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4. Graduates with a major in Cardiac Rehabilitation will have the skills and knowledge necessary toenter graduate school or gain an entry level position working with individuals with coronary riskfactors or who have been diagnosed with established heart disease. The ultimate goal of cardiacrehabilitation is to restore and maintain an individual’s optimal physiological, psychological,social, and vocational status. Cardiac rehabilitation exercise prescription programs enableindividuals to manage hypertension, improve functional capacity, retard the progression and fosterthe reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, and reduce the risk of further coronary events. Thisprogram is currently suspended.5. Graduates with a major in Exercise Science will have the skills and knowledge to become personaltrainers, exercise professionals, or strength and conditioning specialists. As exerciseprofessionals, graduates will be involved in developing and implementing individualizedapproaches to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or for those individuals with medicalclearance to exercise. Graduates of the program will be proficient in writing appropriate exerciserecommendations, leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise, andmotivating individuals to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors. Students will havethe opportunity to sit for professional certification examinations offered by NSCA and ACSM.Degrees awarded: B.A., B.S.Writing-Enrichment Courses:EDU 251, PXS 300, 400Computer Intensive Courses: EDU 240, PXS 300, 312, 400Degrees awarded: B.A., B.S.APPLIED EXERCISE SCIENCEDr. Margaret Folsom, CoordinatorWriting Enrichment courses: BIO 309, 401, and 440; PXS 400 or ATP 484Major in Applied Exercise Science: 64 s.h., including BIO 306 and 308; BIO 401; CHE 151 and 152;PHY 151 and 152; MAT 220; PXS 217, 240, 285, 290,306, 312, and 404; ATP 159 or ATP 112 and 220;PSY 204; PXS 400 or ATP 484; one of BIO 309, 398, 440Degrees awarded: B.A., B.S.CARDIAC REHABILITATIONDr. Andrew Jameson, CoordinatorWriting Enrichment courses: PXS 300 and PXS 400 or ATP 484Computer Intensive courses: PXS 300, 312, and 400Major in Cardiac Rehabilitation: 54 semester hours, including ATP 220, 230, BIO 153, 306, 307, 308,400 PXS 217, 240, 290, 300, 312, 306, 376, 377, 378, 400, 400, 404, 405,412, and 493.This program is currently inactive. No students are currently being accepted into the program.204