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Degrees Offered

The School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences offers many different programs for students. To view the specific program, please refer to the Graduate School of the subject area:

Graduate Degrees in Exercise Sciences

Graduate Degrees in Nutritional Sciences

MyGaps
Prospective graduate students are encouraged to visit the Graduate Access Page, MyGAP. Using MyGAP you can create a personalized web page containing information about all SDSU graduate programs that you are interested in. Click on the MyGap image above to begin

 

Admission and Applications
Admission Deadline
MA Degrees MS Degrees
Fall Semester: February 1 Fall Semester: February 1
Spring Semester: October 1 Spring Semester: No admission

School Admission Requirements

Advising
For information on the graduate program, you may write, telephone, or e-mail requests for the appropriate information to the following advisor. Be sure to include relevant information for a response (see Website section Contacting the University).

Graduate Office: ENS room 357

Spring 2008 Hours

Dr. Verity, Faculty Advisor:

Tuesday & Thursday: 10 - 11 AM
Wednesday: 10 AM - 12 PM

Selima Serna- Assistant Advisor

Monday: 10 AM - 12:30 PM (except May 5)
Tuesday & Thursday: 8 - 10 AM
Wednesday: 1:15 - 3:45 PM

*Please call (619) 594-5979 for any updates

E-mail address: ensgrad@mail.sdsu.edu (electronic contact with graduate advisors)

Students are invited to drop-in during office hours for advising. If the advisors are not available, degree information is available on advising sheets outside ENS 357.

Prerequisite Completion

It is in the applicant’s best interest to complete as many prerequisite courses as possible before applying to the graduate program.
The following prerequisite courses must be completed before admission into the degree programs indicated:

Exercise Sciences

Nutritional Sciences MS

Exercise Physiology MS
  • Introductory Biology + Lab
  • General Chemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Human Physiology
  • Biochemistry

 

 
  • Human Anatomy
  • Human Physiology
  • Exercise Physiology + lab
  • Statistics
  • Applied Kinesiology

 

 
Dual MS Degree Physical Education MA
  • Human Anatomy
  • Human Physiology
  • General Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Basic Nutrition
  • Exercise Physiology + lab
  • Statistics
  • Applied Kinesiolog

 

  • Human Anatomy
  • Human Physiology
  • Leadership for Kinesiology
  • History & Philosophy
  • Measurement & Evaluation
  • Motor Learning & Performance
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Statistics
  • Applied Kinesiology

 

 

Graduate Assistantships
The School normally employs about 15-20 Teaching Assistants (TA's) to teach in the undergraduate activity and laboratory programs, and three or four students to serve as graduate assistants (GA's).

ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for either assistantship, a student must have classified standing in the SDSU Graduate School and be actively pursuing the Master's degree, preferably in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. Students with "classified standing" have very high priority in the award of assistantships, so you should be taking the necessary steps to meet this classification. A conditionally classified student can be a TA or GA for only one semester. Students enrolled in the teaching credential program are not enrolled in the Graduate School.

STIPEND:
The graduate assistantship is a one semester appointment and is renewable to a maximum of four semesters. The stipends depend on assignment, but the TA is normally about $3000 for one semester (6 hours instruction per week), while the GA is normally about $4000 for one semester (20 hours per week).

RESPONSIBILITIES
Teaching assistants are responsible for teaching general physical education activity courses or undergraduate laboratories (ENS 265L, 304L, or 432L). About 30 different types of activity courses are taught in any one semester, each having multiple sections. Every effort is made to assign teaching assistants in their areas of interest and expertise. The graduate assistant assists faculty in the performance of their duties in laboratories, research, or processing applications

APPLICATION
The process for applying for a teaching or graduate assistantship is independent of the application for Admission to the Graduate School. To be considered for a teaching or graduate assistantship, a student must file:

Scholarships

All Exercise and Nutritional Sciences scholarships are now handled through the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (FA&S). For a complete listing of ENS scholarships, the eligibility requirements, and application forms and instructions, you must go to the FA&S website ( http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/scholarship/index.html) directly. For additional questions, you can contact the FA&S office directly or the ENS Scholarships Committee Chair, Dr. Simon Marshall (smarshal@mail.sdsu.edu).

 

THESES

PROCEDURES FOR THESES OR PROJECT
Requirements Pertaining to Completing a Thesis or Project

Students must select a Thesis Chairperson to act as primary Advisor in the development of a thesis topic and in its conduct. The thesis chair must be a faculty member in your area of emphasis. (This may or may not be the original Faculty emphasis Advisor.) The thesis should culminate the coursework experiences. The student and Thesis Chairperson together select a thesis committee who will help guide the thesis research.

A thesis committee is at minimum composed of: (1) a Thesis Chairperson who is a full-time faculty member in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences; (2) a second member, also a full time member of the School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences; and (3) a third member from another department at SDSU. Optionally, the committee may have two chairpersons (each then being a Co-Chairperson), but both must be full-time faculty members in the School of E.N.S. Optionally, too, an individual from outside the University who has special expertise in the topic of research may be listed as a fourth member. Note: The thesis chairman must be a tenured or tenure track faculty member.

Students enrolling for ENS 799A (Thesis or Project) must prepare a thorough written thesis proposal outlining the proposed research. Please note that ENS 799A can only be added during the first three weeks of the semester and only after successful completion of required work. (Guidelines for preparing this proposal should be obtained from the student's own faculty advisor). This proposal must be presented orally in a meeting with the full thesis committee, and must be approved by all members of the committee before work on the thesis is begun. Notification of this approval must be filed with the Graduate Advisor prior to beginning work on the thesis (document titled "Approval of Thesis Proposal Committee" must be obtained by the student at the Graduate Division).

Students must submit a request for approval of the use of human subjects if their thesis work uses human subjects in any way. Permission for such use MUST be obtained from the Committee on the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) at SDSU before the thesis work is begun. To do this, the student must obtain a proposal packet from the ÇPHS office (Room 220 in the old Administration building). Human Subjects materials are available on-line at: http://gra.sdsu.edu/cphs/

Students must make an oral defense of the thesis. This defense must be made in front of all members of the committee and any members of the University community who choose to attend.

Students are responsible for informing all School faculty of the date, time, and place of the oral thesis defense AT LEAST FOUR WORKING DAYS prior to its occurrence. Thirty copies of the announcement must be handed in to a School secretary at least four (4) working days prior to the defense. The oral defense must be held in an appropriate University facility.

Students must also submit the final approved abstract, title of thesis, and names of committee members to Dr. Brent Rushall (brushall@mail.sdsu.edu) within one week of the thesis defense. The information will be placed on the web page.

COMPLETED MASTER DEGREE THESES

This site contains authors' names, committee members, titles, and abstracts of master degree theses completed since 1997 in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University.

Content is arranged by degree emphasis. After clicking on a highlighted area label, a table of contents will be displayed. Within the table each thesis is listed and serves as a link to the full information. Selecting from and returning to the table of contents is the procedure for viewing abstracts of interest.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is there a form that my professors fill out for letters of recommendations?
No, have them use their academic letterhead.

How many graduate students are actively enrolled in the ENS programs?
100

What is the normal length of time to complete a graduate program?
Two years

What are the fees to attend SDSU?
You should check the SDSU catalog for the current fees. For 2004-2005, the California resident fee is between $2,200 to $3430 per year depending upon part-time or full-time status. Persons who are not residents of California pay an additional $339 per course unit at the time of enrollment.

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