Exercise Sciences
Contact | Courses | Faculty | Overview | Programs: Collaborative, DegreeFaculty Affiliation
Physical Education and Health
Degree Programs Offered
Exercise Sciences – MSc, PhD
Collaborative Programs
The following collaborative programs are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
1. Addiction Studies
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
2. Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
3. Cardiovascular Sciences
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
4. Health Services and Policy Research
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
5. Sexual Diversity Studies
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
6. Women and Gender Studies
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
7. Women’s Health
- Exercise Sciences, MSc, PhD
The field of exercise sciences is interdisciplinary. The Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs for students interested in research, academic, and professional careers relating to:
1. Applied/exercise/environmental physiology
2. Metabolic and endocrinological aspects of physical activity
3. Motor control and motor learning
4. Muscle physiology
5. Physical fitness
6. Psychological aspects of sport and physical activity
7. Psychophysiological aspects of exercise and stress
8. Sociocultural aspects of sport and physical activity
9. Women’s health and physical activity
Contact and Address
Web: www.ac-fpeh.com/
E-mail: exs.fpeh@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6087
Fax: (416) 971-2118
Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences
Faculty of Physical Education and Health
University of Toronto
55 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2W6
Canada
Degree Programs
Exercise Sciences
Master of Science
Minimum Admission Requirements
- General regulations of the School of Graduate Studies.
- Applications must be received by February 1.
- Four-year degree, or its equivalent, in physical education and health or a related discipline from a recognized university.
Program Requirements
- Completion of all degree requirements within five years of first registration in the program.
- Successful completion of 2.5 full-course equivalents (FCE) as follows. All courses must be approved in advance by the student's supervisor and the Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences.
- 0.5 FCE in exercise sciences from the student’s area of study
- 0.5 FCE from the Exercise Sciences offerings
- 0.5 FCE from another department
- 0.5 FCE from either Exercise Sciences or another department
- 0.5 FCE in an appropriate methodology
- A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee and its oral defence before an examination committee.
- The student's annual program plan must be approved by the supervisor and the Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences.
- The Master of Science program may be taken part-time.
Doctor of Philosophy
Minimum Admission Requirements
- General regulations of the School of Graduate Studies.
- Completion of a MA or MSc with a thesis in a related field.
- Provide satisfactory references pertaining to academic and research abilities.
- Applications must be received by February 1.
Program Requirements
Full-time PhD
- Full-time registration (fall, spring, summer sessions) throughout the entire doctoral program.
- Completion of all degree requirements within six years from first registration in the program. Thereafter, students may apply for a maximum of two extensions.
- Successful completion of 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) as follows.
- 0.5 FCE in exercise sciences from the student’s area of study
- 1.0 FCE from the Exercise Sciences offerings
- 0.5 FCE from another department
- 0.5 FCE from either Exercise Sciences or another department
- 0.5 FCE in an appropriate methodology
- All courses must be approved in advance by the student's supervisor and the Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences.
- Successful completion of a comprehensive examination.
- Writing of a thesis under the supervision of a thesis committee (supervisor plus at least three additional faculty members) and its defence before an examination committee appointed by the Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences.
- Oral defence of the thesis before an examination committee appointed by the School of Graduate Studies.
- Student's annual program plan must be approved by the supervisor and the Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences.
Flexible-time PhD
- With the approval of the Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Research, some applicants may be admitted to a flexible-time PhD program. This program will benefit mature students with career and/or familial obligations.
- Degree requirements for the flexible-time program are identical to those listed above for the full-time PhD program; however, students have up to eight years to complete the program.
- A flexible-time student is required to register full-time for the first four years of the program. Thereafter, they may register part-time.
- A plan of study and research activities will be negotiated at initial registration, to be reviewed and updated annually.
Course List
EXS 5503H Adaptations to Habitual Activity
EXS 5507H Desire and Bodies in Place
EXS 5508H Cardiovascular Disease and Exercise
EXS 5509H Applied Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry
EXS 5511H Hormonal Aspects of Women’s Health and Exercise: A Focus on Reproductive and Bone Health Issues
EXS 5513H Current Issues in Exercise Psychology
EXS 5516H Exercise Psychology
EXS 5517H Public Policy and Physical Activity in Canada
EXS 5518H Theoretical Issues in the Sociocultural Study of Physical Activity and Health
EXS 5519H Theories of the Body and Transcendence
EXS 5520H Positive Psychology: Psychosocial Factors in Optimal Health and Wellness
EXS 5521H Stress and Coping
EXS 7001H Directed Reading in Exercise Sciences
EXS 7002H Directed Research Project in Exercise Sciences
JXP 5807H Health Communications
Graduate Faculty
Full Members
Allison, Kenneth - MHSc, MSc, PhD
Chapman, Kenneth - MSc, MD
Corey, Paul - BSc, MA, PhD
Donnelly, Peter - BA, MS, PhD
Faulkner, Guy - BE, MSc, DPhil
Fernie, Geoffrey - BSc, PhD
Fusco, Caroline - BA, MSc, PhD
Goodman, Jack - BPHE, MSc, PhD
Heslegrave, Ronald - PhD
Jacobs, Ira - MD
Kerr, Gretchen - BPHE, MA, PhD
Kidd, Bruce - BA, AM, MA, PhD
Leith, Larry - BA, MA, PhD
Lenskyj, Helen - BA, MA, PhD
Locke, Marius - BA, BSc, PhD
MacNeill, Margaret - BPHE, MA, PhD
Mainwaring, Lynda - BA, MHK, PhD
McKee, Nancy - MD
Plyley, Michael - PhD
Shek, Pang - BSc, MSc, PhD
Silverman, Frances - PhD
Thomas, Scott - BSc, MSc, PhD (Associate Dean, Graduate Studies)
Tremblay, Luc - BSc, MSc, PhD
Members Emeriti
Radomski, Manny - PhD
Shephard, Roy - BSc, BS, MB, MD, PhD
Associate Members
Amara, Catherine - BSc, MSc, PhD
Notarius, Cathy - BPHRE, MSc, PhD
Oh, Paul - MD
Rhind, Shawn - BPHE, PhD