Kinesiology and Health Science - Science and Engineering

All BSc Honours degree candidates must complete a specified core of academic and practicum courses, and, depending on individual interests, personal objectives and the stream selected, complement the designated requirements with optional courses from within and outside the kinesiology and health science curriculum. The streams available for proceeding towards a BSc Honours in the Specialized Honours program are a) health and kinesiology and b) applied certificate. The Health and Kinesiology Stream is particularly suited to students aspiring to careers related to teaching or recreation or for those desiring a generalized approach to kinesiology and health science. The Applied Certificate Stream focuses on specific professionally related areas; a student in this stream graduates with a certificate as well as a BSc Honours.

Kinesiology and health science may also be combined with the study of another science major or a minor within the Faculty of Science and Engineering in a BSc Honours Double Major or Honours Major/Minor program.

On entering the University and selecting kinesiology and health science as a major, first-year BSc Honours students are automatically enrolled in the Health and Kinesiology Stream of Specialized Honours. Students who hope to proceed in Honours Double Major or Honours Major/Minor programs select 1000-level science and mathematics options (within this stream) which are appropriate for the second major or the minor. After successful completion of 24 academic credits with a cumulative credit-weighted grade point average of at least 5.0 (C+), students declare their choice of program and stream. Entrance into the Applied Certificate Stream requires an application at this time - contact the School of Kinesiology and Health Science regarding application requirements and procedures.

Note: Students may only be enrolled in one certificate stream at a time.

Honours Programs

Note: Academic courses in kinesiology and health science have the prefix "KINE". Practicum courses have the prefix "PKIN".

i) All BSc Honours degree candidates must complete the kinesiology and health science core which includes an academic core: SC/KINE 1000 4.00; SC/KINE 1020 5.00; SC/KINE 2000 3.00; SC/KINE 2020 3.00; SC/KINE 2031 3.00; SC/KINE 2049 3.00; SC/KINE 2050 3.00; SC/KINE 3011 3.00; SC/KINE 3012 3.00; SC/KINE 3020 3.00; SC/KINE 3030 3.00; SC/KINE 4010 3.00; SC/KINE 4020 3.00; and a practicum core: SC/PKIN 7500 2.00; and at least two practicum credits in each of the following practicum areas: gymnastics/dance, aquatics, team sports, individual and dual sports, and track and field.

ii) All BSc Honours degree candidates must comply with general regulation 4 (see the Faculty of Science and Engineering Regulations Governing Undergraduate Degree Requirements section of this calendar) by completing the following (in addition to the kinesiology and health science core):

• SC/CSE 1520 3.00;
• six credits from SC/MATH 1505 6.00, SC/MATH 1013 3.00 or SC/MATH 1300 3.00, SC/MATH 1014 3.00 or SC/MATH 1310 3.00, SC/MATH 1025 3.00;
• six credits from SC/BIOL 1010 6.00, SC/BIOL 1410 6.00, SC/CHEM 1000 3.00 and SC/CHEM 1001 3.00, SC/EATS 1010 3.00 and SC/EATS 1011 3.00, SC/PHYS 1410 6.00 or SC/PHYS 1010 6.00; (Note: Required kinesiology and health science core courses satisfy the other half of the 1000-level science requirement for courses with laboratories.)
• SC/PSYC 1010 6.00;
• 12 general education credits (see General Education Requirements in the Faculty of Science and Engineering Regulations Governing Undergraduate Degree Requirements section of this calendar).

iii) All BSc Honours degree candidates, in accordance with their declared Honours program, must comply with general regulation 6 (see the Faculty of Science and Engineering Regulations Governing Undergraduate Degree Requirements section of this calendar) and, in so doing, must also satisfy the course, credit and standing requirements specified below.

To declare Honours requires successful completion of at least 24 credits and a minimum cumulative credit-weighted grade point average of 5.0 (C+) over all courses completed, subject to the exception in the notes below.

To proceed in each year of an Honours program requires a minimum cumulative credit-weighted grade point average of 5.0 (C+) over all courses completed, subject to the exception in the notes below.

To graduate in an Honours program requires successful completion of all Faculty requirements and departmental required courses and a minimum cumulative credit-weighted grade point average of 5.0 (C+) over all courses completed, subject to the exception in the notes below.

