Career Opportunities
Exercise science professionals have extensive knowledge and training in how the human body moves, responds, and adapts to athletics as well as routine and outdoor activities. Exercise science graduates apply their skill set in four key sectors:
1) Industry: Overseeing staff exercise and activity needs as a corporate or company occupational health officer.
2) Health: Developing training and exercise programs for overall health and wellness, injury rehabilitation, and assisting individuals with disabilities at hospitals, clinics, and medical centers.
3) Education: Serving as an exercise and sport science educator at secondary and postsecondary schools.
4) Sport: Supervising strength-and-conditioning program design, execution and monitoring for individual athletes and teams.