The Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology in Health and Fitness Promotion is designed for students desiring to pursue careers in health promotion, wellness and/or fitness-related settings. Areas such as exercise and sports performance, personal fitness training, corporate wellness, recreation/leisure settings, public health management and profit/non-profit health agencies are some examples. In addition, students could pursue advanced degrees in other health and fitness-related professions but may need to complete addition course work to meet prerequisite requirements for graduate school.

Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Major Requirements
KN 248	Wellness Concepts and Applications	3
KN 250	Introduction to Kinesiology	2
KN 257	Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries	3
KN 266	Microcomputer Applications to Kinesiology	2
KN 300	Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity	3
or KN 318	Exercise Psychology
KN 306	Organization and Administration in Kinesiology	3
or KN 330	Administration of Exercise and Rehabilitation Science
KN 321	Anatomical Kinesiology	3
KN 326	Physiology of Exercise	3
KN 342	Physical Education Activity Techniques II	2
HL 377	Critical Issues in Health	3
KN 410	Fitness Testing and Exercise Prescription	3
Subtotal		30
Electives
Select two electives from the following:		6
KN 308	Nutrition for Sports & Fitness
KN 335	Human Factors and Ergonomics
KN 357	Sports Performance Training and Conditioning
KN 411	Current Literature in Kinesiology
KN elective course 300 level or above
Subtotal		6
Activity Techniques Requirements
Select one of the following:		2
KN 341	Physical Education Activity Techniques I
KN 343	Physical Education Activity Techniques III
KN 344	Physical Education Activity Techniques IV
KN 345	Physical Education Activity Techniques V
Subtotal		2
Internship Requirement
KN 498	Internship: Health and Fitness Promotion (150-300 contact hours)	3-6
Subtotal		3-6
Prerequisite Science Requirements
Select one of the following:		5
BI 100 & BI 101	Introduction to Biology and Introductory Biology Laboratory
or BI 102	General Cellular Biology
Select one of the following:		3-4
BI 250	Introduction to Human Anatomy
or BI 275	Human Anatomy
BI 255	Human Physiology	4
Subtotal		12-13
Correlated Requirements
Select four of the following:		12
AL 320	Human Disease
CN 306	Health Communication
HS 371	Mental Health and Aging
MU 307	Music and the Brain
PY 326	Health Psychology
SO 315	Sociology of Sport
Subtotal		12
Total Hours		65-69