Exercise Science (BS) and Physical Therapy (DPT)

Major in Exercise Science

Majors will complete four prerequisite courses, ten core courses, plus two electives spread out across their four years. All majors are required to have Basic Life Support and First Aid Certifications by the end of the junior year.

The suggested sequence is:

First Year

BIOL 113	General Biology	4
	OR
BIOL 115	Advanced General Biology	4
CHEM 111	Introduction to Chemistry: Inorganic	4
CHEM 112	Introduction to Chemistry: Organic	4

BIOL 113: prereq. for BIOL 246

CHEM 111, CHEM 112: prereq. for BIOL 231

First or Second Year

STAT 118	Introductory Statistics	4
PSYC 101	Introduction to Psychological Science	4
NUTR 112	Introduction to Nutrition Science	4
EXSC 100	Introduction to Exercise Science	2
EXSC 110	Form and Function in Resistance Exercise	2

EXSC 100 and EXSC 110 are required for Class of 2023+

Second Year

BIOL 231	Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BIOL 232	Anatomy and Physiology II	4
BIOL 246	Foundations of Exercise and Health	4

Third Year

BIOL 332	Exercise Physiology	4
BIOL 362	Kinesiology	4
EXSC 361	Exercise Assessment & Prescription	4
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics I	4
PHYS 111	Introductory Physics II	4
PSYC 232	Health Psychology	4

BIOL 362 is required for Class of 2023+; audit strongly recommended for classes 2021 and 2022

BIOL 332: prereq. for SNHS 361

PHYS 110: prereq. for BIOL 362

CPR with AED Training & First Aid Certification (both offered on campus at cost)

*If you are approved by the Department of Physical Therapy and are able to progress into the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, in your 3rd year you must also complete:

PHYS 111 & PHYS 111L Introduction to Physics II and lab

Fourth Year

If you remain in the Exercise Science Program to earn a BS in Exercise Science you must complete:

BIOL 370	Internship	Variable
BIOL 362	Kinesiology	4
DPT 622	Movement Science	3.00
DPT 623	Movement Science 2	3.00
DPT 653	Evidence Based Practice 2	2.00

Two Electives

*If you progress into the DPT program, to earn the BS in Exercise Science, you can apply the courses in the first year of the DPT program to fulfilling the BS in Exercise Science requirements. The DPT program is 99 credits (including the combined undergraduate 4th Year/Year 1 in the graduate program). Thirty hours of work or volunteer/ observation experience in physical therapy are required. These hours give you a firsthand picture of the profession that you have chosen. The graduate DPT program involves a full-time commitment over a three year period, including summers, beginning in the summer following the third year. Graduation is in May of the fourth (BS degree) and sixth (DPT degree) years. The program affiliates with approximately 300 institutions across the country, offering students a wide variety of clinical settings in which to participate in the practice of physical therapy.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Simmons College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail]; website: http://www.capteonline.org