Nutrition and Exercise Physiology

A student may be admitted to the nutrition and exercise physiology major upon completing the WSU UCORE courses (or equivalents), B.S. NEP prerequisites, a minimum GPA of 2.7 or better, and successful formal application to the program. Application is due January 31 each year, to start courses in the Fall semester at WSU Spokane.

Completion of the B.S. in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (NEP) requires a C or higher grade in all NEP courses required for the major and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all required 300-400-level NEP courses completed at WSU.

First Year
First Term	Credits
BIOLOGY 106 [BSCI]	4
CHEM 101 [PSCI] or 105 [PSCI]	4
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]	3
STAT 212 [QUAN]	4
UCORE Inquiry1	3
Second Term	Credits
BIOLOGY 107	4
CHEM 102 or 106	4
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]	3
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]	3
PSYCH 105 [SSCI]	3
Second Year
First Term	Credits
BIOLOGY 333	3
CHEM 345	4
KINES 262 or BIOLOGY 315	4
PHYSICS 101 and 111 (if needed)2	0 or 4
UCORE Inquiry1	3
Second Term	Credits
BIOLOGY 251 or 353	4
MBIOS 303	4
MBIOS 305	3
PHYSICS 102 and 112 (if needed)2	0 or 4
UCORE Inquiry1	3
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First Term	Credits
WSU Spokane
NEP 320	3
NEP 340	3
NEP 362	3
NEP 400	3
NEP 463	4
Second Term	Credits
WSU Spokane
NEP 370	3
NEP 402	3
NEP 427 [M]	4
NEP 435	3
NEP 476	3
Fourth Year
First Term	Credits
WSU Spokane
NEP 458	3
NEP 477	3
NEP 478	3
NEP 479	3
NEP 489	2
Second Term	Credits
WSU Spokane
NEP 450	3
NEP 480	4
NEP 481	3
NEP 482	3
NEP 495 [CAPS] [M]	3
Third Term	Credits
NEP 490	9

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Footnotes

1	Must complete 3 of these 4 UCORE designations: ARTS, DIVR, EQJS, HUM.
2	Both PHYSICS 101/111 and PHYSICS 102/112 are required for pre-health professional majors (e.g., pre-med). These courses are not required for admission into NEP, but should be taken by those students wishing to follow the pre-health professions tracks.