{"id":5176,"date":"2017-02-15T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2017-02-14T17:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T01:44:18","slug":"get-know-major-bachelor-science-exercise-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/get-know-major-bachelor-science-exercise-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know a major: bachelor of science in exercise science"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Paige Scofield\r\nCampus Life Editor<\/pre>\n
Western offers a wide variety of degrees that students can major in, many of which \"\"students don\u2019t know are offered, or know next to nothing about. This week, in \u201cGet To Know a Major:\u201d receiving a bachelor of science in exercise science.<\/p>\n
Kristin Miller, a junior, is working towards receiving a bachelor of science in exercise science with a minor in dance. Even though she originally came to Western for its dance program, she soon realized that she wanted to switch majors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope to go into occupational therapy, and exercise science was the most applicable major that I could do and I\u2019m really interested in keeping people healthy, and the body, and how it works and the science of it,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
Although she switched majors, Miller wants to keep dance a part of her life and try to use it in the field of occupational therapy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to incorporate dance into occupational therapy somehow,\u201d said Miller. \u201cI think a lot of people don\u2019t see dance as a sport, but I want people to see it as a way to exercise and keeping themselves healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are many career fields that exercise science can put students on the right track to pursue. According to Western\u2019s website, those careers include: hospital cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy assistance, corporate fitness centers, athletic and health focused fitness clubs, with organizations that provide fitness and activity programming such as YMCA and Boys & Girls Club, physical educators in public and private schools, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and nutrition\/dietetics.<\/p>\n
Western\u2019s website describes exercise science as, \u201cthe study of changes that occur within the human body in response to exercise and physical activity. Students of exercise science complete foundational coursework in general biology and human anatomy and physiology. Key areas of study within the major include biomechanics, motor behavior, nutrition, physiology of exercise, and social and psychological aspects of exercise and physical activity. Students learn how the human body adapts to various forms of movement and exercise, for purposes ranging from general health promotion and injury prevention, to rehabilitation and sports performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller\u2019s favorite class she took for her major was the anatomy series. \u201cEven though it was a lot of work, I learned so much in the span of a year about the body, and I think it\u2019s something that will help me a lot with my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I\u2019ve changed my major, I\u2019ve been really impressed with the exercise science major and all the professors, they\u2019re all super nice. I think it\u2019s a really good major for our current society, because health is such a pertinent issue and it\u2019s a good field to get into right now because exercise is really on the rise,\u201d concluded Miller.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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