more information about this unique aspect of health professions' education at St. Scholastica, visit the ATHENS project Web site.

American Society of Exercise Physiologists St. Scholastica Student Chapter (Web site currently unavailable)

SHAPE Personal Fitness Program