Note: In addition, a minimum cumulative credit-weighted grade point average of 6.0 (B) over all science (SC) courses completed is required to declare, proceed and graduate in (i) the Honours Double Major program where biology is the other major, and (ii) the Honours Major/Minor program where biology is the major. (The minimum 6.0 (B) science grade point average is not required where biology is the minor.)

Specialized Honours Program

Health and Kinesiology Stream

• the Faculty of Science and Engineering general education and 1000-level science requirements, as specified in ii) above;
• at least 54 academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses, including the kinesiology and health science academic core (see i) above) and at least six additional academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses at the 4000 level;
• additional academic elective credits, as required for an overall total of at least 120 credits, including at least 90 credits from science courses and at least 42 credits at the 3000 or higher level;
• the practicum core (see i) above) and a minimum of six additional practicum (PKIN) credits, for an overall total of at least 18 practicum credits.

Students in the Health and Kinesiology Stream can use the available non-science elective credits in that stream to take courses towards a Certificate in Sport Administration. More than 120 credits may be required to complete both the certificate and the degree requirements. Consult the kinesiology and health science mini-calendar for details.

Applied Certificate Stream

Note: Students may only be enrolled in one certificate stream at a time.

• the Faculty of Science and Engineering general education and 1000-level science requirements, as specified in ii) above;
• at least 66 academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses, including the kinesiology and health science academic core (see i) above) and all obligatory courses for one of the following certificates:
• Certificate in Athletic Therapy: SC/KINE 2490 3.00; SC/KINE 3450 3.00; SC/KINE 3585 3.00; SC/KINE 3600 3.00; SC/KINE 4570 3.00; SC/KINE 4580 3.00; SC/KINE 4590 6.00;
• Certificate in Coaching: SC/KINE 2475 3.00; SC/KINE 3450 3.00 or AS/KINE 3580 3.00; SC/KINE 3570 3.00; SC/KINE 3610 3.00; SC/KINE 4550 6.00; SC/KINE 4600 3.00; SC/KINE 4610 3.00;
• Certificate in Fitness Assessment and Exercise Counselling: SC/KINE 3400 3.00; SC/KINE 3450 3.00; SC/KINE 3640 3.00; SC/KINE 4400 6.00; AS/KINE 4430 3.00; SC/KINE 4460 3.00; SC/KINE 4900 3.00;
• additional academic elective credits, as required for an overall total of at least 120 credits, including at least 90 credits from science courses and at least 42 credits at the 3000 or higher level;
• the practicum core (see i) above) and a minimum of four additional practicum (PKIN) credits, for an overall total of at least 16 practicum credits. Specific practicum courses are required for each certificate as follows: Certificate in Athletic Therapy: SC/PKIN 7600 2.00; Certificate in Coaching: SC/PKIN 4600 2.00 and all PKIN courses in the sport specialty; Certificate in Fitness Assessment and Exercise Counselling: SC/PKIN 8060 4.00.

Honours Double Major and Honours Major/Minor Programs

An Honours major in kinesiology and health science may be combined with an Honours major in another subject area in a BSc Honours Double Major degree program, or with an Honours minor in another subject area in a BSc Honours Major/Minor degree program. Possible subject combinations are listed under Undergraduate Degree Programs in the Faculty of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Degree and Certificate Programs section of this calendar.

• the Faculty of Science and Engineering general education and 1000-level science requirements, as specified in ii) above and including courses appropriate for the second major or the minor;
• the kinesiology and health science Honours major requirements below;
• the course requirements for the second major or the minor;
• additional academic elective credits, as required for an overall total of at least 120 credits, including at least 90* credits from science courses and at least 42 credits at the 3000 or higher level.

* or at least 66 credits from science courses if the minor is in a fine arts subject area.

Honours Major

• the kinesiology and health science core (see i) above), including the academic core and the practicum core;
• at least six additional academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses at the 4000 level, for an overall total of at least 48 academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses;
• at least six additional practicum (PKIN) credits, for an overall total of at least 18 practicum credits.

Note: SC/PSYC 1010 6.00 is required as a prerequisite for one core course.

Honours Minor

• the kinesiology and health science core (see i) above), including the academic core and the practicum core, for a total of at least 42 academic credits from kinesiology and health science courses;
• at least six additional practicum (PKIN) credits, for an overall total of at least 18 practicum credits.

Note: SC/PSYC 1010 6.00 is required as a prerequisite for one core course.

• Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Courses offered in Kinesiology and Health Science