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Kinesiology Major - 61-63 hours

Degree Requirements
Physical Education (33-35 hours)
PED 281 Personal Health Science 3 hours
PED 282 First Aid 2 hours
PED 283 Field Experience Exercise Science 1 hours
PED 291 Motor Behavior 2 hours
PED 298 Foundations Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Science 3 hours
PED 383 Kinesiology 3 hours
PED 391 Biomechanics 3 hours
PED 394 Measurement and Evaluation 3 hours
PED 481 Physiology of Exercise I 3 hours
PED 487 Principles/Applications in Fitness Training for Exercise Science Majors 3 hours
PED 491 Managing Organizations For Sport & Physical Activity 3 hours
PED 492 Contemporary Issues in Sport & Exercise 3 hours
PED 499 Practicum in Physical Education 3-5 hours
Specialty Classes (5 hours)
PED 111-199 1 hours
Other Required Courses
CIS 151 Computer App. Business OR;
other computer course approved by advisor
BIOL 121 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 3 hours
BIOL 122 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 3 hours
Specialty Area (12 hours)
Group Exercise Instructor
PED 385 Methods of Group Exercise Instruction 3 hours
PED 488 Program Design Healthy/Special Populations 3 hours
PED 143 Aquatic Exercise 1 hours
PED 181 Aerobics 1 hours
PED 185 Step Aerobics 1 hours
PED 199 Yoga 1 hours
PED 199 Spinning 1 hours
PED 199 Cardio Kickboxing 1 hours
PED 1xx Other FITNESS RELATED course 1 hours
Nutrition
NUTR 376 Principles and Applications in Nutrition 3 hours
NUTR 378 Nutrition for Fitness and Sport 3 hours
NUTR 415 Dietary supplements and Herb Use in Nutrition 3 hours
NUTR 396 Nutrition throughout the Lifecycle 3 hours
Personal Training
PED 385 Methods of Group Exercise 3 hours
PED 484 Exercise Testing & Prescription 3 hours
PED 485 Methods of Personal Training 3 hours
PED 488 Program Design for Healthy & Special Populations 3 hours
Sport Management
PED 332 Sport Facility Management 3 hours
PED 333 Sport Marketing 3 hours
PED 334 Sport Event Management 3 hours
PED 335 Sport Publicity & Promotion 3 hours
Teaching
PED 292 Rhythms 2 hours
PED 293 Teaching Developmental Activities 2 hours
PED 294 Teaching Team Sports 2 hours
PED 296 Self-Testing and Movement Fundamentals 1 hours
PED 297 Teaching Ind. Dual Sports 2 hours
PED 299 Field Experience in Elementary Physical Education
OR;
PED 301 Field Experience in Middle/Secondary School Physical Education
1 hours
PED 388 School Health 3 hours
PED 392 Adapted Physical Education 3 hours
PED 395 Curriculum Construction in Physical Education 3 hours
PED 396 Teaching Physical Education 3 hours
Additional 200-300 level courses approved by the Chair.

PLEASE NOTE:
  • Satisfy 50 hour University Core Curriculum (UCC) requirement.
  • Students MUST complete a minimum of 39 semester hours of 300-400 level classes.



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