Kinesiology and Health Science - Arts

The School of Kinesiology and Health Science offers courses leading to a BA degree in Kinesiology and Health Science in Specialized Honours, Honours, Honours Double Major and Honours Major/Minor programs. In each of these programs, students complete a specified core of academic and practicum courses which, depending on individual interests, personal objectives and the stream selected, complement the designated requirements with optional courses from within and outside the School. The streams available for proceeding to the degree are: a) Health and Kinesiology and b) Applied Certificate. On entering the University and selecting kinesiology and health science as a major, students are automatically enrolled in the Health and Kinesiology Stream. After successful completion of 24 credits students optionally apply for the Applied Certificate Stream. The Applied Certificate Stream offers programs in: a) coaching, b) sport administration, c) athletic therapy, and d) fitness assessment and exercise counselling. Students may only be enrolled in one certificate stream at a time. Certificate programs are also available to degree candidates and visiting students who are not kinesiology and health science majors. Please contact kinesiology and health science for a supplemental calendar describing the requirements and application procedures for specific certificate streams.

Kinesiology and Health Science Core

Academic Courses (42 credits)

• AS/KINE 1000 6.00, AS/KINE 1020 6.00, AS/KINE 2011 3.00, AS/KINE 2031 3.00, AS/KINE 2049 3.00, AS/KINE 2050 3.00, AS/KINE 3000 3.00, AS/KINE 3012 3.00, AS/KINE 3020 3.00, AS/KINE 3030 3.00, AS/KINE 4010 3.00 and AS/KINE 4020 3.00.

Highly Recommended

• SC/NATS 1610 6.00; AS/PSYC 1010 6.00.

Practicum (PKIN) Requirement

For all Kinesiology and Health Science degree programs, students are required to complete at least 16 practicum (PKIN) credits, including at least two practicum (PKIN) credits in each of the following six areas:

• dance/gymnastics
• track and field
• aquatics
• team games/sports
• individual and dual activities
• emergency care

Note: Students may take practicum (PKIN) courses on a pass/fail basis provided that they apply do so within the first two weeks of the term in which the course begins; that they obtain the signature of the course director on the applicable form; and that the completed form is submitted to the appropriate office. Students who elect to complete a PKIN course on a pass/fail basis can switch back to a graded basis until the last date to drop a course without academic penalty.

Specialized Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 54 academic credits in kinesiology and health science including the kinesiology and health science core, with a minimum of 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 48 academic credits in kinesiology and health science including the kinesiology and health science core, with a minimum of 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies or Fine Arts.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

The Honours BA program described above may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Students must take at least 48 credits in kinesiology and health science including the kinesiology and health science core, and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet kinesiology and health science requirements cannot also be used to meet requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in kinesiology and health science and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a minor in biology, chemistry, or physics and astronomy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours Major/Minor BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

Students will take a minimum of 42 credits in kinesiology and health science courses, including the kinesiology and health science core, with a minimum of six credits at the 4000 level.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours major or Specialized Honours major.

Course Substitutes

The School of Kinesiology and Health Science does not recognize any course substitutes for its academic course requirements. Students who complete a course offered by another unit or program that is a course exclusion with a kinesiology course must replace the corresponding kinesiology course with another kinesiology course of equal or greater credit value at the same year level or higher.

Certificate Stream

Kinesiology and health science offers certificate streams to registered students through the Applied Certificate Stream of the regular academic Kinesiology and Health Science Program. Certificates are also available to registered students who are not majors in kinesiology and health science. See the kinesiology and health science supplemental calendar for specific admission, stream requirements, and application procedures.

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