BA Kinesiology
Overview
Throughout your time in the Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology program, you will have multiple opportunities to enhance your skills and increase your knowledge, while also developing confidence and professionalism.
The Kinesiology program exposes you to a wide variety of professions related to physical activity and sport. In the classroom, our majors participate in real-world scenarios, such as debating the funding of high school athletics, developing a fitness program for specific individual goals, and evaluating a sport facility based on risk management and liability factors. We also provide a strong foundation in the liberal arts. With so many options and resources, you’ll discover the career path that fits you best.
Internships and fieldwork: Work side by side with professionals.
Research: No matter what career path you seek, you’ll have an opportunity to work with faculty in a senior research project.
Building skills: Our courses weave skills in communication, decision-making, and leadership to lead and teach others.
Program Details
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Live What You Learn
You will learn from professionals in the field who instruct in the classroom and mentor in real-world work settings. You will analyze theory and apply your knowledge with a focus on developing skills to be effective leaders, teachers, and facilitators in various human movement-related settings. Each student participates in a field experience, matching individual student career goals or broadening potential career interests with placements in professional setting on and off campus. Here are some recent examples:
- Teaching skiing at Pats Peak Ski Area
- Working with athletes and teams in the NEC Athletic Training Room while being mentored by our Certified Athletic Trainers
- Assisting a certified personal trainer in a fitness facility
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Career Opportunities
- Personal training certification
- Coaching
- Sport Director or Fitness Specialists in after-school and recreation programs, such as the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club
- Physical education teacher certification in K–12 schools
- Health promotion
- Graduate training or certification in athletic training, physical therapy, massage therapy, athletic administration, or nutrition
- Graduates also work in business, communications, education, recreation, and sports- and fitness-related sales
Hidden Gem: NEC’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program
For more than a decade, NEC’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) has been quietly helping students embark on their science and healthcare careers. Each summer, students do real research and present their work at the NH-INBRE Conference.
SURP is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the IDeA Network of Biological Research Excellence (INBRE) grant, which encourages students to pursue graduate programs in biomedical research. The program offers NEC’s students in Biology, Biology—Conservation Biology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Psychology, and Psychology—Human Services the opportunity to do paid research alongside NEC faculty members during the eight-week program.
“We have enough funding to pay approximately 12 students each year,” explains Dr. James Newcomb, Professor of Biology and Health Science and Co-Director of the Center for Undergraduate Science Research, “And every year, we have more applicants than we have spots available.”
Degree Requirements
Kinesiology, B.A.
Requirements
(48 Credits)
- Students majoring in kinesiology must earn a C‐ or better in all courses in the major.
- Kinesiology majors must minimally complete all of the kinesiology core courses.
- Field Experience in Kinesiology is required, and each student is strongly encouraged to select a Field Experience in an area of interest toward a potential future career goal in consultation with a faculty advisor.
Kinesiology Core Courses
(48 Credits)
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BI 1011 - Human Biology
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BI 2030 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I
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KI 1110 - Introduction to Kinesiology
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KI 2010 - First Aid/CPR/AED
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KI 2130 (PS 2230/SM 2130) - Psychology of Sport and Movement
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KI 2140 - Motor Behavior
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KI 2150 - Wellness Concepts
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KI 3120 (SM 3120) - Sport in the Global Society
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KI 3180 - Biomechanics
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KI 3190 - Adapted Physical Activity
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KI 3850 - Field Experience in Kinesiology
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KI 4000 - Senior Seminar in Kinesiology
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KI 4410 - Exercise Physiology
Complete a minimum of two (2) from the following:
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KI 2112 - Movement Instruction: Creative Movement
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KI 2114 - Movement Instruction: Team Sports
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KI 2116 - Movement Instruction: Fitness Activities
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KI 2118 - Movement Instruction: Individual and Lifetime Activities
Experiential Learning Component
The Kinesiology major includes numerous experiential components, which are purposely and developmentally built across the curriculum. These components begin in the first year introductory courses and continue through the hierarchy of courses culminating with the Senior Seminar course. After the first year, each student will experience a field placement in a kinesiology related setting. Ideally, each major would enroll in the Field Experience in the sophomore year. During the junior or senior years, a student who meets the designated criteria could opt to apply to complete an Internship in Kinesiology.
KI 3850 Field Experience in Kinesiology will serve as a foundational experience in which the student begins to contextualize those fundamental concepts of the discipline. The experiences in this course will provide for more knowledgeable consideration of future professional aspirations.
Typical Field Experience and/or Internship placement sites/organizations would include privately owned fitness centers, YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, Special Olympics, youth sports leagues, city/town recreation centers, local and regional ski areas, public school physical education and after school programs, and the recreation and tourism components operated by NH State government agencies.
Electives in Kinesiology
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KI 1170 - Positive Coaching of Youth Sports
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KI 1510 (SM 1510) - Introduction to Sport and Recreation Management
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KI 2020 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for the Professional Rescuer
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KI 2110 - Care and Prevention of Injuries
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KI 2420 - Women in Sport: Historical and Contemporary Issues
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KI 3150 - Fitness Programming and Assessment
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KI 3390 (SM 3390) - Advanced Coaching Seminar: Management and Leadership
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KI 3720 - Coaching Education Seminar
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KI 3990 - Topics in Kinesiology
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KI 4710 (SM 4710) - Legal Issues in Sport and Recreation
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KI 4810 - Directed Study in Kinesiology
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KI 4830 - Independent Study in Kinesiology
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KI 4910 - Internship in Kinesiology
Physical Education Courses
Courses
Physical Education
The following PE 1000‐level activity courses consist of practical participation and theoretical learning in individual and team physical activities with emphasis on the enjoyment of leisure-time activities. One (1) credit is granted for each course and each of these courses meets for one‐half of the semester (7 weeks). With the exception of Kinesiology majors, students may take a maximum of six (6) of these courses for credit toward graduation. Not repeatable for credit. No prerequisites required for these activity courses unless specifically noted in a course description.
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PE 1530 - Hiking
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PE 1550 - Ultimate Frisbee
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PE 1610 - Strength Training
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PE 1630 - Fitness for Life
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PE 1640 - Physical Conditioning
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PE 1660 - Tae Kwon Do Level I
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PE 1680 - Yoga
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PE 1690 - Self‐Defense
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PE 1710 - Golf
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PE 1720 - Racquet Sports
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PE 1740 - Fundamentals of Rhythm
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PE 1760 - Beginner Skating
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PE 1810 - Volleyball
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PE 1820 - Softball
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PE 1850 - Field Hockey
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PE 1860 - Lacrosse
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PE 1870 - Floor Hockey
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PE 1880 - Flag Football
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PE 1990 - Topics in Movement Skills
Liberal Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum, Bachelor's Degree
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LAS 1000 - Bridges to Learning
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WR 1010 - Composition
or approved LAS Writing Course.
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MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning
(MT courses numbered higher than 1100 are acceptable)
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LAS 1 (LAS 1110) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World
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LAS 2 (LAS 1120) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values
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LAS 3 (LAS 2110) - Creative Arts
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LAS 4 (LAS 2120) - Social Sciences
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LAS 5 (LAS 2130) - Natural and Biological Sciences
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LAS 6 (LAS 2140) - Humanities
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LAS 7 (LAS 3110) - Global Perspectives
- LAS Elective Credits: 4 (One additional course that meets any LAS requirement or combination of two 2-credit approved electives.)
Electives
Select additional electives to reach 120 credits for a Bachelor's degree.