BS Four-Year Degree Plan: Health Studies Track

Sample schedule

The below schedule is only one example of a possible degree plan and is provided for informational purposes only. Meet with an advisor early to develop a degree plan that best suits your needs.

Careers and Outcomes

1. Employment in the health promotion, wellness or human performance industry.
2. Graduate programs in human performance, Master of Public Health, Master of Health Administration and other health-related fields.
3. An accelerated master's degree in health promotion and wellness management.
4. Occupational therapy graduate programs (add PHY 123 Physics I; CFD 155 Lifespan Development; and LLT 102 Medical Terminology).
5. BSN-accelerated nursing programs (add BIO Microbiology; and CFD 155 Lifespan Development).

Option for a minor

Your degree in exercise science is a comprehensive degree. This means that a minor is not required.

However, most minors on campus are 18-to-20 hours. With careful planning, you can use the 16 hours of electives toward a minor. Students in the health studies option commonly add minors in psychology, general business, nutrition, coaching, dance or create a personalized minor.

Remember

KIN 362 is a prerequisite for KIN 465 and KIN 569; Physiology is a prereq to KIN 362, 550, 567, and/or 569 could be taken as KIN 650, 667, 669 for the accelerated master's classes. DTN 240 must be taken at MSU (BMS accepts few transferred nutrition courses).

Suggested electives

• KIN 281, 282, 499
• BIO 197 (CERT)
• MKT 350
• HCM 301 Health Care Management
• PHI 513 Bioethics