280 Colloquium (every summer)

During the first week of each summer session, a group of leading scholars and professionals is invited to campus to address the department’s graduate students. The 4 -day colloquium focuses on one of the following contemporary issues in our field:

• Females in Exercise and Sport
• Improving Human Performance
• Ethnicity and Race as Factors in the College Athletic Experience
• Character Development through Sport and Physical Education

200 Introduction to Graduate Study and Research 
This course is an introduction to science and research in Kinesiology. It is designed to foster an understanding of the research employed in the subdisciplines. It is also intended to prepare the student to write comprehensive literature reviews. Ethical issues in research are discussed, the qualities of good research are reviewed, and students learn how to critically analyze the empirical research in our field.

205 Philosophical Foundations of Kinesiology 
This course is an introduction to the basic foundations of philosophy as they relate to the sport and physical activity domain. The course is designed to promote an understanding of the nature of philosophy and the major schools of philosophical thought. Topics include: The importance of philosophy to physical education and athletics; various teaching and coaching philosophies; ethical issues in sport and physical activity (e.g. drug use); and close examinations of contemporary social issues associated with race, ethnicity, and gender.

230 Supervision and Legal Aspects 
This course focuses on proactive risk management for teachers, coaches, and administrators that will minimize their organizations’ legal liability. Topics include: An overview of the legal system; tort liability through negligence in supervision; facility care and maintenance; and hiring. These topics will be examined primarily in the context of case law in the California courts.

270 Psychological Analysis of Sport and Exercise
This course is an exploration of the psychsocial dimensions of physical activity. Current theories and empirical research are discussed in an effort to understand the mental aspects of sport and exercise. Topics include: Goal orientation, motivational climate, self-esteem, arousal regulation, performance enhancement techniques, leadership, and character development through sport.

220 Administration of Kinesiology
This course is designed to give students an understanding and appreciation of the administrative process as it applies to school and college physical education and athletic programs. Current literature in the areas of business and management are discussed. Topics include: Developing administrative styles; diversity issues as they relate to effective management of human resources; revenue acquisition and budget development; media relations; intraorganizational competition; sponsorship acquisition and retention; marketing; and event management.

275 Applied Concepts in Exercise Science
This course is a study of the physiological adaptations that the body makes to exercise. Current theories and empirical research are applied to the response of acute exercise and the chronic adaptations that occur in the metabolic, cardio-respiratory and musculoskeletal systems. This provides the basis for constructing suitable conditioning programs for sport and exercise participation. In-class laboratories are designed to present measurement techniques and evaluate physical fitness.

201c Comprehensive Examinations 
A full day culminating experience for the graduate program’s students.

224 Human Motor Performance 
This course is an overview of the neurophysical foundations of motor behavior in the sports and physical activity domain. Current theories, empirical research, and applied practices in the areas of coaching, psychology, pedagogy, and motor skill development are discussed. Topics include: Motor program theory, facilitating an ideal learning environment, and the roles of the learner and the instructor in motor skill acquisition.

278 Sociohistorical Aspects of Health, Sport, and Leisure
Investigates health, sport, leisure, exercise, and concepts of the body in past societies as well as in contemporary industrialized nations. Our field’s past and present link to medicine and public health is also explored. The beliefs and practices of different social aggregates (ethnic, racial, age, and gender) with regard to the body are examined. Analyses of past and present scholastic, collegiate, national, and international sport models are also undertaken.

297 Analysis of Research
This one unit course in an independent review of literature in a topical area of interest in the field. The student proposes a topic and reading list to be approved by the faculty member with a specialty area most closely relating to the student topic.  The student then completes and discusses the readings under direction of this faculty member.