Health and Exercise Science at The Ohio State University provides a curriculum designed to enhance both the breadth and depth of knowledge and the basic and applied laboratory and field-based research skills of students. Research in Health and Exercise Science encompasses the description and explanation of structural, functional, psychological, and behavioral responses to acute and habitual participation in physical activity and exercise. The Ohio State University's program in Health and Exercise Science includes a physiologically or behaviorally based approach to exercise science. The exercise physiology track prepares you to understand and to critically analyze the current literature, develop research hypotheses, design hypothesis-based experimental research, apply sound measurement techniques, and utilize appropriate statistical analyses related to exercise physiology. You will cover many issues related to exercise science, including: a.) exercise assessment, b.) adaptation of skeletal muscle structure, function, and metabolic processes during the aging process, c.) design and delivery of exercise programs, and d.) treatment and prevention of chronic lifestyle and degenerative diseases. In the health and physical activity behavior track, you will learn to apply principles of behavioral science to identify determinants and consequences of physical activity adoption and maintenance in a variety of populations and settings. Students will gain the skills necessary to design, implement, and evaluate programs to promote health and physical activity behavior change. Students will also develop skills in the application of behavioral sciences to answer questions related to exercise adoption and maintenance.