2024-2025 General Catalogue 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 General Catalogue

Human Performance Comprehensive Major


The Human Performance Comprehensive degree program is designed for students who have multiple interests within the various fields of human performance and kinesiology and who desire a broad based degree within these areas. The program allows students to create a personalized degree in Human Performance by completing at least 21 hours of coursework in two separate major concentrations from the following disciplines: athletic training, exercise science, physical education and sport management. Students must complete a total of 60 hours within the chosen courses and must meet all prerequisites for the selected coursework in order to meet degree requirements. Students in the Human Performance Comprehensive degree program must complete a 60-credit hour basic curriculum, must complete a total of 120 semester hours, one-third of which are upper level, and must maintain a 2.0 in the basic curriculum and in the selected areas of study in order to meet graduation requirements. The major is a comprehensive degree program and does not require a minor.

Please note that courses in the professional component of the Athletic Training Comprehensive Major, Physical Education Comprehensive P-12 Major requiring acceptance into those programs are not eligible for this degree.

Basic Curriculum: 60 hours


I. Written Composition: 6 hours


A. Six semester hours from the following sequences:


II. Humanities and Fine Arts: 12 hours


B. Three semester hours from the following:


III. Natural Sciences and Mathematics: 11 hours


B. Three semester hours from the following:


C. Four semester hours from the following:


  • Excluding BY 231 , take four semester hours from the following prefixes: BY, CH, EN, ES, PH.

IV. History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences: 12 hours


VI. UWA Experiences: 2 hours


A. Two semester hours from the following:


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  • Advisor Approved General Elective (2)

Human Performance Comprehensive Requirements: 60 hours


I. Major Concentrations: 42 hours


A student pursuing the Human Performance Comprehensive degree must complete at least 21 hours of coursework in at least two separate major concentrations (A, B, C, D) for a minimum of 42 hours of the 60-hour total. Coursework completed as part of the basic curriculum requirements may not count as credit towards the major program of study.

B. Exercise Science: 21 hours


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C. Physical Education: 21 hours


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  • Foundation Courses: 4 hours

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D. Sport Management: 21 hours


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II. Electives: 18 hours


Courses completed as part of a Major Concentration (Section I) cannot be counted towards a student's electives.

  • Choose any 18 hours from Athletic Training, Exercise Science, Physical Education, Sport Management or any courses listed in Section I not counted toward the basic curriculum and chosen concentrations.