Kinesiology (B.S.)

Requirements in Department (30)

• KNPE 217 - Personal Health-Related Fitness Development Credits: 1
• KNPE 240 - Aquatic Fitness Credits: 1
• KNPE 241 - Aerobic Fitness Credits: 1
• KNPE 242 - Techniques of Resistance Training Credits: 1
• KNPE 243 - Program Development of Resistance Training Credits: 1
• KNPE 262 - First Aid and CPR Credits: 2
• KNPE 310 - Psychological Aspects of Sport and Exercise Credits: 3
• KNPE 314 - Applied Kinesiology Credits: 4
• KNPE 445 - Measurement and Evaluation in Exercise Science Credits: 3
• KNPE 452 - Applied Physiology of Exercise Credits: 4
• KNPE 491 - Therapeutic Exercise Credits: 3
• KNPE 494 - Internship in Kinesiology Credits: 1-6

• Students must take 6 credit hours in this course.

Requirements outside Department (19-20)

• CHEM 110 - Chemistry Credits: 3

• (Available for general education credit.)

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• ENGL 104 - Rhetoric and Composition II Credits: 3

• (Available for general education credit.)

•       OR  ENGL 105 - Rhetoric and Composition Credits: 3

•       if placed in ENGL 105 (Available for general education credit.)

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• FCNS 306 - Nutrition in Relation to Health and Exercise Credits: 2-3

• If students take only FCNS 306, they need to take it for 3 semester hours.

•       OR FCNS 306 Credits: 2 AND  KNPE 306 - Sports Nutrition Credits: 1

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• PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
•       OR  PSYC 219 - Mental Hygiene Credits: 3

Other requirements

• KNPE 201 - Introduction to Exercise Science and Sport Professions Credits: 3
• KNPE 317 - Stress Management Programming for Fitness Leaders Credits: 3
• KNPE 453 - Exercise Programs for Adult Special Populations Credits: 3
• KNPE 454 - Exercise Gerontology Credits: 3
• KNPE 457 - Analysis and Techniques of Training and Conditioning Credits: 3
• KNPE 458# - Stress Testing Credits: 3
• KNPE 459 - Physical Fitness Programming Credits: 3
• KNPE 460 - Cardiopulmonary Disease and Rehabilitation Credits: 3
• KNPE 493 - Supervised Clinical Experience in Exercise Gerontology Credits: 1-3

• Students must take 1 credit hour in this course

• BIOS 311 - Functional Human Anatomy Credits: 4
•       OR  BIOS 357 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 5
• SOCI 356 - Health, Aging, and Society Credits: 3
•       OR  SOCI 482 - Sociology of Death and Dying Credits: 3

Total Hours for a Major in Kinesiology: 93-95