Accreditation Status
CAAHEP Accredited Program
The Master of Science degree in Exercise Science has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) at the Clinical Exercise Physiology level. Students completing the Clinical Exercise Physiology concentration or the Applied Exercise Science concentration are strongly encouraged, but not required, to take ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Specialist Exam or the ACSM’s Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam prior to graduation.
American College of Sports Medicine Program Endorsement
The Master of Science Degree in Exercise Science at ULM has been endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine at the Exercise Specialist level. Students completing the Clinical Exercise Physiology specialization will complete at least 600 hours of clinical experience and complete the ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist or Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification exam.
Program Admission
In addition to the university requirements for admission to the Graduate School, all applicants in the Clinical Exercise Physiology and Applied Exercise Science concentrations must present a combined score of 725 on a scale which is found by multiplying their total undergraduate grade-point average by their combined Graduate Record Examination Test score (verbal plus quantitative) in order to qualify for regular admission. Students scoring between 685 and 724 may be admitted conditionally.
Departmental review of applications is ongoing. Your chances for admission are greatest if you apply before the Graduate School deadlines to allow adequate time for processing and verification of your credentials.
Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in exercise science from ULM may be allowed to waive the GRE requirement if their cumulative undergraduate GPA is 3.0 or better. All other applicants to the Clinical Exercise Physiology and the Applied Exercise Science concentrations will be required to submit GRE scores no matter their undergraduate GPA. Applicants pursuing the Sport Managment Concentration are not required to take the GRE.
Program Requirements
For those students not holding an undergraduate degree in an exercise science, kinesiology, or sport managment-related discipline, the following requirements must be met.
Clinical Exercise Physiology & Applied Exercise Science Concentrations
Undergraduate deficiency requirements for the Clinical Exercise Physiology and Applied Exercise Science concentrations include up to 9 undergraduate semester hours. These hours include 3 credit hours from each of the following content areas: exercise physiology (KINS 3012), exercise program design (KINS 4002), and anatomical/biomechanical kinesiology (KINS 4032), or advisor-approved equivalents. In addition, the student may not enroll in more than 15 graduate hours until all undergraduate prerequisites are met. Sport Managment Concentration
Undergraduate deficiency requirements for the Sport Management concentration include up to 15 credit hours from each of the following content areas: facilities managment (KINS 3008), sport psychology (KINS 3010), sport marketing (KINS 3042), sport finance (KINS 4022), sport law (KINS 4020) and/or sport leadership (KINS 3040), or advisor-approved equivalents. The student may not enroll in more than 15 graduate hours until all undergraduate prerequisites and deficiences are met.
Graduate Courses
Note: To receive graduate credit for a 4000-level course designated “For Undergraduate and Graduates,” a student must be in graduate admission status at the time credit is earned in the course. Credit earned in undergraduate admission status cannot be changed to graduate credit.
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