Faculty

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Requirements for Major

Kinesiology & Health Sciences prepares students for a wide variety of academic and professional pursuits in fields that specialize in human body movement and its effect on human health. An emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion in society is opening opportunities in a variety of health related areas including physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistants, nursing, public health, medicine, nutrition, aging studies, and sports related fields. Our department’s focus is to prepare undergraduate students for post-graduate education and subsequent professional careers in those fields. Since ours is exclusively a baccalaureate degree awarding department, all of our teaching and research efforts are dedicated to our undergraduate students.

Students can elect to earn a B.A. or B.S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences or choose one of five concentrations as a Kinesiology & Health Sciences major: a B.S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Allied Health;  B.S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Human Nutrition; a B. S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Premed; a B.S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health; or B.A. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health.

In addition to satisfying the NQR requirement, candidates for the B.S. degree in Kinesiology & Health Sciences, B.S. degree in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Premed, B.S. degree in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Allied Health, and B.S. in Kinesiology & Health Sciences with a concentration in Human Nutrition must successfully complete, three additional NQR attributed courses within, or outside of Kinesiology & Health Sciences.  None of these three additional NQR courses may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.

Programs and Course Descriptions

Programs

• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Allied Health Concentration, BS
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, BA
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, BS
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Human Nutrition Concentration, BS
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Minor
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, PreMed Concentration, BS
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Public Health Concentration, BA
• Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Public Health Concentration, BS

Courses

• KINE 100 - Critical Questions in Kinesiology and Health Sciences
• KINE 150 - First Year Seminar
• KINE 185 - Ballroom Dance I
• KINE 186 - Ballroom Dance II
• KINE 200 - Introduction to the Human Body
• KINE 204 - Introduction to Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 240 - Medical Terminology
• KINE 270 - Foundations of Epidemiology
• KINE 280 - Foundations of Public Health
• KINE 290 - Introduction to Global Health
• KINE 295 - Health-Related Exercise Prescription
• KINE 296 - Applied Exercise Prescription for Older Adults
• KINE 300 - The Social and Behavioral Sciences in Health
• KINE 301 - Public Health and Physical Activity
• KINE 303 - Human Anatomy
• KINE 304 - Human Physiology
• KINE 305 - Human Physiology Lab
• KINE 308 - Biomechanics of Human Movement
• KINE 310 - Microbes in Human Disease
• KINE 311 - Microbes in Human Disease Laboratory
• KINE 314 - Dissection Human Anatomy Lab
• KINE 315 - Human Anatomy Lab
• KINE 320 - Issues in Health
• KINE 321 - Health and Human Movement
• KINE 322 - Motor Learning
• KINE 323 - Health Policy
• KINE 325 - Environmental Issues in Public Health
• KINE 335 - Play, Sport and Culture
• KINE 340 - Motor Development
• KINE 350 - Science of Nutrition
• KINE 352 - Nutrition and the Brain
• KINE 353 - Nutrition and Human Performance
• KINE 354 - Nutrition in Health & Disease
• KINE 355 - International Nutrition
• KINE 356 - Public Health Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies
• KINE 357 - Nutrition Across the Lifespan
• KINE 359 - Medical Pharmacology
• KINE 360 - Physiology of Aging
• KINE 361 - Population Nutrition, Policy, and Programs
• KINE 362 - Sustainable Food Systems and Diets
• KINE 369 - Methods and Analysis in International Community Health and Development
• KINE 380 - Introduction to Clinical Practice
• KINE 393 - Health Ethics
• KINE 394 - Statistics and Evaluation
• KINE 400 - Sport Psychology
• KINE 401 - Neurophysiology of Aging
• KINE 403 - The Social Determinants of Health: Living and Dying in the USA
• KINE 404 - Global Health Issues
• KINE 405 - Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health
• KINE 406 - Public Health Research Issues
• KINE 415 - Public Health: Health Equity, Sustainability, and Well-Being in a Global Age
• KINE 422 - Motor Control
• KINE 442 - Exercise Physiology
• KINE 450 - Cardiovascular Physiology
• KINE 455 - Physiology of Obesity
• KINE 460 - Topics in Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 461 - Physiology Journal Club
• KINE 465 - Leadership in Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 470 - Independent Study in Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 471 - Independent Study in Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 480 - Kinesiology & Health Sciences Research
• KINE 481 - Kinesiology & Health Sciences Research
• KINE 485 - Cellular Basis of Neuromuscular Physiology
• KINE 490 - Research Symposium
• KINE 493 - Philosophy in Kinesiology & Health Sciences
• KINE 494 - Environmental Human Physiology
• KINE 495 - Honors
• KINE 496 - Honors
• KINE 498 - Internship