ESS at Western Colorado 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 ESS coursework.

• BIOL 373Human Anatomy and Physiology II (with laboratory).opens 10 courses (1 directly)
• ESS 330Exercise Physiologyopens 9 courses (6 directly)
• ESS 331Exercise Physiology Labopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• ESS 298Fitness Instructionopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• ESS 385Fitness Assessment, Exercise Prescription and Program Planningopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ESS 405Practicum in Exercise and Sport Scienceopens 1 course (1 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 ESS 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 33 ESS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more ESS 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 ESS, 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 ESS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ESS 410

  1. BIOL 372Human Anatomy and Physiology I (with laboratory).
  2. BIOL 373Human Anatomy and Physiology II (with laboratory).
  3. ESS 330Exercise Physiology
  4. ESS 331Exercise Physiology Lab
  5. ESS 385Fitness Assessment, Exercise Prescription and Program Planning
  6. ESS 410Physical Activity and Exercise Programming

• 6 courses deep, ending at ESS 431

  1. BIOL 372Human Anatomy and Physiology I (with laboratory).
  2. BIOL 373Human Anatomy and Physiology II (with laboratory).
  3. ESS 330Exercise Physiology

• 3 courses deep, ending at ESS 498

  1. ESS 181Foundations of Exercise and Sport Science
  2. ESS 405Practicum in Exercise and Sport Science
  3. ESS 498Internship in Exercise and Sport Science

• 2 courses deep, ending at ESS 340

  1. ESS 320Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
  2. ESS 340Mental Training for Peak Performance

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ESS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ESS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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