Department/Research Core (12 semester hours)

• PEP 6301 Physiology of Exercise

• PEP 6305 Measurement in Health & Physical Education

• PEP 7370 Research in Human Performance

• SOCW 8325 Applied Multivariate Statistics

Discipline Core (9 semester hours from the options below)

• PEP 8307 Assessment of Obesity

• PEP 8308 Genetic and Physiological Basis for Obesity and its Comorbidities

• PEP 8309 Individual-Level Influences on Obesity

• PEP 8310 Public Health, Policy and the Obesogenic Environment

• NUTR 4345 Obesity Epidemic (to be cross listed with a graduate course number)

• NUTR 4396 Public Policy in Nutrition (to be cross listed with a graduate course number)

 Discipline Core (9 semester hours from the options below)

• EPSY 6330 Human Growth and Development

• EPSY 6340 Principles of Human Learning

• PEP 6306 Gender & Cultural Issues in Physical Activity & Fitness

• PEP 6397 Sports Nutrition

• PEP 7303 Urban Fitness Program Development and Implementation

Thesis (6 semester hours)

A thesis is defined as a document that contains introduction, literature review, methods, results, and discussion and has been approved by a committee at the proposal and final defense stages