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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Sport and Exercise Physiology, Pre-Physical Therapy Track (BS) Sample Plan


Year One

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II    3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience    3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology    3
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I  + BI 151L
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 1/6) 
4 PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology   
(Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 2/6)
3
CH - 103 Fundamentals of General Chemistry  + CH 103L 4 CH - 104 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry  + CH 104L 4
SX - 1011 Exploring Exercise Physiology   1 SX - 170 Fitness Leadership  or SX - 265 Introduction to Sport Science   3
    SX - 1013 Terminology in Healthcare   1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 17

Year Two

Fall Spring
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3 MA - 112 Precalculus Mathematics  or MA - 121 Calculus I   
(Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 4/6)*
3
Expanded Literacies (3/6)  3 Expanded Literacies (5/6) 3
BI - 355 Human Structure and Function I  + BI 335L 4 BI - 356 Human Structure and Function II  + BI 356L 4
SX - 285 Research and Statistics in Exercise Physiology  + SX 285L 4 SX - 250 Nutrition for Sport and Exercise  + SX 250L 4
SX - 1012 Kinesiology   1 FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Three

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) 3
PH - 203 Introductory Physics I  + PH 203L  5 PH - 204 Introductory Physics II  + PH 204L 5
SX - 370 Biomechanics  + SX 370L 4 PS - 320 Motor Learning  or PS - 240 Human Development   3
Free Elective 3 SX - 362 Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription  + SX 362L 4
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Four

Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3)  3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3)  3
SX - 465 Exercise Physiology  + SX 465L 4 SX - 375 Injury Prevention and Care  + SX 375L 4
SX - 390 Internship  (1/2) 3 SX - 390 Internship   (2/2) 3
SS - 100 History and Philosophy of Sport   3 SX - 470 Advanced Exercise Programming  + SX 470L 4
Expanded Literacies (6/6)  3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 17

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 125

*Mathematical Reasoning recommended in spring semester of year two. Student must confer with advisor for specific math requirement. 

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .