The purpose of this study was to examine the interest and preferences of health, physical education, recreation (HPER) majors and elementary education (EE) majors enrolled in a mid-size university. Data were gathered via a written survey using 40 forced choice items. The instrument used was an adaptation of the instrument developed in 1979 by Zuckerman with a reported internal reliability coefficient of .84. This instrument assesses the respondents' sensation seeking or risk taking behavior on four subscales; thrill and adventure, experience seeking, disinhibition, and boredom susceptibility. All responses were anonymous and voluntary. Of the 313 students completing the survey 14.8% were health majors, 52.1% were physical education majors, 8.8% were recreation majors, 14.2% were elementary education majors and 9.9% classified themselves as other majors. The respondents were 43.7% males and 56.3% females. Approximately, 73% were in the age range of 21 to 25 years of age with 87.5% classified as single-never married, 68.6% were Caucasian and 20.5% were Hispanic. The subscales have a score range of 0-10 points, with 10 being high. The thrill and adventure seeking subscale examines the respondents' appeal to activities of physical danger or risk taking; 57% of the respondents scored a 7 or higher on this subscale. In the experience seeking subscale desires for new experiences are assessed. Subscale items include the desire for exotic travel or association with unusual friends; 29% of the respondents scored a 7 or higher on this subscale. Items in the disinhibition subscale examine respondents' desire to exhibit uninhibited/unrestrained behaviors. These include behaviors considered high risk such as; heavy drinking, drug use, or having a variety of sexual partners; 32% of the respondents scored a 7 or higher on this subscale. The final subscale, boredom susceptibility, assesses an individual's dislike of repetitive experiences or predictable experiences; 2.2% of the respondents scored a 7 or higher on this scale. Results indicate a preference by approximately 50% of the respondents for sensation seeking activities that include physical danger. One-third of the respondents indicated a desire to exhibit uninhibited or unrestrained behaviors in the areas of alcohol or drug use, or the number of sexual partners. Future studies need to further assess sensation seeking or risk taking behaviors that can be addressed in classes or by other methods of prevention in an effort to reduce unhealthy sensation seeking or risk taking behaviors by HPER and EE majors.