Requirements-Master of Science
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Units required for the MS: 30, including 19 units for concentrations (see below) |
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| Note: An 11-unit core of courses is required of all students; seven units of required courses and four units that are earned through the completion of a thesis or project. The thesis or project is required of all candidates for the Master of Science in Kinesiology. The courses in the core are designed to focus on an advanced study of the knowledge which is of common interest and concern to all graduate students pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. Within the remaining 19 units, the student is focused in an area of special interest by selecting a concentration: Exercise Science or Sport Performance. Each concentration includes a set of required courses and a specified number of elective units. | ||
Six semester units of graduate work taken at other accredited institutions may be approved by the Graduate Coordinator or the student's graduate advisor. Prerequisite units, units taken for undergraduate majors/minors and units taken to qualify for fully classified graduate status, and will not be counted for graduate credit. Only rarely are undergraduate Kinesiology courses approved for graduate credit. A maximum of six elective units may be taken in upper division undergraduate courses with advisor approval. A maximum of four units of graduate Practicum or Directed Individual Study may be taken for degree credit with advisor approval. |
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A. Required Courses ( 7 units) |
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Research Methods in Kinesiology |
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Research Seminar |
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Psychology of Sport and Exercise |
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| B. Culminating Requirement (4 units) | ||
Note: The first time the student registers for KINS 500, he/she must also register for KINS 211. During this semester, the student develops his/her proposal with assistance from others in the seminar, the seminar professor and the student's committee. When the proposal is completed, formal written and oral presentations are made to the seminar with the student's committee in attendance. If the student does not complete the proposal and have it approved, he/she must enroll and attend KINS 211 another semester. |
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Select one of the following two concentrations: |
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Advanced Exercise Physiology Lab (KINS 152 or instructor permission) |
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Advanced Exercise Physiology (1 year of General Chemistry, BIO 131 or equivalent, KINS 152 or equivalent, KINS 153 or equivalent) |
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Advanced Biomechanics (KINS 151, KINS 210; or instructor permission) |
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Research in Exercise Physiology (KINS 152, KINS 210, or instructor permission) |
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Electives selected in consultation with an advisor. |
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(6) Select two of the following: |
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Specificity of Conditioning |
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Sport and Society |
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Psychological Aspects of Peak Performance |
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Electives selected in consultation with an advisor. |
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Specificity of Conditioning |
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(3) Select one of the following: |
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Sport and Society |
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Research in Motor Learning (KINS 158, KINS 210, or instructor permission) |
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Psychological Aspects of Peak Performance |
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Practicum (Approval of graduate faculty advisor and graduate coordinator) |
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Electives selected in consultation with an advisor. Can include no more than 3 units of KINS 299. |
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| Note: Student teaching, extension courses, undergraduate fieldwork, and 300-numbered methods or workshop courses may not be applied to the MS program requirements | ||
