NIU

Exercise Science Class

Posted by Stacy on Friday, January 16, 2009 11:02 AM

Last year I signed up for the wrong class on accident. I was supposed to be in some health class and accidently signed up for exercise science and didn't realize it until the first day when I was sitting there in class. But then after hearing the teacher lecture about the class I decided to stay in it even though I didn't get any credit for it.

The class was basically only for exercise science majors so they could explore all of the areas and careers and decide what they wanted to do with their degree. But mainly we had guest speakers and we had to do practical hours and it was a lot of fun and is probably the most interesting and helpful class I have ever taken.

One of the careers that was talked about was personal training and someone came in to talk to us about opening their own gym and getting their personal trainer certification. It was interesting to hear about what that person went through and even the business aspect of starting a gym and keeping it running as well as the actual fitness part of it. He even offered to let us come in and learn more about Personal Trainer Certification's and what it takes to do what he does.

Even though this wasn't my major it really did make me think twice about the program I was in. All of these jobs seemed interesting to me and I wish that someone in the science department would come in and tell us what we could do with the majors we chose. This class had such a great teacher who had great contacts and resources and I don't think I could ever forget the things I learned. She taught us about how to write resumes and chose your classes wisely (which is ironic because I only learned this stuff from being in the wrong class ha). But it was a class where I actually learned a lot about how to use the things I am learning in school. We learn all of this academic stuff and then are pushed out into the real world and have to try to apply it and sometimes people get lost. I feel a lot more confident now after taking this course and I would recommend it to people who aren't even majors.