• The major prepares students for a variety of possible careers in allied health occupations, fitness and sport enterprises, education, sport science and coaching, or business and industry. With a B.S.Ed. degree, positions can be obtained as exercise and sport science specialists in various settings (e.g., corporation, hospital, sport medicine clinic, YMCA, community recreation, government, military, sport team).
  • Many graduates pursue allied health professional degrees (e.g., sports medicine, physical therapy, athletic training, or other medical specialties) or additional graduate training in specialized areas of exercise science (e.g., fitness/wellness, exercise rehabilitation, exercise physiology, exercise psychology, and biomechanics).
  • Following advanced study and/or certification, positions may be obtained as physical therapists, athletic trainers, sports medicine physicians, higher-level exercise specialists or directors of exercise rehabilitation or fitness/wellness programs in hospital, corporate, YMCA, and community settings, and/or as exercise scientists (teaching and/or research) in higher education, government, or industry.