Master of Science Degree in Kinesiology Sciences
The Master of Science degree in Kinesiological Sciences (MSKS) prepares students for a wide range of graduate programs and careers in the Health Sciences. These include professional graduate schools in medicine, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and chiropractic medicine. Depending on the student’s interest, preparation for a career in public health, nutrition, exercise physiology, motor control, biomechanics, strength and conditioning, and personal training is also available. Students will encounter a strong foundation of movement science courses that integrates theory courses with state-of-the-art instrumentation for best practice applications. Students complete their degree with a culminating thesis or non-thesis experience in the movement sciences, fitness & wellness, or sport performance related fields.
Tuition
MSKS tuition for the fall, spring, and summer semesters is $780 (per semester hour)
Program Requirements
Master of Science In Kinesiological Sciences Requirements
Students admitted into the kinesiological sciences master’s program must complete the Core Requirements and then the Required Electives or the athletic training sciences options. Enrollment in the athletic training sciences courses is restricted to the students admitted to the athletic training graduate assistant program. A minimum grade of “B-” is required in all graduate courses. Any course in which a student receives a grade lower than “B-“ must be successfully repeated in the next term the course is offered. Failure to successfully complete a repeated course will result in academic dismissal from the program.
Core Requirements (18 credit hours)
Requires the successful completion of 18 credit hours of courses in Kinesiology theory, instrumentation, and research skills. Theory and Instrumentation courses are 8 weeks long and consists of four courses each. Research skills courses are 16 weeks long and consists of two courses.
Required courses:
Kinesiological Theory Courses – 8 weeks
| KIN 501 | Biomechanics Human Movemnt | 1.5 |
| KIN 502 | Muscle/Tissue Mechanics | 1.5 |
KIN 503
| | 1.5 |
| KIN 504 | Physiology of Human Movement | 1.5 |
Kinesiological Instrumentation Courses – 8 weeks
| KIN 511 | 2-Dimensional Video Analysis | 1.5 |
| KIN 512 | 3-Dimensional Motion Analysis | 1.5 |
KIN 513
| | 1.5 |
| KIN 514 | Metabolism & Composition | 1.5 |
Kinesiological Research Skills Courses – 16 weeks
KIN 521
| | 3 |
| KIN 522 | Research Literacy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
AND, upon successful completion of the core requirements, an additional 18 credit hours of Required Elective Courses or Athletic Training Sciences Option Courses (hybrid) is required.
Required Elective Courses – Complete 18 credit hours:
| KIN 500 | Science: Adv Contempor Topics | 3 |
KIN 531
| | 3 |
| KIN 535 | Perception-Action Coupling | 3 |
KIN 541
| | 3 |
| KIN 550 | Resistnc Train Prin & Practc | 3 |
KIN 570
| | 3 |
| KIN 575 | Movement Performance Analytic | 3 |
KIN 580
| | 3 |
KIN 585
| | 3 |
KIN 586
| | 3 |
| KIN 587 | I/S Functional LabView Softwr | 3 |
| KIN 588 | I/S Kinesiological Sciences | 2 |
| KIN 590 | Internship Kinesiological Sci | 1 |
| KIN 599 | Thesis | 1 |
Or
Athletic Training Sciences Option (hybrid 8-week courses: 18 credit hours)
Open only to students admitted in the Athletic Training Graduate Assistant Program. The following six 8- week courses are offered as one course per 8-week term beginning in the fall semester and must be taken in course sequence every 8-week term for 12 months during the FIRST year. AT students will complete the 18 credits of theory, instrumentation, and research courses in their SECOND year.
Required Courses:
| KIN 561 | Sec School Athletic Training | 3 |
| KIN 562 | Deadly Risks Sports-Sec Schl | 3 |
| KIN 563 | Rehab Sport Injury Sec School | 3 |
| KIN 564 | Funding,Politics,Partnerships | 3 |
| KIN 565 | Injury Reporting,data Collect | 3 |
| KIN 566 | Essntl Competencies Ath Train | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 36
(Includes Core Requirements and one of the Options Courses)