91传媒

Health and Human Performance

Promote Health. Optimize Movement. Empower Communities

Degree Awarded BA, BS
Credential Type Undergraduate Major
Delivery Method In Person | Online

Earn Your Degree in on-campus in La Grande, Oregon or Online at 91传媒.

Prepare to competently promote wellness, sport, recreation, and exercise in school, community, and other professional settings.

  • Three Professional Concentrations: Specialize your education directly in Exercise Science, Community Health, or Physical Education to align with your career dreams.
  • Applied Capstone Experiences: Gain practical, real-world skills through dedicated project-based learning and clinical capstones.
  • Elite Post-Graduation Pathways: Build a rigorous scientific foundation to transition directly into professional graduate programs in Physical Therapy, Medicine, Nursing, and Chiropractic.
Community members working out in the 91传媒 Fieldhouse
91传媒 Athletes working out in the gym

Are you passionate about healthy living, physical activity, and making a lasting difference in the lives of others?

  • Interactive and Applied Learning: Put theory into immediate practice. Every student completes a robust senior capstone project to address active wellness challenges in real-world environments.
  • Flexible Concentration Pathways: Customize your degree. Select from three distinct tracks鈥擡xercise Science, Community Health, or Physical Education鈥攖o match your specific professional goals.
  • Comprehensive Academic Preparation: Establish an elite scientific foundation that directly prepares you for national certifications (like CHES, CSCS, or Personal Training) or competitive graduate admissions.

Unrivaled Support from Enrollment to Graduation

As an online or on campus student at 91传媒, you will have comprehensive access to academic resources designed to support your journey.

Academic Advising: You will be paired with a dedicated program advisor who helps you navigate credit transfers, course selections, and graduation planning.

Generous Transfer Policies: Maximize your prior coursework. 91传媒 allows up to 135 transfer credits from regionally accredited institutions, helping you graduate and start your career faster.

Core competencies

Students must acquire and demonstrate a comprehensive competency in the foundational academic content of health and human performance. This is achieved by successfully mastering all the required HHP coursework specific to your selected degree concentration.

Students will develop and demonstrate discipline- and concentration-specific communication methods. This competency is reinforced through the successful completion of at least two designated University Writing Requirement (UWR) upper-division courses within the program.

Students will learn to apply fundamental discipline concepts directly to practical community health and exercise-based problems. This critical problem-solving capability is heavily integrated into key coursework.

Students will demonstrate the discipline-specific techniques required to ask, answer, and understand critical questions surrounding health, wellness, and human performance. This research-focused competency is developed in courses and advanced research capstones.

As a cumulative measure of your readiness for the field, students must demonstrate a thorough understanding of health and human performance concepts and the ability to communicate the essential elements of the discipline. This is achieved through a culminating program capstone course.

LEARNING OPTIONS & DELIVERY MODALITIES

In-Person (La Grande)

The Mountaineer Experience

Experience an engaging, student-centered campus community in the beautiful Grande Ronde Valley. Perfect for students seeking traditional classroom debates and face-to-face peer groups.

Highlights: 鈥� Small class sizes with personalized instructor feedback.鈥� Direct access to campus libraries, research labs, and regional networks.鈥� Participate in 91传媒鈥檚 on-campus clubs and quarterly speaker events.

Online

Uncompromising Flexibility

Highlights: 鈥� No on-campus requirements 鈥� study where and when it’s best for you.鈥� Identical curriculum, assignments, and credentialing as on-campus programs.鈥� Full access to 91传媒’s online advising, library resources, and tutoring centers.

Maximize Your Prior Credits

Turn your previous college coursework or Associate degree into a powerful, career-accelerating bachelor鈥檚 degree at 91传媒.

Highlights:&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Flexible transfer policy 鈥� 91传媒 accepts up to 135 credits from other institutions. 鈥� Seamlessly integrate previous credits. 鈥� Personalized advisor support to build a fast-track completion plan. 鈥� Accelerate your timeline to save money and enter the job market sooner.

Learn from Experienced Practicioners

At 91传媒, your instructors are more than just lecturers, they are active researchers, clinical practitioners, and passionate mentors dedicated to helping you become a leader in the wellness field. Maintaining small class sizes, we foster a close-knit learning community where you can collaborate directly on research, seek career guidance, and build long-lasting professional connections.

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