Admission Requirements

For students with an undergraduate major in Kinesiology, admission to the MS program as a classified graduate student requires:

• an overall GPA of 2.8; or 3.0 in the last 60 semester units; and
• Undergraduate statistics course

Applications are accepted as long as room for new students exists. However, students are strongly urged to apply by March 1 for the following fall or October 1 for the following spring in order to allow time for admission before Computer Access to Student Personal and Enrollment Records (CASPER). All prospective graduate students, including CSUS graduates, must file the following with the Office of Graduate Studies, River Front Center 206, (916) 278-6470:

• an online application for admissions
• two sets of official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, other than Sacramento State ; and
• two letters of recommendation
• resume

Approximately six weeks after receipt of all items listed above, a decision regarding admission will be mailed to the applicant. Upon admission, the student will select a graduate advisor.

Students applying for admission to the Kinesiology graduate program who do not have a degree in Kinesiology, are required to take a minimum of 20 specified units in Kinesiology. For a list of prerequisites for both concentrations see below.

Movement Studies Option: 18 units to include KINS 120 Specificity of Conditioning, KINS 134 History and Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport, KINS 137 Sociology of Sport, KINS 138 Teaching Strategies in Physical Education, KINS 158 Motor Learning, KINS 160 Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Exercise Science Option: 20 units to include BioS 22 Anatomy, BioS 131 Systemic Physiology, KINS 151 Kinesiology, KINS 151A Biomechanics, KINS 152 Exercise Physiology and KINS 158 Motor Learning.