University of Michigan School of Kinesiology
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The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology commonly referred to as just Kinesiology or Kines is the University of Michigan Ann Arbor's School of Kinesiology
, offering undergraduate
, graduate, and doctoral degrees. In December 2008 it officially became a school, previously being a division since its creation in 1984. Kines has the fourth largest undergraduate enrollment at Michigan with a selectivity rate of 44%, making it the second most selective school on campus. The graduate program has experienced rapid growth in the past ten years. The Masters and PhD programs have become highly selective, with 41.4% and 27.8% selectivity rates respectively and is ranked as 5th in the nation with University of Southern California
being first. In 2007-08 the graduate program had 23 Master’s degree students and 29 full–time. The School of Kinesiology operates out of three main buildings, Observatory Lodge (OBL), Central Campus Recreational Building (CCRB) and the Health Management Research Center (HMRC). Most classes are held in OBL and CCRB, with research being done in the OBL, CCRB and HMRC.
, Physical Education
, and Sport Management
.
Athletic Training or AT prepares undergraduate students to become allied health professionals in the field of athletic training through a combination of formal classroom instruction and a variety of clinical experiences, students are provided with education in: risk management
and injury prevention
, general medical conditions and disabilities, clinical examination and diagnosis
, acute care
of injury and illness and therapeutic exercise. Graduates go on to become athletic trainers in grade schools, universities, and professional sports
programs. It is also common for students to pursue graduate degrees in athletic training, medicine
and physical therapy
.
Movement Science, MOVESCI, or MVS studies human movement with emphases on exercise physiology
, motor control
, and biomechanics
. While humans are the primary focus, animals and mathematical model
s are also studied. Many students participate in research
in one or more of the three main areas. Graduates commonly go on to medical school, dental school
, physical therapy and research.
Physical Education, PHYSED, or PE offers students preparation in education
courses leading to K-12 certification. The curriculum is guided by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Content Standards for Beginning Physical Education Teachers. PE majors commonly pursue teaching at elementary and secondary schools, with some going to graduate school or becoming exercise and fitness coaches.
Sport Management or SM familiarizes students with different aspects of sport management
, including: organizational strategy, marketing
, finance
and economics
, ethical and legal issues, and media. Graduates go on to work with professional and collegiate sport organizations, media outlets, as well as represent athletes.
or field setting. They take part in generating research questions, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting the results of the study. Students complete at least 30 credit hours with total credits vary according to student interests and advisor’s requirements.
Comprehensive: Assists students in developing skills and knowledge related to human movement in order to advance their professional careers. The individualized program allows for the study of human movement in depth from different perspectives. Students can design programs to meet their particular interests and goals. Students have few core requirements, instead taking a variety of classes from Public Health, Medical School, School of Business and Engineering. Students complete a minimum of 30 credit hours.
Sports Management: Offers students diverse educational experiences that will prepare them for careers in the sport industry
. This includes developing a background in areas such as leadership
, management
, marketing, law
, and finance. Students complete at least 30 credit hours including 12 credits of graduate work in finance, marketing, strategic management
and law.
U-Move is a range of classes open to anyone for a nominal fee. Classes include, beginning swimming, yoga
, taekwondo
and spinning. Some are taught by Kines students or members of the community.
KidSport is another popular program in which kids ages 5–12 come to the University and participate in noncompetitive sports from June to August.
U-Meet the Athlete brings children ages 5–12 to meet current Michigan
student-athletes and participate in mini-clinics to learn about the fundamentals of the sport while encouraging healthy habits and staying in school.
Kinesiology
Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics, rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational...
, offering undergraduate
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
, graduate, and doctoral degrees. In December 2008 it officially became a school, previously being a division since its creation in 1984. Kines has the fourth largest undergraduate enrollment at Michigan with a selectivity rate of 44%, making it the second most selective school on campus. The graduate program has experienced rapid growth in the past ten years. The Masters and PhD programs have become highly selective, with 41.4% and 27.8% selectivity rates respectively and is ranked as 5th in the nation with University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
being first. In 2007-08 the graduate program had 23 Master’s degree students and 29 full–time. The School of Kinesiology operates out of three main buildings, Observatory Lodge (OBL), Central Campus Recreational Building (CCRB) and the Health Management Research Center (HMRC). Most classes are held in OBL and CCRB, with research being done in the OBL, CCRB and HMRC.
Undergraduate
The undergraduate program offers four majors: Athletic Training, Movement ScienceKinesiology
Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics, rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational...
, Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, and Sport Management
Sport management
Sport management is a field of education and vocation concerning the business aspect of sport. Some examples of sport managers include the front office system in professional sports, college sports managers, recreational sport managers, sports marketing, event management, facility management,...
.
