Health Promotion/Wellness graduates can find employment in employee wellness, community health, government and volunteer health agencies, clinical and managed care settings.

Curriculum includes classes in lifestyle behavior management, community health, and program planning and evaluation. Internships placements include city/county health departments, hospitals, worksite wellness, YMCAs, and the United States Olympic Training Center.

The EXHPR department, through its educational offerings, helps prepare you for careers in Exercise Science, teaching Physical Education and coaching, Athletic Training, Health Promotion, Recreation Management, Outdoor Leadership and Wilderness Education, Strength and Conditioning, and graduate or professional school. Our mission is to provide you with a strong academic background that includes experiential opportunities we strongly emphasize a Student Centered approach to learning and promote wellness and healthy lifestyles.

We have excellent facilities in our newly renovated building exemplified by our exercise physiology and athletic training labs, three high technology equipped classrooms, comprehensive weight room, swimming pool, well equipped athletic training rooms, a brand new student recreation center, and a state renowned outdoor sports complex. We are also proud of our outstanding thirty-two-element outdoor challenge course and indoor climbing wall. As a student, you will be able to use these facilities as well as rent outdoor adventure equipment while attending the University.