Health & Exercise Science, M.S.

• This program is Non-Thesis only.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Courses
HES 5523	Health Promotion Strategies	3
HES 5553	Health Promotion Evaluation	3
HES 5563	Health Behavior I: Individual and Group Influences	3
HES 5823	Exercise Physiology	3
HES 5833	Advanced Exercise Physiology Laboratory	3
HES 5853	Health Fitness: Theory and Application	3
Research Technology
HES 5953	Research Methods in Health and Exercise Science	3
HES 5963	Statistical Applications in Health and Exercise Science (or approved substitute)	3
HES 5940	Intensive Studies in Health and Exercise Science 1	2
Electives
Choose 6 hours of coursework selected in consultation with the student's advisor and committee		6
Total Credit Hours		32

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Directed Reading required in conjunction with comprehensive exam. 

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General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.