 Mission
Statement
The mission of the Department
of Physical Education and Exercise Science is to
prepare professionals at the undergraduate level through
excellence in teaching, research and service so that they
may encourage enhanced performance and quality of life of
all citizens through active lifestyles and lifetime physical
activity.
Goal Statements
I. The purposes of the CORE requirement in Wellness and
Exercise Science are to expose students to Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) as a potential life saving technique
and to provide students with opportunities and knowledge
to increase their present level of physical fitness.
II. Graduates with a degree in Applied
Exercise Science will be prepared to enter graduate
programs in Exercise Science and related fields or graduate
programs in Physical Therapy and its related fields. Graduates
may obtain employment in various aspects of the health and
fitness industry. Graduates who are interested in careers
in Physical Therapy or its related fields must attend graduate
school in order to obtain the licensure required.
III. Graduates with a major in Physical
Education Teaching (PET) will have the skills and
knowledge necessary to become effective Physical Education
teachers in the public schools, Grades K-12. Students who
earn a major in physical education with teacher education
and earn teacher licensure are qualified to teach physical
education in grades K-12 in North Carolina and many other
states. Students who earn a major in physical education
without teacher licensure usually go on to graduate school
or seek employment in physical education related fields
such as sports management or recreation. Click
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Education Program.
IV. Graduates with a major in Cardiac
Rehabilitation will have the skills and knowledge
necessary to enter graduate school or gain an entry level
position working with individuals with coronary risk factors
or who have been diagnosed with established heart disease.
The goals of cardiac rehabilitation program are to improve
an individual’s functional capacity, alleviate or
lessen activity-related symptoms, reduce disability, and
identify and modify coronary risk factors in an attempt
to reduce subsequent morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular
illness. The ultimate goal of cardiac rehabilitation is
to restore and maintain an individual's optimal physiological,
psychological, social, and vocational status. Cardiac rehabilitation
exercise prescription programs enable individuals to manage
hypertension, improve functional capacity, retard the progression
and foster the reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, and
reduce the risk of further coronary events. Students will
have the opportunity to sit for the ACSM Exercise Specialist
examination.
V. Graduates with a major in Exercise
Science will have the skills and knowledge to become
personal trainers or strength and conditioning coaches.
As fitness professionals, graduates will be involved in
developing and implementing individualized approaches to
exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or for those
individuals with medical clearance to exercise. Graduates
of the program will be proficient in writing appropriate
exercise recommendations, leading and demonstrating safe
and effective methods of exercise, and motivating individuals
to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors. Students
will have the opportunity to sit for the NSCA Certified
Strength and Conditioning and/ or Personal Trainer examination.
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