Exercise Science Major

Exercise Science Mission: 

The mission of the Exercise Science program at Missouri Valley College is to develop entry-level professionals who can assess, interpret, prescribe, intervene, and manage health and fitness in individuals across the lifespan and promote positive lifestyle changes through basic interventions and referrals.  The program is also designed to prepare students for appropriate professional organization certification exams and for post-graduate study in Exercise Science or related disciplines.

Learning Outcomes:

• Evaluate a facility and generate an administration plan that comprehensively manages the human and resource capital safely and economically.
• Create and conduct fitness and health testing before interpreting and using the  results to educate clients  and develop fitness programs for varied  populations. 
• Identify, develop. and implement injury prevention strategies and screenings to fitness testing and exercise programming.
• Demonstrate how to locate, interpret, evaluate, and use professional literature evidence based practice decisions.
• Communicate the results of evidence based literature searches and research to an audience.

Major assessment: Senior Exercise Science student must complete the in-house Exercise Science Assessment Examination.