HPEX at Virginia Commonwealth University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HPEX coursework.

• HPEX 375Physiology of Exerciseopens 8 courses (4 directly)
• HPEX 353Disease Trends, Prevention and Controlopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• HPEZ 375Physiology of Exercise Laboratoryopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• HPEX 441Assessment and Exercise Intervention in Health and Diseaseopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HPEX 358Introduction to Epidemiologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HPEX 380Resistance Training for Health and Performanceopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HPEX work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 26 HPEX and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 36 more HPEX courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HPEX, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HPEX. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at HPEX 480

  1. PHIS 206Human Physiology
  2. HPEX 375Physiology of Exercise
  3. HPEX 380Resistance Training for Health and Performance
  4. HPEX 470Exercise Programming and Leadership
  5. HPEX 480Professional Certification Seminar

• 4 courses deep, ending at HPEX 475

  1. PHIS 206Human Physiology
  2. HPEX 375Physiology of Exercise
  3. HPEX 440Chronic Disease and Exercise Management

• 4 courses deep, ending at HPEX 495

  1. HPEX 250Medical Terminology
  2. HPEX 353Disease Trends, Prevention and Control
  3. HPEX 395Clinical Experience I.

• 3 courses deep, ending at HPEX 441

  1. PHIS 206Human Physiology
  2. HPEZ 375Physiology of Exercise Laboratory
  3. HPEX 441Assessment and Exercise Intervention in Health and Disease

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HPEX yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HPEX yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HPEX does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the VCU campus feed.