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Master of Science in Health and Human Performance

Graduate students in the Department of Health and Human Performance are provided the preparation required for professional success in sport administration,  exercise science, health promotion/wellness, biomechanics, research, teaching, and coaching. 

 

  • Students can choose from emphasis areas in exercise science, sport administration, and movement/sport studies.  Internship opportunities are available in the student’s area of interest.
  • Graduate students are involved in teaching, lab instruction, project supervision, athletic training, personal training, intramural programming, coaching, and project supervision.
  • Graduate assistantship opportunities are available in health education/promotion, intramurals and campus recreation, athletic training, exercise science, and varsity athletics.
  • Graduate students in Health and Human Performance have numerous opportunities for involvement in service programs such as adult fitness, cardiac rehabilitation, stroke rehabilitation, programming for special population, wellness programming, aquatic fitness and more.  In addition, collaborative experiences with the Hays Medical Center - Center for Health Improvement are available. 
  • The Department of Health and Human Performance boasts some of the finest facilities in the Midwest.  Facilities commonly used in the graduate program include:
    • Mediated classrooms
    • Human performance laboratory
    • Sports nutrition laboratory
    • Computer laboratory
    • Indoor pool
    • Wellness center
    • Indoor running track
    • Gymnasiums and dance studio

 

  • Research opportunities abound.  Priorities in the FHSU Human Performance Lab include:
    • Cardiovascular/metabolic demands of multidirectional and intermittent exercise 
    • Supplemental diagnostic measures applied to clinical exercise testing 
    • Testing, programming, and outcome measures related to clinical/elderly exercise 
    • Athletic conditioning program variables
    • Biomechanical analysis of sport performance 

 

  • After graduation, students assume positions in health promotion, teaching and coaching, sport administration, clinical rehabilitation, aquatics, recreation, strength and conditioning, or continue their education in doctoral programs. 

The program consists of a 17 hour core curriculum common to all Master of Science graduate students, plus an additional 15 hours accumulated from selected electives. You can choose a thesis option in any of the concentration areas with six hours of thesis becoming part of the 15 hour requirement. All students are required to successfully complete a comprehensive examination prior to graduation. 

Program Requirements

Required Theory Core 

 

HHP 850  Physiological Analysis of Motor Activity  3 credit hours 
HHP 815  Research in Health and Human Performance  3 credit hours 
HHP 820  Concepts and Objectives of Physical Education  3 credit hours 
HHP 825  Statistical Analysis in HHP  3 credit hours 
HHP 835/650  Motor Learning or Biomechanics  3 credit hours 
HHP 875  Graduate Seminar  2 credit hours 
  

Total Core Requirements 

 17 credit hours 

 

Concentration in Exercise Science 

  

HHP 800  Biomechanics (if not taken in core)  3 credit hours 
HHP 845  Advanced Clinical Exercise Physiology  3 credit hours 
HHP 847  Advanced Instrumentation in Exercise Physiology  3 credit hours 
HHP 899  Thesis  6 credit hours 

  

-or- 

  

  

 Approved Electives/Internship*  3-6 credit hours 

  

 and Graduate Project  3 credit hours 

  

Total Concentration Hours 

 15 credit hours 

*A maximum of three hours of internship may be applied to program of study 

Concentration in Sport Administration 

 

HHP 800  Administration of Physical Education & Athletics  3 credit hours 
Six credit hours from 
HHP 633  Assessment and Planning HHP  3 credit hours 
HHP 855  Legal Issues in HPER and Athletics  3 credit hours 
HHP 860  Facilities in Physical Education and Athletics  3 credit hours 
   Approved Electives/Internship*/Thesis  6 credit hours 

  

Total Concentration Hours 

 15 credit hours 

*A maximum of three hours of internship may be applied to program of study. 

Concentration in Movement and Sport Studies 

 

Three credit hours from: 
HHP 650  Biomechanics  3 credit hours 
HHP 835  Motor Learning  3 credit hours 
HHP 845  Advanced Clinical Exercise Physiology  3 credit hours 
HHP 847  Advanced Instrumentation in Exercise Physiology  3 credit hours 
Three credit hours from: 
HHP 633  Assessment and Planning in HHP  3 credit hours 
HHP 855  Legal Issues in HPER and Athletics  3 credit hours 
HHP 800  Administration of Physical Education & Athletics  3 credit hours 
HHP 860  Facilities in Physical Education & Athletics  3 credit hours 
Three credit hours from: 
HHP 635   Motor Behavior  3 credit hours 
HHP 810  Sport in American Society  3 credit hours 
HHP 830  Secondary School Physical Education Curriculum  3 credit hours 
HHP 840  Coaching Today’s Athlete  3 credit hours 

  

 Approved Electives/Thesis  6 credit hours 

  

Total Concentration Hours 

 15 credit hours