Exercise Physiology MS

The MS degree requires:

1) Approximately 2 years to complete.

2) A minimum of 33 hours of graduate work.

3) Three required courses in the HPL (9 total hrs).

4) A thesis covering a research problem that will contribute new knowledge to the field (6 hrs required), including an oral defense of the thesis.

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Typical Course Progression

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Year 1-Fall Semester

EXSCI 637 Applied Physiology (3 hrs, HPL required course)

CHEM 563 Principles of Biochemistry 1 (3 hrs)

Year 1-Spring Semester

EXSCI 603 Exercise Physiology 1 (3 hrs, HPL required course)

CHEM 564 Principles of Biochemistry 2 (3 hrs)

EXSCI 611 Research Methods (3 hrs)

Year 1-Summer Sessions

EXSCI 633 Seminar in Exercise Science (3 hrs each 5 week summer session)

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Year 2-Fall Semester

EXSCI 630 Exercise Physiology 2 (3 hrs, HPL required course)

BIO 557 Molecular Biology with laboratory (4 hrs)

Directed cognate and elective hours (as needed)  

Year 2-Spring Semester

THES 698 (6 hrs)

Directed cognate and elective hours (as needed)

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Examples of Cognate and Elective Hours

BIOT 590 Intro to Recombinant DNA and RNA Techniques

BIOT 591 Theory and Applications of PCR

BIOT 592 Protein Isolation and Analysis

BIOT 594 Cell Culture Techniques

BIOT 595 DNA Sequencing and Bioinformatics

BIO 556 Cancer Biology

EXSCI 638 Electrocardiography

EDPSY 641 Statistical Methods

EDPSY 642 Intermediate Statistics

EDPSY 645 Intro to Nonparametric Statistics

PHYSL 511 Endocrinology

PHYSL 513 Renal Physiology

PHYSL 514 Cardiovascular Physiology

PHYSL 515 Physiology of Aging

PHYSL 520 Neuroscience