The mission of the Graduate Program in Kinesiology is to provide students the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the theoretical basis of human movement. Students are able to specialize in one of the subdisciplines within the kinesiological sciences; however, the departmental core curriculum also gives students a cross-disciplinary exposure to the study of human movement.

 

Along with classroom studies, involvement in original laboratory research constitutes a major means by which students gain a broad understanding of their specialty area. At the completion of the Master's degree students should be able to:

• provide strategies for solving both practical problems and research questions within the disciplines; and
• integrate movement-based principles into a variety of activities taking place in laboratory, educational, clinical, and athletic settings.