Admission Requirements

In addition to the criteria listed below, applicants must also meet general graduate admission requirements .

External Candidates:

• Typically, PhD program applicants will have a master’s degree in exercise science, nutrition, or a related field from a nationally accredited college or university or its international equivalent. The review committee will admit applicants with degrees in other disciplines at their discretion. The graduate program director and/or graduate program committee will review coursework from other graduate programs on a case-by-case basis to determine transferability of credits up to a maximum of 6 credits.
• Preference will be given to all applicants whose transcripts show completion of the following courses with a minimum GPA of 3.0, taken within the past seven years: one year of anatomy and physiology with lab, exercise physiology with lab, chemistry with lab, fitness assessment, and statistics. Students may be required to address deficiencies as a condition of acceptance.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• Completion of the GRE.

Internal Candidates:

• Completion of the Exercise and Health Sciences (MS) program.
• Two letters of recommendation.