ESS 482 INTERNSHIP IN EXERCISE SCIENCE
Upper-class Exercise Science majors select a sports medicine or health-related agency for their internship, a capstone experience. Students serve 80-160 hours at the agency. Students turn in biweekly reports, including a brief discussion of the experience, reflections and a critique of the experience/agency. Students may engage in problem-solving assignments and perform research on some particular topic. Students may also assist with patient/client care and/or training and shadow their supervisor. A research paper is due near the end of the experience.
Prerequisite
ESS 281; junior or senior majors; 2.0 GPA overall, 2.0 GPA in major
Course Types
Experiential Learning Requirement; Exercise Science Elective; Advanced Studies; Internship
Offered
Offered fall, winter, spring and summer.
Notes
Students should make arrangements with their professors the semester prior to taking the internship.