Mission & Goals of the Exerice & Sport Sciences Department

The Exercise and Sport Science Department’s mission is to offer a high-quality, student-centered, academically rigorous education in the major of Exercise and Sport Science, to support collaborative majors with other departments, and to continue to offer quality courses fulfilling the liberal arts and sciences requirement as well as providing opportunity for enjoyable structured activities to students across campus, fostering healthy and physically active lifestyles.

Goals

To provide relevant professional education supported by a rigorous scientific base to students who choose Exercise and Sport Science careers, either in the clinical or the fitness setting.

To provide leadership opportunities through apprenticeships, specified internships, and presentations and publications.

To provide career alternatives to students in other majors by offering courses related to their chosen fields of endeavor.

To support the college’s liberal arts requirement in the area of health and fitness.