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Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences
Carpenter Sports Building
26 North College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716
Ph: (302) 831-2265
Fax: (302) 831-4261
E-mail:
Health & Exercise Sciences - royer@udel.edu
Nutrition & Dietetics-
bakers@udel.edu

 

Concentration in Sports Medicine

Credit Requirements 
Minimum of 30
Credits within Exercise Science 
15-18
Credits in Cognate areas
6-9
Thesis 
 6
Total number of required credits 
30

A. Credits Required Within Exercise Science
HESC 601 Research Methods 
3
HESC 602 Statistics 
3
HESC 603 Seminar in Exer.Science(4 semesters req)
0
HESC 604 Sensorimotor Characterstics of Injury
3
HESC 605 Pathoetiology of Musculoskeletal Injury
3
HESC 606 Evidence-Based Sports Medicine
 3
Total Credits from Area A  
15

B. A Minimum of Three Courses from the Following:
(At least 2 courses must come from the same cognate area)
Motor Control  
HESC 607 Motor and Learning Control
3
HESC 650 Life Span Motor Development  
3
HESC 651 Neurophysiological Basis of Human Movement
3
HESC 808 Seminar in Motor Control
3
Biomechanics
HESC 688 Electromyographic Kinesiology
3
HESC 689 Laboratory Instrumentation
3
HESC 690 Biomechanical Methods
3
HESC 687 Seminarr in Biomechanics
3
Exercise Physiology
HESC 665 Cardiovascular Assessment 1
3
HESC 675 Exercise Testing and Prescription
3
HESC 800 Advanced Physiology of Exercise
3
HESC 802 Human Cardiovascular Control
3
HESC 804 Clinical Measures in Exercise Physiology
3
Research Design and Statistics
BISC 667 Seminar (Research Design and Statistics)
3
STAT 615 Design and Analysis of Experiments
3
STAT 617 Multivariate Methods
3
EDUC 861 Introduction to Statistical Inference
3
EDUC 862 Principles of Experimental Design
3
 
HESC 666 Special Problem
3
HESC 840 Advanced Human Anatomy
3
Anatomy
HESC 666 Special Problem
3
Advanced Human Anatomy
3
Total Credits from Area B  
9

C. Thesis  
  HESC 869 Thesis in Sports Medicine
6
Total Credits from Area C
6