Kinesiology, B.S.

Registration Restriction

Students will not be allowed to enroll in the following courses and any course at the 400 level or above without entrance into the KINE major: KIN 353, KIN 375, KIN 376, KIN 386.

Minimum Grade

To qualify for graduation in the Kinesiology major, all majors must achieve a minimum grade of C (2.0) in each required course with a KIN prefix (including activity courses, internships, and other non-core KIN courses) and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.50 in the major.

Minimum Semester Hours

To graduate, all majors must obtain at least 36 credits in courses at the 300 level or above.

Re-entry

Students in this major who do not graduate within seven years or who leave school and later re-enter are held for the current program requirements at the time of crossing from the seventh to the eighth year, or are held to the current program requirements during the year of re-entry.

Appeals

Appeals of any of these requirements must be filed with the appropriate departmental committee within one academic year.

Overall Requirements

  • 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level
  • All KIN courses must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.

Degree Program Requirements

University Requirements
General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC)

Major Requirements

Required36
Lifetime Wellness
Introduction to Kinesiology
Strength Training and/or Conditioning
Critical Analyses for a Physically Active Society
Injuries and Illnesses in Physical Activity
Assessment and Evaluation in Kinesiology
Physiology of Sport and Physical Activity
Biomechanics of Sport and Physical Activity
Instructional Methods of Physical Activity
Motor Control and Learning
Psychology of Physical Activity
Activity Courses *
Select four of the following courses:
Beginning Volleyball
Beginning Basketball
Beginning Soccer
Ultimate
Disc Golf
Weight Training
Fitness Walking and Jogging
Fitness Running
Flag Football
Swimming for Non-Swimmers
Beginning Swimming
Beginning Badminton
Beginning Tennis
Rock Climbing
Intermediate Volleyball
Fitness Swim
Intermediate Basketball
Intermediate Soccer
Sports Performance: Racquet Sports
Low Intermediate Swimming
Basic SCUBA
and Skin and SCUBA Diving Lab
Advanced SCUBA
Intermediate Badminton
Tae Kwon Do
Related Area Requirements25
Biology
Principles of Biology I
and Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Anatomy and Physiology **
Clinical Human Anatomy
and Clinical Human Anatomy Laboratory
Human Anatomy
and Human Anatomy Laboratory
Clinical Human Physiology
and Clinical Human Physiology Laboratory
Human Physiology
and Human Physiology Laboratory
Chemistry
Select one of the following:
General Descriptive Chemistry I
and Introductory Chemistry Laboratory
General Descriptive Chemistry II
and Introductory Chemistry Laboratory
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Laboratory
General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Laboratory
Nutrition
Select one course with the NTR prefix chosen from course numbers 213 to 499.
Communication Studies
Select one course with the CST prefix chosen from course numbers 105 to 499.
Psychology
General Psychology
Direct Electives 118
One additional KIN course (3 credits) at the 400-level.
Two additional KIN courses (6 credits total) at the 100-level and above. 1
Select three additional courses (9 credits) from the following:
Any BIO course at or above BIO 280
Any CHE course at or above CHE 205
Any CTR course
Any HDF course at or above HDF 111
Any HEA course at or above HEA 113
Any HHS course at or above HHS 110
Any NTR course at or above NTR 213
Any PHY course at or above PHY 205
Any SOC course
Any PSY course at or above PSY 230
Any SWK course at or above SWK 215
*

Four Activity courses must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.  A maximum of two Activity courses may be taken in the same semester.  Activity courses which are sequential-e.g., beginner, intermediate, advanced- may not be taken concurrently.  Once a course has been successfully completed, a student may not enroll in a lower level course for the same activity.  A maximum of two DCE courses may be substituted for Activity courses provided the DCE courses are officially listed by the University as STU courses (identified as Studio Schedule Type on the Course Schedule).

**

A minimum of 3 credits of anatomy and 3 credits of physiology is required.  Anatomy/physiology combined courses must be at least 6 credits to count as both anatomy and physiology. Students may take multiple levels of combined anatomy and physiology courses (A&P I and A&P II) in order to achieve the minimum 6 credits.

1

No Activity course may be used as a KIN direct elective, KIN 000 courses which transfer to UNC Greensboro will not automatically be counted as KIN direct electives, but may be counted on an individual basis via appeal.

​Electives

Electives sufficient to complete total 120 credit hours required for degree.

Disciplinary Honors in Kinesiology 

Requirements

  • A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below.
  • A grade of at least B in all course work used to satisfy the Honors requirement in Kinesiology
  • UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
Required3
Senior Honors Project
Select 9 credits of KIN Honors courses *9
*

6 credits of which must be at the 300-level or above. 

Recognition

Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Kinesiology; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.

Honors Advisor

Contact Diane Gill (336-334-4683) at dlgill@uncg.edu, for further information and guidance about Honors in Kinesiology. To apply: http://honorscollege.uncg.edu/forms/disc-application.pdf