Undergraduate Degree Programs
The Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology offers students a variety of undergraduate degree programs. Explore your interests in the following degree programs, and find out which program is right for you.
Nutrition and Food Science
Location: Statesboro Campus
Our Nutrition and Food Science programs allow you to specialize your degree within Community Nutrition, Food Science/Food Systems Administration, and Dietetics. Your studies will prepare you for work in fields including food safety and management, food marketing, medical nutrition therapy, and advanced food science.
Exercise Science
Location: Statesboro Campus
With a major in Exercise Science, you’ll be prepared for advanced studies in medicine or rehabilitation sciences, or for a career in fitness centers, research laboratories, or as an exercise technician in a cardiac rehabilitation center.
Health Sciences
Location: Armstrong Campus
The Health Sciences program is composed of five areas of emphasis to prepare you for a variety of careers and graduate study in the health industry: General Health Science, Human Performance/Fitness Management, Health Services Administration, and Health Informatics.
Sport Management
Location: Statesboro Campus
The Sport Management Bachelor of Science program explores the professional side of sports (commercial, managerial and legal) and provides you with academic preparation and hands-on training for success in a highly competitive field.
Minors
Coaching
Georgia Southern University’s minor in coaching prepares you to coach at the recreation, travel, middle school and high school levels.
Exercise Science
Students interested in pursuing a different degree may minor in exercise science.
Health Informatics
Georgia Southern University’s health informatics minor prepares students for the planning and utilization of health information technology in numerous professional career paths.
Nutrition and Food Science
Students interested in pursuing a different degree may minor in nutrition and food science.
View the requirements for a minor in nutrition and food science.
Sport Management
Georgia Southern University’s sport management minor allows students an opportunity to blend their major in another discipline with core sport management courses.
Human Performance & Fitness Management
Students interested in pursuing a different degree may minor in human performance & fitness management.
View the requirements for a minor in human performance and fitness management.
Contact Us
Joelle Romanchik-Cerpovicz
Undergraduate Director
912-478-1420
jromchik@georgiasouthern.edu
Last updated: 5/10/2022