We would like to hear from you.
Dr. Katie Sell
Coordinator
ES Program
Katie.Sell@hofstra.edu
Telephone:
(516) 463-5814
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
PESP Department
220 Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York 11549
The Exercise Specialist Program is a Bachelor of Science degree program in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. This major gives students knowledge and hands-on experience needed for exercise leaders and personal trainers in fitness health clubs, corporate wellness, and cardiac rehabilitation centers. The program emphasizes the scientific and physiological concepts of fitness activities, fitness evaluation, individualized exercise program prescription, and chronic disease risk reduction using activity.
The major involves a broad liberal arts education which includes courses to gain knowledge in the psychosocial aspects of motivation and interpersonal communication. Course work is required in the scientific areas of human anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, applied nutrition, and analysis of movement.
- Find information about program, graduation, student teaching and certification requirements in the online Hofstra Bulletin.
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