Students work in the Athletic Training/Exercise Science Complex
The 18,900-square-foot complex provides students and faculty with interactive and experiential learning environments and research space. The athletics training room provides student-athletes access to athletic health care at the highest level. Visit the photo gallery.
The 18,900-square-foot complex provides students and faculty with interactive and experiential learning environments and research space. The athletics training room provides student-athletes access to athletic health care at the highest level. Visit the photo gallery.
The School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation focuses on the study of physical and health education, including applied exercise science, athletic training, physical education, outdoor leadership, recreation management, and sport management.
Read our mission statement.
Read our mission statement.
Exercise Science and Sport Studies
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Applied Exercise ScienceIn the Applied Exercise Science major, you’ll learn to evaluate and prescribe exercise programs for a wide range of populations interested in physical fitness. You’ll gain hands-on experience through fieldwork on the campus and in exercise and fitness facilities around the country. Our graduates go on to careers working with athletes in high schools, colleges, universities, and professional sports teams; as personal trainers; or working in wellness programs in commercial, corporate, and agency settings. |
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Athletic TrainingAs an athletic training major, you’ll learn athletic injury prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. Our graduates go on to become athletic trainers for high schools, colleges, universities, professional sports teams, sports medicine clinics, and other health-care settings. Many continue with graduate study in medicine and allied health. |
Physical Education and Health Education
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Movement and Sport StudiesAs movement and sport studies major, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the scientific and social foundations of movement and its cultural forms of dance, sports, games, and exercise. Our graduates have gone on to work as physical education teachers and coaches, and pursue graduate study in movement and sports studies, sport management, rehabilitation, and allied health fields.
Physical Education Teacher Licensure Program
 Physical Education Teacher Licensure Program will prepare you to become a teacher of physical education, uniquely equipped to apply personal and professional knowledge in school settings. Initial involvement and hands-on experiences with school students begins in the first academic year, and continues in public and private sectors throughout the four-year program. Upon completion, you’ll be eligible to apply for physical education initial licensure for grades pre-K to 12. |
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Health StudiesGain the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and evaluate health programs. The Health Studies Major and Teacher Preparation Program is one of only a few such professional programs in New England. Graduates go on to careers in government and social agencies, public and private schools, and clinical settings such as hospitals and medical facilities.
Health Education Teacher Licensure Program
 Students preparing to become health teachers also take a range of education courses. Upon completion, you’ll be eligible for the license exam to teach health education for grades pre-K to 12. |
Sport Management and Recreation
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Sport ManagementThe Sport Management major prepares students for careers in the business of sport. As sports have evolved into an integral part of the American culture, the operations of sport programs and facilities have become more sophisticated and complex. As a sport management major, you’ll gain real-world experience through internships. Our graduates are employed with professional sports teams, national sports television stations, national sports organizations, collegiate sports departments, and more. |
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Recreation ManagementThe Recreation Management major will prepare you for leadership positions in programming, program design, personnel management, and research in the field of recreation. Our students are involved in internships with a variety of organizations. Graduates are employed in resorts, the adventure trip industry, the travel business, corporate recreation services, campus and municipal recreation programs, armed forces recreation programs, and more.
Recreation Management With Camp Management Option
 The Camp Management Option was developed based on research that included several hundred camp directors and with input from a national camping specialist. You’ll build a foundation in the skills, abilities, and knowledge required of a camp director in the twenty-first century. The curriculum includes five distinct areas: business management; facilities and natural resource management; program administration; basic web design and computer usage; and fundraising and board development.
Recreation Management With Therapeutic Recreation Option and Child Life Option The Therapeutic Recreation and Child Life Options concentrate on the philosophy that recreation is essential to people's overall development. Completing this option will prepare you for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist. You’ll work in settings serving people with physical, emotional, psychiatric, and developmental disabilities. You will also work with older adults; people with chronic illness; people with substance abuse problems; and individuals in correctional institutions.  By choosing this option, you may also complete the child life option, which will prepare you for certification as a child life specialist. Graduates of both options are able to help people develop and maintain their health and well-being through therapy, leisure education, and recreation activities to promote a quality leisure lifestyle.
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A Message from Dean
Charles Redmond M.Ed.
 Dean Charles Redmond 413-748-3231 |
Greetings from the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Springfield College! If your goal is a career in sport, wellness, exercise, or recreational activities, the Springfield College School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation will prepare you to excel. Read more.
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HPER Departments
FACULTY
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Samuel Headley |
In 2009, Springfield College Professor of Exercise Science Samuel Headley received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for his study on whether exercise can improve the health of patients suffering with chronic kidney disease. Read more.
Spotlight on Facilities:
2009 Outstanding Sports Facilities Award
The new Springfield College Wellness & Recreation Complex received the 2009 Outstanding Sports Facilities Award at the annual conference of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association on April 2 in Charlotte, N.C. Read more.