The department's courses focus on the practical, personal, meaningful applications of health and wellness knowledge, and the art of dance. Our department offers approximately twenty-four different courses each semester in about seventy sections.
Facilities are available for use by students, faculty and staff, and the community.
Students successfully completing the program graduate with an Associate in Arts degree. The program requires 66 course credits. English Composition II 3 Humanities Elective 3 DAN 134 Gen. Educ. The Exercise Science major prepares you for transfer to a four-year college for an ultimate career in adult fitness, exercise physiology, corporate or private health and wellness, physical education teaching, or related career . As a major in this field you will acquire knowledge and skills in the areas of human anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, human nutrition, exercise measurement and prescription, and other areas of health and wellness such as stress management, diet and weight control, fitness assessment and program planning, substance abuse, disease and disease transmission, first aid and emergency care, CPR, and mind-body health.