Help others achieve their health and fitness goals.

As careers in human performance, fitness and health continue to grow, people are turning to exercise professionals for expert guidance — and you could be one of them.

Through the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Kinesiology - Applied Exercise Physiology at App State, you will be prepared to work in health and wellness settings, such as hospital- and community-based wellness programs and cardiac rehabilitation centers, with a variety of populations, or to pursue graduate study.

You’ll gain a solid foundation in kinesiology — the study of human movement — by exploring the scientific principles that govern human movement, health and physical activity and analyzing how the body responds and adapts to physical stress. The degree program also prepares you for graduate study in such fields as occupational therapy, athletic training, public health, speech-language pathology and more.

The program’s curriculum covers a variety of pathophysiologies (changes in the body that occur due to disease or injury) and their accompanying exercise recommendations, and you will have the opportunity to engage in an internship to gain real-world experience. Plus, this degree program serves as excellent preparation for the Certified Exercise Physiologist exam from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Learn and conduct research in App State’s state-of-the-art labs, where you will discover how to scientifically address issues of health and fitness, as well as human performance and biomechanics, as part of a rapidly growing field.

• Department of Public Health and Exercise Science

• Beaver College of Health Sciences