Undergraduate Majors

Take your first step toward a rewarding health professions career in one of our undergraduate majors. We offer majors for both clinical and non-clinical careers. With our wide range of options, you can find a home within HSHP that aligns with your interests to help individuals and communities with health and wellness.

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Which major is right for you?

It can be hard to select which is the best undergraduate pathway to achieve your professional career goals. Let us help with matching your interests to our HSHP majors.

Match Your Interests With Our Majors

Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training

The Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training awards bachelors of science (B.S.) degrees in the following majors:

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Athletic Training

Emphasizes the prevention, evaluation, care, management and rehabilitation of injuries in athletes and active populations.

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Exercise Science

Understand the physiological, neuromuscular, psychological, and biomechanical effects of exercise stress on the human body.

Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education (HPPE)

The Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education (HPPE) awards bachelors of science (B.S.) degrees in the following majors:

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Health Sciences

Obtain a solid foundation for work in fields as diverse as nutrition, clinical research, medicine, and therapies.

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Public and Community Health

Help people best live, work, and exercise or communities pursue ethical, fair, and cost-effective public health policies.

Departments of Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SLPA)

The Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) offers a combined bachelors/doctorate program which awards a bachelors of science (B.S.) in occupational science and a doctorate (O.T.D.) in occupational therapy. The Department of Physical Therapy (PT) offers a combined bachelors/clinical doctorate program which awards a bachelors of science (B.S.) in clinical health studies and a doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T). The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SLPA) awards a bachelors of science (B.S.) in speech-language pathology and offers a separate masters program (see graduate programs):

Occupational Therapy

Learn the skills to help people cope with physical, developmental, emotional, and cognitive disabilities.

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Physical Therapy

Help people who have injuries or physically disabling illnesses improve their movement and manage their pain.

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Speech-Language Pathology

Obtain clinical and academic foundation in basic human communication processes, development, and disorders.

Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies (RLS)

The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies (RLS) awards bachelors of science (B.S.) degrees in Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Therapeutic Recreation. The final entry term for these degrees was Fall 2021.

Pre-Health Professions Program

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Prepare. Plan. Pursue.

Need time to decide on a major? Enroll in IC's Pre-Health Professions Program to take classes and work with an advisor to pinpoint your passion in the health and human performance industry.

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Tuition & Financial Aid

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