{"id":39,"date":"2022-08-15T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:23:35","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/bs-nep\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Required Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Medicine Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">College of Medicine<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Nutrition and Exercise Physiology<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Private: News.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Private: News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tRequired Courses\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-color-background--white wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none\"  >\r\n        \n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (BS NEP) courses are taken in a set order and each class is only offered once a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">For official&nbsp;NEP course descriptions, see the WSU catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/catalog.wsu.edu\/General\/Courses\/BySubject\/NEP\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView WSU Catalog\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"applied\">Degree Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall Semester Juniors (16 credits)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Spring Semester Juniors (16 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 320 Strength &amp; Conditioning (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 370 Health Sciences Research (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 340 Foods (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 402 Vit &amp; Mineral Metabolism (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 362 Biomechanics (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 427 Nutritional Assessment (4)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 400 Macro Metabolism (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 435 Applied Pathophysiology (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 463 Exercise Physiology (4)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 476 Exercise Testing &amp; Rx (3)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular wsu-spacing-before--small\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall Semester Seniors (14 credits)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Spring Semester Seniors (16 credits)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Summer Term Seniors (9 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 458 Nutrition Lifecycle (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 450 Management &amp; Facilities (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 490 Internship (9)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 477 Health Behavior (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 480 Cardiopulmonary Rehab (4)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 478 Cardiopulmonary Phys (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 481 Population Health (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 479 Practicum I (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 482 Practicum II (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 489 Internship Seminar (2)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NEP 495 NEP Capstone (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior &amp; Senior (71 total credits)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column wsu-color-background--gray-5 wsu-spacing-padding-left--none wsu-spacing-padding-right--none wsu-spacing-top--none wsu-spacing-after--none\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-decorator  wsu-decorator--style-lines-crimson wsu-position--relative\" style=\"top:-10;left:0;right:-20;height:40px;width:auto\"><\/div>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card wsu-spacing-padding-left--medium wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-top--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none wsu-spacing-padding-right--medium\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/registrar.wsu.edu\/academic-calendar\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView Full Academic Calendar\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-font-size--small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/bs-nep\/student-handbook\/\">BS NEP Student Handbook<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/bs-nep\/internship-manual\/\">Internship Manual<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Cost &amp; Financial Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-font-size--small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/financialaid.wsu.edu\/tuition-expenses\/\">Tuition and Fees<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/studentaffairs\/financial-services\/financial-aid-2\/\">Financial Aid<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/student-resources\/\">Scholarships &amp; Assistance<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/current\/housing\/\">Spokane Housing<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/residency.wsu.edu\/\">Establishing WA Residency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-font-size--small wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none\"><a href=\"mailto:nep@wsu.edu\">nep@wsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div \n\tclass=\"wsu-people-list 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Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Upon completion of the program, students will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate effective verbal communication skills for a variety of audiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate effective written communication skills for a variety of audiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collect and apply assessment data to develop effective evidence-based nutrition recommendations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collect and apply assessment data to develop effective evidence-based exercise prescriptions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand, interpret, and synthesize quantitative scientific evidence in the fields of nutrition and exercise physiology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate professionalism including cultural humility, ethical behavior, compliance with regulations, and upholding professional standards of practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The WSU NEP department recognizes nutritious food and physical activity are vital for a healthy life, and these determinants of health 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