Sports Science, BSEd

Sports science is the study of the body’s response to exercise and physical activity. The field incorporates various sub-disciplines, including exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor behavior, and the psychology of physical activity. Sports scientists rely on scientific principles in biology, chemistry, and physics to advance their understanding of how the body responds to exercise, and to advocate physical activity to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. With the development of our new sports medicine concentration, the sports science degree is a pathway to healthcare graduate programs. The concentration meets all the requirements for graduate programs in athletic training. With minor program of study modifications, the concentration can be a pathway to graduate programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physician assistant. The sports science program at Wright State is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). We assure program quality through alignment to the national standards set forth by CAAHEP that prescribe the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities programs should develop in future sports science practitioners.