Areas of Emphasis:
Physical Activity:
Core courses (16 credit hours):
- STAT 703: Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3)
- DMP 708: Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (2)
- DMP 806: Environmental Toxicology (2)
- DMP 854: Disease Epidemiology (3)
- HRIMD 720: Administration of Health Care Organizations (3)
- KIN 818: Social and Behavioral Basis of Public Health (3)
Required courses:
Select 9 hours from:
- KIN 830: Public Health Physical Activity (3)
- and any two of the following:
- KIN 800: Advanced Physiology of Exercise (3)
- KIN 805: Physical Activity and Human Behavior (3)
- KIN 796: Topics: Program Planning and Evaluation (3)
Elective courses:
In addition to the above, students must select a minimum of 6 hours from the following list of approved courses:
- KIN 600: Exercise Psychology (3)
- KIN 601: Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology (3)
- KIN 602: Gender Issues in Sport and Exercise (3)
- KIN 603: Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology (3)
- KIN 604: Exercise and Mental Health (3)
- KIN 605: Topics in the Biological Basis of Kinesiology (3)
- KIN 606: Topics in the Behavioral Basis of Kinesiology (3)
- KIN 606: Topics: Program Planning (3)
- KIN 606: Topics: Program Evaluation (3)
- KIN 606: Topics: Cultural Competency (3)
- KIN 607: Muscle Exercise Physiology (3)
- KIN 608: Body Image (3)
- KIN 625: Exercise Testing and Prescription (3)
- KIN 635: Nutrition and Exercise (3)
- KIN 655: Fitness Promotion (3)
- KIN 657: Therapeutic Use of Exercise in the Treatment of Disease (3)
- KIN 796: Topics: Cultural Competency and Physical Activity (3)
- KIN 796: Topics: Exercise Adherence (3)
- KIN 808: Social Epidemiology of Physical Activity (3)
In addition to the above courses, the same statistics courses listed for the human nutrition emphasis may be taken for the physical activity emphasis.
Field experience OR masters thesis OR combined field experience and masters report (6 credit hours):
- KIN 840: Public Health Field Experience (6)
- KIN 898: Masters Report (1-4)
- KIN 899: Masters Thesis (1-6)