Athletic Training or AT prepares undergraduate students to become allied health professionals in the field of athletic training through a combination of formal classroom instruction and a variety of clinical experiences, students are provided with education in: risk management
Risk management
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...
and injury prevention
Injury prevention
Injury prevention are efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health, and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and...
, general medical conditions and disabilities, clinical examination and diagnosis
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of anything. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines with variations in the use of logics, analytics, and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships...
, acute care
Acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
of injury and illness and therapeutic exercise. Graduates go on to become athletic trainers in grade schools, universities, and professional sports
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
programs. It is also common for students to pursue graduate degrees in athletic training, medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and physical therapy
Physical therapy
Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...
.
Movement Science, MOVESCI, or MVS studies human movement with emphases on exercise physiology
Exercise physiology
Exercise physiology is the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to a wide-range of physical exercise conditions. In addition, many exercise physiologists study the effect of exercise on pathology, and the mechanisms by which exercise can reduce or reverse disease progression...
, motor control
Motor control
Motor control are information processing related activities carried out by the central nervous system that organize the musculoskeletal system to create coordinated movements and skilled actions...
, and biomechanics
Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
. While humans are the primary focus, animals and mathematical model
Mathematical model
A mathematical model is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. The process of developing a mathematical model is termed mathematical modeling. Mathematical models are used not only in the natural sciences and engineering disciplines A mathematical model is a...
s are also studied. Many students participate in research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
in one or more of the three main areas. Graduates commonly go on to medical school, dental school
Dental school
A dental school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches dentistry. Upon successful completion, the graduate receives a degree in Dentistry, which, depending upon the jurisdiction, might be a bachelor's degree, master's degree, a professional degree, or a...
, physical therapy and research.
Physical Education, PHYSED, or PE offers students preparation in education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
courses leading to K-12 certification. The curriculum is guided by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Content Standards for Beginning Physical Education Teachers. PE majors commonly pursue teaching at elementary and secondary schools, with some going to graduate school or becoming exercise and fitness coaches.
Sport Management or SM familiarizes students with different aspects of sport management
Sport management
Sport management is a field of education and vocation concerning the business aspect of sport. Some examples of sport managers include the front office system in professional sports, college sports managers, recreational sport managers, sports marketing, event management, facility management,...
, including: organizational strategy, marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, ethical and legal issues, and media. Graduates go on to work with professional and collegiate sport organizations, media outlets, as well as represent athletes.
Graduate Programs
Graduate as well as Ph.D are in the Rackham Graduate School. The Rackham Graduate School awards all of the University’s PhD, MA, MS, and MFA degrees, as well as other selected Master’s degrees. Kinesiology offers three types of Master's program and a Ph.D program.Master's
Ph.D Preparation: Prepares students to continue their studies in a doctoral program. Students are involved in the process of designing and carrying out a research study work closely with a professor in a laboratoryLaboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
or field setting. They take part in generating research questions, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting the results of the study. Students complete at least 30 credit hours with total credits vary according to student interests and advisor’s requirements.
Comprehensive: Assists students in developing skills and knowledge related to human movement in order to advance their professional careers. The individualized program allows for the study of human movement in depth from different perspectives. Students can design programs to meet their particular interests and goals. Students have few core requirements, instead taking a variety of classes from Public Health, Medical School, School of Business and Engineering. Students complete a minimum of 30 credit hours.
Sports Management: Offers students diverse educational experiences that will prepare them for careers in the sport industry
Sport industry
Sport industry is the manufacturing of sport related goods, services, and ideasthrough the combination of sport activities with business, mass media, and politics. Unlike...
. This includes developing a background in areas such as leadership
Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
, management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, marketing, law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, and finance. Students complete at least 30 credit hours including 12 credits of graduate work in finance, marketing, strategic management
Strategic management
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the performance of firms in their external environments...
and law.
Ph.D
Provides for the study of movement at an advanced level and trains students to be independent scholars in both research and the dissemination of knowledge gained from research it culminates in an original doctoral dissertation. Each student’s program is tailored to his/her particular interests and knowledge. The program is designed for those who intend to make their careers as scholars, teachers, researchers and professionals in Kinesiology or allied fields. Students complete a minimum of 30 pre-candidacy credits beyond the Master's level after which the student completes an original doctoral dissertation. A minimum of 50 credits of pre-candidacy and candidacy work must be completed to graduate.Public Programs
The School of Kinesiology also hosts programs for the university and for the general public, the largest of with is the U-Move program.U-Move is a range of classes open to anyone for a nominal fee. Classes include, beginning swimming, yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
, taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
and spinning. Some are taught by Kines students or members of the community.
KidSport is another popular program in which kids ages 5–12 come to the University and participate in noncompetitive sports from June to August.
U-Meet the Athlete brings children ages 5–12 to meet current Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
student-athletes and participate in mini-clinics to learn about the fundamentals of the sport while encouraging healthy habits and staying in school.