Undergraduate Program
The Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion offers two options in our undergraduate program: General and Pedagogy.
Programs
Kinesiology, B.S. - Physical Education Teacher Education
The Pedagogy Option provides the student with an education to work in the single subject physical education field, teaching adolescents in a middle or high school setting. This program would prepare students to enter the single-subject credential program.
Kinesiology, B.S. - General
The Kinesiology General Option offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the complex interactions among physiological, biomechanical, psychological, sociological, behavioral, and developmental aspects of human movement in health and disease. The mission of the General Option is to develop students with the skills necessary to conduct research and to plan, implement and evaluate programs that promote a lifelong healthy lifestyle for a culturally diverse university and surrounding community. The General Option will contain three optional emphases in exercise science, health promotion and sociocultural.
General Option
The General option prepares students to work in the clinical health fields, such as physical therapy, physician's assistant, dentistry, chiropractic, etc.
This option consists of three sub-options: Exercise Science, Health Promotion, and Socio-Cultural Studies.
Pedagogy Option
The Pedagogy Option provides the student with an education to work in the single subject physical education field, teaching adolescents in a middle or high school setting.
This program would prepare students to enter the single-subject credential program.