(code KPE_BS02) (120 units)
This option is designed for students interested in careers in the fitness industry, e.g. fitness director, manager, program specialist, coordinator, personal trainer, or group instructor in corporate, commercial, YMCA, or other public or private facilities.
Core Courses: BIOL 207, 208; KIN 300, 301, 312.
Lower Division Courses: FCS 132; PSY 100; KIN 215, 263, and eight physical activity units distributed over a minimum of two activity categories:
Aquatics: KIN 125A, 125B, 237, 238
Combatives: KIN106A, 148A, 149A
Dance: KIN 185, 260
Fitness: KIN 142, 151A, 152A, 198A
Individual/Dual Sports: KIN 100A, 100B, 112A, 112B, 264, 265,266, 267, 268
Wilderness Studies: KIN 242, 244, 246A, 247A
Team Sports: KIN 250, 253, 255, 257
Upper Division Courses: HSC 435; KIN 332I or 335, 339I, 363, 364, 367, 368, 405, 467, 469, 483, 489D
Elective Courses: Select twelve units from the following courses: FCS 433, 439; HSC 421, 423, 429; KIN 207, 309, 315, 332I*, 335*, 462, 465, 495, REC 421, 423, 425, 427
* If not taken as one of the major required upper division courses.
A fieldwork, field experience, or internship requires current certification in First Aid (American Red Cross: Community First Aid & Safety or Emergency Response or Workplace Training: Standard First Aid or equivalent) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (American Red Cross: Adult CPR or Adult, Infant & Child CPR or CPR for the Professional Rescuer; American Heart Association: Adult CPR or Adult, Infant & Child CPR or ACLS Provider or equivalent) prior to enrollment.
Each Bachelor of Science Major is required to demonstrate a physical fitness proficiency at the minimum level of a 3.0 before graduation. The physical fitness proficiency examination is administered in KIN 263 (Techniques of Fitness).
Students enrolling in physical education activity courses assume responsibility for satisfactory health status appropriate to the class activity.
In addition to the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, the Major must meet the following Department policies and requirements for University graduation:
1. Each major course and prerequisite course must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. A course in which a grade lower than a "C" is received must be retaken and successfully completed prior to enrolling in any course for which it is a prerequisite;
2. Upper division courses may not be waived by substitution or examination without Department petition and approval;
3. Current certification in First Aid (American Red Cross: Community First Aid & Safety or Emergency Response or Workplace Training: Standard First Aid or equivalent) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (American Red Cross: Adult CPR or Adult, Infant & Child CPR or CPR for the Professional Rescuer; American Heart Association: Adult CPR or Adult, Infant & Child CPR or ACLS Provider or equivalent);
4. Department approval.
5. Bachelor degree Majors must also have Department clearance of lower division courses/activities and skill proficiencies.
For answers to questions regarding the Option in Fitness, contact Dr. Jan Schroeder.
