Required Prerequisites

Undergraduate prerequisites vary from concentration to concentration and are as follows:

Exercise Physiology

• Anatomy & physiology (7+ credits; 2 semesters, at least one semester with a lab)
• Kinesiology or Biomechanics (3 credits)
• Exercise physiology (3-4 credits, with lab)
• Statistics or Tests & Measurement

Sport Psychology

• Three psychology courses (9+ credits, courses can be outside a psychology department, e.g., educational psychology, organizational behavior, social psychology)
• Statistics or Tests & Measurement

Human Performance

• Anatomy & physiology (7+ credits; 2 semesters, at least one semester with a lab)
• Kinesiology or Biomechanics (3 credits)
• Exercise physiology (3-4 credits, with lab)
• Statistics or Tests & Measurement
• One course in psychology

Prerequisite Deficiencies

Students unsure if their coursework meets these prerequisites are welcomed to contact Jeff Ives, the ESS Graduate Program Chair, who is happy to provide information on undergraduate coursework that may or may not complete these requirements.

If a student has not completed the required prerequisites, he or she can either make them up before arriving on campus or while studying at Ithaca College. The department can admit students with 2 deficient courses for full-time graduate student status. However, if a student is lacking more than 2 courses, the department can only accept him or her as a provisional student. Please see more information in our FAQ section.