Department Statement of Core Values

The faculty and staff of the Department of Kinesiology adopt the following Core Values in support of our overall mission:

• Physically active and healthy lifestyles
• Efficacy of human movement
• Quality programs, curriculum, teaching, research, and service
• Regard for high academic standards
• Mutual support, shared responsibility and collegiality in the workplace
• Collaboration between and respect for our subdisciplines
• Democratic governance
• Equity, fairness, and social justice
• Sensitivity to diversity
• Life/work balance

Undergraduate Degree Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information in the discipline of Kinesiology, using technological resources and communication tools. (Skills commonly encompassed by the term information competence)
• Describe the reciprocal relationship between sport and the philosophical, historical, or sociological perspectives of society.
• Examine and analyze physical activity as it relates to the physiological responses and adaptations to exercise
• Describe movement and analyze how mechanical concepts and principles apply to effective and efficient movement.
• Describe and analyze the acquisition and enhancement of motor skill performance and utilize methods and strategies to minimize the decline of motor skill performance.
• Utilize measurement concepts and theory to assess performance in the cognitive and psychomotor domains and assess program effectiveness.

Graduate Degree Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• synthesize information in Kinesiology and communicate it clearly and concisely in a written manner utilizing appropriate APA style.
• synthesize information in Kinesiology and communicate it clearly and concisely in an oral manner.
• demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge and strength in an area of study within Kinesiology through the graduate culminating experience.