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Curriculum in Kinesiology

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Fitness and Human Performance Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3
*GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
*BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
*MATH 107/108 or
MATH 161G		 Applied Algebra 
College Algebra		 3-5
††KIN 120 Foundations of Kinesiology 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3
*ZOO 250G Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I             3
*ZOOL 252 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I 1
*MATH 162 or
MATH 241G		 Plane Trigonometry
Elementary Statistics		 3
*PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
††HS 133 Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
History
ElectiveG		   3
*ZOO 251 Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture II        
 3
*ZOOL 253 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II 1
††HS 162 Drugs and Society 3
††KIN 275 Anatomy and Anatomical Kinesiology 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*Psychology 204 or 422 Developmental Psychology or Abnormal Psychology 3
*CHEM 101 or
CHEM 121G		 General Chemistry I
General Chemistry I for Science Majors		 3
*CLAB 103 or
CLAB 123		 General Chemistry Laboratory I
General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors		 1
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
††Kinesiology
Lab		   1
††Kinesiology
Lab		   1
††KIN 321 Motor Learning 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
*NUTR 342 Nutrition 3
*Social/ Behavioral Elective1   3
††KIN 372 Biomechanics 3
††KIN 392 Physiology of Exercise 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*NUTR 345 or
NUTR 411 or
NUTR 421 or
NUTR 424 		 Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
Diet Therapy
Weight Management Principles
Nutrition for Sport and Fitness
 3
††KIN 362 History of Sport and Physical Education 3
††KIN Lab   1
*Management or Marketing Elective   3
Music, 
Visual Arts, 
Dance, or 
TheatreG		   3
††HS 362 Promoting Health in the Worksite 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††KIN 426  Strength Development and Conditioning Programs 3
††KIN 424 Fitness Testing and Prescription 3
††HS 454 Health Coaching for Behavior Change 3
††KIN 434 Clinical Aspects of Exercise Testing and Prescription         3
††KIN 436 Psychosocial Dimensions of Physical Activity 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††KIN 410 Internship in Exercise Science, Fitness or
Sport Management		 6
Electives   6
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120-122

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Major course; grade of C or higher is required
1Social/Behavioral Electives must be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
*Grade of "C" or higher is required.