Sport and Movement Science, Exercise Science Concentration - Honors Track, BS

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses Required By Major (76 credits total)

Free Electives in Major (3 credits minimum)

      Choose from the following:

• SMS 201 Perceptual Motor Learning
• SMS 200 Perceptual Motor Development
• SMS 251 Human Performance in Extreme Environments
• SMS 303 Exercise Psychology: Enhancing Health & Well-being

♥ Required Support Courses (25 credits total)

• BIO 105 Biological Systems
• CHE 117 General, Organic and Biological Chemistry

• OR

• CHE 130 General Chemistry I
• MAT 147 Statistics

• OR

• BHS 247 Statistics for the Healthcare Professional
• BIO 200 Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIO 201 Anatomy and Physiology II
• ATR 356 Strength and Conditioning
• IDS 600H Honors Seminar I
• IDS 601H Honors Seminar II

Free Electives (20-23 credits)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Addtional Notes:

*  Students must be in the Commonwealth Honors Program in order to follow this honors concentration. Students are advised to review general education selections in accordance with Honors Program requirements.

Total credits for graduation: 120