Exercise & Sport Science
Academic programs
Undergraduate programs
Exercise & Sport Science
Exercise and sport science is the study of human movement as it relates to exercise and sport. Study ranges from how the body works at the cellular level to the broad, overarching activities and sports that can become a prescription to promote health and improve performance.
Exercise Science Emphasis: Fitness Track
Exercise Science: Fitness Track
Undergrad majorStudents who select the exercise science fitness track are prepared for employment in the fitness industry including positions in fitness testing/assessment, program design, and instruction in a wide variety of fitness-related areas. Students are also prepared to enter a variety of graduate programs including fitness, health, human performance, and related areas.
Exercise Science Emphasis: Pre-Professional Track
Exercise Science: Pre-Professional Track
Undergrad majorThe pre-professional track is specifically designed for students interested in going on to graduate school for a career that uses the clinical application of exercise or activity (uses exercise as medicine) such as athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, cardiac & pulmonary rehabilitation and more.
Physical, Adapted, & School Health Education (PASHE)
Undergrad major Teacher licenseGraduates of the physical, adapted, and school health education teaching program are prepared and licensed to teach K-12 physical education, adapted physical education, and school health education in Wisconsin, nationally, and internationally. Supply exceeds the demand for physical education, adapted, and school health teachers, and graduates of the UWL program are highly sought after.
Emphasis
Sport Management
Undergrad majorSport management is the business side of sport and recreation. The major prepares students for a variety of sport-related careers within professional sports, intercollegiate athletics, community/recreational sports, corporate sports organizations, non-profit organizations, and the fitness industry.
Undergrad + graduate dual degree
Undergrad major Graduate degreeThis dual degree program enables a student to receive both a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science pre-professional major and a Master of Science in athletic training. Students apply for admission to the ESS: exercise science pre-professional major first, and then later, to the athletic training graduate program. Students typically complete the undergraduate requirements in three years followed by 23 months in the athletic training graduate program.
Graduate programs
Athletic Training
Graduate degree UWL offers one of the most competitive, in-depth and hands-on athletic training programs in the country.
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Graduate degree A Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) creates evidence-based exercise programs for patients with chronic diseases, using exercise as a therapeutic tool.
Physical Education Teaching
Graduate degree Program for teachers to lead in physical education, focusing on research-based teaching, innovation, and specializations in adapted and adventure education.
Emphasis
Adapted Physical Education
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