Exercise Science and Wellness 

Turn your passion for fitness into a rewarding career

Bastyr University's Bachelor of Science with a Major in Exercise Science and Wellness uniquely integrates a strong foundation in exercise physiology with a comprehensive introduction to holistic health and wellness.

The curriculum of the exercise science and wellness program provides students the opportunity to explore how physical health is connected to mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Through the study of human physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry, whole foods nutrition and health psychology, students learn how to promote health on a variety of levels.

Advantages of Bastyr's Exercise Science and Wellness Degree Program

• Learn in small classes with highly experienced faculty who are committed and accessible to students.
• Gain hands-on experience through a modern exercise science laboratory and internships at a variety of medical centers, sports medicine clinics and health clubs.
• Explore other areas of natural health with electives in fields such as acupuncture and Oriental medicine, naturopathic medicine and herbal sciences.
• Diversify your career options with an optional summer massage intensive co-sponsored by the Bellevue Massage School Center for Healing Arts.
• Enjoy Bastyr's 51-acre wooded campus, with hiking, running and biking trails, access to Lake Washington and adjacent 300-acre St. Edward State Park, featuring a gymnasium and an indoor heated swimming pool.
• Keep fit with various classes/clubs on campus including yoga, tai chi, hapkido, belly dancing and aikido.
• Take advantage of Bastyr's numerous resources including financial aid, vegetarian cafeteria, comprehensive health sciences library and the University's teaching clinic, Bastyr Center for Natural Health.
• Prepare for success on the American College of Sports and Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association certification exams.

Career Opportunities

As the public becomes more aware of the value of exercise and preventive health care, career opportunities in fitness and health are rapidly expanding. Earn your degree at Bastyr University and you will be well-prepared for a number of rewarding careers, including:

• Exercise physiologist
• Cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation physiologist
• Corporate fitness director
• Certified health/fitness instructor and personal trainer
• Group fitness consultant
• Exercise specialist
• Strength and conditioning coach
• Fitness and nutrition consultant
• Sports massage therapist

Program of Study

• Bachelor of Science with Major in Exercise Science and Wellness — 2 years
• New! Bachelor of Science with Major in Nutrition and Exercise Science — 2 years

Examples of courses: Physiology of Exercise, Anatomy and Physiology, Biomechanics, Biochemistry, Sports Nutrition, Ergogenic Aids, Motor Learning and Development, and Business Practices in Health Promotion.

The Exercise Science programs are two-year bachelor's degree completion programs designed for students with at least 90 transferable quarter credits (60 semester credits).

Bastyr University, with its multi-disciplinary curriculum, has long been recognized as a pioneer in the study of natural health sciences and is an ideal setting for the study of exercise science and wellness.