Interim Program Director:
Charles Marks
3160 Human Health Building
(248) 364-8688
marks@oakland.edu
Program description
Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.
Admission terms and application deadlines
Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.
- July 15 for fall semester
- November 15 for winter semester
- March 15 for summer semester
- International applicants
Application requirements
To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:
To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:
- Graduate Admission Requirements
Additional department application requirements
- Applicants should have a background in basic and applied health sciences and a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0.
- Exercise Science Supplemental Application Form which includes a goal statement
- Requirements for recommendations
The two Recommendation for Graduate Admission forms listed above must be from academics familiar with the student’s abilities (preferred) or from employment supervisors.
- International applicants must take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and arrange for their official GRE scores to be submitted to Oakland University. The institution code for Oakland University is 1497.
Admission review and assessment
Admission to graduate study at Oakland University is selective. In making admission recommendations to Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning, each department assesses the potential of applicants for success in the program by examining their undergraduate records, goal statement, letters of recommendation, prerequisite courses and any other admission requirements established by the academic department.
Certificate prerequisites
Completion of the following prerequisite coursework is required. Students should have completed the required prerequisite coursework at the appropriate undergraduate or graduate level, prior to beginning coursework for the graduate certificate.
- Human anatomy
- Human physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Kinesiology (human motion analysis)
- Statistics
- First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Four credits of health enhancement (or physical education activity/theory).
While not required, additional coursework in biochemistry, organic chemistry and mathematics through precalculus is recommended.
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