Applied Exercise Science
What is applied exercise science?
Why applied exercise science at OSU?
Career Paths
Depending on the major option you choose, you will be prepared for entry-level health, exercise and athletic careers or further study in:
- Clinical exercise physiology
- Biomechanics
- Strength and conditioning (athletic and tactical performance)
- Sport science
- Sports psychology
- Medical or dental field
- Physical or occupational therapy
- Cardiac/stroke rehabilitation
- Athletic coaching
- Athletic training
200 HOURS OF EXPERIENCE
gained through supervised internships
Highlights
Pre-Professional Option
Complete prerequisite courses needed for graduate or professional school and sports medicine related professions. Graduates may go on to be physicians or chiropractors.
Strength and Conditioning Option
This option prepares you for entry-level health, exercise and athletic fields, such as clinical exercise physiology, personal training, coaching, fitness facility management, corporate wellness and tactical strength and conditioning (i.e. physical training for first responders and military personnel). You can also complete many of the prerequisites courses needed for professional school to become a physical or occupational therapist, athletic trainer and more.
Join the OSU Strength & Conditioning Club
Sport and Coaching Science Option
This option prepares you to work in a variety of settings, including professional, collegiate or secondary school sport organizations; elite training facilities; athletic league officiating; sports psychology; and sports management. The curriculum prepares graduates for sports and exercise-related certifications and for domestic and international graduate programs in coaching science and sport education.
Curriculum
Curriculum for all major options provides preparation for career-launching professional certification exams, including Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Special Population Specialist (CSPS), Certified Exercise Physiologists (EP-C) and others.
Explore the School of Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
Research Labs and Facilities
You have the opportunity to perform clinical- and performance-based tests in the classroom as well as in our state-of-the-art labs and facilities. Faculty and students use advanced technology to investigate the neural and muscular changes associated with aging, exercise training, nutritional supplementation, fatigue, disease and much more.
Applied Neuromuscular Physiology Lab
Human Performance Lab
Musculoskeletal Adaptations to Aging and Exercise Lab
Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Lab