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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

EXSC 515 Diabetes and Obesity


This course provides exercise science and pre-health professional students with an in-depth study of diabetes and obesity. Students first learn about (1) the etiology, or cause; (2) the pathophysiology, or disordered physiological processes; and (3) the epidemiology, or incidence, distribution, and possible control of diabetes and obesity. Students then use the primary literature to better understand the role of lifestyle modification in managing both conditions and improving potential morbidity.

Often cross-listed with EXSC 415 

Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major - Exercise Physiology [M.S.]  or Exercise Science + Exercise Physiology [BS + MS]    
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - EXSC 415, SPMD 515
Course History -
Major Restriction updated 6/2020, effective Fall 2020; Change to description and major restriction 2/2019, Equivalent course added 10/2018, effective Fall 2019; Change to prefix 1/2018, effective Summer 2018; Course Rotation added 1/2015


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