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Programs offered

• Exercise Science (major and minor)

The Exercise Science faculty are committed to delivering a program that promotes health through physical activity while valuing and examining physical activity through a Christian worldview. 

Find out more about this program鈥檚 mission, vision, and learning outcomes.

Exercise Science (BS)

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• Exercise Science (BS)

• A minimum 73 credits are required for this major, including 35 upper-division credits.
• A minimum 34 credits are required for this minor, including 15 upper-division credits.
• In this major, you are required to complete the 44 credits of core courses, as well as the remainder additional credits.
• This major includes 3 elective credits.
• In this major, you are required to complete PE 4899 鈥淪enior Capstone,鈥� in which you research a topic, write a well-documented paper, and present it before your professors and peers.

Exercise Science minor

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• Exercise Science Minor

• A minimum 34 credits credits are required for this a minor, including 15 upper-division credits.
• You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA in at least 9 credits taken at SPU applicable to this minor prior to being accepted to this minor.
• Courses include two quarters of 鈥淗uman Anatomy and Physiology,鈥� 鈥淓xercise Physiology,鈥� 鈥淏iomechanics,鈥� 鈥淩esponding to Emergencies,鈥� and 鈥淭eaching Team and Individual Sports.

Apply to the major or minor

• You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA in at least 9 credits taken at SPU to apply for this major or minor.
• Apply to this major or minor through the .
• You must complete the major or minor requirements in effect when you are admitted to this major or minor.

Future teachers

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• Integrated Studies: Health & Fitness Concentration (BA)

Elementary Teacher Certification

If you plan to obtain elementary Residency Teacher Certification and are interested in teaching health and fitness, you must major in the Integrated Studies major with a concentration in Health and Fitness.

The concentration consists of courses in nutrition, health, and physical education, and the advisor for the Integrated Studies: Health and Fitness Concentration is Dr. JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner (jaas@spu.edu).

Secondary Teacher Certification

If you plan to seek secondary Teacher Certification and obtain a Washington state teaching endorsement in health and fitness, you must complete a minimum 45 credits in Physical Education to obtain your original/first endorsement or a minimum 24 credits in Physical Education to obtain a supporting/ second endorsement.

See Certification Requirements in School of Education for more information. Advisor Dr. JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner can be contacted at jaas@spu.edu or 206-281-2941.