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About the Program
The purpose of the Undergraduate Program is to provide students with the intellectual tools required to function in an increasingly complex world. The School operationally defines these tools as:
- The capacity for critical analysis (including undertaking basic research and making sound judgements and based on analysis);
- The ability to express ideas clearly;
- The ability to work independently and as a member of a group; and
- Familiarity with the basic academic disciplines in Arts or Science.
The goal of the York University's School of Kinesiology & Health Science Undergraduate Program is to provide students with a special understanding of people engaged in all forms of physical activity and to educate them in the biological, psychological, sociological, historical, aesthetic, recreational and competitive aspect of human movement. A distinctive aspect of this understanding is derived from the performance of physical activity in the practicum program. The archetypal graduate of the program is capable of pursuing a wide variety of careers but is especially suited to those associated with physical activity.
The program offers multiple degree options tailored to specific academic and career interests which include the Specialized Honours BA or BSc in Kinesiology & Health Science as well as Double Major and Major-Minor/Minor-Major BA or BSc program options which enable students to combine studies in Kinesiology & Health Science with another discipline. In both degree options the Kinesiology & Health Science program includes required core courses in Sociocultural Perspectives in Kinesiology, Fitness Assessment and Training, Research and Data Analysis, Anatomy, Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement, Skilled Performance and Motor Learning, Physiology, and Nutrition.
The program addresses the continuum of human movement from the cellular level to the whole body in the physiological, psychological, and sociocultural domains. York University's School of Kinesiology & Health Science program combines lectures, tutorials, experiential laboratories, as well as physical activity/practicum courses, to give students the opportunity to develop skills in a wide variety of settings and approaches.
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