The Department of Exercise and Sport Science has three main roles on Eastern Kentucky University's campus:

1. The department prepares undergraduate students for both teaching and non-teaching positions in exercise and sport science. Students who are interested in teaching in the public schools will become certified through the P-12 Physical Education Teacher Education program. The three other undergraduate majors are: Athletic Training, Fitness and Wellness Management, and Sport Management.
   
   
2. The department offers a master's degree in physical education with three options: Exercise and Sport Science, Exercise and Wellness and Sports Administration.
   
   
3. The department offers courses that meet the requirements of the University's General Education Program. The department teaches Lifetime Fitness and Wellness which fulfills the three credit requirement in the Wellness Option (Block VI). The Lifetime Activity Courses (HPR 282/390) offer a variety of active lifetime leisure skills (golf, tennis, weight lifting) that are available as electives for students to take.

Also, other areas include: the Coaching Endorsement, Dance Minor (non-teaching), and a Dance Certification (teaching) programs. These are available to students from fields of study other than exercise and sport science.

The Department of Exercise and Sport Science is housed in the Moberly building on EKU's Richmond campus, which was built in 1999. The Exercise and Sport Science is headed by Dr. Jack Rutherford, who began as department chair in the fall of 2007.

Department of Exercise and Sport Science students showing off their trophy and winning smiles following the Superstars Competition at the 2007 KAHPERD Convention in Louisville, KY.