Exercise Physiology. Academic Program Description

(NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in physical or motor activity, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and disability. Includes instruction in muscular and skeletal anatomy; molecular and cellular basis of muscle contraction; fuel utilization; neurophysiology of motor mechanics; systemic physiological responses (respiration, blood flow, endocrine secretions, and others); fatigue and exhaustion; muscle and body training; physiology of specific exercises and activities; physiology of injury; and the effects of disabilities and disease.

Related Occupations

• Medical Scientists

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Ashland University
• Baldwin-Wallace College
• Case Western Reserve University
• Chapman University
• Concordia University-Wisconsin
• Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton-Wilmington
• East Carolina University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Gettysburg College
• Gordon College
• Indiana Wesleyan University
• Lynchburg College
• Merrimack College
• Northwest Christian College
• Saint Ambrose University
• Teachers College at Columbia University
• The College of Saint Scholastica
• United States Sports Academy
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of California-Davis
• University of Miami
• University of Southern Maine
• West Virginia University