Kinesiology, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (37 credits)

• HK 10000 - Foundations Of Kinesiology ♦
• HK 13500 - Introduction To Health And Kinesiology
• HK 21500 - Basic Public Health Studies
• HK 26300 - Biomechanical Foundations Of Motor Skills
• HK 30200 - Applied Clinical Anatomy
• HK 36800 - Exercise Physiology I
• HK 37200 - Sport And Exercise Psychology I
• HK 46500 - Research Methods

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• HK 25300 - Principles Of Motor Development or
• HK 25800 - Foundations Of Motor Skill Learning

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• Kinesiology Selectives - Credit Hours: 12.00  or
• Optional Concentration - Clinical Exercise Physiology Concentration for Kinesiology  

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (43-48 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦ (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦ (satisfies Science for core)
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry ♦ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology ♦ (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral & Social Sciences for core)
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

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• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry or
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry

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• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry or
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry

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• CNIT 13600 - Personal Computing Technology And Applications or
• CS 11000 - Introduction To Computers

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• Culture & Diversity Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures: Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• Science, Technology & Society - Credit Hours: 1.00-3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)

Electives (13-18 credits) or (35-40 credits)

If completing 12 credit hours in the Kinesiology Selectives for the major then 35-40 elective credits are required.

If completing the optional Clinical Exercise Physiology Concentration in place of the 12 credits in Kinesiology Selectives then 13-18 elective credits are required.

Additional Requirements

• Kinesiology Supplemental Information  

Clinical Exercise Physiology Optional Concentration

Clinical Exercise Physiology Concentration for Kinesiology  

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• A student may elect the Pass / Not-Pass grading option for elective courses only, unless an academic unit requires that a specific departmental course/s be taken Pass / Not-Pass.  Students may elect to take University Core Curriculum courses Pass / Not-Pass; however, some major Plans of Study require courses that also fulfill UCC foundational outcomes.  In such cases, students may not elect the Pass / Not-Pass option.  A maximum of 24 credits of elective courses under the Pass / Not-pass grading option can be used toward graduation requirements. For further information, students should refer to the College of Health and Human Sciences Pass / Not-Pass Policy.
• 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• “C-” or better required in all HK courses
• At least 32 credits of Purdue coursework required at 30000 level or higher for graduation.
  • KINE includes 27 credits (if taken at Purdue). 
  • Kinesiology with Optional Concentration includes 43 credits (if taken at Purdue).

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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