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The School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences offers several different Master’s Degree programs. Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available to qualified students that provide essential education, technical training and creative experience necessary for future professional and scholarly activity or college-level teaching.

DEGREES OFFERED

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

Summer 2009

Dr. Larry Verity, Faculty Advisor

6/9, 6/11, 6/25, 6/30 9:30-11:30, 7/7, 7/8 9:30-11:30, 7/14, 7/20 10-12p,8/11, 8/18 10-12pm

Olga Lyssanova, Assistant Advisor

Hours: 5/26 & 5/28 10-12pm, , 6/4,8,15,18,24 10-12pm, 6/11, 25 7-9am, 7/2,6,9,16,23,27,30 10:30-1pm, 7/13,20 7-9:30am, 8/3,6,10,13 10:30-12pm, 8/17 10-11am, 8/20 10:30-12pm, 8/24,27 10-11am

*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

SCHOOL OF EXERCISE AND NUTRITION SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF PROFFESSIONAL STUDIES AND FINE ARTS
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
5500 Campanile Drive ENS 351
SAN DIEGO, CA 92182-7251

INFORMATION-GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
 (revised April, 2009)

We normally employ about 10-15 graduate students as either Teaching Associates (TA’s) or Graduate Assistants (GA’s). Assignments for the TA might include teaching physical activity classes or teaching undergraduate lab classes in either exercise physiology or athletic training. Assignment for GA might include assisting faculty in labs or with research projects, assisting the graduate and undergraduate advisors or assisting students in a computer lab.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, a student must have classified graduate standing (or be close to it) and be actively pursuing the Master’s degree in Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, or Nutritional Sciences. Student with “classified standing” have very high priority in the award of assistantship, so you should be taking the necessary steps to getting it. A conditionally classified student can hold a TA or GA for only one semester.           

STIPEND:

The graduate assistantship is one-semester appointment and is renewable to maximum of four semesters. The stipend depends on assignment and experience.

APPLICATION:
     To be considered for a graduate assistantship, a student must file:

  1. A personal cover letter describing relevant experiences and certifications
  2. Application for Teaching or Graduate Assistantship
  3. Resume

The deadline for first consideration applications for the fall semester is May 1 and for the spring semester is November 1.

 

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.

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?
About 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 2008-2009, the California resident fee is between $2,636 to $4070 per year depending upon part-time or full-time status, respectively. Persons who are not residents of California pay an additional $339 per course unit at the time of enrollment.

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