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What You Learn

You receive instruction and clinical experience in nutrition, fitness and wellness, and learn strategies for motivating clients to exercise and change lifestyle behaviors that lead to improved quality of life.

  • Engage in 400 hours of hands-on learning in a fitness setting or healthcare clinic
  • Perform, evaluate and interpret tests results to prescribe exercise programs
  • Explore approaches to nutrition and weight-management counseling
  • Prepare to train amateur and professional athletes
  • Develop exercise prescriptions for cardiac, pulmonary and cancer patients
  • Design and perform research studies

Admission Requirements

Required Courses

If you have admissions questions, contact Graduate Admissions at gradadmissions@kean.edu or (908) 737-4723.

Faculty:
Walter Andzel, Ed.D., Professor
Victoria Baxter, Lecturer II
Tara Bogota, Lecturer II
Adam Eckart, D.Sc., Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Esposito, Lecturer II
Pragya Sharma Ghimire, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Luis Martinez, Associate Professor

Master of Science in Exercise Science

The program currently offers a concentration in exercise physiology.

Application Deadline
Fall: June 30
Spring: December 1

Program Coordinator:

Pragya Sharma, Ph.D
D'Angola 221
(908) 737-0659
pghimire@kean.edu

Kean's exercise science program prepared me to be an exceptional coach. And as much as anyone talks about how nice Kean's facilities are, it's the people who make it great.

Nick Graff
M.S. in Exercise Science

Careers

Graduates of Kean's exercise science program find positions as:

  • Corporate health promotion specialists

  • Strength coaches — high school, university and professional level

  • Clinical exercise physiologist specialists -- at hospitals and rehabilitation centers

  • Sports performance coaches at sports medicine centers

  • Personal trainers at health clubs

  • Lecturers or assistant professors of exercise science, at the community college and/or university level

 

13%

Employment of exercise physiologists is projected to grow 13 percent by 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

$70,000

Average salary with an M.S. degree in exercise science

Cougars Climb Higher

At Kean, we believe learning extends far beyond the walls of our classrooms and labs. That's why we encourage you to get involved in clubs and organizations, and pursue internships that will advance your career. Find out more.

Research

Students can partner with faculty or to conduct their own original research, resulting in a professional master’s thesis or research papers that can be submitted for publication or from which can then be applied to presentations at national conferences.

Research at Kean.
Research

Internships

Many opportunities for internships are available, with New York and New Jersey professional sports teams, hospitals, sports performance centers, clinical experiences and corporations.

Kean gymnasium event
Internships

Conferences

Students have the opportunity to attend, and take part in, professional conferences in the field.

Conferences and research are part of a Kean education.
Conferences
Exercise is Medicine logo

Kean University is a registered Exercise is Medicine® On Campus organization. Exercise is Medicine® on Campus calls upon universities and colleges to become engaged in the promotion of physical activity as a vital sign of health; the EIM Solution. The EIM Solution aims to link the clinic to the community in combating today’s most common chronic conditions through physical activity. The university/college setting is seen as the microcosm that can help bring both together in accomplishing this goal.

EIM on Campus is designed to engage universities and colleges, their students, faculty, and staff in ongoing efforts to improve physical fitness, health and wellness across campus.

For more information or to get involved please contact:

Adam Eckart, MS, CSCS, ACSM-EIM

Program Coordinator, B.S. Exercise Science

eckarta@kean.edu

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