Courses - Winter 2025
KNES161N
Physical Education Activities: Coed; Conditioning (beginning)
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Students must pay a $40 instructional materials fee.
KNES161T
Physical Education Activities: Coed; Yoga (Beginning)
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Students must pay a $40 instructional materials fee.
KNES243
Sports Finance & Business Intelligence
As society has evolved with advances in technology, so have the financial and analytical fundamentals of spectator sports leagues. In this course, students will examine modern business principles in for-profit sports leagues, understand current practices for successful operation and revenue generation, and explore how analytics and emerging categories play a crucial role in an organization's growth and competitiveness in their respective markets.
KNES287
Recommended: Minimum grade of C- in KNES285.
Sport will be related to such social problems as delinquency, segregation, collective behavior, and leisure; to social processes such as socialization, stratification, mobility, and social control; and to those familiar social institutions the family, the school, the church, the military, the economy, the polity, and the mass media.
KNES289
Topical Investigations
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: permission of department.
KNES334
Adapted Physical Activity: Empowering People with Disabilities to Lead a Healthy and Active Lifestyle
Prerequisite: KNES370; or students not in the Kinesiology major may contact the instructor for permission.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 105 credits.
Study of the field of adapted physical activity and its impact on the health and wellness of individuals with disabilities. Students will design an adapted physical activity program proposal and develop the skills needed to empower people with disabilities to participate in physical activity and sports programs. Students will explore their own perceptions towards disability and how people with disabilities are portrayed in our society. They will study the etiology of disabling conditions and the implications for participating in physical activity.
KNES350
The Psychology of Sports & Exercise
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 45 credits.
An exploration of personality factors, including but not limited to motivation, aggression and emotion, as they affect sports participation and motor skill performance.
Restricted to students with a minimum of 45 credit or greater.
KNES370
Motor Development
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major within SPHL-Kinesiology department.
Motor development across the life span. The developmental sequences of motor skills from birth to old age; neuromaturation of neuromuscular system; analysis of the underlying mechanisms of motor skill development; and correlates of motor development.
KNES389
Topical Investigations
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: permission of department.
KNES389K
Topical Investigations; Kinesiology Internship
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Prerequisite: permission of department.
KNES462
Neural Basis of Human Movement
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in BSCI201, BSCI202, and KNES385; or permission of SPHL-Kinesiology department.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 75 credits.
An introduction to the neural substrates which underlie postural and volitional movement. Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological basis of motor functioning; past and present conceptualizations of motor control and coordination; movement disorders; and maturation of the neuromuscular system.
KNES487
Women, Sports and Culture
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in KNES287.
Restriction: Must be in a major within the SPHL-Kinesiology department; and must have earned a minimum of 75 credits.
A study of the historical barriers to women's participation in physical activity, efforts to dismantle those barriers, and the differentiation that exists in women's sport and physical culture today. Exploration of the historical and contemporary factors involving female athletes in U.S. culture.
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in KNES287.
KNES498
Special Topics in Kinesiology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: permission of department.
KNES643
Public Health & Physical Activity in the Classroom
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Recommended: KNES600.
Restriction: Must be in the Master of Public Health program; or permission of the Kinesiology Department.
The purpose of the course is to engage students in developing curriculum that blends movement activity with courses such as math, science, social studies, literature, writing, art, and music to teach traditional classroom courses as an instrument of public health.
KNES689
Special Problems in Kinesiology
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
KNES799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
KNES899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
S-F
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