Advisement, Graduate Application, and Writing Prompt Info
Graduate Advisor
Dr. Christy Killman, Chair
Department of Exercise Science
Phone: 931-372-3467
Email: ckillman@tntech.edu
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Killman or email the Department at exercise-science@tntech.edu.
College of Graduate Studies
Phone: 931-372-3233
Email: gradstudies@tntech.edu
Writing Requirements for Admission
If you do not have a sample of undergraduate writing from a 4000-level course, then you will need to complete a writing sample from the prompts.
Pick one of the topics listed and write a 500-word essay and then upload your finished work into your application account with the College of Graduate Studies.
NOTE: Your application for admission as a graduate student will not be processed without a writing sample.
Writing Prompts / Topics (choose one)
1) Discuss a time when you have failed at something and tell about what happened as
the result.
2) Discuss Metabolic Syndrome. Include definition, causes, risk factors, symptoms, and
treatment.
3) It is reported that 50% of all people who start a personal exercise program dropout
within one year of starting the program. Describe in detail the factors related to
exercise attrition and adherence to an exercise program. Focus on factors that are
modifiable and ways you will modify them.
