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Kinesiology - B.S.

CIP Code

31.0505

Andrea K. Stevenson, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator

The purpose of the Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology is to serve our students by providing academic excellence while preparing them for careers in exercise science, health and physical education-teaching, coaching and sport management. Graduates with the Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology will gain mastery to enter fields within the health and fitness industry, or pursue graduate work in exercise physiology, cardiac rehabilitation or other health science areas such as physical therapy, occupational therapy or therapeutic recreation.

 

Program Goals

  1. Students will be able to describe and apply principles of human movement.
  2. Students will be able to apply principles of physiology and the impact of exercise.
  3. Students will describe principles of nutrition and their application to physiological needs.
  4. Students will demonstrate, through practicum experience, and competence necessary to practice.

Requirements

  • Credit hours required in the major 31
  • Credit hours required in general education/core curriculum 40
  • Credit hours required in cognate and general electives 49
  • Total Credit Hours 120
 

Suggested Program Plan

First Year, Fall Semester

CORE 100NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR

1
CORE 150COMPOSITION I

3
KINS 111FOUNDATION OF KINESIOLOGY

3
BIOL 101GENERAL BIOLOGY I

3
BIOL 101LGENERAL BIOLOGY I LABORATORY

1
MATH 101COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
CSCI 100INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

3
Total Credit Hours:17

First Year, Spring Semester

CORE 120CRITICAL THINKING

2
CORE 160COMPOSITION II

3
KINS 120WEIGHT TRAINING AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONING

3
KINS 123FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH

3
MATH 110PRECALCULUS

3
SOC 100INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3
Total Credit Hours:17

Second Year, Fall Semester

KINS 125GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP

3
SPAN 101ELEMENTARY SPANISH I

3
BIOL 221HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I

3
BIOL 221LHUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY I

1
CHEM 113GENERAL CHEMISTRY I

3
CHEM 103EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL CHEMISRY I

1
Total Credit Hours:14

Second Year, Spring Semester

KINS 133EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

3
KINS 133LEXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY - LABORATORY

1
KINS 275INTRODUCTION TO EXERCISE SCIENCE

3
PHYS 117PHYSICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES I

3
PHYS 117LLABORATORY AND RECITATION FOR PHYSICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES I

1
SPAN 102ELEMENTARY SPANISH II

3
MUS 200WORLD MUSIC

3
Total Credit Hours:17

Third Year, Fall Semester

KINS 122MECHANICS OF MOVEMENT

3
KINS 134PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION

3
KINS 243PREVENTION AND CARE OF ATHLETIC INJURIES

3
KINS 370KINESIOLOGY

3
CORE 201INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

3
Total Credit Hours:15

Third Year, Spring Semester

KINS 278PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND SOCIETY

3
KINS 320FUNDAMENTALS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING

3
KINS 369MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN KINESIOLOGY

3
CORE 260HUMANITIES: THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE

3
GENERAL ELECTIVE

3
Total Credit Hours:15

Fourth Year, Fall Semester

KINS 390SEMINAR IN KINESIOLOGY

2
KINS 486FIELD EXPERIENCE SEMINAR

3
CORE 220THE CREATIVE ARTS

3
CORE 360THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES

3
GENERAL ELECTIVE

3
Total Credit Hours:14

Fourth Year, Spring Semester

KINS 375EXERCISE IS MEDICINE

3
KINS 400PRACTICUM

6
KINESIOLOGY ELECTIVE

3
KINESIOLOGY ELECTIVE

3
GENERAL ELECTIVE

3
Total Credit Hours:18
 

Total Credit Hours: 120