Undergraduate Program Goals

Enrollment:

• 593 full-time students were enrolled in the Kinesiology Major, of these:

  • 142 were Kinesiology pre-majors with no option declared

  • 385 were in the Movement Science Option

  • 19 were in the Fitness Studies Option

  • 7 were in the Physical and Health Education Teacher Education Option (PHETE)

• We also had 40 full-time students in the Athletic Training Major

• *The Applied Exercise and Health Option started accepting students in Fall 2016 and enrollment numbers were not available.

Graduation:

• A total of 283 students graduated from Kinesiology:

  • 211 in Movement Science

  • 38 in Fitness Studies

  • 8 in Physical and Health Education Teacher Education Option

  • 26 with an Athletic Training major

• An additional 28 students graduated with a Kinesiology minor

Summary of the key learning outcomes:

• For internship supervisor evaluations, we met our benchmark of 90% of supervisors evaluating our students as “excellent” or “good” on 93% of the personal and professional skills (e.g., decision making, persistence to complete tasks, demonstrate ability to synthesize information and communicate it effectively, interacts well with staff and clientele)

• For student internship knowledge and skill evaluations, we met our benchmark of 90% of students providing evaluations as “excellent” or “good” on 93% of the knowledge and skill items (e.g., understand and apply ethical principles in professional practice, complete internship learning objectives)

• For student internship placement evaluations, we met our benchmark of 90% of students providing evaluations as “excellent” or “good” on 100% of the items (e.g., internship was a valuable resource for learning support and guidance, internship was helpful in teaching knowledge of the profession)

• From the student exit surveys, 50-85% of students described themselves as “excellent” or “good” at developing knowledge about specific areas of Kinesiology (e.g., types of joints in the body; understand the fundamentals of exercise metabolism, adaptations to exercise and effects on heath and disease; apply psychological skills to modify human behavior and/or performance) as well as other skills and abilities (e.g., work independently, understand human movement from scientific, socio-cultural, and philosophical perspectives, write and speak effectively) as a result of the Kinesiology program