FROM CONCEPT TO CLINIC

Exercise science grads get hands-on experience as interns

Hundreds of recent UTA graduates with bachelor’s degrees in exercise science are entering the workforce with invaluable hands-on experience. As part of their degree requirements, students are required to complete internships at participating organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

“The time I had interning at Texas Health Arlington Memorial in their cardiac rehabilitation department was incredible,” says Joshua Hoffman (’22 BS, Exercise Science).

According to Priscila Tamplain, associate chair for undergraduate programs in the Department of Kinesiology, the list of benefits from an internship for CONHI’s exercise science students is a long one.

“The internship allows students to experience several areas of exercise science while being guided by a mentor in the job,” says Dr. Tamplain. “The best thing about having that experience as a class is that students get to connect the concepts they’ve learned in their academic career with the real-life job market and professions.

”For Hoffman, the internship is already opening doors.

“I have had multiple interviews with Texas Health and Baylor Scott & White Hospitals and have received offers,” he says. “Everyone at UTA has been amazing throughout the undergraduate program as well.”