Major Requirements

Credits Required: 

Total credits: 120

Credits in the major: 50-60 (depending on concentration)

You officially begin the major with KIN 300: Major Pro-Seminar, where you create and/or revise your Individual Learning Plan (ILP) with faculty guidance.

You must receive a grade of C or better in all courses taken to satisfy Major Learning Outcomes.

Major Requirements and Learning Outcomes are identified below. In order to graduate, students must also meet all general education and university requirements. 

MLO 1 Knowledge of Kinesiology

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental content, principles and issues common in the field of kinesiology, including exercise science, wellness, human development, neurological foundations of learning, movement, nutrition and community health.

Required Courses

  • Complete all of the following
  • KIN 300: Major Pro-Seminar (2 units)
  • KIN 360: Nutritional Science (3 units)
  • KIN 360L: Nutritional Science Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 370: Anatomy & Physiology I (3 units)
  • KIN 370L: Anatomy & Physiology I Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 371: Anatomy & Physiology II (3 units)
  • KIN 371L: Anatomy & Physiology II Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 420: Essential of Exercise Science (3 units)
  • KIN 497: Senior Capstone I (2 units)
  • KIN 499: Senior Capstone II (1 unit)

MLO 2 Research Methods

Demonstrate the ability to use diverse methods of inquiry to analyze a kinesiology related issue. This includes acquiring, evaluating, interpreting, synthesizing, applying, documenting and presenting scientific and social science knowledge.

Required Courses

  • STAT 100: Introduction to Statistics (4 units)
  • OR
  • CHHS 203: Stats for Social Science (4 units)

MLO 3 Multicultural Competency

Demonstrate the ability to deliver kinesiology services by communicating effectively across cultural groups, assessing the needs and capabilities of culturally diverse populations, and engaging in this process with mutual respect and sensitivity.

Required Courses

  • KIN 450: Exer Prescript for Special Pop (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 372: Socio Persp Sport w/ Dis Emph (4 units)
  • KIN 450: Exer Prescript for Special Pop (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 490: Evolutionary Medicine (3 units)

MLO 4 Personal and Professional Ethics and Communication

Demonstrate the ability to articulate the values and ethics that are the foundation for practices in kinesiology in both oral and written contexts; to recognize and differentiate areas of conflict between professional and personal values; and to interact ethically and effectively in interpersonal and group communications and decision-making processes.

Required Courses

  • KIN 345: Sports Ethics (3 units)
  • OR
  • CHHS 350: Ethics for Health & Human Serv (3 units)

MLO 5 Collaboration

Demonstrate the ability to work in teams, in diverse communities, across professions, settings, programs, agencies and disciplines. Demonstrate prowess at establishing common missions and purposes applying knowledge of group processes and group interaction, and collaborating with others in decision making, learning and completing tasks.

Required Courses

  • KIN 335: Fundamentals of Coaching (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 384: Wilderness Experience (3 units)
  • KIN 384L: Wilderness Experience Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 330: Physical Activity & Health (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 367: Consumer Advocacy (3 units)

MLO 6 Leadership

Demonstrate an understanding and resourceful command of the skills needed to motivate others in diverse settings and communities, to include promoting a shared vision and setting clear directions for implementing sustained changes.

Required Courses

  • KIN 310: Athletic Strength & Condition (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 380: Sports Administration (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 382: Wilderness Leadership (3 units)
  • KIN 382L: Wilderness Leadership Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 350: Worksite Health Promotion (3 units)
  • OR
  • KIN 366: Behavior Change (3 to 4 units)

MLO 7 Service Learning

Demonstrate the ability to share the relevance and importance of the kinesiology discipline and its services. Work collaboratively with culturally, linguistically, technologically and economically diverse populations in the context of issues related to social responsibility, justice, diversity, pluralism and compassion.

Required Course

  • KIN 471S: KIN Service Learning (3 units)

MLO 8 Subject Matter Competency in Concentration

Complete up to 30 credits within one of the four KIN concentrations (Wellness; Exercise Science; Sport; Outdoor Education & Recreation). This coursework is typically completed simultaneously with the Core Curriculum during your junior and senior year. Contact your Kinesiology concentration advisor for specific course information.

Required Courses

  • Exercise Science Concentration
  • KIN 310: Athletic Strength & Condition (3 units)
  • KIN 340: Personal Training (3 units)
  • KIN 421L: Essential of Exercise Sci Lab (3 units)
  • KIN 430: Phys & Biomech Aerobic Exer (3 units)
  • KIN 440: Phys & Biomech Anaerobic Exer (3 units)
  • KIN 450: Exer Prescript for Special Pop (3 units)
  • AND one course from the following:
  • KIN 320: Sports Nutrition (3 units)
  • KIN 395: Special Topics (2 to 4 units)
  • KIN 469: Sp Top Intern: Exercise Sci (3 to 4 units)
  • KIN 490: Evolutionary Medicine (3 units)
  • Sport Concentration
  • KIN 335: Fundamentals of Coaching (3 units)
  • KIN 345: Sports Ethics (3 units)
  • AND four of the following: (NOTE: A course plus its' co-requisite lab is considered one course)
  • KIN 310: Athletic Strength & Condition (3 units)
  • KIN 320: Sports Nutrition (3 units)
  • KIN 380: Sports Administration (3 units)
  • KIN 381: Legal Issues in Sport (3 units)
  • KIN 382: Wilderness Leadership (3 units)
  • KIN 382L: Wilderness Leadership Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 383: Fdn of Adventure Education (3 units)
  • KIN 383L: Fdn of Adventure Education Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 384: Wilderness Experience (3 units)
  • KIN 384L: Wilderness Experience Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 385: Outdoor Edu/Rec Program Admin (3 units)
  • KIN 385L: Outdoor Ed/Rec Prog Admin Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 395: Special Topics (2 to 4 units)
  • KIN 410: Care/Prevent of Athlet Injury (3 units)
  • KIN 467: Sp Top Intern: Outdoor Educat (3 to 4 units)
  • KIN 468: Sp Top Intern: Spt Man & Coach (3 to 4 units)
  • KIN 490: Evolutionary Medicine (3 units)
  • AND three different Kinesiology activity courses of your choice.
  • Wellness Concentration
  • Five courses from the following: (NOTE: A course plus its' co-requisite lab is considered one course)
  • KIN 320: Sports Nutrition (3 units)
  • KIN 330: Physical Activity & Health (3 units)
  • KIN 350: Worksite Health Promotion (3 units)
  • KIN 363: Human Sexuality (3 units)
  • KIN 363L: Human Sexuality Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 366: Behavior Change (3 to 4 units)
  • KIN 367: Consumer Advocacy (3 units)
  • KIN 395: Special Topics (2 to 4 units)
  • KIN 450: Exer Prescript for Special Pop (3 units)
  • KIN 461: Stress Management (3 units)
  • KIN 461L: Stress Management Lab (1 unit)
  • KIN 464: Pattern & Dynamic in Relations (3 units)
  • KIN 465: Sp Top Intern: Health & Well (4 units)
  • KIN 490: Evolutionary Medicine (3 units)
  • HDEV 351: Lifespan Dev: Transit & Chng (4 units)
  • PSY 310: Biological Psychology (3 units)
  • PSY 329: Health Psychology (3 units)

Concentrations

Exercise Science

Human Movement

Unpublished

Sport

Wellness